In each 90-minute Feldenkrais® Awareness Through Movement (ATM) class, students will be verbally guided through a specific sequence of slow, gentle movements designed to illuminate aspects of movement and sensory awareness chosen specifically for their relevance to dancers. This series will feature four ATM lessons that will each explore the use of self in relation to one or more orientations of the arms (e.g., arms extended overhead, forwards, sideways, etc.). There will be an opportunity at the end of each lesson to explore these relationships in various orientations other than lying down on the floor. Each ATM seeks to provide a setting in which students may work at their own pace and be led by their own curiosity to rediscover and enhance their innate human capacity for graceful, effortless movement.

Benefits include:

• Increased freedom and ease of movement
• Improved balance and coordination
• Increased flexibility
• Injury prevention
• Rehabilitation from injury
• Increased expressive range
• Improved understanding of skeletal anatomy as it relates to dance

Information/Registration**: 619-464-3856

*participation in the first Feldenkrais for Dancers workshop (Aug. ’07) is NOT a prerequisite for this class series

**Space is limited so pre-registration is required.

Registration deadline is Thursday, July 10.

Drop-ins will be admitted on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Co-taught by Leslie Seiters and Kristen Baum Wilcox

Each morning and afternoon segment will begin with a Feldenkrais® Awareness Through Movement (ATM) class, in which students will be verbally guided through a specific sequence of slow, gentle movements designed to illuminate aspects of movement and sensory awareness chosen specifically for their relevance to dancers. Each lesson seeks to provide a setting in which students may work at their own pace and be led by their own curiosity to rediscover and enhance their innate human capacity for graceful, effortless movement.

The second part of each morning and afternoon session will investigate and expand on movement principles and pathways introduced in the ATM lesson and will include focused improvisations, set movement sequences with an emphasis on floor-work, and finally complex movement phrases. The dancing portion of this workshop is designed to continue the awareness, efficiency and specificity generated by the ATM classes to create a refined way of “working” when dancing.

This workshop will provide contexts for disorientation and reorganization to allow dancing bodies to utilize their intelligence.

Registration Deadline: Tuesday, June 3rd

Information/Registration: email kbaum1001@yahoo.com or call 619-464-3856

*each day will include a one-hour lunch break

**A sliding scale fee structure is available for those who qualify. If you would like to be considered for a fee reduction, please let us know when you call to register.

11am-1pm

A ballet based warm-up will be given at 10:45am.

Stage 7’s new Pas de Deux Lab will explore principles of partnership from contemporary ballet backward toward classical ballet techniques.

Movement problems will explore the following:

• How do we communicate with weight?
• What perceptual skills support effective collaboration in dance?
• What makes the space between us dynamic and useful?
• How can we harness principles of leverage and displacement to share power?

Expect an experimental, experiential approach!

Expect to have fun!!

Class will be conducted with guidance and direction from Kathryn Irey.

beginning Tuesday July 3rd
continuing weekly

10-11:30am

Through the practice of Asana and the coordination of intention, breath and movement, we will balance strength and suppleness in our form and cultivate a non-judgmental attitude toward our body.

Lead by Justin Morrison

beginning Wed July 4th
continuing weekly

7-9pm

Weekly sessions will provide structure and practice in improvisation, and will develop perceptual skills crucial to ensemble performance.

Through experimentation, dialogue and guided exercises, dancers will investigate the impact of actively seeing and hearing while moving.

Classes will emphasize:

• Noticing the impact of “feeling” states in performance.
• Recognizing ones personal, choreographic “ethic”.
• The use of choice in creating a collaborative Instant Composition.

Open to dancers from all disciplines.

Drop-ins welcome but continued attendance is encouraged.

"Movement is produced by the rapport of odd elements, of the contrasts of colors between themselves which constitutes Reality." -Robert Delaunay

Facilitated by Justin Morrison

We are very happy to announce the beginning of a new 4 week series, lead by Feldenkrais practitioner Kristen Baum-Wilcox.

COST:

$25 drop in rate
$80 for all 4 days (8 hours, registration required)

(contact Justin for discount & work/trade options)

DATES/TIME:

Weekly on Friday July 13th, 20th, 27th & August 3rd
2-4pm

REGISTRATION

Due to limited space we require registration and pre-payment in order to receive the discounted rate of $80 for all 4 sessions. Register by completing our contact form.

Checks may be made out to:
Stage 7 School of Dance
3980 30th St., San Diego, 92104
ATTN: Feldenkrais Workshop

Registration and payment can also be made in person at Stage 7.

If attending specific days, please Register and specify which days you will attend (the drop-in rate will apply).

Workshop description

In the Feldenkrais For Dancers Workshop, you can begin
to rediscover your innate capacity for graceful, easy
movement through increasing your awareness of how you
have learned to adapt physically to the world around
you. Each two-hour workshop will focus on a theme
chosen for its relevance to the specific needs of
dancers and will draw upon knowledge of biomechanics
and an empirical understanding of human learning.

In class, students will be verbally directed through a
sequence of related movements designed to improve some
aspect of physical functioning (e.g., freedom of the
head, ribcage, arms, legs). Students will be
encouraged to learn at their own pace, moving slowly
and gently so as to increase their sensitivity to the
quality of their own movements.

Benefits include:

• Increased freedom and ease of movement
• Improved balance and coordination
• Increased flexibility
• Injury prevention
• Rehabilitation from injury
• Increased expressive range
• Improved understanding of skeletal anatomy as it relates to dance

Kristen Baum Wilcox

Kristen is a guild certified Feldenkrais practitioner. She operates her own practice teaching Functional Integration ® and Awareness Through Movement (ATM) ®, at her studio in La Mesa, the Center for Creative and Playful Activities.

For more information contact Kristen at: 619-464-3856

Download printable flyer

music:

Jeremy Drake / Tucker Dulin / Chris Heenan

dance:

Justin Morrison / Leslie Seiters / Amanda Waal

admission: free

Please RSVP below by leaving a comment.

Sat Apr 14th, 8pm & 9pm:

The Colette Harding Contemporary Dance Company

Invites you to CHCDC's presentation of the

"Creative Mix Project"
A mixed performance featuring Dance Works by:
Colette Harding, Peter Kalivas,
Melissa Nunn, & Deven Brawley

Saturday, April 14th at 8:00 & 9:00pm
Presented as part of the Ray at Night Festivities
in North Park, San Diego

Admission is Free to the Public

Stage 7 – 3980 30th Street in North Park
(On 30th between University and Lincoln)

CHCDC is a registered 501(c)3 Nonprofit Arts Organization.

The mission of the Colette Harding Contemporary Dance Company is to build community, unite the arts, and introduce new audiences to Modern Dance and other contemporary art forms through collaborations, performances, and education. Productions and classes should enrich, educate and cultivate the arts in our growing population, including the city of San Diego, our nation, and world.

Two performances, presenting excerpts from Reflections of Angels as a preview for the forthcoming full length evening work, to be shown in April 2007.

Choreographer:

Ericka Aisha Moore

Visual Art:

Araceli Carrera

Dancers:

Araceli Carrera
Lisette Flores
Yvonne Hernandez
Becky Hurt
Ericka Aisha Moore
Melissa Studts
Liza Suter

For more information see this flyer or contact us

Continuing Weekly

Featuring live percussion, song, African and Modern dance and led by Suzanne Forbes-Vierling

For more information Contact us