WORKSHOP GUIDE SUMMER
Gaga People Master Class / photo by Gadi Dagon
Excavate Workshop with Joe Goode Performance Group / photo by Jessica Swanson
MAY MOVEMENT RITUAL AND DANCE EXPLORATIONS WITH JOY COSCULLUELA Tamalpa Institute Thu, May 2, 6:30-8:30pm Joe Goode Annex, SF Drawing on the Tamalpa Life/ Art Process, participants will dialog between body and imagination. Using movement, drawing, and writing, participants will tap into art’s language to integrate aspects of their kinesthetic experience. Part of Bay Area Dance Week. FREE (415) 457-8555 info@tamalpa.org; tamalpa.org d g RELEASE TECHNIQUE MASTER CLASS WITH TARA BRANDEL Alonzo King LINES Dance Center Sat, May 4, 11am-12:30pm Alonzo King LINES Dance Center, SF Experience the thrill of releasing through space. Join Tara Brandel, artistic director of Croi Glan Integrated Dance, for a master class in collaboration with San Francisco International Arts Festival. Utilize Laban’s kine-sphere as an image to expand your technical possibili- ties through falling, form and function. In collaboration with the San Francisco International Arts Festival. (415) 863-3040 jamie@linesballet.org; linesballet.org MURMURATIONS AND PROXEMICS Mpowerdance Project Wednesdays, May 8-29, 6:30-8pm; Fridays, May 10-31, 1-3pm Performance: Sat, Jun 1 NOH Space, SF With the use of movement, vocal sound, and props, learn spatial awareness and intention in terms of self, others and/or shared as a group. No drop-ins. The workshop culminates in an outdoor performance June 1. A free introduction will be available on May 3, 1-3pm as part of Bay Area Dance Week, see bayareadance.org for more. (415) 294-0978 mpowerdance@gmail.com; mpowerdance.net d g SCORING & PERFORMANCE WITH IU-HUI CHUA AND JOY COSCULLUELA Tamalpa Institute In this introductory workshop participants explore movement innova- tions through somatic and Tamalpa Art Life Process body part my- thology explorations. Participants will use these embodied movement innovations as resources for the scoring process and the RSVP Cycles developed by renowned dance pioneer Anna Halprin and distin- guished architect Lawrence Halprin, for performance purposes. (415) 457-8555 info@tamalpa.org; tamalpa.org d g Sat, May 11, 10am- 5:30pm The Finnish Hall, Berkeley
JUNE d g CONTEMPORARY BALLET MASTER CLASS WITH VIRGINIE BRUNELLE Alonzo King LINES Dance Center Sat, Jun 1, 11:30am-1:00pm Alonzo King LINES Dance Center, SF Join Virginie Brunelle for a Contemporary Ballet Master Class in col- laboration with San Francisco International Arts Festival. Explore the work of Compagnie Virginie Brunelle as you learn how to make your contemporary ballet movement more raw, more visceral and more authentic. (415) 863-3040 jamie@linesballet.org; linesballet.org d g INTRO TO ARGENTINE TANGO Alma Del Tango Wednesdays, Jun 5-26, July 3-31, Aug 7-28, 7-8:15pm Alma Del Tango Studio, San Anselmo This course is an introduction to the social form of Argentine Tango as danced in Buenos Aires. You will learn a code of movement that will get you started with this improvised dance. Embrace, posture, connection with your partner, and basic navigation on the dance floor will be emphasized. Musicality, cultural information and eti- quette is also presented. (415) 250-3593 debbie@almadeltango.org; almadeltango.org
d g CONTEMPORARY DANCE THEATER MASTER CLASS WITH LILI WECKLER Alonzo King LINES Dance Center Sat, May 11, 3-4:30pm Alonzo King LINES Dance Center, SF Create a spacious, fully inhabited body in motion. Informed by GYROTONIC® and release technique, learn to move efficiently, from the viscera, playing with spirals, gravity, momentum and vocalization. Heighten your awareness using improvisation, embodied floor work, phrase work and compositional tools and investigate the voice as an element of the choreographic body. In collaboration with the San Francisco International Arts Festival. (415) 863-3040 jamie@linesballet.org; linesballet.org LIFE/ART DANCES WITH MAGGIE SILVERMAN Tamalpa Institute Sat, May 11, 7:30-9PM Berkeley Ballet Theatre, Berkeley This workshop will blend somatic and kinesthetic awareness with creative exploration in a combination that brings art and life together in embodied expression. Drawing and/or writing will be used to expand creativity and integrate experiences. FREE (415) 457-8555 info@tamalpa.org; tamalpa.org d g DUNCAN DANCE WORKSHOPS Mary Sano Studio of Duncan Dancing Sun, May 12 & 19, 12-3:30pm; Wed, May 15 & 22, 6-9:30pm; Sat, May 18 & 25, 2:30-6pm Mary Sano Studio of Duncan Dancing, SF Mary Sano introduces and explores the essence of Duncan Dancing. While focusing on harmony, nature, wholeness, and musicality; the workshop will cover basic concepts, history, improvisation, and cho- reography passed down from Isadora Duncan (1877-1927), the pioneer of Modern dance. Sano’s approach encourages individual expression connecting body, mind, and spirit. (415) 357-1817 info@duncandance.org; duncandance.org d g FULL DAY OF DANCE© The Lively Foundation Sat, May 18, 10am-5pm Mountain View Masonic Center Full Day of Dance© is presented by the International Dance Festival@ Silicon Valley. Five classes in various movement styles. Suitable for any level, age 14 and up. Take any number of classes. Includes: Pilates Mat, Tap, Adult Ballet, Ballroom (Waltz, Cha Cha), Etta’s Electric Line Dances. (650) 969-4110 livelyfoundation@sbcglobal.net; livelyfoundation.org d g GAGA PEOPLE MASTER CLASS WITH CHEN-WEI LEE Alonzo King LINES Dance Center Thu, May 23, 7:30pm-9pm Alonzo King LINES Dance Center, SF Join Chen-Wei Lee for a Gaga People Master Class in collaboration with San Francisco International Arts Festival. Gaga is the movement language that Ohad Naharin developed over many years. Gaga People classes offer a creative framework for discovering and strengthening the body and adding flexibility, stamina and agility. (415) 863-3040 jamie@linesballet.org; linesballet.org
Duncan Dance Workshops / photo courtesy of Mary Sano Studio of Duncan Dancing
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