“Our elder women’s ensemble Impromptu No Tutu did not miss a beat when we were shut down. I learned Zoom on a crash basis on March 17, 2020 and then taught it to many members who had never used it and had older computers. Even without ideal viewing conditions everyone showed up every week for class. Meeting on Zoom has brought us closer. Many members of the group live alone and the class was a weekly infusion of wild creativity and community. I used the Zoom rectangles as something to stretch against, to break out of “the frame,” moving fully into the kinesphere at home. Movement brought us an exhilarating expansiveness in our separate spaces. Gradually we started meeting outdoors at the Berkeley Marina once a month, masked and “dis-dancing”. In June when we held our first elated maskless class in a park in Albany it was clear that surviving the pandemic together through movement has strengthened us for the future in every way.”

Greacian Goeke she/her

Teaching Artist, Impromptu No Tutu

Bay Area

Taught asynchronously, synchronously, and in-person outside, masked & distanced at Berkeley Marina, Oakland Township Commons, Albany parks