SUMMER WORKSHOP GUIDE
AUGUST d g “WATER BODY” BUTOH WORKSHOP, NOGUCHI TAISO TECHNIQUE Ranko Ogura Dance Sat-Sun, Aug 3-4, 12:30-5:30pm Studio Valencia, SF Explore your hidden transformation starting with IMAGES, and heighten your awareness of GRAVITY. Noguchi Taiso Practice: How to move your body without unnecessary tension. All movement occurs while the water flows inside your body. This practice provides your body with internal and external sensation. All levels are welcome. (415) 203-3366 rodance@hotmail.co.jp; rodance.wix.com/ranko EMPOWERING CREATIVITY THROUGH MOVEMENT/ DANCE AND LIFE/ART METAPHORS WITH DARIA AND ANNA HALPRIN Tamalpa Institute This workshop will generate opportunities for participants to find meaning connected with the real issues in their lives. The Halprins approach to Integrative Movement will take participants on a unique journey into the sensing, feeling and imagining body. The Life/Art Process® developed by Anna and Daria Halprin bridges body aware- ness, art expression, and psychological processes. (415) 457-8555 info@tamalpa.org; tamalpa.org d g WORK 002 SUMMER PERFORMANCE INTENSIVE This performance intensive is for professional and pre-professional dancers seeking a new approach to contemporary technique and a fresh perspective on choreography. WORK includes daily technique, KDC repertory, building a brand new work over 5 days, and lunch-time discussions about marketing, producing, and surviving as an artist today. kristin@kristindamrow.com; kristindamrow.com This summer’s advanced workshop will feature a different master teacher each week, providing dancers currently enrolled in Levels 6-8, 13-21 years of age, with the opportunity to challenge themselves in new and complementary ways. Artistic foci include: classical, neoclassical, and contemporary repertoire; choreography and improvisation; and somatic work. (925) 402-1073 eddieh@berkeleyballet.org; berkeleyballet.org d g BEING HERE AND NOT HERE AT THE SAME TIME Mary Armentrout Dance Theater Mon-Fri, Aug 5-9, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, Aug 10, 8:30pm (showing) The Milkbar, Richmond In this week long workshop we will unfurl, follow, wildly manipulate, and crash live performance from multiple perspectives: refiguring the body and the self through Feldenkrais, reconstructing the per- formance space and the performance contract through site specific, technological, and critical strategies, utilizing intermedia to push collage and embodiment into new configurations. (510)289-5188 ma@maryarmentroutdancetheater.com; maryarmentroutdancetheater.com d g FAMILY DANCE INSTITUTE Luna Dance Institute Tue-Fri, Aug 6-9, 9am-5pm Luna Dance Institute, Berkeley Discover Luna’s relationship-based approach to teaching family dance, and experience the power of dance to strengthen relationships and enhance empathy. Content includes: attachment, play & development theories; neuroscience & early movement patterns; creating dance curriculum to build trust & connection; learning to engage multi-generations in dance play; teaching in different settings; & more! jperena@lunadanceinstitute.org; lunadanceinstitute.org d g MERCE CUNNINGHAM WORKSHOP AND AUDITION Hope Mohr Dance Sat-Sun, Aug 10-11, 10am-4pm ODC Theater, SF A unique opportunity to study Cunningham technique and learn rep- ertory with Rashuan Mitchell and Silas Riener, two acclaimed former members of the Cunningham company. From this workshop, four dancers will be chosen to perform excerpts of Cunningham reper- tory November 8 & 9 at ODC Theater, alongside new artworks by 2019 Bridge Project commissioned artists. admin@hopemohr.org; artful.ly/store/events/16621 Sun-Fri, Aug 4-9, All Day Esalen Institute, Big Sur Kristin Damrow & Company Mon-Fri, Aug 5-9, 10am-3pm Joe Goode Annex, SF ADVANCED BALLET SUMMER INTENSIVE Berkeley Ballet Theater Mon-Fri, Aug 5-16, 9:30am-4:30pm Berkeley Ballet Theater
d g TEEN CHOREOGRAPHY WORKSHOP - SESSION 2 Luna Dance Institute
Mon-Fri, Jul 22-26, 10am - 5pm Luna Dance Institute, Berkeley
Dancers aged 11-17 come together to learn the art of choreography during full-day camps. Camp themes provide a source of inspira- tion for their solo, duet, and group pieces, and they are supported in developing their aesthetic qualities and expressive storytelling voices as they make dances meaningful to them. (510) 883-1118 PL@lunadanceinstitute.org; lunadanceinstitute.org KIDS CAPOEIRA SUMMER CAMP - SESSION V ABADA Capoeira San Francisco Mon-Fri, Jul 29-Aug 2, 9am-4pm ABADA Capoeira, SF This experiential camp is full of fun, friends, and learning! During each one-week session, children are exposed to diverse cultural arts, and introduced to the Mission neighborhood through mural tour adven- tures. Campers spend the day learning capoeira and maculelê move- ments, playing instruments including trying their hand at drumming, singing songs in Portuguese, and playing capoeira-based games. (415) 206-0650 info@abada.org; abada.org POST:WORKSHOP Post:Ballet Mon-Fri, Jul 29-Aug 2, 10am-4pm Dance Mission Theater, SF Post:Workshop is a week-long summer intensive designed for emerging and professional dancers interested in exploring a modern approach to their classically-based technique. Post:Workshop immerses dancers in a physically demanding, emotionally nurturing, and artistically enriching experience in the heart of San Francisco’s Mission District. Dancers will develop their creative voice through active participation in the development of new work alongside a composer and choreographers who also work together in a very collaborative manner. postballet.org/post-workshop d g EXCAVATE Joe Goode Performance Group Mon-Fri, Jul 29 - Aug 2, 10am-5pm Joe Goode Annex, SF A workshop intensive led by Joe Goode alongside company mem- bers—focusing on technique, voice, partnering, & the felt experience. This week is also an opportunity to work on your creative process within a concentrated, immersive environment. (415) 561-6565 info@joegoode.org; joegoode.org
Lively Foundation / photo courtesy of artists
d g 2019 FACT/SF SUMMER DANCE LAB FACT/SF Sun-Sat, August 11-17, 10am-4pm Joe Goode Annex, SF
Co-taught by Certified Countertechnique Teachers Charles Slender- White and Joy Davis, the 2019 Summer Dance Lab includes daily Countertechnique classes, Deep Dive modules, FACT/SF repertory, improvisation, applied anatomy, and more. The Lab is intentionally inclusive and non-competitive, and is designed for dancers new to Countertechnique and for those who have already had some experi- ence with the practice. (415) 349-0878 workshop@factsf.org; factsf.org
FLYING LOW & PASSING THROUGH Shawl-Anderson Dance Center Mon, Wed, and Fri, Aug 12-16, 3pm - 5:30pm Shawl-Anderson Dance Center, Berkeley
With teaching artist Ellen Slatkin, come explore Flying Low technique. This workshop will help you find the most efficient ways to come in and out of the floor through powerful and dynamic movement, focus- ing on functionality and fluidity in relationship to the floor. It creates a high energy, wild, and visceral environment, pushing to the extremes of physicality through play, trust, and exhaustion. (510) 654-5921 info@shawl-anderson.org; shawl-anderson.org
GAGA & ROLFING MOVEMENT WORKSHOP James Graham Dance Theatre Fri-Tue, Aug 19-22, 10-3pm Joe Goode Annex, SF
James Graham (Gaga People / Improv) & Alexandros Marinis (Rolfing Movement) will lead the workshop participants in their respective disciplines. The participants will learn and deepen their knowledge and practices of Gaga (Ohad Naharin/Batsheva) and Rolfing Move- ment. Both focus on our bodies’ movement patterns/habits. James and Alex will help you find new sensations and information. All levels. jamesgrahamdancetheatre@gmail.com jamesgrahamdancetheatre.com
Mary Armentrout Dance Theater / photo by Mic Bello:EMPAC
BALLET WORKSHOPS Berkeley Ballet Theater Fri-Tue, Aug 19-23, 6-9pm Berkeley Ballet Theater, Berkeley
FILM PRODUCTION FOR DANCE AND MOVEMENT UC Berkeley’s Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies
Mon-Fri, Jul 29-Aug 16, 9am–4pm University of California, Berkeley
Select from three levels: Intermediate/Advanced with Kaori Ogas- awara, Beginning with Chris Lam, or Introductory with Robert Greer. Each workshop features a ballet technique class, pointe if dancers are enpointe, and a variation or choreography class. The workshops culminate in an in-studio showing. (925) 402-1073 info@berkeleyballet.org; berkeleyballet.org/workshops
This course will provide an overview of filmmaking techniques that can be applied to a variety of artistic projects involving the body in motion. The course will begin with historical contextualization of screendance and video editing basics. It will then build to video production and post-production techniques ranging from the basics to more complex concepts. (510) 642-2877 tdps@berkeley.edu; classes.berkeley.edu d g DEVELOPING & IMPLEMENTING DANCE CURRICULA - A Luna Dance Institute Luna’s Intro to Dance Teaching, this first course in our Foundations Series offers a comprehensive overview of standards-based dance education. Content includes: elements of dance; structuring discrete dance lessons aligned with National Core Arts Standards; integrating dance across subject matter; human development theory, infant to adult; observation and instruction. (510) 883-1118 PL@lunadanceinstitute.org; lunadanceinstitute.org Mon-Fri, Jul 29-Aug 2, 9am-5pm Luna Dance Institute, Berkeley
Ranko Ogura Dance / photo by Hiroe Kobayashi
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