Tender and Fierce ~ the dance of paradox

October 24-26, 2025

An Open Floor Movement Practice Workshop

There’s a part of every human that is wired to divide to split things clean, to choose sides, to say this or that. Our ego means well; it’s built for speed and safety. But life? Life is messier. And far more magnificent.

We are made of contradictions. Soft and strong. Boundaried and wide open. We carry tenderness in our rage, and a quiet fierceness in our love. This is the dance of paradox~ not a problem to fix, but a tension to feel, a mystery to move.

Together, we’ll explore paradox and in particular two powerful energies:

Tender - vulnerability that pulses with courage,

Fierce - the fire of passion, protection, and presence.

Whether you're longing to soften or ready to roar, whether you lean one way or crave the balance, this practice invites it all.

We’ll move from either/or to both/and ~ from polarity to fluidity, from fragmentation to wholeness.

Let’s dance it. Let our bodies teach us. Let the body of our community hold the wisdom we can’t think our way into or through.

Come as you are. Bring it all.

Cost: $325 Regular Registration after October 5, 2025

$285 Earlybird Registration Discount by October 5, 2025

Times: Times:  Fri. 6:30-9pm, Sat. 10:30am-5:30pm, Sun. 1pm-5pm +optional 10:30am-noon Sunday dance

Location: Presence Studio - 1412 Cornwall Avenue, Bellingham, Wa


Weekly Open Floor Classes with Jenny Macke

Open Floor Community Dance: 
Drop-in Sundays 10:30am-noon

We gather on Sunday mornings to practice Open Floor, a conscious dance practice, which offers tools for authentic connection to self, other, community and spirit.  We dance. We release stresses from our week and create space for ourselves and others.   A wide variety of music is played to move different kinds of energy through our bodies, minds, hearts and souls.   We do it alone and together.   No prior experience is necessary.   Just a body willing to move and mind open to let go of things that might be fixed, in order to find more fluidity in our dances and life.   This is a well held space but without a lot of instruction.   For more teaching of the Open Floor practice we recommend a workshop, Ongoing Group or An Open Floor Groundfloor Lab!  

Current Details for in person dancing:

  • Drop-in welcome

  • Payment: Class Cards are $70.00 for a 5 dance card. $15 per individual class with no card.

  • The general format is warming up for 30 minutes, having a community moment of connection and consent agreements, and then dancing for another hour...

  • Please tend community well and do not attend if you have any COVID signs or symptoms or if you have been exposed to someone with COVID

  • This is a space for 16 and up. There is a family dance at presence studio once a month on a Saturday.

If you come to class, you are in agreement with all these terms!

Classes continue regularly throughout the year.  Holiday schedules:  We dance on the morning of Thursday, Thanksgiving and usually only take a break between Christmas and New Years if Thursday falls on Christmas Day.

Contact info@jennymacke.com for more info.