Universal Language 🌐 – Sunday Sessions @ Jolene

UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE is an intentional club space dedicated to dance culture and self-expression, your escape from everyday life and a journey into what clubbing is all about: music, dancing and release. We are inspired by the early era of underground dance and club culture originating in the US, and aim to re-establish a non-judgmental safe space for free body movement here in Copenhagen.

SUNDAY SESSIONS are a series of club evenings in homage to the long tradition of queer Sunday dance parties in NYC. Come as you are, and shake out the last drops of your weekend with us at Jolene.

Program & Facts:
• 7:30 PM: Doors open, Warm-up.
• 8-9 PM: Guided movement workshop - one hour of moving, interacting and releasing together on the dance floor, exploring the club as an intimate space for movement and expression.
Everyone is welcome, no dance experience required.
Please sign up via RSVP, limited capacity: https://forms.gle/9MQWd6EP7XzD1o7f9
• 9 PM till midnight: Club evening, intimate dance floor. Please be mindful of the community guidelines.

• Location: Jolene, Flæsketorvet 81-85, 1711 Copenhagen

• Cover: 50 DKK

LINEUP (in alphabetical order)
🌐 DJ LOVECATT
https://soundcloud.com/dj-lovecatt

🌐 ROBIN FLUX
https://soundcloud.com/robinflux

🌐 SO,OUL
https://soundcloud.com/so_oul

COMMUNITY GUIDELINES

Dance Floor
The dance floor is for dancing. We aim to create a space for freedom of expression. Therefore, please do not use any phones or cameras on the dance floor. If you need to use your phone for any reason, step away to the bar or another area in the space. Also, please keep conversations on the dance floor to a minimum and have longer conversations at the bar or in the surrounding areas. Help us keep the space for people who really want to dance, and refrain from any behaviour that disrupts the intimacy and flow.

Cyphers
A cypher is a freestyle dance jam where an open circle is forming and people take turns dancing in the center. If a cypher forms, it is not reserved for trained dancers. Dancing in the cypher is open for
everyone, and can be a special moment of exhilaration and release. Feel free to try it and cheer each other, watch others dance or just keep dancing outside the cypher. Be mindful of the size of the cypher, since it can take up space from other people who don't want to participate and might feel intimidated.

Safer Space
Any violent, racist, sexist, classist, ableist, body-shaming, homophobic and/or transphobic behavior or harassment of any kind will not be tolerated. If anything or anyone makes you or anyone else feel unsafe, do not hesitate to reach out to the staff or hosts at anytime, and they will help you out. A club space is a community space. As a community we are responsible for taking care of each other.

BACKGROUND & FURTHER INFORMATION
Among dance styles like Hip Hop, Ballroom and Whacking, the driving force of early club culture was House Dance, which is a free-form style that privileges self-expression and a non-judgmental attitude. It’s about coming together, community, genuine connection on the dance floor, being locked into the music. It’s all about release.The European club culture is built on labor and artistry of the queer Black and Latinx community, which developed a music and dance culture especially in Chicago, New York and Detroit in the 1980s, that was all about self-expression, body language and spiritual connection on the dance floor.

Why did dance culture leave the clubs? Find more answers in this short documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wXkcJDnJWE