My work in 5Rhythms is founded in knowing that we carry potential for positive movement. We can engage the dance to support and cultivate our capacity to know ourselves, be basically well, and deliberately direct our creative attention. Care and awareness directed inward prepares ground for extending care and engagement to extend outward. In our community of practice, we show up, decompress, relate, and leave strengthened and shined.
I'm a white-bodied Gen X cis woman who uses she/her and they/them. I'm an ongoing student of how to hold and tend good spaces and relations for all.
I create classes with people across and between cultures, colours, creeds, genders and sexualities, sizes, life stages, (dis)abilities, and health situations in mind and in respect, with justice and liberatory intent, and with a commitment to continually learn.
Chairs available for seated dance. All 15 + welcome.
Don't attend if you are symptomatic with communicable disease.
Masking is always welcome, but not required.
*Wheelchair ramp and accessible washrooms, including an all-gender washroom.*
Pay at the door: cash or card, e-transfers also accepted to chantell@chantellfoss.com.
I set my class fees guided by 3 non-negotiable needs: transparency, sustainability, and solidarity.
Transparency:
Offering these classes is not profitable.
This is not a 'pay what you want' sliding scale. It's compassionate pricing, and it requires mutual honesty to succeed.
Sustainability:
Sustaining weekly practice without creating barriers for dancers or undermining myself is tricky.
If you require subsidized fees now, that's totally okay. Please increase your fee if your financial picture improves.
Solidarity:
I give my solidarity by offering reduced fee options and by welcoming anyone who can't pay.
You can give solidarity by carefully reading and digesting this, and by choosing your contribution from integrity.
$20 : STANDARD
This represents the bare-bones cost of running classes. Dancers paying under $20 are underwritten by other dancers and me.
$25 *or more!* : SPONSOR
Donating any amount over $20 supports my ability to sustain classes, and supports community members who face money barriers to participation.
$15 : SUBSIDIZED
This fee is for those able to meet basic needs but with little to no expendable income. It's for those for whom paying for class is a sacrifice,
but does not create hardship.
$10 : SPONSORED
This fee is for those who struggle to meet basic needs, and for whom paying for this class would create significant hardship.
$5 : SCHOLARSHIP
This is for those who cannot afford other levels.
Bottom line : I do not exclude people due to finances.