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Slow and sensual burlesque offers both performer and audience a chance to decelerate, deepen and let pleasure stretch time. In this one-hour immersive session, provocative stripteuse Alyssa Kitt Hanley guides you through the mechanics of tantalisation, the power of pacing and the confidence to take your damn time—onstage, backstage and everywhere in between.

Drawing from somatic breathwork, meditative tactility, disability dance practices and Alyssa's academic work on crip theory and movement studies, this workshop fuses burlesque with sensual moving meditation and intuitive dance. You'll learn to listen inward, discover your own sensual rhythms and craft movement that feels authentic, sexy and sustainable. We'll explore how erotic attention, gestural intention and teasing tension arise when you move inside your own temporality rather than the demands of able-bodied speed.

Perfect for beginners and professionals alike.
Suitable for all bodies, embodiments and movement abilities. Wheelchairs, canes, mobility devices and comfort props are welcomed and celebrated.

What to bring: your fine self, a notebook, comfortable clothes, a small prop (gloves, scarf, elastic fabric), water and (if wanted) a little towel or "stripper blanket." No heels or kneepads necessary.

Co-sponsored by the Leslie Center for the Humanities and the Department of Theater. Programmed in collaboration with Dartmouth Accessibility and the Office of Pluralism & Leadership.

Photo of Alyssa Kitt Hanley by Radiant Inc.