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connection jam is a weekly brave space @ UCSD to move, play, engage and explore with embodiment at the core - build resilience, joy and connection.

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This week’s @connection_jam will be led by Bernard Brown (@prof.bbrown)!✨

Join us for a “Dunham Get Down” on Wednesday, October 28, from 6:30–8 PM. Don’t miss an evening of movement, joy, and community!

FREE | OPEN TO ALL | NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!

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Wow 😭 I am left in so much love and joy from leading my very first @connection_jam last night! 🥰❤️🫶🏽✨

What a full circle moment from being a part of the first Connection Jams with Ana María in 2023, to being an organizer for 3 years, and to now return back as an alum facilitating my own jam! Receiving opportunity to bring Bollywood into this space for the first time was such an honor and privilege! I am so thankful I finally got to do this and add to the beautiful mix of this weekly practice!

It was really special to have my friends and peers show up for me and get to dance it out OG Connection Jam style with so many amazing human beings! I left filled with sweat, hope, energy, and warmth in knowing that this is what sharing culture and collectivity looks like! 🙌🏾🔥

Deeply grateful for you @movementartivist and to all my @ucsdtheatreanddance mentors who have shaped my knowledge and confidence in facilitating spaces like these! Thank you for always believing in me and teaching me what it truly means to be a dancer, a human being! 💗♾️🫀

#connectionjam #ucsd #dance #movementismedicine #bollywood

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✨TONIGHT!✨

Join @connection_jam tonight for Bollywood Groove, led by Vrisika Chauhan (@queenvrisika21)! Experience an evening of movement, joy, and community.

📆 Wednesday, October 21
📍 @theloftatucsd, Price Center
⏰ 6:30-8 PM

FREE | OPEN TO ALL | NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!

#connectionjam #ucsd #ucsddance #ucsdcommunity #ucsdtheatreanddance

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So excited to be leading my first and the first ever Bollywood focused @connection_jam! 🥹🔥❤️

Tomorrow (Wednesday 10/21) from 6:30-8:00pm at the Loft in Price Center UCSD!

Bollywood is the Hindi film industry originating from Mumbai, India. What makes these films unique is the song and dance numbers that have become a huge cultural part and staple of many South Asian households! ❤️

Join me in a trip back to nostalgia and get down Desi style! Ya’ll don’t want to miss this!!!!

FREE AND OPEN TO ALL!!!!! NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!!!!! 🙌🏾

#bollywood #connectionjam #sandiego #dance #ucsd

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Get ready to move with Vrisika Chauhan this Wednesday for “Bollywood Groove,” our next Connection Jam! Celebrate the energy of Bollywood dance, connect with others, and share the joy of movement together. ⁠
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Wednesday, October 21 from 6:30–8 pm⁠
The Loft⁠
FREE AND OPEN TO ALL • NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!⁠ A promotional poster for Connection Jam: Bollywood Groove, led by Vrisika Chauhan. A woman poses in a black and colorful outfit against a pink, orange, and yellow background. The event takes place Wednesday, October 21, from 6:30–8 p.m. at The Loft and is free and open to all, with no experience necessary.

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Join us TONIGHT for CONNECTION JAM!

Experience the energy and rhythm of West African dance in a workshop led by Daunté Fyall (@iamkingtae) from 6:30–8PM at the Wagner Dance Building.

Don’t miss this opportunity to move, connect, and celebrate the power of dance!

FREE | OPEN TO ALL | NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!

For more info follow @connection_jam and/or visit theatre.ucsd.edu/performances-and-events/dance-performances/connection-jam.html

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CONNECTION JAM continues this Wednesday, October 14!

Join us for an evening of DANCE OF THE CONTINENT: AFRICA AT THE ROOT led by Daunté Fyall (@iamkingtae) from 6:30-8pm at the Wagner Dance Building.

FREE | OPEN TO ALL | NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!

For more info follow @connection_jam and/or visit theatre.ucsd.edu/performances-and-events/dance-performances/connection-jam.html

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🗓️ MARK YOUR CALENDARS‼️

CONNECTION JAM is back this fall 🍂

Oct 14 - Daunté Fyall
(dance of the continent: Africa at the Root)
Wagner Dance Building

Oct 21 - Vrisika Chauhan
(Bollywood Groove)
The Loft

Oct 28 - Bernard Brown
(Dunham Get Down)
Wagner Dance Building

Nov 4 - Juan Carlos Blanco
(Move with the Orishas)
Wagner Dance Building

Nov 18 - Dr. grace shinhae jun & Dyno
(Dance Sharing / hip hop is the heart)
Epstein Family Amphitheater

Dec 2 - Melissa Tannús
(rhythm at the root)
Wagner Dance Building

For more info follow @connection_jam and/or visit theatre.ucsd.edu/performances-and-events/dance-performances/connection-jam.html

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Dancers, movers and all folks looking for a rhythmic full-body work-out! Afro-Cuban dance at La Vie is back on Saturdays! Join me this month of October as we explore more Afro-Cuban ancestral knowledge through live drumming and the stories we tell through our dance movements. This is a supportive learning space that is open to all people and no previous experience is needed. Just feel the rhythm, follow the beat, move your feet and let your spirit do the rest!

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🗓️ Saturdays in October:
10, 17, 24, *31

⏰ 3 PM to 4:30 PM

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📍La Vie
1255 W Morena Blvd
San Diego; CA. 92110

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💰Class Fee: $20
• Venmo: @JuanCarlos-Blanco-3
• Zelle: @mistrblanco@gmail.com
• Cash

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🌍🪘🎶“if you can walk, you can dance. If you can talk, you can sing.” - African Proverb (one of my favorites)

#africandance #afrocuban #omoache #lavie #danceisforeveryone

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Connection Jam returns TONIGHT from 6:30-8pm! ✨

Join Ana María Álvarez (@movementartivist) for the 1st Connection Jam of the school year at the Wagner Dance Building in Studio 3.

Welcome & Open To All / No Experience Necessary ‼️

🗓️🍂 FALL 2026 SCHEDULE

Oct 7 - Ana María Álvarez
(movement for the movement)
Wagner Dance Building

Oct 14 - Daunté Fyall
(dance of the continent: Africa at the Root)
Wagner Dance Building

Oct 21 - Vrisika Chauhan
(Bollywood Groove)
The Loft

Oct 28 - Bernard Brown
(Dunham Get Down)
Wagner Dance Building

Nov 4 - Juan Carlos Blanco
(Move with the Orishas)
Wagner Dance Building

Nov 18 - Dr. grace shinhae jun & Dyno
(Dance Sharing / hip hop is the heart)
Epstein Family Amphitheater

Dec 2 - Melissa Tannús
(rhythm at the root)
Wagner Dance Building

For more info follow @connection_jam and/or visit theatre.ucsd.edu/performances-and-events/dance-performances/connection-jam.html

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Connection Jam returns this Wednesday, Oct 7! ✨

Join Ana María Álvarez (@movementartivist) for the 1st Connection Jam of the school year at the Wagner Dance Building from 6:30-8pm.

Welcome To All / No Experience Necessary ‼️

🗓️🍂 FALL 2026 SCHEDULE

Oct 7 - Ana María Álvarez
(movement for the movement)
Wagner Dance Building

Oct 14 - Daunté Fyall
(dance of the continent: Africa at the Root)
Wagner Dance Building

Oct 21 - Vrisika Chauhan
(Bollywood Groove)
The Loft

Oct 28 - Bernard Brown
(Dunham Get Down)
Wagner Dance Building

Nov 4 - Juan Carlos Blanco
(Move with the Orishas)
Wagner Dance Building

Nov 18 - Dr. grace shinhae jun & Dyno
(Dance Sharing / hip hop is the heart)
Epstein Family Amphitheater

Dec 2 - Melissa Tannús
(rhythm at the root)
Wagner Dance Building

For more info follow @connection_jam and/or visit theatre.ucsd.edu/performances-and-events/dance-performances/connection-jam.html

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❤️conversation between siblings - Ana María & César - about The Potluck now playing @playwrightshorizons written & composed by @cesxr_alvarez , directed by Sarah Benson, designed by @emilyorling & choreographed by Ana Maria Alvarez

❤️produced by @sohorep & @intartheatre
Don’t miss your chance to experience this transformative work - it was just extended until 8/9/26✨🌊🐚

#sohorep #newmusical #anticapitalist #contratiempo #intartheatre

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