Sliding Scale & Pricing
Harmonic Movement is built on the belief that everyone has a right to participate in the arts. A sliding scale is one of the ways that belief shows up in practice: instead of a single fixed price, you choose the rate that reflects your own financial reality right now, no explanation required.
How the sliding scale works
Most of my offerings have three tiers: Belonging, Sustaining, and Supporting.
There's no form to fill out and no proof required. Read the descriptions below, notice which one sounds most like your financial life right now, and choose that tier. You're also welcome to land anywhere between the listed prices, and you can change tiers from session to session as your circumstances change.
Income is only one part of the picture. Housing, debt, health care, savings, and the ability to take time off all shape what something really costs you, so the statements below describe financial experience, not a number on a pay stub. If paying a tier would mean giving up small comforts, like a coffee out, that's a stretch, not a hardship. If it would put your basic needs at risk, choose a lower tier. Basic needs include food, housing, health care, and transportation.
Finding your tier
Read the statements in each tier and notice where most of them ring true for you. It's a guide, not a rule.
Belonging: Participation at a price that makes room for you.
Choose this tier if the cost is a real factor in whether you can take part. This is not a lesser way to join. Everyone, at every tier, belongs here in exactly the same way.
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I sometimes stress about meeting my basic needs and don't always achieve them
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I have debt that sometimes affects my ability to meet basic needs
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I rent, or have somewhat unstable housing
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I have limited access to a car, or limited ability to afford gas
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I am employed, underemployed, or between jobs
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I have little to no access to savings
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I have little to no expendable income for classes, sessions, or creative or wellness services
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Taking time off or a vacation would create financial strain
Sustaining: The rate that covers the true cost of this work.
Where many people land. This rate covers the real cost of offering the work: my time and preparation, materials, and space.
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I may stress about meeting my basic needs, but I still regularly achieve them
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I may have some debt, but it doesn't prohibit meeting my basic needs
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I own or lease a car
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I am employed
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I have access to health care
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I have some access to financial savings
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I have some expendable income for classes, sessions, or creative or wellness services
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I can take a vacation annually or every few years without financial burden
Supporting: Paying it forward for someone else.
Choose this tier if you have room in your budget to give a little more. The difference helps keep Belonging available to others and, over time, compensates me more fully for my expertise and preparation.
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I am comfortably able to meet all of my basic needs (food, housing, transportation)
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I may have some debt, but it doesn't prevent me from meeting my basic needs
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I own my home or property, or rent a higher-end property
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I own or lease a car
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I am employed, or don't need to work to meet my needs
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I have regular access to health care
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I have access to financial savings
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I have expendable income: I can pay for classes, sessions, or creative or wellness services without financial strain
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I can afford an annual vacation or take time off without financial burden
Pricing
These are year-one rates and may shift as each offering grows. [Download the sliding scale guide (PDF)]
Individual and Public Offerings
Harmonic Movement Contemporary Dance, drop-in, per class
Belonging: $12 / Sustaining: $18 / Supporting: $25
Buy a pack of 8 classes and the 9th is free, at any tier.
Mindful Music Lessons, private, per session
30 min / 45 min / 60 min
Belonging: $35 / $45 / $50
Sustaining: $45 / $55 / $65
Supporting: $55 / $65 / $75
No travel fee for lessons at my studio or online. When I travel to you, a flat $10 travel fee applies for lessons outside a 5-mile radius within the Portland metro area. Lessons beyond the metro area are handled by inquiry.
Creative Practice Mentorship, per session, not a package
Private: 30 min / 60 min / 90 min
Belonging: $50 / $70 / $85
Sustaining: $70 / $95 / $115
Supporting: $90 / $120 / $145
Small group (up to 3 people, 90 minutes, flat rate): Belonging $115 / Sustaining $150 / Supporting $190
The same $10 travel fee applies to in-person sessions outside a 5-mile radius within the Portland metro area. No travel fee for online sessions.
Creative Foraging Walks
(About three hours, up to eight participants, per person)
Belonging: $50 / Sustaining: $65 / Supporting: $80
Professional Development
Priced on a tiered scale based on the type of organization. Contact me for a quote.
Programs for Schools, Groups, and Organizations
Art Roots and Common Ground
(Per hour, materials and instruments included. The school, organization, group, or family booking chooses the tier that best describes their situation.)
Belonging, $55: small nonprofits, Title I schools, and groups where most paying participants qualify for OHP or SNAP
Sustaining, $65: larger nonprofits, non-Title I schools, and groups and families for whom the standard rate fits
Supporting, $75: for-profit and well-funded organizations
For example, a 1.5-hour class at the Sustaining rate is $97.50.
Teaching Artist Services
Priced per project. I'm happy to work within an existing budget, position, or stipend. Contact me to talk it through.
Harmonic Movement's sliding scale draws on The Green Bottle by Alexis J. Cunningfolk of Worts & Cunning.