WEEKLY ADULT CLASS SCHEDULE
SCDT
COMMUNITY DANCE BASH
CELEBRATION of SPACE
March 8-9 2024
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CONTACT IMPROVISATION
CLASS SERIES
MARCH 12-MAY 1
SCDT PRESENTS
SMALL SEEDS
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QUAD
APRIL 12-13, 2024
33 Hawley St, The Workroom
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PHYSICAL DIALOGUES
with Daniel Lepkoff
WEDNESDAYS in MAY, 6-8 PM
5 week series: Wednesdays, 6:00-8:00 PM May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
at BOMBYX CENTER FOR ARTS AND EQUITY 130 Pine Street, Florence MA!
Daniel will draw from his over 50 years of original movement research, as a performer and teacher, looking at reflexive patterns and framing dance as a physical dialogue with the environment. Each class will be a surprise and will have a special focus, drawn from the follow possibilities: Body Waves, Coordination games with walking and crawling, Interacting with objects: touch and weight, solo, duet, ensemble, Moving and being moved: partner interactions that focus on center, force, and architecture, Stillness (The movement of attention): the stand, the anatomical rest position, the activity of doing nothing, stillness compositions in space. Breathing: the interaction of the diaphragm with the psoas muscle and the connection to moving.
DANIEL LEPKOFF is a dancer, performer, writer, and teacher known for bringing the process of living movement into the studio and onto the stage. During the early 1970s and into the mid-1980s, he played a central role in the development of both Release Technique with Mary Fulkerson and Contact Improvisation with Steve Paxton. Over the course of more than five decades, he has looked closely at the interweaving of sensation, perception, and action arising in the body's ever-present interactions with its environment and has developed dance techniques for bringing this material into the body and onto the stage.As a teacher he is known for his continual invention of original techniques, making direct contact with information, and pursuing questions together with students. He is one of the founders of Movement Research in NYC. He works internationally and lives on a piece of land in Vermont
SCDT PRESENTS
ImPRoVISaTIOn and PeRformAncE
special edition
MAY 10-11, 2024
WIP, SPECIAL WORKSHOPS and RIFF TALKS
The Northampton Arts Trust
WORKROOM @ 33 Hawley St, NORTHAMPTON MA
Celebrating 10 years of RIFF and the legacies of
Steve Paxton, Kathleen Hermesdorf, Nancy Stark Smith and Peter Schmitz
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FULL WEEKEND EVENT SCHEDULE
all events at 33 Hawley Street in the Workroom Theater! WORKSHOP with K.J. Holmes "Every cell in your body knows where down is" (Steve Paxton) FRIDAY, MAY 10, 10-12 PM WIP XXIV with Michelle Erard (VT) Laila J. Franklin (Boston, MA and Washington, DC) Madelyn Sher (MA) and Lailye Weidman (MA) FRIDAY, MAY 10, 7:00 PM WORKSHOP with Joya Powell IMPROVISATION: DIASPORIC MODALITIES SATURDAY, MAY 11, 10-11:30 AM WORKSHOP with mayfield brooks WAVES SATURDAY, MAY 11, 12-2 PM RIFF TALKS_09 IMPROVISATION & PERFORMANCE SATURDAY, MAY 11 7:00PM [If purchasing tickets for both RIFF TALKS & WIP May 10th performance, discount package is available!) R I F F T A L K S _ 09 IMPROVISATION and PERFORMANCE Saturday May 11 at 7 PM performances and conversation with MAYFIELD BROOKS K.J.HOLMES DANIEL LEPKOFF JOYA POWELL talk moderated by JARED WILLIAMS+ JEN POLINS in the WORKROOM @ 33 Hawley Street |