grief in the body? throw it on the dancefloor - a somatic workshop with tasha dougé

​About the workshop:

​In this somatic workshop, we invite you to explore where grief is held in your body, and then play around to release it. What positions keep the things that we need to let go, caged in? What positions would allow us to let it loose? How important is movement in transmuting the heavy emotions surrounding death and grief? Learning where grief may sit in the body, how do we release it? This participatory workshop invites folks to move their body as they please and (learn to) feel safe and trusting in the movements that they make.

​About the workshop series:

​grief in the body? throw it on the dancefloor is part of Bo’s community focused art project, anvan ou bliye//before it's too late... This project seeks to (re)discover our relationships to, and with, death, transitions and grief, ultimately asking and answering, what does death and grief look like outside of, and in no regards to, the oppressive systems we wish to liberate ourselves from?

​Nourishing food and beverages to replenish us as we go through this journey are provided by Spark.

​This project is presented as part of Bo's 2025 Lakou NOU artist residency project with Haiti Cultural Exchange. The Lakou NOU Artist-in-Residence program provides artists of Haitian descent the opportunity to create and present new work and connect to historic Brooklyn neighborhoods, home to generations of Haitians and Haitian-Americans.

​About your hosts:

​Bo (she/her) of Cxlture Vxlture

​Bo moves freely between writing, critique, strategy, research, and embodied practices. Cxlture Vxlture is her explorative and speculative practice that focuses on communications importance in reality creation.

​tasha dougé (she/her)

​tasha dougé is a Haitian-infused, Bronx-bred multidisciplinary artist and cultural vigilante. Her body of work activates conversations around women empowerment, health advocacy, sexual education, and Black community pride.