Find yourself in dance
DMC offers queer people a place to dance outside of the bar scene CAROLINE SAVOIE | Contributing Writer CaroSavo@gmail.com In an old church with a new purpose, a group of self-proclaimed “weirdos” gather on Sundays to worship and engage in ceremonies, outside of religion.
They gather to celebrate life’s highs and lows, the dark and the light, through dance. The Dallas Movement Collective gathers to embody all that is seen and unseen.
Some dancers in the LGBTQ community have found that through somatic embodiment practices, growing the connection between the body and the mind, they’ve been able to get in touch with their queernness in new ways.
Peyton Baker, a 30-year-old artist and feminine embodiment coach, said that through dancing with the collective since 2016, she’s found a new ability to take up space as a queer woman. “Besides finding my first real girlfriend there, the dance offers a space of acceptance and non-judgement,” Baker said. “At dance, I’m allowed to take up space and express my queerness through dancing with other women.” Stephanie St.
