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Interfusion Festival is the largest indoor transformative festival in the US occurring on January 16 – 20, 2020 (MLK Weekend) bringing together like-minded souls for four days of learning, healing, play and connection. Interfusion provides a holistic opportunity for participants at all levels to explore workshops in over 30 practices with no partner required, from beginners to advanced offerings. Participants choose their adventure across a spectrum of over 100 festival activities and emerge into an openhearted community experience.

Interfusion Festival will take place at the 4 star Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel: 1700 Richmond Hwy, Arlington, VA 22202. While not required for Festival participation, we recommend that travelers consider staying at the hotel to emerge into the complete festival community experience.

The 2020 theme is Evolution. To evolve is to take a journey of exploration and expansion. It is a deepening, a period of intentional incubation. A path to greater awareness, wisdom, illumination and self-mastery. To being fully-realized and whole.

No partner is necessary. The community has a vibrant mix of men and women attending. Partnerships are created easily during each workshop and are often rotated multiple times by the instructor to create the best learning environment possible.

Absolutely. The festival has plenty of choices for beginners. Please refer to the full festival schedule before the event and look for offerings marked as “beginner” or “all levels” to plan your experience.

The entire DMV, just an escalator ride away. The hotel is located directly above the Crystal City Metro stop, making it easy for you to travel in the areas in and surrounding the nation’s capital.

No individuals under the age of 18 are permitted access to the festival.

Service animals are permitted in the festival grounds. Participants must sign an agreement to not leave a pet alone in a room, even in a cage or crate. Service animals that provide assistance to individuals with disabilities are welcome and are not subject to restrictions that apply to other animals.

Yes. Take advantage of the hotel’s complimentary round trip shuttle to Reagan National Airport and travel with ease.  The airport is located just 2 miles from the hotel.

Interfusion Festival has one event show night on Saturday featuring an exciting variety lineup of acts in dance, acrobatics and flow arts. The show is 90 minutes long. Function seating is provided to festival attendees on a first come first serve basis, while standing room is available for additional guests. The saturday festival show is followed by the night parties.

How to dress and what to bring will depend on the classes you’re planning on taking and other activities you’re planning on participating in.

For partner dance classes: we recommend dance shoes and/or socks and comfortable clothing.

For Acrobatics: yoga type clothing is recommended. Please avoid loose fitting clothing and jewelry as they may become safety hazards. Sport towel, hand sanitizer and dry chalk are recommended but not necessary.

For pole dance and fitness: yoga shorts and sports bras work best. If you choose to wear heels, they must have ankle strap. You may also bring grip products, if desired.

For healing arts: comfortable clothing. Yoga mats will be provided but we recommend you also bring your own.

All individual entering festival grounds are required to agree to the below consent code of conduct. The Interfusion Consent Team and Security Members will be available to report any consent boundary crossings situations and incidents of inappropriate behavior. Consent Team Members will be identified by red armbands and lanyards.

To report any incidents of inappropriate behavior online, use the Interfusion Incident Reporting Form. The festival consent team has the authority to take actions if the behavior of any individual or small group detracts from the safe, relaxed and comfortable atmosphere of the festival.

CONSENT CODE OF CONDUCT
www.InterfusionFestival.com/consentcode

Interfusion is committed to creating a safe haven of creativity and personal growth for all participants. Here are our community consent rules of etiquette, or Code of Conduct, so everyone feels safe and at choice.

1. Consent First: All participants must receive explicit consent before any physical contact interaction.
2. Yes & No: “Yes” means yes. Hesitation or “maybe” means “no” or there’s something to clarify.
3. Check In: Check in during any physical activity for another “Yes”. Ask questions, talk, clarify when ambiguous. (e.g. Do you feel safe? Does that feel good? Are you okay?  Do you want to continue?)
4. Consent Resets: A “yes” once does not mean “yes” in the future. Don’t make assumptions.
5. Say Stop: Want an interaction to end but you don’t know what to say? Use the universal word is STOP.  Exercise it often and in many ways. Stop does not mean a violation, it means exercising consent.
6. Compliance: If someone says STOP to you, that means this interaction ends immediately.
7. Communicate: It is encouraged to talk about what just happened with the individual to build and spread awareness. If you don’t feel comfortable talking to them, tell others what happened and talk to a consent team member right away. The community and consent team are here to help.
8. Contact: contact a consent team member if you think you may have crossed someone’s boundaries, had your boundaries crossed, gotten into unsafe situation around consent. Contact the security team for serious violations. Use the Incident Reporting Form to report after the festival hours have passed.
9. Report: if you see or experience consent behavior that is inappropriate or out of line, report it immediately. The consent team aims to catch consent breaks early, and often, so we can prevent more traumatic violations (e.g. lack of sobriety, you’ve said STOP more than once, you feel unsafe).

If any person, or group of persons, violates or is not in accordance with these Code of Conduct policies, they may be escorted out of the Interfusion Festival grounds, expelled from future events and released to authorities.

Interfusion Festival brings together an eclectic mix of artists, teachers, healers and speakers from across the globe. To apply to share your arts and practices with the Interfusion community visit: https://goo.gl/forms/buoZcBFYfbjkC9322