"to be like the river" was a 5-day convening of nine Queer, Trans, Black, and POC artists at Dance Mission’s Dos Rios Retreat Center (in Yuki Territory) from September 30–October 4, 2020. Our central question is: “when our basic needs are met and we are out of the energetic noise of the city, what can emerge from the container we create?” This time together allows for participants to have a moment of repose in order to rest, recalibrate, and reinvigorate their minds, bodies, and spirit, in service of our work towards our collective liberation. Instigated by choreographer/DJs jose e. abad and Stephanie Hewett and co-produced by Circo Zero and The Lab, with generous funding from California Arts Council.