June 5 – August 15Wednesdays 7:00-9:00pm Culminates in a public showing on Wednesday, August 15th at 7pm CREATE with Jeffrey Strum is an 11 week choreographic workshop providing the tools and methodology needed to organise and refine creative ideas into a coherent and performable result. Each student will receive individual support and guidance in this process. REGISTRATION REQUIREDCost: $143
Thursdays at 8.00 – 9.00am Drop-in rate: $10 Provides a full fitness aerobic workout using simple repeat moves set to high energy, motivating music like Cha Cha, Salsa, and more. Best of all, you don’t need any previous dance experience!
Summer SessionJuly 10 – August 7Wednesdays 7:00-9:00pm Facilitated by Ilana Silverstein • Gain new insight into your artwork• Hone your critical perception• Develop an effective communication tool• Be motivated by a weekly deadline Fieldwork is a process that supports the development of new artistic works. At each session, artists of any discipline show works-in-progress and exchange feedback with their peers in a format designed by artists. This is a 5-week workshop. Performing artists working in all styles/genres/forms are welcome! REGISTRATION REQUIREDCost: $65
Tuesday, May 29 – Sunday, June 3 Some of the most distinguished local, national and international African dance teachers provide a range of training opportunities.Drop-in for $15 or use your 10ClassPass. Register online today to secure your spot in class! Sign Up Now » Tuesday, May 29, 6:30pm: Assane Konte, Artistic Director, KanKouran West African Dance Co Wednesday, May 30, 6:30pm: Nkenge Cunningham, Dancer, Farafina Kan Thursday, May 31, 6:30pm: Djian Tié, Master teacher of Ivory Coast dance styles Saturday, June 2, 9:45am: Griot Baba Chuck Davis Saturday, June 2, 11:15am and Sunday, June 3, 10:30am: Ammamre Mma from Ghana...
Tuesdays 7.30-8:45pm DC Casineros’ Salsa class includes a call and response circle dance, with fun turns, footwork and sexy Cuban flavor. The class will begin with a warm-up based in Afro-Cuban styles such as Rumba, Son and Orisha dances and then move into learning both Miami and Cuban calls in the Rueda. Come alone or with a partner. Beginners and Advance Beginners students should attend the earlier class at 6.30.
Mondays 10:15am – 12:00pm Drop-in rate: $10 Dance Tools for Professionals is a new series designed to give professional dancers a range of dance and somatics training. The rotating faculty includes some of DC’s most sought after teachers: Tzveta Kassabova, Robin Gilmore, Daniel Burkholder, Helanius Wilkins and more! SESSION 5: Sharon MansurApril 30 – May 21 I consider myself as a facilitator, offering time and space to deepen one’s movement practice within a supportive and creatively stimulating setting. My classes will integrate somatic approaches with post-modern technique and improvisation, including Bartenieff Fundamentals, developmental movement patterns, experiential anatomy, Contact Improvisation, Authentic...
Sharon Mansur is a multi-media dance artist based in the Washington, DC area who focuses on improvisation as a performance form as well as the melding of visual and visceral landscapes. Since 2002 Mansur has directed mansurdance, an ongoing collaborative performance project that integrates choreography, improvisation and experimental multi-media performance in traditional, alternative and site specific venues. Since 1991 her work has been presented throughout the MidAtlantic region, including Washington, DC at Dance Place, The John F. Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage, the Capital Fringe Festival, among others; and in New York City at Dixon Place, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Galapagos Performance...
Thursday March 1, 6:00 – 6:30 Drop in rate: just $5! Briana’s HoopDance class teaches foundational moves of hooping along with some cool tricks. Hooping 10 minutes can burn between 50- 100 calories. Hoops will be available for you to use during class. SPACE IS LIMITED so come early to secure your spot.
Monday February 27, 6:30-7:45pm Valerie’s Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Modern classes are influenced by a wide range of dance and movement techniques including Cunningham, Horton, African, Social Dance and Yoga. The classes are rhythmically based from her years of studying and playing percussion and emphasize body awareness, physical endurance, spatial awareness, centering, laterality, techniques for learning choreography, quality exploration and moving rhythmically. Guaranteed to make your heart beat fast and your spirit soar.
Wednesday, February 8 from 10:15am-12:00pm MODERN MIX – This class fuses Modern, Jazz and African movements to create something illuminating. A melting pot of different traditional and technical dance styles make up this class. Erica Smith Gooden is a Philadelphia native who received her B.F.A. in Modern Dance and has had the opportunity to work with noted dance companies New LeJa Dances, Mahogany Dance Theatre, Tania Isaac Dance and Lesole’s Dance Project.
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