Connection Jam
In Partnership With ArtPower | EVERY WEDNESDAY 6:30-8PM
A weekly community offering that began Spring 2024. T+ D professor Ana Maria Alvarez and a roster of amazing artists from on and off campus lead a weekly gathering space for connection, radical joy and community! In connection jam participants are led through a collective practice of our ancestral technologies movement and play. No experience necessary, this is an open and non judgemental space. Come ready to move, sweat, laugh and practice joy as if it were a muscle. You will leave feeling more grounded, connected and joyful!
Winter 2026
8 sessions - At The Loft, Epstein Family Amphitheater (EFA) on 2/18, Wagner Dance Building on 2/25
Week 2: Jan 14 - The Loft - Bernard Brown - Dunham Get Down
Week 3: Jan 21 - The Loft - Juan Carlos Blanco - Afro-Cuban Dance
Week 4: Jan 28 - The Loft -Ana María Álvarez - Rueda de Casino
Week 5: Feb 4 - The Loft - Dr. Jade Power-Sotomayor - Bomba
Week 6: Feb 11 - The Loft - Daunté Fyall - Stepping
Week 7: Feb 18 - EFA - All Department Dance Sharing (4pm -6:30pm) followed by Connection Jam with dr. grace shinhae jun and Joseph "Dyno" Corrales
Week 8: Feb 25 - Wagner Dance Building - Melissa Tannus - Tap
Week 9: March 4 - The Loft - Kara Mack - Africa in America
Week 10: March 11th - Winter Works - No connection jam
Spring 2026
7 sessions - At The Loft, Epstein Family Amphitheater (EFA), and Wagner Dance Building
Week 2: April 8 - The Loft - Led by SYCAPATED LADIES (guests at EFA/ArtPower) - Tap
Week 3: April 15 - EFA - Led by Versa-Style Street Dance Company (guests at EFA / Art Power) - House
Week 4: April 22 - Wagner Dance Building - Juan Carlos Blanco - Cuban Rumba
Week 5: April 29 - Wagner Dance Building - Kara Mack - West African
Week 6: May 6 - The Loft - Bernard Brown - Dunham Get Down
Week 7: May 13 - EFA - All Department Dance Sharing (4pm -6:30pm) followed by Connection Jam with dr. grace shinhae jun and Joseph "Dyno" Corrales
Week 8: May 20 - EFA - Ana María Álvarez - Movement for the movement
Week 9: May 29 - New Directions tech rehearsal - No connection jam
Week 10: June 5 - New Directions performance - No connection jam