Register to Perform in FLOW STATE

FLOW STATE features physically daring and artistically adventurous dance works, fusing the worlds of street, contemporary theater and folkloric dance. Performance material is generated via workshops led by: Chelsea Murphy, Josh Culbreath, Chachi Perez and Tamar Gutherz. The choreographers share an aim of producing a dance experience that unites virtuosity, whimsy, the ethereal, surrealism and groove. Flow State is an immersive event, somewhere between a party and happening, set to the vibrations and sounds of DJs and live musicians inside an environment of projections and installations that stimulate the senses. 

Register by Feb 10th 

Show Date: April 19th
​Rehearsals Start Feb 13th​

Sign Up Here

PRICING:
​MEMBERS
$110 Member registration
$15 add on
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NON MEMBERS
$140 Non-member registration
$25 add on
*If you are a member of UMAMI Collective or UMA Groove Collective, you receive 40% off your registration
*If you are a member of BOTH UMAMI Collective or UMA Groove Collective, you receive 50% off your registration



REHEARSAL SCHEDULES
You can sign up for one or multiple pieces

CHELSEA MURPHYSaturdays Feb 14- April 25th
10am-11:30 @ First Unitarian Church


TAMAR GUTHERZ
Saturdays Feb 14- April 25th
11:30am-1pm @ First Unitarian Church
*April 4 is RESCHEDULED to March 29th 2:30-4pm @ First Unitarian Church


CHACHI PEREZSaturdays Feb 14- April 25th
1:00-2:30pm @ First Unitarian Church
*March 14 and April 4 are RESCHEDULED to March 8th and 29th from 1-2:30 @ First Unitarian Church


JOSH CULBREATH

Saturday Feb 14- April 25th

2:30-4:00pm @ First Unitarian Church 

PIECE DESCRIPTIONS:
CHELSEA:
About Chelsea’s Piece: Attentional Drift is a dance piece about the amount of time we spend on our phones and the consequential loss of focus, creativity, and deep thinking. Through the use of imagination, improvisation, and rhythm we will explore what it means to pay attention and connect in a time of constant disruption and disconnection. We will ask the question, when was the last time I let my mind wander?

TAMAR:
About Tamar’s Piece: This piece will be about good-byes, and about dance as a ritual of transition. As
we move we allow things to move through us and leave us—opening a portal into
new eras, new ways of being, new versions of ourselves.

We’ll explore the idea of transitions in various ways, playing with musicality in the
beginnings and endings of movements, the dynamic of the floor dropping out from
under us and learning how to adapt. We’ll also explore the physical sensation of
absence, an emptiness inside the chest stemming from grief or loss. The dance that
comes out of this abandon, letting go and leaning into the freedom that comes with
loss.

CHACHI:
About Chachi’s Piece: This movement work is a ritual in motion, an offering to collective resurrection, shared breath, and culture as liberation. Flowing through contemporary, social, and folkloric dance forms, the piece invites the body to remember what community feels like when it moves together. Rhythm becomes prayer, hips become storytellers, and presence becomes celebration. If you want to move ya hips, reconnect to communal pulse, and add a little sazón to your life, you’re invited to step into this work!

JOSH:
Josh's piece will use Homer's Odyssey as inspiration, the rehearsal process will focus on themes of reclaiming/ understanding space and memory through character work and explorative movement scores. While Josh specializes in breaking, he welcomes folks from all movement backgrounds into this collaborative process. Participants can expect embodied writing, character works and movement exploration.