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These dances originated in underground clubs, kitchen parties, and community gatherings where folks gathered to share joy, movement, and interconnectedness.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">House, birthed in Queer Black and Latin club spaces in the early 1980s, merges a variety of social and cultural dances emphasizing both connection and individual expression. 200 years earlier M\u00e9tis peoples blended traditional dances from their various cultural backgrounds, including N\u00eahiyaw, Anishnaabe, Scottish, Irish, and French, to inspire M\u00e9tis Jigging. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>All welcome including beginners.<br \/>\nWear indoor non-marking shoes or moccasins if possible &#8211; outside shoes are not permitted inside the studio.<br \/>\nAccessibility: the workshops take place in the Jandali Studio on level 4. 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