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“Life is not a stable process…
..our ability to recover is our greatest quality” -M. Feldenkrais

A FELDENKRAIS Workshop with Krista Langberg and Jeffrey Wells:
BALANCE | BALANCE
Immerse yourself:
– improve your physical balance
– reduce stress and calm your nervous system
– experience greater self-awareness in standing and walking
– decrease tension, fatigue and pain
– increase the capacity of your breathing

Register Here

Schedule
Friday, May 5 – 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Saturday, May 6 – 10:00am to 4:00pm, with a 90-minute lunch break

Cost
$110, paid in advance through Venmo, Paypal, or personal check.

Register!

Balance is a dynamic state. Our systems are never fixed in one position but continually adjusting and calibrating to the constant changes around and within ourselves. Deepening a sense and trust of our physical balance connects to a sense of emotional and nervous system balance and contributes to a greater confidence and resilience in our actions.

In this two-day workshop led by Krista and Jeffrey, participants will engage in Feldenkrais Awareness-Through-Movement lessons, discussions, and experiential anatomy activities to explore the interconnected states of stability, mobility, and recovery and how they contribute to a more functionally satisfying way of being.

Speed, Force and Timing

Final Class – Saturday, May 6
2:00-4:00pm

Class will include a modern/contemporary warm-up based on Mann’s 30 years of teaching Limon technique, improvisation/creative process practice exploring these principles, and learning new movement ideas for Mann’s next work with phrases based on speed, force and timing.

$10/class.

Step into Ease: A Feldenkrais Course for Intelligent Feet and Better Balance

8 lessons beginning on May 10.
Wednesdays, 6:30pm CST and Sundays, 4:00pm CST
Available to take via livestream on Zoom or using the self-paced recordings.

This course will bring the unique principles of the Feldenkrais method to the health and function of your feet, ankles, knees, and hips, helping to improve your balance and stability. With personalized guidance and support, you will learn how to integrate what you learn in the lessons into your daily life. Sustain better posture, walking, running, and balance with more comfort, pleasure, and efficiency.

Your feet are the foundation of your body and they play a critical role in your balance and overall physical well-being. Any dysfunction or pain in your feet can impact your stability and make it difficult to move with ease. These lessons can not only make you feel taller, more upright, and stand with more ease, but in general can dramatically help you improve your balance and walking with more ease, grace, and confidence.

This series will start from the ground up, by addressing the form, function, suppleness, and responsiveness of your feet. These lessons will help you find coordination between the feet to the legs, all the way up through the pelvis, spine to head. You will discover how your feet work in tandem with the knees to support your movement and balance. We will play with finding the springy innate intelligence of the feet, allowing you to connect to the earth with greater adaptability. Many lessons will be done lying on the back, with some time to integrate the floor work in standing.

I A.M. Arts presents “Re-Imagining Station” with Jamie J. Philbert: Frequencies for Healing and Illustrating African Diasporic Consciousness

Saturdays, May 20-June 17
In-person and virtual
10:00am-12:00pm CST
Center for Performing Arts – Room 205w
Series cost: $200/person. Limited need-based scholarships are available.

Over the course of 5 sessions, each two hours, interdisciplinary artist, martial artist, and cultural movement scholar, Jamie J. Philbert, will guide participants in developing collaborative community “stations” that seek to benefit African diasporic mediascapes and landscapes.

Sessions will be framed through Philbert-Kalinda Technique for dance and performance and include reflexive writing practice, sonic extra-somatic experiences, and an African diasporic martial arts-based movement vocabulary.

Learn more and RSVP here.

National Tap Dance Day Celebration

Join us to perform or cheer at Como Park Pavilion on Saturday, May 27

Including:
Kids Tappy Hour – Free
Adult Tappy Hour – Free
Community Performances – 2:00-5:00pm

Sign Up to Perform!

Join James Sewell Ballet this summer for our dance intensive running June 12-July 1, 2023.

Featuring Guest Choreographer and Instructor, Shohei Iwahama!
Geared toward pre-professional and young adult dancers with intermediate/advanced technique.

Class Schedule
9:00am-4:00pm
Two or three-week option! Dancers can sign up for June 12-24 or June 12-July 1.
Ballet, JSB repertoire, new choreography, improvisation techniques, conditioning, and more.
Public performances on Saturdays, June 24 and July 1.

World-Class Faculty with Personalized Instruction
Train with dancers, choreographers, and movement experts who value personal growth and agency. Learn from JSB Artists, Berit Ahlgren, Leah Gallas, Shohei Iwahama, Deirdre Murnane, Eve Schulte, James Sewell, and Yuki Tokuda.

We combine rigor with playfulness to foster each student’s best potential. Program includes thoughtful goal-setting and mentorship.

Early Bird Rate – Register through April 28: $495 per week
Regular Rate – After April 28: $550 per week
Flat rate includes 34 hours of professional instruction and development per week.