Archive: Workshops, Intensives, Master Classes, and Open Houses

An Eight-week Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement Series with Sarah Baumert

Sundays, 4:00-5:00pm CST and Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30pm CST
November 14-January 19
No Class November 24 and 28, December 26 and 29.

This series will explore how we can interrupt our habitual patterns of stress. We will investigate how we hold tension in our system, observing it and then disturbing it, and looking for sensations of comfort and pleasure. In Awareness Through Movement®, we explore how we can move with the smallest amount of effort. The smallest amount of effort or exertion will facilitate the maximum amount of sensory differentiation and thus make information available for new learning. Slow movements will facilitate a parasympathetic response, the rest and digest response of the nervous system.

Interested in this series, but experiencing financial hardship? 
During the last year I have been called to offer the healing work I do, through yoga and the Feldenkrais method to more people, and a more diverse demographic. With the support of my scholarship fund, I am able to offer these classes at a reduced rate. If you need financial assistance, please contact me directly. I would like to make these teachings accessible to everyone.

“Sarah’s instruction is uncanny – incredulously balanced, seemingly telepathic.” – Inez

Paula Mann and the company members of Time Track Productions invite you to attend a new workshop this fall.

Develop your unique creative process in this upcoming workshop with Choreographer Paula Mann and the company members of Time Track Productions!

Saturday, November 20, 2:00-5:00pm

The workshop is free of charge, space is limited. Please register today at pmann102@gmail.com

Open to all levels of creators. Please wear clothes to move in and bring a notebook/journal.

This year, choreographer dancer and teacher Paula Mann marks her 40th year of movement making. Her newest work is Toward Utopia (currently in development) and will be her 60th work to date. Mann has taught Improvisation and Composition for movement since 1993.

This workshop with Jennifer Ilse approaches movement with a goal of balance – fluidity in strength and power in softness. This class is centered on breath and economy of movement to teach internal and external body awareness, rhythm and phrasing, and ensemble dancing through modern dance patterns and improvisation.

Session Two: October 27–December 8
Six weeks. No classes November 22-27.
Wednesdays, 10:00-11:30am
Cost: $85/workshop per session

For more information and to register please visit: https://www.tudance.org/fall-2021-adult-beginning-workshops/

Provided by Tina Anderson Wallum, the class work is based on the principles of classical ballet technique, including turnout, distribution of weight, counter pull, plumb line, balance, squareness, alignment and stance, transfer of weight, lift, and counter balance. Also it is based on centering, core strength, flexor tone, extensor tone, muscle currenting, cogwheeling, coordination, and musicality. By the end of the workshop students should understand a basic level of vocabulary and be able to execute it with ease and confidence. Students are intellectually, emotionally and physically supported with validation, engagement, and a sense of belonging.

Session Two: October 26–December 7
Six weeks. No classes November 22-27.
Tuesdays, 10:00-11:30am
Cost: $85/workshop per session

For more information and to register please visit: https://www.tudance.org/fall-2021-adult-beginning-workshops/

Unicorn Sweat is a dance party workout celebrating the joy of moving to pop music and the liberation of all bodies.

The teachers for this class are Abigail Whitmore (she/her) and Annika Hansen (they/them, she/her).

This class takes place on the last Saturday of every month from 11:00am-12:00pm at The Arena. $17 drop-in. Discount cards available.

UNICORN SWEAT
Saturday, October 30

This initial class is a special HALLOWEEN edition. Come dressed up and have some fun!

Moving Practice is a weekly class series for professional dancers. Classes prioritize rigor, diversity of contemporary aesthetics, variety of class content, and commitment. Professional level dancers of all styles are welcome.

Tuesdays, 10:00-11:30AM at The Arena
José A. Luis teaches throughout November.

Striving for continual growth, I would like to approach class with a holistic framework. A conscious effort to connect mind, body, and soul will be explored through phrase and improv-based movement. Beginning with a mindful meditation focused on breath and body scan, we can connect ourselves with the environment. Consciously engaging in re-discovered anatomical functions to support low level phrases onto standing. Class will progress the mind-body relation through weight, energy, and intention (related to time and space) with developed movement. Ultimately, we will call on our individual essence to fully experience virtuosic phrases and each other as we prepare to step outside of class.

Pre-register at https://www.arena-dances.org/class-payment/

Drop-in $17. Flexible pricing and free parking!

Join us for Amy Jones’ Pilates mat class, 9:30-10:00AM, before Moving Practice!

Join TCB’s professional ballet dancers at the Lakeville Area Arts Center for a fun-filled interactive performance event designed for families and children ages preschool through eight. The programs are less than an hour long—the perfect length for busy schedules and curious minds.

”Dance With Me” highlights age- and ability-appropriate body movement using different forms of dance, and features unique monthly themes, short dance classes, optional audience participation, and short performance demonstrations in costume by TCB’s professional company dancers. You are welcome to enjoy one, many, or all of the programs!

Tuesday, November 9
10:30-11:30am
Tickets: $6

Purchase tickets online, or by calling 952-985-4640.