Sunday, December 28, 2008

SFDI 2009

Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation

August 2 - 9, 2009

CLASSES . PERFORMANCES . JAMS . DISCUSSIONS

Benoit LaChambre, Daniel Lepkoff, Susan Schell, Delia Brett, Alicia Grayson, Cyrus Khambatta, Aiko Kinoshita, Tonya Lockyer, Margit Galanter, Karen Schaffman, Stephanie Skura, Gretchen Spiro, Alia Swersky & more

Produced by Dance Art Group


Sunday, December 21, 2008

Monday, December 15, 2008

2009 Seattle Improvisation Dance Classes

Dance Art Group (DAG) presents a series of Monday night improvisation classes at Velocity Dance Center in Seattle.

Go to the DAG site.

January: TBA

February 2-23: Aaron Swartzman / Following Through Falling

This Contact Improvisation-based class looks at the art and joy of following through. We will play with techniques and facilitated scores for riding gravity's rollercoaster, falling into curiosity, and honing the listening integral to partner and solo dancing. The goal: committed, risky dancing which maintains awareness of our body’s somatic truths and the art-making potential of the space around us.

Aaron Swartzman is a professional dancer, Capoiera Angola treineu and father. He believes in the richness and practice of discovering spontaneous beauty and weaving it towards ongoing artistic transformation. He is invested in cultivating improvisation as a life practice and sharing the fruits of his research with others.

March 2-30: Beth Graczyk / Enriching the Performing Body

How do we develop multi-layered physical material that enlivens our dancing? By integrating physical specificity, sensation, and the imagination, we will learn tools to deepen the potential of expression in the body -- creating rich worlds to inhabit.

Beth Graczyk is a contemporary dancer, improviser, choreographer, teacher and research scientist. She has a dance/sound company, Salt Horse, with Corrie Befort and Angelina Baldoz, and dances for Scott/Powell Performance (2004-).

April 6-27: Amelia Reeber / Forming the Formless

Access the narrative of the living body and its relationship to space, landscape and time. Approach the unseen. Engage the dynamic relationship between the individual and greater body. Play, reveal, sculpt, expand and wake energy with simplicity of presence.

Amelia Reeber is a performer, choreographer, and improviser. Creating and performing solo dance works has been her primary interest for the last eight years. She has spent the better part of 2008 touring internationally with Deborah Hay Dance.

May 4-25: Sheri Cohen / Revealing Presence

As we attune our senses through touching, listening and seeing explorations; as we observe our mental activity through naming, witnessing and movement meditations; as we embrace our habits and create new possibilities; we will notice our whole selves emerge into presence.

Sheri Cohen is an award-winning choreographer and dance teacher. She has taught at Cornish College, Oberlin College, Evergreen University, and in many other grassroots-organized workshops since 1992. She is a hatha yoga teacher and a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitionercm.

June 1-29: Kristin Hapke / Only You: Solo Play

How do we stay present and focused, deepen our awareness, and clarify our intentions while in performance? In this class we will investigate locating presence within performative forms by cultivating sensation, tuning our attention and creating imaginative solo worlds.

Kristin Hapke (Artistic director tindance) has been exploring the solo form for 15 years. She has taught technique, improvisation and movement analysis at Ohio State University, Cornish College of the Arts, Hunter College, Columbus Movement, Velocity as well as Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation and Silesian Dance Festival in Poland.







Friday, December 12, 2008

December Contact Improvisation Workshop

SNOW CHANGE: Workshop rescheduled to January 10-11, 2009.

CONTACT IMPROVISATION Holiday Workshop

Back to basics: How soft and receptive can the body be and still maintain structure.

Taught by Cyrus Khambatta

Sat. & Sun. Dec. 20-21, 2008

Workshop 12 - 4pm (both days)

Jam afterwards 4pm on (both days)

at Grassroots Studio in West Seattle

Deepen understanding of where and how the body can soften. Play with the essentials: weight sharing, rolling, falling, balancing, and spiraling — engage your inner and outer world of contact. Ease into the holidays with better body awareness.

Cost: $80-$120 sliding scale if check received by Dec. 15th, $90-$130 afterwards. Single day $50-$70 sliding scale before Dec. 15, $55-$75 afterwards.

Make check out to The Phffft! Company and mail to 5609 34th Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98126 or call for credit card payment options.

Phone: 206.935.0459

Cyrus Khambatta
Artistic Director
The Phffft! Dance Theatre Company







2009 AUTHENTIC MOVEMENT with Susan Baum

WINTER AUTHENTIC MOVEMENT/with Susan Baum
Winter is a wonderful time to delve inward, and find depth and light through connecting to oneself. The practice of Authentic Movement fosters quiet internal attention and expands awareness of one's body and mind. By listening to the body, and finding movement from within, we explore the dance of presence, witnessing ourselves and others as awake and open as possible.

ONGOING AUTHENTIC MOVEMENT GROUP
Every other Monday, January–June 2009, 7:15-9:15pm $300
(1/19, 2/ 2, 2/16, 3/2, 3/16, 3/30, 4/13, 4/27, 5/11, 5/25, 6/8, 6/22)
Over the course of six months we will move, witness, and delve into this practice that opens us to our bodies and to a deeper sense of self. Simple and expansive, we can find states of being that bring greater ease and aliveness. Open to all levels of experience, this group is ideal for those who want to develop in the practice and feel a sense of cohesion and community through an ongoing group.

SATURDAY WORKSHOPS
Saturdays, Feb 21 and March 21, 2:00-5:00pm
$40 each workshop or $75 for both
In these workshops will open to our bodies, listening to ourselves in new and expansive ways. By giving over to what is not yet known we are moved into authenticity, surprise & deep enjoyment. Come try it!

VASHON ISLAND RETREAT
Saturday, April 4, 10am-5:30pm $95
A day to slow down and listen within, we can open to our bodies and emerge transformed by the simple practice of mindful human presence. We will share food and a sense of community in a beautiful studio nestled amidst the trees. This is a wonderful way to take some time for yourself!

To register or for information about Body-Oriented Psychotherapy contact Susan Baum at (206) 778-9183 or www.susanbaumtherapy.blogspot.com.

Seattle groups will be held at the Palace Studio, 226 NW Bowdoin Place in Fremont.

Susan Baum MA LMHC is a psychotherapist in private practice working with individuals, couples and groups. Her approach to Authentic Movement is informed by her training in psychology, and her experience as a mover guides her holistic and body-based approach to psychotherapy. Susan brings her warmth and lively spirit to what she does, and provides an attentive and experienced presence that supports meaningful personal work.

Susan Baum MA LMHC
Psychotherapy for the Body and Mind
402 NE 72nd St Suite 5
Seattle, WA 98115
(206) 778-9183