Anthrocon 2025: Full Schedule

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9:30am EDT

Popping with Strobes

Friday July 4, 2025 9:30am - 11:00am EDT

Come one, come all to learn the basics of the dance style of popping, including history, foundational moves, and time to practice and learn together in various ways. This workshop is taught by Strobes, one of the members of the AC 2024 Floor Wars' winning crew Paws For Effect.

Speakers

Strobes

Friday July 4, 2025 9:30am - 11:00am EDT
DLCC 403-405

Dance, Instructional

11:30am EDT

Dissecting Dance

Friday July 4, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT

DLCC 403-405

Dive into this educational panel on dance and experiment with new perspectives on movement. This panel will consist of a guided warm up, a short lecture/demonstration and (mostly) time for exploration/practice.

This workshop is taught by Atsu, one of the members of the AC 2024 Floor Wars' winning crew Paws For Effect.

Speakers

Atsu

Atsu is a choreographer, dancer and fursuit performer. Relatively unknown in his earlier years, he first took the stage at Anthrocon’s 2012 dance competition and since then has been making appearances at many conventions. He is most well known for his performances with the dance... Read More →

Friday July 4, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
DLCC 403-405

Dance, Instructional

1:30pm EDT

Animation Dance Workshop

Friday July 4, 2025 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT

DLCC 403-405

Step into the uncanny valley as Jamage teaches the foundations behind Animation Dance! Learn about speed control and dimestops as a way of evoking robotics, illusions, and glitches within movement. This information will help you to take most dance moves and change their timing and texture, so you can dance to anything.

This workshop is taught by Jamage, one of the members of the AC 2024 Floor Wars' winning crew Paws For Effect.

Speakers

Jamage

Jamage is a coyote pup who loves to dance and make people smile with silly antics!Professionally, he works as a VR/AR game developer.As a primary hobby, Jamage has been dancing for 13+ years. While he specializes in Animation and Waving, he enjoys studying many styles to create performances... Read More →

Friday July 4, 2025 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
DLCC 403-405

Dance, Instructional

4:00pm EDT

Floor Wars Prelims

Friday July 4, 2025 4:00pm - 6:00pm EDT

DLCC 403-405

It's time for the Annual Floor Wars Prelims! If your team has signed up online, you must compete in the preliminaries in order to qualify for the main event. There are NO sign ups in-person. For group performances and pre-approved exceptions for the Fursuit Dance Competition, they will be covered in this event.

Speakers

Ronnie Noodles

Board Secretary, Director of Digital Services, Anthrocon, Inc.

Your friendly and wiggly noodle that does lots of things, including organizing for the convention and running Floor Wars and the Fursuit Dance Competition!Part of the Anthrocon, Inc. leadership and Board of Directors, a veteran fursuiter performer and stage presence of 15+ years... Read More →

Atsu

Friday July 4, 2025 4:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
DLCC 403-405

7:00pm EDT

Grooves and Footwork Foundations Dance Workshop

Friday July 4, 2025 7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT

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"This workshop is a class to teach those attending to develop and apply an understanding of foundational movement within improvised street dance. This workshop (presented through a popping lens) will give dancers of all levels and styles the opportunity to develop grounding in how to use and create your own grooves, and to actively move around in space with rhythm. This workshop will be a participatory panel, so please be prepared to use your body to be one with the funk.

This workshop is taught by Theome, one of the members of the AC 2024 Floor Wars' winning crew Paws For Effect."

Speakers

Theome

Friday July 4, 2025 7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT
DLCC 403-405

Dance, Instructional

9:00pm EDT

Fursuiting 101: The basics

Friday July 4, 2025 9:00pm - 10:00pm EDT

DLCC 403-405

"Ever wanted to fursuit but didn't know how? Now you can!

Join Sylox in this informative and somewhat hilarious panel as he goes over the basics of fursuiting:
- Commissioning a fursuit
- Making the DTD
- Fursuit maintenance
- Health & safety
- Public fursuiting
- Performance

Anything and everything else!!!"

Speakers

Sylox

My name is Sylox!I love sports, fursuiting, music production, DJing and traveling. I like meeting new folks and making friends!Feel free to hit me up!

Friday July 4, 2025 9:00pm - 10:00pm EDT
DLCC 403-405

Fursuiting, Performance

12:00am EDT

Hypno Furs Meet and Greet (18+)

Saturday July 5, 2025 12:00am - 1:00am EDT

DLCC 403-405

Do you like pocketwatches and spirals? Come meet your fellow fans of hypnosis. Whether you're a pro or just curious, this is a great chance to hang out with others who are into this unique and mind-bending interest of ours!

Speakers

Aristoth

Jazz Big Band Leader

A dragon wearing many metaphorical hats, and up to two literal ones.

Saturday July 5, 2025 12:00am - 1:00am EDT
DLCC 403-405

Social, Meet and Greet