Social Events.
Living Room Dance Parties
with Ajineen Sagal
A free dance class from the comfort of your own home.
She’s back! A middle-aged menopausal woman dancing around her living room to super fun music, Ajineen became a certified Zumba instructor in 2012. Since then, she has enjoyed teaching many workout classes – not only in studios, but in horse barns, church basements, penthouse suites and online from her own home. This is a great way to see friends and sweat a bit with ZERO judgement. Truly.
Everyone is welcome, every level/ age – you don’t need to know the steps – you just bounce or jiggle around to the music and eventually, some of the moves stick.
- Free to join! Every Tuesday.
- Starting April 7, 2026
- 9 am PST or noon EST for 30 min.
- Running shoes and water are suggested.
- Email here to reserve your spot and get the zoom link: ajineensagal@mac.com
*In her real life, Ajineen is a grad of studio 58, mother of two teen boys and a composer, music director, performer and fiddle teacher.
A 30 min Zoom-ba-esque work out
- Tuesdays and Thursdays
- 9am PST via ZOOM all winter long.
- Shake the darkness away 2x a week with friends, from the comfort of your own home.
- RSVP to Emelia to get the Zoom link.
- FREE
Social Events.
BREATHWORK
With Juno Rinaldi
What is Breathwork? Breathwork is a powerful, active meditation practice that helps release stored emotions, clear energetic blocks, and create real shifts in both body and mind.
- Thursday 9 am- 9:45 am PST
- 45 min session
- April 16-June 25 inclusive
- FREE
- Zoom link for Breathwork with Juno Rinaldi
Juno Rinaldi is an actor, visual artist, and breathwork practitioner with over 25 years of experience in the creative arts. Breathwork became a transformative tool for Juno during a period of creative and personal transition, helping her reconnect to her body, creativity, and sense of purpose. Today, she facilitates grounded, heart-centered breathwork experiences that emphasize emotional safety, intuitive guidance, and gentle humor. Her classes are designed to support healing, clarity, and creative expansion, creating space for participants to reconnect with their own inner wisdom.
*To attend this breath work session we need an RSVP so prep info can be sent to you in advance.
Social Events.
WRITE CLUB
hosted by Rachel Aberle
Calling all writers! The Chop hosts a creative accountability space on Zoom every Thursday and Friday morning (PST) We log on, have a brief check in, and then we write our faces off- simple as that. You don’t need to be able to stay for the full two hours and the camera can be off. Come for the body doubling and leave relieved you got your word count in. Because, writing can be lonely, and staying motivated is hard. The antidote is community. It’s free. Join us!
- Thurs 10am-12pm (PST)
- Friday 10am-12pm (PST)
- FREE
- Zoom link for Write Club
Social Events.
The National Transformation Project
What would it take to transform our society for the betterment of all?
This is a national project in which live performance companies from across Canada are asking some of their favourite artists to approach the above question in whatever way they see fit. These artists have been asked to imagine a path between now and a better future – to imagine if that’s even possible, and, if so, what it might entail. Works are being gathered and showcased on the National Arts Centre website.
The Chop commissioned three works by four incredible artists:
Kathleen Duborg & Piril Sesli
Disturbed Places :: a Dialogueome of the moves stick.
K. Ho
dreams of whiteness
Katie Voravong
What we Make
We encourage you to check out the above works and the many others that are a part of the project.
Social Events.
Neighbourhood Originals
West End Originals
Summer, 2018
The first of our live interview series about everything from living in small spaces to dreaming big dreams.
West End Originals was a live interview series hosted by Omari Newton that we debuted in Summer, 2018. The Chop ran 8 weekly episodes that were free and open to all people of all ages with coffee, tea and snacks provided. The event took place in a wheelchair accessible venue, Three Quarters Full Cafe, a Taiwanese coffee shop in the Denman Place Mall.
We set out to learn about the most dense and colourful neighbourhood in Vancouver, so we asked things like: what’s a regular West End day? What makes a good neighbour? Where’s the best place to get pants hemmed? What are you most proud of? Is all this construction noise driving you bonkers? What brought you to this neighbourhood? What does the future hold? We heard from elders, newcomers, evicted residents and our local MP. The event grew in popularity and by the end of the series, we were having to turn people away at the door!
The backstory of Originals…
After years of being on tour and spending lots of time out of town, AD’s Anita and Emelia found that we were not as connected to their own neighbourhoods as they wanted to be. Out of that concern cane the idea to create the Originals series (way before Netflix debuted LA Originals, just for the record) with the goal of getting to know their neighbours. They hope to keep the project moving through lots of our beloved city neighbourhoods.
Social Events.
Circle and Square Dancing
Did you know that the roots of Square Dancing comes out of Celtic and Welsh cultural traditions. Then, the American’s american-ized it with the country themes and poofy skirts. Beforehand, it was all about making shapes and patterns and dancing with your friends. So, we’re trying to bring that back…
Come learn how to square dance with us. It’s a delight.
- Where: Enderby Hub, in Enderby BC (google link)
- When: Friday from 7-830 pm PST
- Admission is by donation
- No partner necessary
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