DIY Dance
National accessArts Centre
Cost: $120
Dates: July 8 – August 26, 2025
Times: 1 – 3pm
NaAC is Canada’s first multidisciplinary disability arts organization, providing training, creation and presentation opportunities for artists with disabilities. Our Performing Arts Department fosters creativity, skill development and artistic exploration across various disciplines. Faculty members play a crucial role in mentoring artists and shaping inclusive artistic experiences.
Do you love expressing yourself through movement? Come join us for DIY Dance, a class designed for those who want to explore different ways of creating dance choreography through collaboration and community! In this class, dancers will first build their movement knowledge and style, then explore and experiment through different creative prompts and activities.
Each week will have a different theme and involve activities like:
- A friendly welcome and warm-up
- Dance steps, fun improvisation, and moving around the room
- Creating your own movement and sharing it with others
- Making short dances as a group
- Dancing with different props
- Designing your own wearable item
- Breaks to rest, chat and connect
Prioritizing accessibility, Community Dance Classes at the NaAC are created for anyone 18 and older from all skills, genders, and backgrounds. All movement styles, levels and abilities are welcome!
For more information and to register visit DIY Dance.
Instructor bio: Chawna Exner
With a background largely in the styles of contemporary, jazz and hip hop, Chawna has had a life-long passionate relationship with dance! After pursuing professional training in the University of Calgary Dance Program, Chawna crossed paths with the art of Burlesque and has since established herself as a prominent Burlesque artist under the stage name Eva Angel. Burlesque has brought her to grace many stages in Calgary and across Canada, including the Calgary, Vancouver, and Edmonton International Burlesque Festivals, Wild Mountain Music Fest, and Calgary’s High Performance Rodeo. In 2018, Chawna began work with an accessible dance company, Momo Movement (now National accessArts Centre), and has sought to discover ways to bring equity and accessibility into dance and Burlesque ever since.
