SATURDAY FEB 25th
9:00am - 12:00pm (Mira Betz)
Curiosity As A Way Of Life
Curiosity and intuitiveness provide the inspiration to try new things. Developing a creative habit stems from a desire to grow and explore our boundaries, here we will push our ideas of comfort and conformity to inspire new ways of expression.
12:00pm - 2:00pm (Mira Betz)
Developing A Dialogue
One of the strongest assets as artists we can develop is our ability the dialogue about our art form. This creates a connection both practical and theoretical that allows us to deepen our understanding of the concepts we work on in class, see in performance, and experience as dancers.
3:00pm - 6:00pm (Heather Stants)
Stretch, Crunch, Drill!
Yoga , core work, movement drills, and combinations from Heather's Urban Tribal repertoire. Please bring a yoga mat.
SUNDAY FEB 26th
9:00am - 2:00pm (Mira Betz)
Adapting Dance In Space
How to use space effectively in performance, introducing ideas for adapting your dance for the various spaces and size audiences and situations we find ourselves in.
3:00pm - 5:00pm (Heather Stants)
Levels and Floor
Add dimension to your dance. Please bring a yoga mat and knee pads.
MONDAY FEB 27th
9:00am - 11:00am (Zoe Jakes)
The Art of Choreography - understanding the many facets and how to apply them, so you can teach, create and effectively perform a dance
Intense review of technique and new Zoe Jakes style drills.
11:00am - 1:00pm (Zoe Jakes)
The Art of Choreography (continued)
Lecture - the facets of choreography: musicality, dynamics, dramatics, and stylization. Also talking costumes, colors, lighting, how to effectively prepare a piece for stage and all the technical stuff that entails.
2:00pm - 5:00pm (Amy Sigil)
It's a Bird...it's a Plane...it's...SUPERDANCER!!!!
An experimental Sigil workshop exploring Human Movement. Dancers aren't superheroes...or are they? This is the "how to" on taking everyday movement and giving it the Superhero quality of DANCE! Movement Lab with accompanied lecture.
TUESDAY FEB 28th
9:00am - 11:00am (Zoe Jakes)
The Art of Choreography (continued)
Warm up and learn a choreography - just to counts, not to a song - a bare 4/4 drum beat.
11:00am - 1:00pm (Zoe Jakes)
The Art of Choreography (continued)
Lecture and application: Dynamics - taking the choreography and applying it to different music and stretching or shortening, simplifying or emphasizing it to create dynamics.
2:00pm - 5:00pm (Amy Sigil)
STATIC - "An Experimental Workshop"
How do you handle the noise in your head when you encounter it in Art and performance? Let's find out. This is an intimate look at the very beginnings of working with "Static". Learning to attack the insecurities and personal obstacles in your life that haunt you and destroy productivity in creation. Bring a pen and notebook. Lecture and deep thinking lab work.
WEDNESDAY FEB 29th
9:00am - 11:00am (Zoe Jakes)
The Art of Choreography (continued)
Musicality and how to use it to shape your choreography (lecture). Also how to break up a song into its musical sections.
11:00am - 1:00pm (Zoe Jakes)
The Art of Choreography (continued)
Learn a choreography built around the musicality of a song.
2:00pm - 5:00pm (OFF)
THURSDAY MARCH 1st
9:00am - 11:00am (Zoe Jakes)
The Art of Choreography (continued)
Learn a choreography build upon lessons from the week.
11:00am - 1:00pm (Zoe Jakes)
The Art of Choreography (continued)
Belly dance theatrics! Sink deeper into your dances, create simple story lines, drama through movement, how to effectively convey a concept or idea to your audience.
(New exercises just for The Tribal Massive!)
The Massive Spectacular!
FRIDAY MARCH 2nd
9:00am - 11:00am (Zoe Jakes)
The Art of Choreography (continued)
Short combos with stylization applications - i.e., cabaret vs tribal fusion.
11:00am - 1:00pm (Zoe Jakes)
The Art of Choreography (continued)
Choreography lab - we will take all the choreographies we just learned and break off into groups, each group will spend time with one choreography applying all the facets and we will have a presentation at the end of class!
2:00pm - 5:00pm (Kami Liddle)
Subtle Details
Sometimes we forget that delicate and soft movements can be so powerful on stage. This class will focus on motifs and subtle elements that you can add to your movements. Combinations will be introduced utilizing these ideas and will help to find subtle elements to compliment your own style.
SATURDAY MARCH 3rd
9:00am - 1:00pm (The Lady Fred)
Becoming a Professional Bootcamp
This will be a lecture & interactive workshop for the serious dancer.
If you are already performing and teaching professionally (gaining income) but are flying by the seat of your pants, or you’re ready to start teaching and/or performing but need help getting started, then this is a workshop for you. Learn the business side of things; how to promote and legally protect yourself and your sponsor; learn how important your sponsor & community of professional dancers are.
The Lady Fred will share tips and tricks on how to manage yourself including: handouts with contract guidelines for performances & workshops that you can customize to suit your needs. You won’t learn how to be a Diva in this workshop… You learn how to act professionally and appropriately in order for all parties involved: you, your sponsor, your students, and whom ever is hiring you to benefit. This is a growing industry and though we love what we do, we also have to be honest, fair, and professional.
Bring a pen and notebook with you to class.
2:00pm - 6:00pm (Kami Liddle)
Moving With Intention
We will focus on dancing nice and slow with purpose. Isolations will be broken down and pieced together in order to move deliberately and consciously. Working on new movements in this way helps to create smooth transitions that in turn creates amazing fast combinations. Several combinations will be introduce and drilled and put together at the end of class for a short choreography.
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