Downtown Dance and Movement

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Kai was the founding Artistic Director of Downtown Dance & Movement, a state of the art dance facility offering classes, rehearsal, and performance space in Downtown Los Angeles. With Kai’s leadership DDM became a home for LA’s experimental dance and performance community, with a special focus on Disabled artists and offering physically accessible and gender inclusive facilities. 

Events include performances, symposia, workshops, talks, installations, exhibitions, walks, listening sessions and social gatherings. Kai Hazelwood was an artist in residence for Research Month 2024. - Guided by the wisdom of creatures who shed their skin, who live perpetually in massive transformation, we will play with how to cultivate a deep slowing down to reach Reptile Time. Through easeful movement, breath, sensation tracking, journalling and resting. We will slow enough for grief. Slow enough to live. Slow enough for being truly alive in apocalypse. This workshop requires some movement, but the scale of that movement is set by individuals. In other words, it is accessible to any kind of body.   

FUNDING/AWARDS
Jacob’s Pillow, National Presenter’s Forum participant, Dance USA Institute for Leadership fellowship and The Duke Access Award from the Association of Performing Arts Professionals