Yolone Art Group

We continue to hold and support spaces where movement, creativity, community, and experimentation can meet 💛

This week at The Booster feels like a mix of grounding, movement, play, and community.

And on Saturday, the studio transforms into a joyful little world of handmade creations, tiny businesses, swaps, and big ideas at our Kids Artisan Market & Swap 🎪✨

Here’s what’s unfolding upstairs this week:

✨ TUESDAY, APRIL 28
‘IKE | EMBER-KIND with Sophie Barbarics
9:30–10:30 AM

✨ THURSDAY, APRIL 30
‘IKE | EMBER-KIND with Sophie Barbarics
6–7:15 PM

✨ THURSDAY, APRIL 30
INTO THE WILD — Live Music Dance Jam
with Sophie Barbarics and DJ Nadine Wildwood
7:30 PM
https://www.facebook.com/share/1PsEKABcKD/

✨ FRIDAY, MAY 1
Advanced Dance Training with Sophie Barbarics
10–11:30 AM

✨ SATURDAY, MAY 2
The Kids Artisan Market & Swap
10 AM–1 PM
https://www.facebook.com/share/1HkwQFnDRd/
Free entry • All welcome

📍 The Booster — 533 Baker Street (upstairs)🌐 yolone.ca/thebooster

Come spend some time with us this week.

At YolOne Art Group, we’re always looking for ways to support work while it’s still becoming.

There’s something new moving through our studio, The Booster this week.
Alongside our regular classes, we’re opening the space to a residency process — something raw, in-progress, and only shared for one night.

Here’s what’s unfolding:
⚡ Tuesday | April 21 | 9:30–10:30 AM
IKE | ember·kind — with Sophie Barbarics

⚡ Thursday | April 23 | 6:00–7:15 PM
IKE | ember·kind — with Sophie Barbarics

✨ Thursday | April 23 | 7:30 PM
Between Skins — Artist Residency Showing

This week, we’re hosting Lia Kajari and Andrea Bolduc-Hernandez inside The Booster Incubator Program.
They’ve been researching themes of grief and change through movement, writing, and lived experience — held and guided by Sophie Barbarics.

On Thursday, they’ll share where the work has arrived.
If you’re curious about process,
if you want to witness something in progress,
come sit with it.

🎟️ entry by donation

🌿 Friday | April 24 | 10:00–11:30 AM
Advanced Dance Training — with Sophie Barbarics

📍 The Booster
533 Baker Street (upstairs)
🌐 yolone.ca/thebooster

Come as you are.

✨ Our space at The Booster comes alive again this week with movement, community gatherings, and events that support meaningful causes.

Here’s what’s happening March 16–22:

🔥 Thursday | March 19
6 – 7 PM
IKE | ember·kind with Sophie Barbarics

⚡ Friday | March 20
10 – 11:30 AM
IKE | ember·kind — Advanced Dance Training with Sophie Barbarics

🧺 Friday | March 20
4 – 8 PM
Thrift 4 Palestine by Nelson 4 Palestine

🧺 Saturday | March 21
10 AM – 4 PM
Thrift 4 Palestine continues

📍 The Booster, 533 Baker Street

More info: yolone.ca/thebooster

See you upstairs.

🌿 One of our favourite things about running The Booster in Nelson is seeing the space come alive with artists, movers, and community gatherings—March is full of them.

Here’s what’s unfolding in the studio this month:

🌀 Ike’ — 8-week Ember·kind movement series
with Sophie Barbarics
Starting March 16
Groups: Tues 9:30AM · Thurs 6PM · Fri 10AM

Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfSlGkrsZ9qjvEYDcKxJr3rh6jomORQtP277YeZbJTrPSluLg/viewform

🔥 Ember·kind Advanced Training
with Sophie Barbarics
Starting March 20 · Fridays 10AM
For experienced dancers ready to deepen technique and expand their practice.

Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfSlGkrsZ9qjvEYDcKxJr3rh6jomORQtP277YeZbJTrPSluLg/viewform

💪 Booster Incubator Feature
with Flo Adelman
Mar 24 & April 1 · 5:30–6:30PM
How to Build Resilient & Strong Shoulders

Register:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1TwLu84Mj4B5jrQfq_oygpEsJ4N6ilZF5OTLc6R1F6dk/viewform

🧺 Thrift for Palestine
with Nelson4Palestine
Mar 21–22
Clothing donations accepted at Nelson Boxing Club until Mar 15

More info:
https://www.facebook.com/share/17Dshnjk3L/

🔥 Into the Wild — live music dance jam
with Sophie Barbarics & DJ Nadine Wildwood Mar 26 · 7:30PM

More info: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BtnMTJyfi/

✨ Spring is beginning. Come move with us.

Sign up / learn more through the links in the event descriptions.

Photo: Moving Target Photo / Jani Lakatos / YolOne Art Group

✨ OPEN CALL: YolOne Art Group is proud to support The Booster's The Booster Artist Incubator Residency, now accepting applications for Spring and Summer 2026.

The Booster is inviting movement artists, choreographers, and photographers to apply for a 1-week incubator residency in our downtown Nelson studio.

This residency is designed to support creative research, experimentation, and artistic development, offering dedicated studio time, mentorship, and the opportunity to share your work with the community.

Spring Residency: April 13–19, 2026
Application deadline: April 3, 2026

Summer Residency: June 22–28, 2026
Application deadline: May 9, 2026

Residency Value: $1,200 CAD
Subsidized Artist Fee: $400 CAD
(Successful candidates pay this subsidized fee, with the remaining value supported through The Booster Incubator Program, that is sponsored by the YolOne Art Group)

Includes:
• 18 hours of studio access
• mentorship and creative support
• public showcase opportunity
• documentation photos
• access to studio equipment

This is a space to explore new ideas, deepen your practice, and connect with Nelson’s creative community.

Apply here:
https://www.yolone.ca/the-booster-incubator-program-artist-residencies

Feel free to share with artists who may be interested 💫

If you’ve been craving consistency, depth, and a real reason to move — this is your sign. ✨

Our 2026 adult movement programs are here to hold you through the winter months. To help you drop into your body, rediscover play, and find a cocoon where you can soften, explore, and just be.

No matter your experience or background — there is space for you.

🌀 Cocoon Lab
📅 Jan 13 – Feb 28
🕤 Tuesdays 9:30–10:30 AM / Thursdays 6–7 PM
📍 The Booster
🔗 Register → https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfdSbUVePbAkucll_8gy8aFZ3bOqXcNknSNuutpSVu_4nBwyg/viewform

🌑 Dance Through the Darkness
📅 Jan 14 – Mar 3 | 7–8 PM
📍 Madhu Studio, Rossland BC
🔗 Register → https://madhucollective.janeapp.com/ #/discipline/20/treatment/373

🌍 The Cocoon Lab – Online
📅 Feb 5 – Mar 12
💻 Zoom | Open worldwide
🔗 Register → https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd1IpCsu7oS3bn7ZbMVfbLtPtWRkrj_y4uJy31TmQlAUq8sKg/viewform

Join us in person or online.✨
Registration is now open.
This is your moment to choose YOU this year.
Come as you are. 💛

Photo: Jani Lakatos / Moving Target Photo

What if your body got an evening to exhale?

The Big Let Go is what the body does when it’s finally allowed to stop holding everything together.​

Your shoulders remember how to drop,
your jaw unclenches,
and the breath you didn’t know you were holding
suddenly has space to move again.

This class is that moment in motion: a pre-holiday, adult-only dance gathering where your spine can unkink from “to‑do list mode” and your feet get to follow curiosity instead of obligation.​

Expect guided contemporary movement, playful prompts, and an improv jam that lets all your “too much” and “not enough” shake out through the muscles instead of staying stuck in the mind. No performance, no perfection — just a room full of real humans, moving like bodies that are tired of pretending to be machines.​

The Big Let Go happens only twice,
at The Booster (533 Baker St)
on December 11 & 18,
6:00–7:30 pm.

Come if your body is asking for an exhale before the holidays!

https://www.yolone.ca/dance/the-big-let-go---pre-holiday-dance-classes

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us at Daffodils last Friday at ✨

We are so grateful to share this special piece and the stories behind it with our community. Your curiosity, your open hearts, and your presence bring art to life—without you, none of this would exist. 💛

Endless thanks to Miguel and the Castlegar Art Council for making this experience possible. We hope you left feeling moved and inspired. 🌼

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