About

A weekly community offering that began Spring 2024. UC San Diego Theatre & Dance professor Ana Maria Alvarez and a roster of amazing artists from on and off campus lead a weekly gathering space for connection, radical joy and community! In connection jam participants are led through a collective practice of our ancestral technologies movement and play. No experience necessary, this is an open and non judgemental space. Come ready to move, sweat, laugh and practice joy as if it were a muscle. You will leave feeling more grounded, connected and joyful!

Fall 2025
7 sessions all at Epstein Family Amphitheater (EFA)

Week 2: Oct 8 – EFA – Ana María Álvarez – Ancestral technologies for joy & resilience
Week 3: Oct 15 – EFA – Joseph “Dyno” Corrales – Enter the Cypherst8: Cyphers w/ live DJ
Week 4: Oct 22 – EFA – La Mezcla – A Son Jarocho Fandango featuring live music by local musicians
Week 5: Oct 29 – EFA – Juan Carlos Blanco – Cuban Popular Dance
Week 6: Nov 5 – EFA – Marcos Duran – Improvising / Contemporary
Week 7: Nov 12 – EFA – All Dept Dance Sharing (4pm -6:30pm) followed by Connection Jam with dr. grace shinhae jun and Joseph “Dyno” Corrales
Week 8: Nov 19 – EFA – Daunté Fyall – West African

Details

Getting Here

The Epstein Family Amphitheater is located at 9480 Innovation Ln, La Jolla, CA 92093.

Take the Trolley: The amphitheater is located next to the Blue Line Trolley, UCSD Central Campus Station. For more information about the trolley, visit the MTS website >

Parking

The closest parking structure is Gilman Parking Structure. UC San Diego requires parking permits 7 days a week. Permits can be purchased at permit machines or through the Parkmobile App. Visit UC San Diego Transportation for information on where to buy your permit, and costs.