soulful Shifters
getting adults to play like kids again and dance for joy~
Our world is a more beautiful place when more men dance for joy.
I help men find their joy by gaining the COURAGE to freestyle dance ✨
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You don’t have to dance when you come. You are not lesser if you do not dance. Simply showing up is already enough.
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creating connections
Footage by Maelys Renaud from a session for Hollywood Climate Summit in collaboration with Walk Good LA
Dancers and non-dancers often fear dance classes because of expectations - either from others or from ourselves.
Here, I care about connection over perfection. This is not about learning moves, but rather than bonds we create by playing together and discovering together.
connecting through street dance
There are many forms of street dance and they all were born as a powerful form of self expression, mainly created by marginalized communities experiencing disconnection due to systemic oppression.
Breaking, a dance born as an alternative to gang violence
Punking, a dance created by gay men risking their lives to express themselves
Latin Hustle, a partner dance that initiated peace among gangs
Street dance has been empowering individuals to embrace who they are as the most impactful form of activism.
"Oppressed and marginalized people have developed traditions of resilience out of necessity."
“Jackson is a light who shares knowledge from a deeply embodied place. He invites participants to connect with their bodies through laughter and play, which makes embodiment accessible to everyone, no matter where we find ourselves on our healing journey.”
— LaUra Schmidt, Founding Director and Co-Founder of Good Grief Network
“Jackson has an incredible gift of using music and dance to enable humans to connect with each other in a deeply profound way without any guidance, even though we were complete strangers. He has a way of enticing us to drop our natural barriers and to just ‘feel’ and connect with each other.”
— Rico Bumbaca, PhD, Marketing at University of California Irvine; Assistant Professor at the Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder
“Surprisingly, I did it. Meaning that I usually am not one to do this, but you got me to. In a good way. And it makes sense - the more you bring in the more you can give out.”
— Clara George, Lead Sustainable Production Advisor, Canada for Netflix
Dance recalls the mind-body connection — it heals a connection with ourselves that we’ve been conditioned to ignore. We have a physical body that our “hustle culture” encourages us to ignore and we have a larger, planetary body that our capitalist values tell us it’s okay to destroy. Healed people heal people. Finding that connection for ourselves again will inevitably influence others with our presence.
Explore shared experiences and feelings
Release emotions to create room for more
Return focus on what we can control
“You had a profound impact on me… you’re a damn community leader and I have learned a lot from you... Thank you so much for being a part of the community and a friend too”
— Samuel Rubin, Co-Founder of YEA Impact! and Hollywood Climate Summit
“For our annual flagship cultural event - Night of Ideas, Sasha and Jackson’s refreshing performance brought us new perspectives to think critically about sustainability, mental health and community. It was very moving and a wonderful reminder to connect with one another.”
— Benoît Labat, Higher Education and French Language Attaché, Office for Cultural Affairs and the Creative Industries, Consulate General of France in LA
"I was particularly in awe of how he created an inclusive and fun space to express emotions... over Zoom. We've had many participants tell us that this was their favorite session."
— Carrie Zhang, Founder of the Asian Mental Health Project
“The mind and the body are not separate. What affects one, affects the other.”
— Patanjali
Dance may be the most natural form of art - You don't need any tools or external elements.
If you are free to move, you can dance. It is only natural that we mend our relationship with ourselves through movement.
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