Feb 11th, Nicole Bindler leads Wed Night Impro Perf Practice

[Curt Haworth]

Wednesday Night Dance Improvisation Performance Practice with Rotating Teachers

Nicole Bindler leads Wednesday, February 11, 2026 6:30-8:30pm

at Headlong/Mascher Space, 1170 S. Broad St. Philadelphia, PA 19146

$5-25 sliding scale ($15 suggested), cash or Venmo, 

Pre-registration NOT required

Please ring the "Rear Studio" buzzer to be let into the building

Mask optional

Vision and Performance Practice: anatomy of the eyes and how we perceive vision In this class we will consider the difference between a sense and a perception through our experience of vision. The senses occur in sensory organs (in this case, the eyes) whereas perceptions occur in the brain (in this case, the occipital lobe). We'll look at the pathways from sense to perception and how our individual experiences, values, and history inform how we see, perceive, move, and make choices as we dance.

Nicole Bindler–dance-maker, Body-Mind Centering® practitioner, writer, and activist–has practiced contact improvisation since 1997. She is a registered Master Somatic Movement Therapist through The International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association. Her work has been supported by numerous grants and fellowships, and presented on four continents. Recent projects include curating an evening of Palestinian dance films; somatic research on the embryology of the genitalia from a non-binary perspective; a workshop on neuroqueering embodiment; co-producing the Consent Culture in Contact Improvisation Symposium at Earthdance; and a solo dance, The Case for Invagination, in which her scars speak candidly about trauma and desire. Notable performance projects have included touring as a choreographer with the Bethlehem-Based Palestinian company, Diyar Theatre; a Pew-funded performance residency in Japan including Butoh training with Yoshito Ohno; and performing Deborah Hay's I Think Not at Unidad De Vinculación Artística in Mexico City. She is co-editing a book, Gathering Sparks: Jewish Arts and Somatics that will be published by punctum books. nicolebindler.com

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Curt Haworth

Choreographer-Improviser-Teacher