Authentic Movement is a simple yet profound practice of self-awareness and discovery. 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.
AUTHENTIC MOVEMENT WORKSHOP
Saturday, January 9, 2:30pm-5:30pm $45
In this workshop we explore our deeper selves through the practice of Authentic Movement. We will open to our bodies, listening internally in new and expansive ways. By giving over to what is not yet known we are moved into authenticity, surprise & deep enjoyment. A wonderful to way to go inside and emerge renewed and connected. Open to all.
To register or for information about Body-Oriented Psychotherapy contact Susan Baum at (206) 778-9183 authenticmovement (at) hotmail.com www.susanbaumtherapy.blogspot.com Pre-registration is required.
All workshops will be held at 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.
Monday, December 21, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Seattle Dance Workshop with Bebe Miller
December 7-11, 2009
Workshop with "Bessie" Awardee and Guggenheim Fellow Bebe Miller
FINDING PHYSICALITY: TECHNIQUE & CREATIVE PRACTICE
For advanced dance makers.
Monday-Friday :: 10am-1pm
Information: Dance Art Group
Workshop with "Bessie" Awardee and Guggenheim Fellow Bebe Miller
FINDING PHYSICALITY: TECHNIQUE & CREATIVE PRACTICE
For advanced dance makers.
Monday-Friday :: 10am-1pm
Information: Dance Art Group
Weekly Feldenkrais with Lila
Gain immediate improvement in posture, breathing, chronic pain, and flexibility; increase your self-awareness as you move throughout the world.
THE FELDENKRAIS METHOD® of NEUROMUSCULAR RE-EDUCATION
Weekly Class with Lila Hurwitz
Learn to move with minimum effort and maximum efficiency. Know yourself and be your best.
WEDNESDAYS, 6:00-7:00pm
Studio-Current, 1417 Tenth Ave #C (between Pike & Union on Capitol Hill; look for the Sweatbox Yoga signs)
$12; $110/10-class card
No experience necessary; drop-ins welcome anytime
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The Feldenkrais Method is a subtle and powerful system of neuromuscular re-patterning that evokes changes in muscular tone, range of motion, coordination, attention, and the comfort and efficiency of movement. These Awareness Through Movement® lessons will help you recognize habitual movement patterns and discover more comfortable ways to move.
Beyond its applications to physical improvement, Feldenkrais is a fascinating and sophisticated method of developing your skills of attention and self-awareness, directly affecting and benefiting your everyday sense of self in choice-making, interactions and potential.
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Open to all movement abilities and skill levels, from super-jocks to couch potatoes. Wear loose-fitting, comfortable clothes.
Lila Hurwitz, Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner(sm), has been studying movement and dance for over 38 years and teaching since 1987.
For more info:
206.650.3305 . lhurwitz (at) speakeasy.net . www.feldenkraisteachersinseattle.com
THE FELDENKRAIS METHOD® of NEUROMUSCULAR RE-EDUCATION
Weekly Class with Lila Hurwitz
Learn to move with minimum effort and maximum efficiency. Know yourself and be your best.
WEDNESDAYS, 6:00-7:00pm
Studio-Current, 1417 Tenth Ave #C (between Pike & Union on Capitol Hill; look for the Sweatbox Yoga signs)
$12; $110/10-class card
No experience necessary; drop-ins welcome anytime
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The Feldenkrais Method is a subtle and powerful system of neuromuscular re-patterning that evokes changes in muscular tone, range of motion, coordination, attention, and the comfort and efficiency of movement. These Awareness Through Movement® lessons will help you recognize habitual movement patterns and discover more comfortable ways to move.
Beyond its applications to physical improvement, Feldenkrais is a fascinating and sophisticated method of developing your skills of attention and self-awareness, directly affecting and benefiting your everyday sense of self in choice-making, interactions and potential.
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Open to all movement abilities and skill levels, from super-jocks to couch potatoes. Wear loose-fitting, comfortable clothes.
Lila Hurwitz, Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner(sm), has been studying movement and dance for over 38 years and teaching since 1987.
For more info:
206.650.3305 . lhurwitz (at) speakeasy.net . www.feldenkraisteachersinseattle.com
Friday, October 2, 2009
Centrum Contact Improv Jam
The 2009 Centrum Jam will take place December 17-20 including morning labs and copious amounts of jam time daily.
For full information, go to http://www.phffft.org/centrumjam.html.
For full information, go to http://www.phffft.org/centrumjam.html.
Contact Improvisation Workshop - Nov 6-8
Contact Improvisation Workshop with
internationally-renowned teachers
Eckhard Müller & Daniela Schwartz
SETTLING INTO THE CONSTANT ACT OF CHANGE
a workshop for experienced Contact Improvisors
November 6-8, 2009
Friday 6-9pm :: Saturday & Sunday Noon-5pm
University of Washington Dance Program, Meany Hall Studio 267
Sliding scale $160–180 if paid in full by October 30, 2009. After 10/30/09, $185–205 if space is available.
Info/registration: Dance Art Group
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Engaging us at a body/mind level, this workshop invites us to embrace the unexpected with comfort and acceptance in order to inhabit our body in the present moment, allowing the movement flow to emerge from the dance as we let it take us into the three-dimensionality of space. We will develop the relationship to the ground revealing the strength and possibilities of our structure as we increase a feeling of lightness and freedom and train our ability to modulate the tone of our body as a response to the momentary needs of the dance. For dancers with at least three years' CI experience.
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Eckhard Müller fell in love with Contact Improvisation in 1988. He has collaborated with many improvisers in research and performance groups to develop his understanding of “instant composition” as an art form. He has been teaching CI since 1994 to theatres, dance companies, schools and dance centers worldwide. As a dancer he has worked for choreographers Mark Tompkins, David Zambrano and others. He is co-founder of the dance theatre company Dégadézo in Strasbourg, France, using improvisation to create set pieces. Eckhard has been active in building “contact communities” in Freiburg and Strasbourg, and supporting others all over the world. He is co-founder of the contactfestival freiburg, a major CI event. In 2006 he developed SKIN, an interdisciplinary and interactive performance project occurring in Germany, Argentina, France, Uruguay and Switzerland, in collaboration with Daniela Schwartz.
Daniela Schwartz (Argentina/France) has been a dancer, performer and teacher of Contact Improvisation and Instant Composition since 1998. She graduated in Fine Arts from Ecole Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Strasbourg, and has taught with Eckhard Müller to diverse companies, festivals and institutions in South America and beyond. She has created several works as a member of the dance theater Cie Dégadézo, and has taught at Theater Pôle Sud, Ecole Municipale de Danse, Theatre National, and CIRA in Strasbourg. Years of fine art studies, video creation, installations, performances and the artistic aspects of the body inform her physical practice and intellectual research.
internationally-renowned teachers
Eckhard Müller & Daniela Schwartz
SETTLING INTO THE CONSTANT ACT OF CHANGE
a workshop for experienced Contact Improvisors
November 6-8, 2009
Friday 6-9pm :: Saturday & Sunday Noon-5pm
University of Washington Dance Program, Meany Hall Studio 267
Sliding scale $160–180 if paid in full by October 30, 2009. After 10/30/09, $185–205 if space is available.
Info/registration: Dance Art Group
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Engaging us at a body/mind level, this workshop invites us to embrace the unexpected with comfort and acceptance in order to inhabit our body in the present moment, allowing the movement flow to emerge from the dance as we let it take us into the three-dimensionality of space. We will develop the relationship to the ground revealing the strength and possibilities of our structure as we increase a feeling of lightness and freedom and train our ability to modulate the tone of our body as a response to the momentary needs of the dance. For dancers with at least three years' CI experience.
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Eckhard Müller fell in love with Contact Improvisation in 1988. He has collaborated with many improvisers in research and performance groups to develop his understanding of “instant composition” as an art form. He has been teaching CI since 1994 to theatres, dance companies, schools and dance centers worldwide. As a dancer he has worked for choreographers Mark Tompkins, David Zambrano and others. He is co-founder of the dance theatre company Dégadézo in Strasbourg, France, using improvisation to create set pieces. Eckhard has been active in building “contact communities” in Freiburg and Strasbourg, and supporting others all over the world. He is co-founder of the contactfestival freiburg, a major CI event. In 2006 he developed SKIN, an interdisciplinary and interactive performance project occurring in Germany, Argentina, France, Uruguay and Switzerland, in collaboration with Daniela Schwartz.
Daniela Schwartz (Argentina/France) has been a dancer, performer and teacher of Contact Improvisation and Instant Composition since 1998. She graduated in Fine Arts from Ecole Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Strasbourg, and has taught with Eckhard Müller to diverse companies, festivals and institutions in South America and beyond. She has created several works as a member of the dance theater Cie Dégadézo, and has taught at Theater Pôle Sud, Ecole Municipale de Danse, Theatre National, and CIRA in Strasbourg. Years of fine art studies, video creation, installations, performances and the artistic aspects of the body inform her physical practice and intellectual research.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Louis Gervais / Dancing Energy Systems
Dance Art Group / Movement Arts Research
Thursdays 6:30-8:30pm
Velocity Dance Center, Studio 3, 915 E Pine St, 3rd floor
$15/class; series discounts; drop-ins and all experience levels welcome
DAG/MAR features weekly classes in improvisation, performance, creative process and composition, contact improvisation, somatic education, New Dance techniques and other dance realms, with a different local teacher/topic each month.
:: OCTOBER 1-29: LOUIS GERVAIS / DANCING ENERGY SYSTEMS ::
When we look beyond our visible, physical bodies, we can see ourselves as intersections of energy & information. From this alternate standpoint, we resemble a chain of interconnected centers or chakras that are in constant motion as our life force energy flows in, out & throughout our bodies. Through improvisation, visualization & somatic exploration, we can create powerful personal relationships with the invisible & ever-changing energetic self.
Working with gesture & story, we describe shapes & pathways of these centers. Through rhythm & breath, we can sense the distinctly different qualities of energy throughout the body & beyond. Creative exploration & knowledge of the chakra system not only enhances self awareness & movement quality, it can also vitalize yoga & other somatic practices as well.
Louis Gervais (MFA) is a solo artist, dance educator & choreographer. He brings 40 years of dance experience & creativity to his teaching. Louis has performed with Compagnie Marie Chouinard & the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company among many other professional dance companies. Louis’ somatic work combines improvisation with transcendent dance practices & Eastern philosophy within a somatic framework. louisinperformance.blogspot.com.
Coming in November: Haruko Nishimura / Butoh: The Fully Committed Body
Thursdays 6:30-8:30pm
Velocity Dance Center, Studio 3, 915 E Pine St, 3rd floor
$15/class; series discounts; drop-ins and all experience levels welcome
DAG/MAR features weekly classes in improvisation, performance, creative process and composition, contact improvisation, somatic education, New Dance techniques and other dance realms, with a different local teacher/topic each month.
:: OCTOBER 1-29: LOUIS GERVAIS / DANCING ENERGY SYSTEMS ::
When we look beyond our visible, physical bodies, we can see ourselves as intersections of energy & information. From this alternate standpoint, we resemble a chain of interconnected centers or chakras that are in constant motion as our life force energy flows in, out & throughout our bodies. Through improvisation, visualization & somatic exploration, we can create powerful personal relationships with the invisible & ever-changing energetic self.
Working with gesture & story, we describe shapes & pathways of these centers. Through rhythm & breath, we can sense the distinctly different qualities of energy throughout the body & beyond. Creative exploration & knowledge of the chakra system not only enhances self awareness & movement quality, it can also vitalize yoga & other somatic practices as well.
Louis Gervais (MFA) is a solo artist, dance educator & choreographer. He brings 40 years of dance experience & creativity to his teaching. Louis has performed with Compagnie Marie Chouinard & the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company among many other professional dance companies. Louis’ somatic work combines improvisation with transcendent dance practices & Eastern philosophy within a somatic framework. louisinperformance.blogspot.com.
Coming in November: Haruko Nishimura / Butoh: The Fully Committed Body
Friday, September 4, 2009
Contact Improv Class - Sept 9-30
with Aiko Kinoshita and Aaron Swartzman
September 9 - 30
Wed: 6-8:30pm
Sun: 6-8pm (no class 9/20)
Open Flight Studio (4205 University, U-District at 42nd)
Cost: $70 pre-registration (commitment is good, registration is
recommended even if you cannot make every class)
Drop-ins: $15 (if space is available)
All levels of experienced movers welcome!
**Questions & Registration to: umamiperformance (at) gmail.com
By building on a solid base of fundamentals; listening, rolling,
weight-sharing, spiraling, and following through with momentum, we
will find ourselves falling into flying, in playful partnering, with
plenty of time for open dancing, individual play and questions. We
will look at contact both experientially and performatively, seeking
ways to evoke rich landscapes of sensation and bring those landscapes
out into the visible world.
Aiko is involved in contemporary dance as a choreographer, performer,
teacher, and arts administrator. Aiko’s choreography has been
presented nationally and in Canada,pic Korea and Japan and she has
danced with numerous regional choreographers, performed in her own
work through acornDance, and toured nationally and internationally as
a member of Lingo Dancetheatre (2002-2007). Aiko currently
collaborates with Aaron Swartzman as UMAMI Performance. Aiko teaches
at Open Flight where she is a resident artist and at Velocity Dance
Center where she was Managing Director until 2005. Aiko is grateful
to be able to play with the language of dance and to express her
identity as an artist, citizen, multi-ethnic person, and physical
being, through movement. Her on-going research reflects her interest
in improvisation, natural physicality, dynamic partnering, and
technique.
Aaron is a dancer, father, improviser, Capoierista and educator. He
has danced professionally since 2001, working deeply with LINGO
dancetheater, LeGendre Performance and collaboratively with Aiko
Kinoshita in UMAMI Performance. Aaron has taught contact and other
improvisational dance forms at the Seattle Festival of Dance
Improvisation, Sierra Contact Festival, Burning Man, and Dance Art
Group's Movement Arts Research series as well as extensively while on
tour with LINGO dancetheater. He believes in the richness and practice
of discovering spontaneous beauty and weaving it towards ongoing
artistic transformation.
September 9 - 30
Wed: 6-8:30pm
Sun: 6-8pm (no class 9/20)
Open Flight Studio (4205 University, U-District at 42nd)
Cost: $70 pre-registration (commitment is good, registration is
recommended even if you cannot make every class)
Drop-ins: $15 (if space is available)
All levels of experienced movers welcome!
**Questions & Registration to: umamiperformance (at) gmail.com
By building on a solid base of fundamentals; listening, rolling,
weight-sharing, spiraling, and following through with momentum, we
will find ourselves falling into flying, in playful partnering, with
plenty of time for open dancing, individual play and questions. We
will look at contact both experientially and performatively, seeking
ways to evoke rich landscapes of sensation and bring those landscapes
out into the visible world.
Aiko is involved in contemporary dance as a choreographer, performer,
teacher, and arts administrator. Aiko’s choreography has been
presented nationally and in Canada,pic Korea and Japan and she has
danced with numerous regional choreographers, performed in her own
work through acornDance, and toured nationally and internationally as
a member of Lingo Dancetheatre (2002-2007). Aiko currently
collaborates with Aaron Swartzman as UMAMI Performance. Aiko teaches
at Open Flight where she is a resident artist and at Velocity Dance
Center where she was Managing Director until 2005. Aiko is grateful
to be able to play with the language of dance and to express her
identity as an artist, citizen, multi-ethnic person, and physical
being, through movement. Her on-going research reflects her interest
in improvisation, natural physicality, dynamic partnering, and
technique.
Aaron is a dancer, father, improviser, Capoierista and educator. He
has danced professionally since 2001, working deeply with LINGO
dancetheater, LeGendre Performance and collaboratively with Aiko
Kinoshita in UMAMI Performance. Aaron has taught contact and other
improvisational dance forms at the Seattle Festival of Dance
Improvisation, Sierra Contact Festival, Burning Man, and Dance Art
Group's Movement Arts Research series as well as extensively while on
tour with LINGO dancetheater. He believes in the richness and practice
of discovering spontaneous beauty and weaving it towards ongoing
artistic transformation.
Friday, August 28, 2009
Purposeful Play with Jenna Bean Veatch
Dance Art Group / Movement Arts Research
Thursdays 6:30-8:30pm
Velocity Dance Center, Studio 3, 915 E Pine St, 3rd floor
$15/class; series discounts; drop-ins and all experience levels welcome
Info at http://www.danceartgroup.org/velocity-series.html
DAG/MAR features weekly classes in improvisation, performance, creative process and composition, contact improvisation, somatic education, New Dance techniques and other dance realms, with a different local teacher/topic each month.
:: September 10-24: JENNA BEAN VEATCH / PURPOSEFUL PLAY ::
This class is taught from the perspective that fun is not frivolous, but rather, that it is deeply important. Improvisation will be treated here as a playful release, a path to deep connection, and a valuable choreographic tool. We'll explore, learn, and create by playing games, working to awaken both our physical bodies and our creative, productive minds.
Jenna Bean Veatch has been accused of creating "pure, unadulterated, heart-stopping whimsy." She has taught movement to students ages 1-71 and at various times has taken on the roles of dancer, choreographer, performance artist, clown, ukulele songstress, magical fairy, dancing doll, anti-war dance demonstration organizer, and Marshmallow Peep. In addition to performing her own solo work, she and Alysa Haas make up the dynamic dance duo The Tumbleweed Bandits. She also currently dances with Ricki Mason as one of the Launchettes, and works with Lucia Neare's Theatrical Wonders as a performer and choreographer.
Thursdays 6:30-8:30pm
Velocity Dance Center, Studio 3, 915 E Pine St, 3rd floor
$15/class; series discounts; drop-ins and all experience levels welcome
Info at http://www.danceartgroup.org/velocity-series.html
DAG/MAR features weekly classes in improvisation, performance, creative process and composition, contact improvisation, somatic education, New Dance techniques and other dance realms, with a different local teacher/topic each month.
:: September 10-24: JENNA BEAN VEATCH / PURPOSEFUL PLAY ::
This class is taught from the perspective that fun is not frivolous, but rather, that it is deeply important. Improvisation will be treated here as a playful release, a path to deep connection, and a valuable choreographic tool. We'll explore, learn, and create by playing games, working to awaken both our physical bodies and our creative, productive minds.
Jenna Bean Veatch has been accused of creating "pure, unadulterated, heart-stopping whimsy." She has taught movement to students ages 1-71 and at various times has taken on the roles of dancer, choreographer, performance artist, clown, ukulele songstress, magical fairy, dancing doll, anti-war dance demonstration organizer, and Marshmallow Peep. In addition to performing her own solo work, she and Alysa Haas make up the dynamic dance duo The Tumbleweed Bandits. She also currently dances with Ricki Mason as one of the Launchettes, and works with Lucia Neare's Theatrical Wonders as a performer and choreographer.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
AUTHENTIC MOVEMENT/with Susan Baum
Authentic Movement is a simple yet profound practice of self-awareness and discovery. 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.
OPEN LEVEL WORKSHOPS
Saturdays, 2:30pm-5:30pm $45 for each workshop
(10/17, 12/5, 2/6, 4/10, 6/5) Attend one or several.
In these all levels workshops we 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.
WORKSHOPS FOR COUPLES
Saturdays, 2:30pm-5:30pm $90 per couple
(11/7, 1/9, 3/13, 5/15) Attend one or several.
Through the practice of Authentic Movement we find a framework for fostering genuine presence, feeling and expressing ourselves deeply as we are with another. This is a wonderful way for couples to explore how they see, feel, and interact by attending and following the deeper layers of experience. Aliveness, depth and genuine compassion grow.
ONGOING GROUP FOR EXPERIENCED MOVERS
One Sunday a Month, Sept-June 11:30am-3pm $500
(9/27, 10/18, 11/8, 12/6, 1/10, 2/7, 3/14, 4/11, 5/16, 6/6)
During the year we will explore the practice in ways that expand our sense of both personal and collective process. This ongoing group is a wonderful way to connect with oneself and others.
To register or for information about Authentic Movement or Body-Oriented Psychotherapy contact Susan Baum at (206) 778-9183 www.susanbaumtherapy.blogspot.com.
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.
OPEN LEVEL WORKSHOPS
Saturdays, 2:30pm-5:30pm $45 for each workshop
(10/17, 12/5, 2/6, 4/10, 6/5) Attend one or several.
In these all levels workshops we 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.
WORKSHOPS FOR COUPLES
Saturdays, 2:30pm-5:30pm $90 per couple
(11/7, 1/9, 3/13, 5/15) Attend one or several.
Through the practice of Authentic Movement we find a framework for fostering genuine presence, feeling and expressing ourselves deeply as we are with another. This is a wonderful way for couples to explore how they see, feel, and interact by attending and following the deeper layers of experience. Aliveness, depth and genuine compassion grow.
ONGOING GROUP FOR EXPERIENCED MOVERS
One Sunday a Month, Sept-June 11:30am-3pm $500
(9/27, 10/18, 11/8, 12/6, 1/10, 2/7, 3/14, 4/11, 5/16, 6/6)
During the year we will explore the practice in ways that expand our sense of both personal and collective process. This ongoing group is a wonderful way to connect with oneself and others.
To register or for information about Authentic Movement or Body-Oriented Psychotherapy contact Susan Baum at (206) 778-9183 www.susanbaumtherapy.blogspot.com.
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.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
SFDI Performances!
Tickets on sale now!
Off the Cuff
Dance Innovators in Concert
Part of the 16th annual Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation (SFDI)
Friday . August 7 . 7pm
Saturday . August 8 . 9pm
SFDI student shows: Friday 8/7 at 9pm, Saturday 8/8 at 7pm
Broadway Performance Hall . 1625 Broadway . Seattle
$15 faculty show; $8 student show; multiple show discounts
Tickets: Brown Paper Tickets
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"Lachambre is a stimulator, a magician, a creator of disturbing images and his work questions the accepted forms of representations in dance... Discovering him is like peering behind the clapboard facade of a Hollywood set and finding Albert Einstein at work." (Dance Theatre Journal)
The 2009 Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation (SFDI) presents Off the Cuff, two evenings of innovative performance with leading dance artists from around the world. Off the Cuff is the only chance each year to see these world-renowned artists gather under one roof in the Northwest.
Slated to perform are some of the shiniest stars of the improvisational dance world: "Bessie" Award winners Benoit Lachambre (Montreal) and Stephanie Skura (WA); Contact Improvisation pioneer Nita Little (CA); NYC's Movement Research Co-Founder Daniel Lepkoff (VT); Alicia Grayson (CO); Delia Brett (Vancouver, BC) Margit Galanter (NY); Jack Magai (NY); Karen Schaffman (CA); Susan Schell (ME); Gretchen Spiro (CO); Brad Stoller (PA); local favorites Aiko Kinoshita, Maureen Freehill, Cyrus Khambatta, Tonya Lockyer, Alia Swersky; and many more. Schedule subject to change.
"It's the fierce originality and brave poetry bubbling up beneath the steps that make her an artist for all time... Skura is a great American experimentalist." (Dance Ink)
Friday 7pm:
Maureen Freehill . Cyrus Khambatta . Daniel Lepkoff . Nita Little with Rosemary Hannon . Karen Schaffman with Leslie Seiters . Brad Stollar
Saturday 9pm:
Delia Brett . Margit Galanter . Alicia Grayson . Aiko Kinoshita . Benoit Lachambre . Jack Magai . Susan Schell . Gretchen Spiro . Alia Swersky
Also featuring Tonya Lockyer, Stephanie Skura and special guests.
The Friday 9pm and Saturday 7pm shows feature dance works by SFDI students from around the world.
::
These concerts are part of the 16th annual SFDI (Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation), August 2-9, a world-renowned dance festival offering master classes with internationally-recognized faculty, public performances, jams, and more. 17 dance artists from around the world and the state converge upon Seattle to teach and perform a wide variety of improvisational dance techniques.
SFDI is produced by DAG (Dance Art Group), which is supported in part by 4Culture and the Mayor's Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs.
Off the Cuff
Dance Innovators in Concert
Part of the 16th annual Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation (SFDI)
Friday . August 7 . 7pm
Saturday . August 8 . 9pm
SFDI student shows: Friday 8/7 at 9pm, Saturday 8/8 at 7pm
Broadway Performance Hall . 1625 Broadway . Seattle
$15 faculty show; $8 student show; multiple show discounts
Tickets: Brown Paper Tickets
::
"Lachambre is a stimulator, a magician, a creator of disturbing images and his work questions the accepted forms of representations in dance... Discovering him is like peering behind the clapboard facade of a Hollywood set and finding Albert Einstein at work." (Dance Theatre Journal)
The 2009 Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation (SFDI) presents Off the Cuff, two evenings of innovative performance with leading dance artists from around the world. Off the Cuff is the only chance each year to see these world-renowned artists gather under one roof in the Northwest.
Slated to perform are some of the shiniest stars of the improvisational dance world: "Bessie" Award winners Benoit Lachambre (Montreal) and Stephanie Skura (WA); Contact Improvisation pioneer Nita Little (CA); NYC's Movement Research Co-Founder Daniel Lepkoff (VT); Alicia Grayson (CO); Delia Brett (Vancouver, BC) Margit Galanter (NY); Jack Magai (NY); Karen Schaffman (CA); Susan Schell (ME); Gretchen Spiro (CO); Brad Stoller (PA); local favorites Aiko Kinoshita, Maureen Freehill, Cyrus Khambatta, Tonya Lockyer, Alia Swersky; and many more. Schedule subject to change.
"It's the fierce originality and brave poetry bubbling up beneath the steps that make her an artist for all time... Skura is a great American experimentalist." (Dance Ink)
Friday 7pm:
Maureen Freehill . Cyrus Khambatta . Daniel Lepkoff . Nita Little with Rosemary Hannon . Karen Schaffman with Leslie Seiters . Brad Stollar
Saturday 9pm:
Delia Brett . Margit Galanter . Alicia Grayson . Aiko Kinoshita . Benoit Lachambre . Jack Magai . Susan Schell . Gretchen Spiro . Alia Swersky
Also featuring Tonya Lockyer, Stephanie Skura and special guests.
The Friday 9pm and Saturday 7pm shows feature dance works by SFDI students from around the world.
::
These concerts are part of the 16th annual SFDI (Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation), August 2-9, a world-renowned dance festival offering master classes with internationally-recognized faculty, public performances, jams, and more. 17 dance artists from around the world and the state converge upon Seattle to teach and perform a wide variety of improvisational dance techniques.
SFDI is produced by DAG (Dance Art Group), which is supported in part by 4Culture and the Mayor's Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation
2009 Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation
16th annual SFDI! August 2-9, 2009
CLASSES . PERFORMANCES . JAMS . DISCUSSIONS
5-Class Intensives: Benoit Lachambre . Daniel Lepkoff . Nita Little
4-Class Somatic Intensive: Susan Schell
Plus classes with Delia Brett . Maureen Freehill . Margit Galanter . Alicia Grayson . Cyrus Khambatta . Aiko Kinoshita . Tonya Lockyer . Jack Magai . Karen Schaffman . Stephanie Skura . Gretchen Spiro . Brad Stoller . Alia Swersky
Information at Dance Art Group
16th annual SFDI! August 2-9, 2009
CLASSES . PERFORMANCES . JAMS . DISCUSSIONS
5-Class Intensives: Benoit Lachambre . Daniel Lepkoff . Nita Little
4-Class Somatic Intensive: Susan Schell
Plus classes with Delia Brett . Maureen Freehill . Margit Galanter . Alicia Grayson . Cyrus Khambatta . Aiko Kinoshita . Tonya Lockyer . Jack Magai . Karen Schaffman . Stephanie Skura . Gretchen Spiro . Brad Stoller . Alia Swersky
Information at Dance Art Group
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Beyond the Threshold - Contact Improv Workshops
Beyond the Threshold: Seattle International Dance Festival includes contact improv workshops with Mirva Birgitta Mäkinen (Finland) and Claire Filmon (France). Contact Cyrus Khambatta for information.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
DAG Memorial Day Weekend Dance Extravaganza
BARE BONES!
Memorial Day Weekend Dance Extravaganza
Have a staycation this Memorial Day Weekend! Join Dance Art Group for a weekend of dance workshops, the 15th annual Bare Bones Benefit performances and party, and a big fat dance jam to finish it off.
WORKSHOPS :: FRIDAY, MAY 22 :: Fremont Abbey, 4272 Fremont Ave N
10am-1pm :: BUTOH: CONNECTING THE DOTS with Jyl Brewer
The beauty & strength of Butoh lies within the "MA," "the space between." The dance itself is the vibrant energy field which holds together & contains the movements. We will enhance this energy field through awareness using physical tools & breath, contacting personal intent, & using images which allow the mind & body to let go of conscious & unconscious limitations & judgments. Free yourself into a more creative, vibrant dance which naturally integrates into daily life.
Jyl Shinjo Brewer has been a Butoh dancer for 20 years training in Japan under Kazuo Ohno, performing extensively in Japan, Europe & America. She lived & trained full-time in Sogenji Zen Monastery in Japan for 11 years.
2-5pm :: DANCING TOGETHER with Sheri Cohen
We will use touching, listening & vision exercises to warm ourselves deeply, attune our senses & stimulate our imaginations. Through witnessing & other partner forms, we will bring our internal images out to be seen & shared. Group dancing scores will give us an opportunity to share our images & experiences with others through clear actions, & to make dances together.
Sheri Cohen is an award-winning choreographer, improviser and performer. She has taught at Cornish College, Oberlin College, Evergreen University, & in many other grassroots-organized workshops since 1992. She also teaches hatha yoga & is a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner(cm).
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WORKSHOPS :: SATURDAY, MAY 23 :: Open Flight Studio, 4205 University Way NE
9am-noon :: THE GRADUATED DROPOUT with Scott Davis
Take a soft, connected ride to the floor. We will build on basic Contact Improvisation techniques toward a place where we can trust a shared release to the ground. We'll focus on keeping our centers connected even during a descent. We'll move step by step away from bumps & disconnections to soft, controlled, melting dropouts.
W. Scott Davis is a Seattle-based artist with an eclectic background in contemporary dance, improvisational dance & physical theater performance. His work includes seven years with Lingo dancetheater & multiple collaborative projects with LeGendre Performance, Phfffft Dance, Acorn Dance & Loon Soup Theater Troupe.
1:30-4:30pm :: RELATING TO with Jurg Koch
This workshop will explore the time & space relationship through solo, partnering & group work, through scores oscillating between improvisation & set work, specific parameters & open play.
Jurg Koch (MA LCDS London, Faculty UW Seattle). Working with CandoCo with disabled & non-disabled performers, dancing in contemporary repertory & choreographing inform Jurg's artistic and pedagogic outlook. He is currently working with Lyn Goeringer (new media) & dancers Alia Swersky & Joseph Anderson on ab:from/to, a dance performance installation for On the Boards' Northwest New Works Festival.
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15th annual BARE BONES BENEFIT for Dance Art Group!
SATURDAY, MAY 23, 7pm
Performances . Auction . Party
Hosted by the dazzling Jasper McCann of the Atomic Bombshells,
with performances by Paige Barnes, Scott Davis, Maureen Freehill, Beth Graczyk,
Kristin Hapke, Aiko Kinoshita, Jurg Koch, and more!
Annex Theatre, 1100 E Pike St
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WORKSHOP & JAM :: SUNDAY, MAY 24 :: Fremont Abbey, 4272 Fremont Ave N
10am-12pm :: CONTEMPLATIVE DANCE PRACTICE with Alia Swersky
Contemplative Dance Practice (CDP) was developed by Barbara Dilley of Naropa University. CDP is a three-part form consisting of sitting meditation, personal warm-up, & open movement space. This practice allows for deep connection to the language of your own body, offers an opportunity to witness, & a rich open space of improvisational play.
Alia Swersky is a movement artist, improviser, performer & teacher. She creates work & collaborates with many Seattle artists, taught at University Prep for six years, is an adjunct faculty member at Cornish College of the Arts, teaches yoga, & is a Co-Artistic Director of Dance Art Group.
1-4pm :: SUPER-SIZE BENEFIT JAM
The long-running weekly dance jam at Velocity Dance Center relocates for the day to the Fremont Abbey for this special extra-long jam to benefit Dance Art Group!
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REGISTER at Dance Art Group
$125: All Workshops, Contemplative Dance Practice, Jam
$35: One Workshop; $5 off each additional workshop
$25: Contemplative Dance Practice
$5-15: Jam
Memorial Day Weekend Dance Extravaganza
Have a staycation this Memorial Day Weekend! Join Dance Art Group for a weekend of dance workshops, the 15th annual Bare Bones Benefit performances and party, and a big fat dance jam to finish it off.
WORKSHOPS :: FRIDAY, MAY 22 :: Fremont Abbey, 4272 Fremont Ave N
10am-1pm :: BUTOH: CONNECTING THE DOTS with Jyl Brewer
The beauty & strength of Butoh lies within the "MA," "the space between." The dance itself is the vibrant energy field which holds together & contains the movements. We will enhance this energy field through awareness using physical tools & breath, contacting personal intent, & using images which allow the mind & body to let go of conscious & unconscious limitations & judgments. Free yourself into a more creative, vibrant dance which naturally integrates into daily life.
Jyl Shinjo Brewer has been a Butoh dancer for 20 years training in Japan under Kazuo Ohno, performing extensively in Japan, Europe & America. She lived & trained full-time in Sogenji Zen Monastery in Japan for 11 years.
2-5pm :: DANCING TOGETHER with Sheri Cohen
We will use touching, listening & vision exercises to warm ourselves deeply, attune our senses & stimulate our imaginations. Through witnessing & other partner forms, we will bring our internal images out to be seen & shared. Group dancing scores will give us an opportunity to share our images & experiences with others through clear actions, & to make dances together.
Sheri Cohen is an award-winning choreographer, improviser and performer. She has taught at Cornish College, Oberlin College, Evergreen University, & in many other grassroots-organized workshops since 1992. She also teaches hatha yoga & is a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner(cm).
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WORKSHOPS :: SATURDAY, MAY 23 :: Open Flight Studio, 4205 University Way NE
9am-noon :: THE GRADUATED DROPOUT with Scott Davis
Take a soft, connected ride to the floor. We will build on basic Contact Improvisation techniques toward a place where we can trust a shared release to the ground. We'll focus on keeping our centers connected even during a descent. We'll move step by step away from bumps & disconnections to soft, controlled, melting dropouts.
W. Scott Davis is a Seattle-based artist with an eclectic background in contemporary dance, improvisational dance & physical theater performance. His work includes seven years with Lingo dancetheater & multiple collaborative projects with LeGendre Performance, Phfffft Dance, Acorn Dance & Loon Soup Theater Troupe.
1:30-4:30pm :: RELATING TO with Jurg Koch
This workshop will explore the time & space relationship through solo, partnering & group work, through scores oscillating between improvisation & set work, specific parameters & open play.
Jurg Koch (MA LCDS London, Faculty UW Seattle). Working with CandoCo with disabled & non-disabled performers, dancing in contemporary repertory & choreographing inform Jurg's artistic and pedagogic outlook. He is currently working with Lyn Goeringer (new media) & dancers Alia Swersky & Joseph Anderson on ab:from/to, a dance performance installation for On the Boards' Northwest New Works Festival.
::
15th annual BARE BONES BENEFIT for Dance Art Group!
SATURDAY, MAY 23, 7pm
Performances . Auction . Party
Hosted by the dazzling Jasper McCann of the Atomic Bombshells,
with performances by Paige Barnes, Scott Davis, Maureen Freehill, Beth Graczyk,
Kristin Hapke, Aiko Kinoshita, Jurg Koch, and more!
Annex Theatre, 1100 E Pike St
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WORKSHOP & JAM :: SUNDAY, MAY 24 :: Fremont Abbey, 4272 Fremont Ave N
10am-12pm :: CONTEMPLATIVE DANCE PRACTICE with Alia Swersky
Contemplative Dance Practice (CDP) was developed by Barbara Dilley of Naropa University. CDP is a three-part form consisting of sitting meditation, personal warm-up, & open movement space. This practice allows for deep connection to the language of your own body, offers an opportunity to witness, & a rich open space of improvisational play.
Alia Swersky is a movement artist, improviser, performer & teacher. She creates work & collaborates with many Seattle artists, taught at University Prep for six years, is an adjunct faculty member at Cornish College of the Arts, teaches yoga, & is a Co-Artistic Director of Dance Art Group.
1-4pm :: SUPER-SIZE BENEFIT JAM
The long-running weekly dance jam at Velocity Dance Center relocates for the day to the Fremont Abbey for this special extra-long jam to benefit Dance Art Group!
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REGISTER at Dance Art Group
$125: All Workshops, Contemplative Dance Practice, Jam
$35: One Workshop; $5 off each additional workshop
$25: Contemplative Dance Practice
$5-15: Jam
Beyond the Threshold - Seattle International Dance Festival
Festival Calendar Overview:
PERFORMANCES
June 13-14 // Seattle Center // (206) 684-7200
Installation piece Shiver opens at 12noon Sat. June 13th and closes Sat. June 14th at 6pm.
International and local dance and musical artists perform from 12 noon until 5pm Sat. and Sun. June 13th & 14th: dance artists including Astad Deboo (India), The Phffft! Company (Seattle) along with others and musical artists Moraine, Reptet and Deep Sleep Narcotics Co.
For more info. on festival performance, go to www.phffft.org/sidf.html.
June 19 & 21 // Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center // (206) 684-4757
4 companies/groups and one dance video Friday June 19 at 8pm and Sunday June 21 at 7:30pm:
Astad Deboo (India) and company, Tasneem Rangwala, Divya Rangarajan and Archana Kumar
Mirva Makinen (Finland) with Trinidad Martinez (Spain/Seattle) and Cyrus Khambatta (U.S.)
Cyrus Khambatta and The Phffft! Dance Theatre Company (Seattle)
Claire Filmon, Stephane Els/ Company Asphodèle Danses Envol (France)
Dance fim by Paige Phillips and Przemek Pardyak (U.S./Poland)
WORKSHOPS with international artists:
June 15-20 // Grassroots Studio & Camp Long // (206) 935-0459 //
5200 35th Ave. SW (W. Seattle)
Mirva Makinen (Finland) teaches Details in Dance on June 20 from 11-4pm
Claire Filmon (France) will teach "CI and Underscore" and "CI and speaking," inspired by her work/performing with Simone Forti Monday June 15, 16 & 17 from 1-4 and 6-9pm.
For more information on both workshops or to sign up, go to www.phffft.org/sidf-workshops.html.
Meet the Artists
Astad Deboo pioneered Modern Dance in India merging Graham and Limon technique studied at the London School of Contemporary Dance with Kathkali and Kathak traditional Indian dance. Based in Mumbai, the city of Slumdog Millionaire fame, Astad is truly a one-of-a-kind artist not to be missed. He arrives in Seattle two weeks early for a unique collaborative project to be performed with local dancers versed in Indian/Modern crossover at Seattle Center on June 13 & 14 at 12 noon (see below). Then his group will perform a split-bill, along with the companies listed below, at Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center on June 19 & 21.
Mirva Mäkinen is a Finnish dance artist from Helsinki working with the Zodiak Center for New Dance, Karttunen Kollectiv and Circo Aereo. Having received her MA and studied Modern Dance at the Theater Academy of Finland her work fuses contemporary technique and improvisational dance modalities into a passionate performance amalgam. Mirva will be joined by Spanish artist, Trinidad Martinez, most recently seen in Pat Graney's House of Mind, and Phffft! Company Artistic Director, Cyrus Khambatta for a three-country collaboration. The artists will create the piece in different countries and spend one week assembling them in Seattle before the festival. Another exciting adventure in art not to be missed. Performances are June 19 & 21 at Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center.
Cyrus Khambatta, Artistic Director of The Phffft! Dance Theatre Company, is compelled to create partnering movement that contains precise synchonicity inside intensely organized chaos. "I like to see how many split-second moments the audience can catch with the eye." says Mr. Khambatta. Fed also by the intrinsic qualities of each of his powerful cast of dancers, the company will present the premiere of Interview with The American Dream. Based on a sound-track created by calling one person in each state in the U.S., the piece explores how Americans notion of the "American dream" has/has not changed with recent events. You don't want to miss this company's split-second timing and intricate partnering finesse. Performances are June 19 & 21 at Langston Hughes.
Claire Filmon and Stéphane Els (France) are Company Asphodèle Danses Envol. "Asphodèle" is a small blue or white flower, the subject of a Matisse painting, that only grows on mountain tops. The Greek origins of the word mean "the flower of the forgotten." And like this flower, Claire, who performs frequently with Simone Forti, presents a performance style both delicate and nuanced. 8 mn 08 precisely," the piece she and Staphane will perform is a sensitive and precious little piece art you will want to take home in your pocket.
Dance Artist, Paige Phillips and Polish film Director, Przemek Pardyak teamed up to create a dance film, As Was Said, based on Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov's novel, Master and Margarita. The sensuous and mysterious film hosts a battery of quirky characters, intriguing plots and subplots with the feel of a secret society of misfits, akin to the underground world of Alice in Wonderland. The film was shot entirely in Seattle and includes Phffft! dancer of three years running, Chris McCallister among its cast. The festival presentation will be the world premiere of the film.
In addition to performances at Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center, Beyond the Threshold Site Specific will present over 50 artists and groups performing music and dance at Seattle Center's Center House on June 13 & 14 from 12-5pm. The events circle around an installation by Cyrus Khambatta entitled "Shiver" in which 5,000 tiny pieces of tissue suspended above the audience, "shiver" at the frequency of the Earth's orbit of the Sun. Dance artists, including Astad Deboo performing in person (his company performs June 19/21), Cyrus Khambatta/The Phffft! Dance Theatre Company along with numerous others, and musical artists, Moraine, Deep Sleep Narcotics and the Nextdoor Neighbors. Check the website as artists are still being added.
PERFORMANCES
June 13-14 // Seattle Center // (206) 684-7200
Installation piece Shiver opens at 12noon Sat. June 13th and closes Sat. June 14th at 6pm.
International and local dance and musical artists perform from 12 noon until 5pm Sat. and Sun. June 13th & 14th: dance artists including Astad Deboo (India), The Phffft! Company (Seattle) along with others and musical artists Moraine, Reptet and Deep Sleep Narcotics Co.
For more info. on festival performance, go to www.phffft.org/sidf.html.
June 19 & 21 // Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center // (206) 684-4757
4 companies/groups and one dance video Friday June 19 at 8pm and Sunday June 21 at 7:30pm:
Astad Deboo (India) and company, Tasneem Rangwala, Divya Rangarajan and Archana Kumar
Mirva Makinen (Finland) with Trinidad Martinez (Spain/Seattle) and Cyrus Khambatta (U.S.)
Cyrus Khambatta and The Phffft! Dance Theatre Company (Seattle)
Claire Filmon, Stephane Els/ Company Asphodèle Danses Envol (France)
Dance fim by Paige Phillips and Przemek Pardyak (U.S./Poland)
WORKSHOPS with international artists:
June 15-20 // Grassroots Studio & Camp Long // (206) 935-0459 //
5200 35th Ave. SW (W. Seattle)
Mirva Makinen (Finland) teaches Details in Dance on June 20 from 11-4pm
Claire Filmon (France) will teach "CI and Underscore" and "CI and speaking," inspired by her work/performing with Simone Forti Monday June 15, 16 & 17 from 1-4 and 6-9pm.
For more information on both workshops or to sign up, go to www.phffft.org/sidf-workshops.html.
Meet the Artists
Astad Deboo pioneered Modern Dance in India merging Graham and Limon technique studied at the London School of Contemporary Dance with Kathkali and Kathak traditional Indian dance. Based in Mumbai, the city of Slumdog Millionaire fame, Astad is truly a one-of-a-kind artist not to be missed. He arrives in Seattle two weeks early for a unique collaborative project to be performed with local dancers versed in Indian/Modern crossover at Seattle Center on June 13 & 14 at 12 noon (see below). Then his group will perform a split-bill, along with the companies listed below, at Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center on June 19 & 21.
Mirva Mäkinen is a Finnish dance artist from Helsinki working with the Zodiak Center for New Dance, Karttunen Kollectiv and Circo Aereo. Having received her MA and studied Modern Dance at the Theater Academy of Finland her work fuses contemporary technique and improvisational dance modalities into a passionate performance amalgam. Mirva will be joined by Spanish artist, Trinidad Martinez, most recently seen in Pat Graney's House of Mind, and Phffft! Company Artistic Director, Cyrus Khambatta for a three-country collaboration. The artists will create the piece in different countries and spend one week assembling them in Seattle before the festival. Another exciting adventure in art not to be missed. Performances are June 19 & 21 at Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center.
Cyrus Khambatta, Artistic Director of The Phffft! Dance Theatre Company, is compelled to create partnering movement that contains precise synchonicity inside intensely organized chaos. "I like to see how many split-second moments the audience can catch with the eye." says Mr. Khambatta. Fed also by the intrinsic qualities of each of his powerful cast of dancers, the company will present the premiere of Interview with The American Dream. Based on a sound-track created by calling one person in each state in the U.S., the piece explores how Americans notion of the "American dream" has/has not changed with recent events. You don't want to miss this company's split-second timing and intricate partnering finesse. Performances are June 19 & 21 at Langston Hughes.
Claire Filmon and Stéphane Els (France) are Company Asphodèle Danses Envol. "Asphodèle" is a small blue or white flower, the subject of a Matisse painting, that only grows on mountain tops. The Greek origins of the word mean "the flower of the forgotten." And like this flower, Claire, who performs frequently with Simone Forti, presents a performance style both delicate and nuanced. 8 mn 08 precisely," the piece she and Staphane will perform is a sensitive and precious little piece art you will want to take home in your pocket.
Dance Artist, Paige Phillips and Polish film Director, Przemek Pardyak teamed up to create a dance film, As Was Said, based on Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov's novel, Master and Margarita. The sensuous and mysterious film hosts a battery of quirky characters, intriguing plots and subplots with the feel of a secret society of misfits, akin to the underground world of Alice in Wonderland. The film was shot entirely in Seattle and includes Phffft! dancer of three years running, Chris McCallister among its cast. The festival presentation will be the world premiere of the film.
In addition to performances at Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center, Beyond the Threshold Site Specific will present over 50 artists and groups performing music and dance at Seattle Center's Center House on June 13 & 14 from 12-5pm. The events circle around an installation by Cyrus Khambatta entitled "Shiver" in which 5,000 tiny pieces of tissue suspended above the audience, "shiver" at the frequency of the Earth's orbit of the Sun. Dance artists, including Astad Deboo performing in person (his company performs June 19/21), Cyrus Khambatta/The Phffft! Dance Theatre Company along with numerous others, and musical artists, Moraine, Deep Sleep Narcotics and the Nextdoor Neighbors. Check the website as artists are still being added.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Buy Your Raffle Tickets - DAG's Bare Bones Benefit
get your raffle tickets quick for DAG's Bare Bones Benefit coming up May 23.
we're raffling off fabulous prize packages including:
:: indulgent spa visits
:: tickets for theater, dance, live music, movies
:: books and music gift certificates
:: yoga, dance, and martial arts classes
:: massages and bodywork
:: dinners out on the town
:: Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation classes, performances and fashion!
and loads more.
1 raffle ticket for $2
3 for $5
7 for $10
15 for $20
as some of you can attest from past years, winning a huge wheel of cheese or a big bucket of tools is just about the best thing ever.
and all proceeds go towards producing the 16th annual Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation this summer, so your money will be well spent all around.
you don't have to be there to win; we'll let you know if you do. but it's definitely more fun if you're there!
let me know what you want, i'll hook you up...
Lila Hurwitz
Administrative Director
Dance Art Group
lila (at) danceartgroup.org
May 4-25: Sheri Cohen / Revealing Presence
Dance Art Group / Movement Arts Research
Mondays 6-7:30pm
Velocity Dance Center, Studio 3, 915 E Pine St, 3rd floor
$15/class; series discounts; drop-ins and all experience levels welcome
Info at http://www.danceartgroup.org/velocity-series.html
DAG/MAR features weekly classes in improvisation, performance, creative process and composition, contact improvisation, somatic education, New Dance techniques and other dance realms, with a different local teacher/topic each month.
May 4-25: Sheri Cohen / Revealing Presence
We will use touching, listening and vision exercises to attune our senses and stimulate our imaginations. Through witnessing and other partner forms, we will bring our internal images out to be seen and shared. Group dancing scores will give us an opportunity to share our images and experiences with others through clear actions, and to make dances together.
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 Practitioner(cm).
And coming up:
June 1-29: Kristin Hapke / Only You: Solo Play
Dance Art Group
Mondays 6-7:30pm
Velocity Dance Center, Studio 3, 915 E Pine St, 3rd floor
$15/class; series discounts; drop-ins and all experience levels welcome
Info at http://www.danceartgroup.org/velocity-series.html
DAG/MAR features weekly classes in improvisation, performance, creative process and composition, contact improvisation, somatic education, New Dance techniques and other dance realms, with a different local teacher/topic each month.
May 4-25: Sheri Cohen / Revealing Presence
We will use touching, listening and vision exercises to attune our senses and stimulate our imaginations. Through witnessing and other partner forms, we will bring our internal images out to be seen and shared. Group dancing scores will give us an opportunity to share our images and experiences with others through clear actions, and to make dances together.
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 Practitioner(cm).
And coming up:
June 1-29: Kristin Hapke / Only You: Solo Play
Dance Art Group
Monday, May 4, 2009
Lasqueti Island BC - Contact Improv Workshop and Jam
JULY 25 - AUGUST 1 2009
CONTACT IMPROVISATION WORKSHOP + INQUIRY & JAM
with Carolyn Stuart
July 25-26 Workshop
CONTACT CONFIDENT
$150 (cdn)
Everything you need to know for safe and satisfying dancing.
The principles are simple, the practice infinite.
Beginners welcome. Participation is divine.
Come as you are, begin from there.
Bring your curiosity.
July 26 - August 1
CONTACT INQUIRY & JAM
$280 (cdn)
State of Inquiry: How does inquiry inform our dancing?
What is? What are we doing? What else is possible?
What unfolds as we embody our curiosity, physically and verbally?
We gather in inquire, or ourselves and each other.
Carolyn Stuart - Explorer of C.I. since 1984, calling her thread of inquiry the Touchmonkey path. She realized hundreds of performance projects with Patrick Gracewood in the 90's, spent years teaching and performing world-wide and is now based in Portland,OR. Her events emphasize inquiry and exploration as the origin and life blood of the form. All are invited to research and contribute to the paradigm of contact improvising, on and off the dance floor!
WORKSHOP $150 cdn / INQUIRY&JAM $280 cdn /
FULL 8 DAYS @ $380 cdn
Camping, food and childcare provided.
Tasty vegetarian meals w/ wheat-free, vegan and non veg. options.
Non-refundable deposit of $100 is required, with total due July 1.
Workshop is limited to 25, the Inquiry & Jam to 50.
Last year we filled fast so send a deposit to save your space.
To register send cheques to-
Mark Young
123 Sesame Street
Lasqueti Island, BC V0R 2J0
or contact Mark at markyoung (at) lasqueti.ca for further information regarding registration and logistics.
For more information on the content of the event please contact Carolyn touchmonk (at) yahoo.com or 503-282-2938.
CONTACT IMPROVISATION WORKSHOP + INQUIRY & JAM
with Carolyn Stuart
July 25-26 Workshop
CONTACT CONFIDENT
$150 (cdn)
Everything you need to know for safe and satisfying dancing.
The principles are simple, the practice infinite.
Beginners welcome. Participation is divine.
Come as you are, begin from there.
Bring your curiosity.
July 26 - August 1
CONTACT INQUIRY & JAM
$280 (cdn)
State of Inquiry: How does inquiry inform our dancing?
What is? What are we doing? What else is possible?
What unfolds as we embody our curiosity, physically and verbally?
We gather in inquire, or ourselves and each other.
Carolyn Stuart - Explorer of C.I. since 1984, calling her thread of inquiry the Touchmonkey path. She realized hundreds of performance projects with Patrick Gracewood in the 90's, spent years teaching and performing world-wide and is now based in Portland,OR. Her events emphasize inquiry and exploration as the origin and life blood of the form. All are invited to research and contribute to the paradigm of contact improvising, on and off the dance floor!
WORKSHOP $150 cdn / INQUIRY&JAM $280 cdn /
FULL 8 DAYS @ $380 cdn
Camping, food and childcare provided.
Tasty vegetarian meals w/ wheat-free, vegan and non veg. options.
Non-refundable deposit of $100 is required, with total due July 1.
Workshop is limited to 25, the Inquiry & Jam to 50.
Last year we filled fast so send a deposit to save your space.
To register send cheques to-
Mark Young
123 Sesame Street
Lasqueti Island, BC V0R 2J0
or contact Mark at markyoung (at) lasqueti.ca for further information regarding registration and logistics.
For more information on the content of the event please contact Carolyn touchmonk (at) yahoo.com or 503-282-2938.
Call for Artists for Beyond the Threshold Festival
Call for Artists for Beyond the Threshold Festival Site Specific
Deadline: May 14, 2009
Event Date: June 13 & 14, 2009
Event Location Seattle Center (site specific)
To apply, go to website: www.phffft.org/sidf-artists.html
On June 13 and 14, Beyond the Threshold International Dance Festival will take over Seattle Center’s Center House, with a site specific installation by Cyrus Khambatta, entitled Shiver, with 5,000 small pieces of tissue hanging above the audience “shivering” to the frequency of the earth’s orbit.
We are requesting applications from local choreographers, dancers and dance companies for innovative projects in and around this installation to be included in the festival alongside international artists from India, Finland, France and the U.S.
Deadline: May 14, 2009
Event Date: June 13 & 14, 2009
Event Location Seattle Center (site specific)
To apply, go to website: www.phffft.org/sidf-artists.html
On June 13 and 14, Beyond the Threshold International Dance Festival will take over Seattle Center’s Center House, with a site specific installation by Cyrus Khambatta, entitled Shiver, with 5,000 small pieces of tissue hanging above the audience “shivering” to the frequency of the earth’s orbit.
We are requesting applications from local choreographers, dancers and dance companies for innovative projects in and around this installation to be included in the festival alongside international artists from India, Finland, France and the U.S.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Memorial Day Weekend Dance Extravaganza
Dance Art Group presents...
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND DANCE EXTRAVAGANZA
Join Dance Art Group for a weekend of dance workshops,
the 15th annual Bare Bones Benefit performances and party, and a big fat dance jam to finish it off.
Visit Dance Art Group for full workshop descriptions and bios.
FRIDAY, MAY 22 :: Fremont Abbey, 4272 Fremont Ave N
10am-1pm :: BUTOH WORKSHOP with Jyl Brewer
2-5pm :: IMPROVISATION WORKSHOP with Sheri Cohen
SATURDAY, MAY 23 :: Open Flight Studio, 4205 University Way NE
9am-noon :: CONTACT IMPROVISATION WORKSHOP with Scott Davis
1:30-4:30pm :: IMPROVISATION WORKSHOP with Jurg Koch
7pm :: BARE BONES BENEFIT FOR DANCE ART GROUP! Annex Theatre, 1100 E Pike St
Performances . Silent Auction . Party
With Paige Barnes, Scott Davis, Maureen Freehill, Beth Graczyk, Kristin Hapke, Jurg Koch, and more special guests to be announced.
SUNDAY, MAY 24 :: Fremont Abbey, 4272 Fremont Ave N
10am-12pm :: CONTEMPLATIVE DANCE PRACTICE with Alia Swersky
1-4pm :: SUPER-SIZE DANCE JAM to benefit Dance Art Group!
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$125: All Workshops, Contemplative Dance Practice, Jam
$35: One Workshop; $5 off each additional workshop
$20-40: Bare Bones Benefit
$25: Contemplative Dance Practice
$5-15: Jam
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Dance Art Group (DAG) fosters and promotes the study, practice, and appreciation of improvisational dance in Seattle. DAG produces the annual Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation (SFDI) and other events that encourage and support innovative research and education in dance. DAG is supported by 4Culture, the Mayor's Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, and generous individual donors. Help support DAG by making a tax-deductible donation.
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND DANCE EXTRAVAGANZA
Join Dance Art Group for a weekend of dance workshops,
the 15th annual Bare Bones Benefit performances and party, and a big fat dance jam to finish it off.
Visit Dance Art Group for full workshop descriptions and bios.
FRIDAY, MAY 22 :: Fremont Abbey, 4272 Fremont Ave N
10am-1pm :: BUTOH WORKSHOP with Jyl Brewer
2-5pm :: IMPROVISATION WORKSHOP with Sheri Cohen
SATURDAY, MAY 23 :: Open Flight Studio, 4205 University Way NE
9am-noon :: CONTACT IMPROVISATION WORKSHOP with Scott Davis
1:30-4:30pm :: IMPROVISATION WORKSHOP with Jurg Koch
7pm :: BARE BONES BENEFIT FOR DANCE ART GROUP! Annex Theatre, 1100 E Pike St
Performances . Silent Auction . Party
With Paige Barnes, Scott Davis, Maureen Freehill, Beth Graczyk, Kristin Hapke, Jurg Koch, and more special guests to be announced.
SUNDAY, MAY 24 :: Fremont Abbey, 4272 Fremont Ave N
10am-12pm :: CONTEMPLATIVE DANCE PRACTICE with Alia Swersky
1-4pm :: SUPER-SIZE DANCE JAM to benefit Dance Art Group!
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$125: All Workshops, Contemplative Dance Practice, Jam
$35: One Workshop; $5 off each additional workshop
$20-40: Bare Bones Benefit
$25: Contemplative Dance Practice
$5-15: Jam
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Dance Art Group (DAG) fosters and promotes the study, practice, and appreciation of improvisational dance in Seattle. DAG produces the annual Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation (SFDI) and other events that encourage and support innovative research and education in dance. DAG is supported by 4Culture, the Mayor's Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, and generous individual donors. Help support DAG by making a tax-deductible donation.
Friday, April 17, 2009
Partner Yoga - April 26
Partner Yoga with Alia Swersky and Sheri Cohen
Sunday, April 26, 1:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Discover how you can support and be supported by a partner by moving together playfully, in exploration and trust in modified yoga postures. Easily find new depth in your strength and flexibility through gentle weight-sharing, counter-balancing, and resistance with a partner.
All levels of experience welcome. Come with a curious and open mind. Bring a partner or come on your own. Please pre-register.
Alia and Sheri have long histories performing and teaching dance, including Contact Improvisation. We're exited to share our love of sensation and discovery through the ancient movements of hatha yoga.
$24 / Lotus members $20
Lotus Yoga, 4860 Rainier Avenue South
206.760.1917, Lotus Yoga
Sunday, April 26, 1:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Discover how you can support and be supported by a partner by moving together playfully, in exploration and trust in modified yoga postures. Easily find new depth in your strength and flexibility through gentle weight-sharing, counter-balancing, and resistance with a partner.
All levels of experience welcome. Come with a curious and open mind. Bring a partner or come on your own. Please pre-register.
Alia and Sheri have long histories performing and teaching dance, including Contact Improvisation. We're exited to share our love of sensation and discovery through the ancient movements of hatha yoga.
$24 / Lotus members $20
Lotus Yoga, 4860 Rainier Avenue South
206.760.1917, Lotus Yoga
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Spring Authentic Movement with Susan Baum
Seattle AUTHENTIC MOVEMENT with Susan Baum
Authentic Movement is a simple yet profound practice of self-awareness and discovery. 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.
AUTHENTIC MOVEMENT WORKSHOPS
Saturday, April 25, 2-5pm
Sunday, May 17, 6-9pm
$40 per workshop, $75 for both
In these workshops we 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!
SEEING YOURSELF, SEEING YOUR PARTNER:
A WORKSHOP FOR COUPLES
Saturday, June 6, 2-5pm
$80 per couple
Through the practice of Authentic Movement we find a framework for fostering genuine presence, being and feeling ourselves deeply as we are with another. This is a wonderful way for couples to explore how they see, feel, and interact by attending and following the deeper layers of experience. Aliveness, depth and genuine compassion grow within each individual and within the relationship.
All workshops will be held at 226 NW Bowdoin Pl. in Fremont. To register or for information about Body-Oriented Psychotherapy contact
Susan Baum at (206) 778-9183 or authenticmovement (at) hotmail.com or www.susanbaumtherapy.blogspot.com.
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 therapy. Susan brings her warmth and lively spirit to what she does, and provides an attentive and experienced presence that supports meaningful personal work.
Authentic Movement is a simple yet profound practice of self-awareness and discovery. 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.
AUTHENTIC MOVEMENT WORKSHOPS
Saturday, April 25, 2-5pm
Sunday, May 17, 6-9pm
$40 per workshop, $75 for both
In these workshops we 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!
SEEING YOURSELF, SEEING YOUR PARTNER:
A WORKSHOP FOR COUPLES
Saturday, June 6, 2-5pm
$80 per couple
Through the practice of Authentic Movement we find a framework for fostering genuine presence, being and feeling ourselves deeply as we are with another. This is a wonderful way for couples to explore how they see, feel, and interact by attending and following the deeper layers of experience. Aliveness, depth and genuine compassion grow within each individual and within the relationship.
All workshops will be held at 226 NW Bowdoin Pl. in Fremont. To register or for information about Body-Oriented Psychotherapy contact
Susan Baum at (206) 778-9183 or authenticmovement (at) hotmail.com or www.susanbaumtherapy.blogspot.com.
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 therapy. Susan brings her warmth and lively spirit to what she does, and provides an attentive and experienced presence that supports meaningful personal work.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Contact Improv Intensive with Nita Little
2009 Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation
16th annual SFDI! August 2-9, 2009
CLASSES . PERFORMANCES . JAMS . DISCUSSIONS
5-Class Intensives: Benoit Lachambre . Daniel Lepkoff . Nita Little
4-Class Somatic Intensive: Susan Schell
Plus classes with Delia Brett . Maureen Freehill . Margit Galanter . Alicia Grayson . Cyrus Khambatta . Aiko Kinoshita . Tonya Lockyer . Jack Magai . Karen Schaffman . Stephanie Skura . Gretchen Spiro . Brad Stoller . Alia Swersky
5-Day Contact Improvisation Intensive with Nita Little
BODIES THAT SPEAK: ACTIVATING THE EMBODIED MIND
This Contact Improvisation Intensive explores the dance produced by an activated mindbody continuum. Enhanced by the implicit freedoms of the boundless mind infusing a bound body, this dance builds skills of slicing time, oscillating attention, working multiple levels of space, shape-shifting the extended body, & assembling & disassembling to individuate & unite the dance & dancers.
Nita Little develops, choreographs, performs & teaches improvisational dance, notably Contact Improvisation, which she has practiced for 37 years. She tours worldwide including the ImPulsTanz, Zip & Budapest International Festivals.
For more information and registration, go to Dance Art Group.
16th annual SFDI! August 2-9, 2009
CLASSES . PERFORMANCES . JAMS . DISCUSSIONS
5-Class Intensives: Benoit Lachambre . Daniel Lepkoff . Nita Little
4-Class Somatic Intensive: Susan Schell
Plus classes with Delia Brett . Maureen Freehill . Margit Galanter . Alicia Grayson . Cyrus Khambatta . Aiko Kinoshita . Tonya Lockyer . Jack Magai . Karen Schaffman . Stephanie Skura . Gretchen Spiro . Brad Stoller . Alia Swersky
5-Day Contact Improvisation Intensive with Nita Little
BODIES THAT SPEAK: ACTIVATING THE EMBODIED MIND
This Contact Improvisation Intensive explores the dance produced by an activated mindbody continuum. Enhanced by the implicit freedoms of the boundless mind infusing a bound body, this dance builds skills of slicing time, oscillating attention, working multiple levels of space, shape-shifting the extended body, & assembling & disassembling to individuate & unite the dance & dancers.
Nita Little develops, choreographs, performs & teaches improvisational dance, notably Contact Improvisation, which she has practiced for 37 years. She tours worldwide including the ImPulsTanz, Zip & Budapest International Festivals.
For more information and registration, go to Dance Art Group.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Contact FUNdamentals Workshop April 4-5
Contact FUNdamentals Workshop
Everything you always wanted to know but were afraid to ask
Sat / Sun April 4th & 5th
Co-facilitated by Cyrus Khambatta and Michal Lahav
Cost: $80-$140 sliding scale if check received by March 25, $90-$150 afterwards.
Single day $50-$80 sliding scale.
Send check made out to The Phffft! Company
mail to 5609 34th Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98126.
For more info, email cyrus@PHFFFT.org
Deepen your understanding of essential movement principles —
weight sharing, rolling, falling, balancing, and spiraling. We
begin to engage, explore and integrate the world of contact dance
using fun, enriching and satisfying exercises that are simple and accessible
to beginner/intermediate students. Your questions will help
form the class so feel free to write them and email them to us
or bring them with you.
Everything you always wanted to know but were afraid to ask
Sat / Sun April 4th & 5th
Co-facilitated by Cyrus Khambatta and Michal Lahav
Cost: $80-$140 sliding scale if check received by March 25, $90-$150 afterwards.
Single day $50-$80 sliding scale.
Send check made out to The Phffft! Company
mail to 5609 34th Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98126.
For more info, email cyrus@PHFFFT.org
Deepen your understanding of essential movement principles —
weight sharing, rolling, falling, balancing, and spiraling. We
begin to engage, explore and integrate the world of contact dance
using fun, enriching and satisfying exercises that are simple and accessible
to beginner/intermediate students. Your questions will help
form the class so feel free to write them and email them to us
or bring them with you.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Contact Improvisation with Gretchen Spiro and Steve Homsher - Jan. 31 - Feb. 1
with Gretchen Spiro and Steve Homsher (CO)
Sat. Jan. 31/Sun. Feb. 1
1-5pm (both days)
Develop key principles of flight:
Extension
Timing
Leading/trailing
Dynamic support
Harnessing momentum
The two day workshop will explore the space where physical practice meets poetic states. Gretchen and Steve will focus on cultivating effortless flight and support while broadening the palette of creative expression grounded in the body.
Gretchen Spiro comes to Contact Improvisation with 25 years of experience. Her CI teaching is informed by 18 years of yoga teaching and practice, her training as a Dance/Movement therapist, and work as a Gyrotonic trainer. She is the founder of Tumblebones Contact Improvisation Collective, based in Boulder, CO. Her teaching is rich with metaphor, humor, and fiery enthusiasm.
Steve Homsher is an avid CI teacher and performer, and dances with Tumblebones CI Collective. Steve studied martial arts (Kendo) for 10 years, gymnastics, mime, ballet, and performed aerial dance for 6 years. In addition to a day job as a carpenter, Steve is a professional visual artist. Steve teaches with clarity, precision, and passion for cultivating efficient strength and effortless release.
Cost: $85-$120, sliding scale if paid by January 25, 2009; $95-$130 afterwards. Please write checks to Phffft! Company, Inc. and mail to 609 34th Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98126. To pay by credit card, email for directions
Question? E-mail contact Cyrus Khambatta or call 206.935.0459.
Feldenkrais Workshop with Sheri Cohen - Feb. 8
Sensation and Imagination with the Feldenkrais Method®
With Sheri Cohen, Guild Certified Feldenkrais® Practitioner
Sunday, February 8, 2009 1:00-4:00pm $60
At: Creative Dance Center
12577 Densmore Ave. N
Seattle, WA 98133
206 363-7281
Registration and info on all upcoming workshops at www.creativedance.org.
What makes us feel creative? How do we get into that "flow" we experience when we're feeling playful, productive, and free? In this workshop we'll develop tools for awakening and deepening our imaginative processes-tools that can be applied to any creative discipline. We'll wade into the sea of our bodily sensations through the Feldenkrais Method®, and observe as "images" come to the surface while we playfully cycle through moving, drawing, writing, and observing, and then moving again.
Sheri Cohen, GCFP, is an award-winning choreographer who has taught adults and children at Cornish College of the Arts, Oberlin College, Evergreen University, Rainier Valley Coop Preschool, Lotus Yoga, and in many grassroots-organized workshops in the US and Europe. Sheri is an inspiring and inclusive teacher; she is a Guild Certified Feldenkrais® Practitioner, a hatha yoga teacher, and a mom.
With Sheri Cohen, Guild Certified Feldenkrais® Practitioner
Sunday, February 8, 2009 1:00-4:00pm $60
At: Creative Dance Center
12577 Densmore Ave. N
Seattle, WA 98133
206 363-7281
Registration and info on all upcoming workshops at www.creativedance.org.
What makes us feel creative? How do we get into that "flow" we experience when we're feeling playful, productive, and free? In this workshop we'll develop tools for awakening and deepening our imaginative processes-tools that can be applied to any creative discipline. We'll wade into the sea of our bodily sensations through the Feldenkrais Method®, and observe as "images" come to the surface while we playfully cycle through moving, drawing, writing, and observing, and then moving again.
Sheri Cohen, GCFP, is an award-winning choreographer who has taught adults and children at Cornish College of the Arts, Oberlin College, Evergreen University, Rainier Valley Coop Preschool, Lotus Yoga, and in many grassroots-organized workshops in the US and Europe. Sheri is an inspiring and inclusive teacher; she is a Guild Certified Feldenkrais® Practitioner, a hatha yoga teacher, and a mom.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Contact Improvisation Workshop with Ethan Hickman - Feb 7, 2009
A Contact Improvisation Workshop with Ethan Hickman
Where: Grassroots Studio - 5609 34th Ave. SW (Please park on 35th Ave. Approach house from the front and follow path around to studio in the backyard.)
When: Saturday, February 7th, 10am - 4pm
Cost: $50
In this workshop we will cultivate our internal sensation, rhythm, and spatial awareness through a balance of solo, partnered, and group explorations. We will play with the speed and size of our dance, utilizing the principle of "go slow to go fast.
Come discover how reducing effort and focusing on precision can lead to more freedom, ease, and pleasure in your dancing.
Open to all levels.
Pre-registration suggested. Contact Ethan at 206.239.8403 or e-mail Ethan.
Ethan Hickman enjoys continuously playing with the possibilities of gravity. He approaches contact improvisation both as a means for self-discovery and as an art form with endless potential for refinement. Ethan's approach to learning is guided both by his recent work with the Wilderness Awareness School, and by his ongoing training in the Feldenkrais Method(cm) of Somatic Education.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Weekly FELDENKRAIS with Lila Hurwitz
Gain immediate improvement in posture, breathing, chronic pain, and flexibility; increase your self-awareness as you move throughout the world.
THE FELDENKRAIS METHOD® of
NEUROMUSCULAR RE-EDUCATION
Weekly Class with Lila Hurwitz
Learn to move with minimum effort and maximum efficiency. Know yourself and be your best.
THURSDAYS, 6:00-7:00pm
Studio-Current, 1417 Tenth Ave #C (between Pike & Union on Capitol Hill; look for the Sweatbox Yoga signs)
$12; $110/10-class card
Begins February 5
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The Feldenkrais Method is a subtle and powerful system of neuromuscular re-patterning that evokes changes in muscular tone, range of motion, coordination, attention, and the comfort and efficiency of movement. These Awareness Through Movement® lessons will help you recognize habitual movement patterns and discover more comfortable ways to move.
Beyond its applications to physical improvement, Feldenkrais is a fascinating and sophisticated method of developing your skills of attention and self-awareness, directly affecting and benefiting your everyday sense of self in choice-making, interactions and potential.
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Open to all movement abilities and skill levels, from super-jocks to couch potatoes. Wear loose-fitting, comfortable clothes.
Lila Hurwitz, Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner(sm), has been studying movement and dance for over 38 years and teaching since 1987.
For more info:
206.650.3305 . E-mail Lila.
www.feldenkraisteachersinseattle.com
THE FELDENKRAIS METHOD® of
NEUROMUSCULAR RE-EDUCATION
Weekly Class with Lila Hurwitz
Learn to move with minimum effort and maximum efficiency. Know yourself and be your best.
THURSDAYS, 6:00-7:00pm
Studio-Current, 1417 Tenth Ave #C (between Pike & Union on Capitol Hill; look for the Sweatbox Yoga signs)
$12; $110/10-class card
Begins February 5
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The Feldenkrais Method is a subtle and powerful system of neuromuscular re-patterning that evokes changes in muscular tone, range of motion, coordination, attention, and the comfort and efficiency of movement. These Awareness Through Movement® lessons will help you recognize habitual movement patterns and discover more comfortable ways to move.
Beyond its applications to physical improvement, Feldenkrais is a fascinating and sophisticated method of developing your skills of attention and self-awareness, directly affecting and benefiting your everyday sense of self in choice-making, interactions and potential.
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Open to all movement abilities and skill levels, from super-jocks to couch potatoes. Wear loose-fitting, comfortable clothes.
Lila Hurwitz, Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner(sm), has been studying movement and dance for over 38 years and teaching since 1987.
For more info:
206.650.3305 . E-mail Lila.
www.feldenkraisteachersinseattle.com
Seattle Contact Improv Workshop with Karl Frost
The Human Contact Project
with Karl Frost
director of Body Research
Seattle, WA
February 28 - March 1, weekend workshop
March 2-4, extended workshop moving into performance research
The Human Contact Project explores the improvisational play of human contact, developing deeper sensitivities to physical detail and a sense of the poetic play of human encounter.
We look afresh at the art of contact improvisation, asking what is happening in a moment, what are the physical possibilities open to us, and what is the feeling that drives us.
We increase moment-to-moment functional awareness through tuning into proprioception - our physical experience of the body - allowing for greater ease, speed, and power. Through releasing patterns of hyper-control, we find dense, rich awareness of and participation in human interaction.
We look at our sense of meaning in movement… a sense of the poetics of interaction, whether in kinesthetics and physics or in the poetry of sensation, emotion, and experienced image.
We explore these through exercises and through an approach to the contact jam that actively invites in the sense of the collaborative poetic as well as layered awareness of self/other/group.
Fees: $150 - $250 sliding scale for the weekend and $300 - $500 for the Full 5 day workshop. Early registration discount for registration received by February 14 -- $120 for the weekend and $240 for the week.
To register, send deposit ($50 for the weekend/$75 for the 5 days) to Karl Frost 6547 Whitney St, Oakland, CA 94609 or paypal to info@bodyresearch.org
For more details, www.bodyresearch.org/humancontact
with Karl Frost
director of Body Research
Seattle, WA
February 28 - March 1, weekend workshop
March 2-4, extended workshop moving into performance research
The Human Contact Project explores the improvisational play of human contact, developing deeper sensitivities to physical detail and a sense of the poetic play of human encounter.
We look afresh at the art of contact improvisation, asking what is happening in a moment, what are the physical possibilities open to us, and what is the feeling that drives us.
We increase moment-to-moment functional awareness through tuning into proprioception - our physical experience of the body - allowing for greater ease, speed, and power. Through releasing patterns of hyper-control, we find dense, rich awareness of and participation in human interaction.
We look at our sense of meaning in movement… a sense of the poetics of interaction, whether in kinesthetics and physics or in the poetry of sensation, emotion, and experienced image.
We explore these through exercises and through an approach to the contact jam that actively invites in the sense of the collaborative poetic as well as layered awareness of self/other/group.
Fees: $150 - $250 sliding scale for the weekend and $300 - $500 for the Full 5 day workshop. Early registration discount for registration received by February 14 -- $120 for the weekend and $240 for the week.
To register, send deposit ($50 for the weekend/$75 for the 5 days) to Karl Frost 6547 Whitney St, Oakland, CA 94609 or paypal to info@bodyresearch.org
For more details, www.bodyresearch.org/humancontact
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