Workshops

Phrasework: See, Learn, Do

For Advanced Level Modern Dancers

Instructors: Randee Paufve, Marlena Oden, Nina Haft
Dates: June 28 - 29, 2008
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Cost: $40 - Students must register for BOTH days. No discounts. Class cards do not apply.
Registration: Mail check to Shawl Anderson, 2704 Alcatraz Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705. For questions call Shawl-Anderson Modern Dance Center at 510-654-5921. Early registration is recommended, as the workshop is limited to 15 students.

Description: This two-day workshop, with three stellar Bay Area teachers and choreographers, provides advanced level dancers the opportunity to hone their skills and trust their individual instincts by quickly seeing, learning, and integrating movement into their bodies.

Each day beings with a one-hour warm-up taught by Marlena Oden followed by an additional hour of learning longer phrase material taught by Randee Paufve or Nina Haft.

The workshop will investigate individual phrases of varying length made either on-the-spot or from company repertory. The phrases are delivered in a "little to no question" format. The goal of this workshop is to challenge the dancers' quick-assimilation skills - encouraging the dancer to quickly "see, learn, and do" without excess discussion or thought.

De-Mystifying Ballet

Summer Intensive Workshop

Instructor: Wendy Diamond
Dates: June 9 - 13, 2008
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Cost: $150
Registration: Mail check and registration form to Shawl Anderson, 2704 Alcatraz Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705. For questions call Shawl-Anderson Modern Dance Center at 510-654-5921. Early registration is recommended, as the workshop is limited to 20 students.

Description: This one-week intensive course is for dancers who did not have conservatory-style ballet training when they were younger, but need or want to gain a stronger and more solid understanding of ballet technique for performing, training or teaching purposes.

This intensive is perfect for:

Professional dancers (modern, jazz, hip hop, etc.) who want a "ballet refresher"
College dance majors who need a fundamental foundation in ballet
High school dance teachers
College professors and instructors

The workshop will help participants:

Understand barre work and comprehend how various warm up exercises lead to specific center work
Learn, review and refine the center positions and lines
Explore different kinds of turns and jumps - both vocabulary and execution
Ask questions about ballet that a typical 90-minute class can't make time to address

Teaching Movement for Children

A workshop for dance instructors, elementary school teachers, movement specialists, and college students learning to teach dance

Instructor: Sheila Kogan
Date: Saturday, May 10, 2008
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Cost: $40 general public; $25 students
Registration: Mail check and registration form to Shawl Anderson, 2704 Alcatraz Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705. For questions call Shawl-Anderson Modern Dance Center at 510-654-5921.

Description: This is a foundational workshop for anyone working with pre-school to sixth grade children. The first hour will present the three class organizations necessary for teaching movement inclusively and with control. The second hour will present some of my favorite activities and dances collected throughout forty-two years of teaching. The material is appropriate for classroom, special education, and dance/movement teachers. No movement experience is required.

Sheila Kogan is a veteran dance and movement specialist, workshop leader, and classroom teacher. She currently teaches at Downer School in Richmond. Her long-standing book, Step by Step, has been released in a revised version published by Human Kinetics. Sheila holds a BA in music theory and composition from UC Berkeley and an MS in Education from Dominican College. She is also a certified teacher and language development specialist.

The Expression of Ballet Today

A unique Ballet workshop at Shawl-Anderson Dance Center!

Date: Saturday, March 8, 2008
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. (see schedule below for details) and party afterwards from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Cost: $50 for three or more of the classes ($40 for Shawl Anderson teachers and staff), or $30 for one or two of the classes ($24 for Shawl Anderson teachers and staff). Please make checks payable to Shawl Anderson Dance Center.
Registration: For more info please call Marina Eglevsky at (510) 524-2227 or call the Shawl Anderson Dance Center (510) 654-5921
Additional Donation for poetry party: $5 per person. Please RSVP to Marina Eglevsky or Karina Paz and make payment to Marina or Karina.
Promotional Book Sale: (including the cd and info about it on the back) $20

Description: Come and enjoy the experience of two truly special teachers and what a life in ballet taught them, they will bring to you! Berkeley resident and former ballerina extraordinaire, Marina Eglevsky, presents one of Europe's celebrated teachers. Marina and her special guest will teach you about expression in ballet through your body and get you excited about just loving ballet. Come and join us for this unique and what we hope will be a fun workshop and for a very special added event - poetry and fantastic food afterwards. Class level for workshop is intermediate and advanced.

12 - 1 PM Yoga/Alignment - taught by Marina Eglevsky - Preparing the body for movement (or just living) with stretches, alignment, opening the body; exercises shaped by Marina's current private work with pre-professionals, professionals and those in need of assistance in ballet, sports, injuries, health and even simply living and moving with your body. Bring thera band and yoga mat.
1 - 2:30 PM Technique class - a surprise - taught by both Marina and her guest - presenting ballet technique and its expression in two different ways - through the "choreographic" combinations by both Master teachers/choreographers.
2:30 - 3:30 Variation - Marina will teach Michael Fokine's "Prelude" variation from his legendary ballet "Les Sylphides."
3:30 - 4:30 Choreography - created specially for you by our guest, who will express your own individual talent to you.
4:30 - 5:30 Questions and Answers - Open to any questions/discussion on issues such as health, professional careers - what it's really like to be a professional dancer, the careers of Marina and her guest, technique, teaching, choreography, ballet today - or just anything.

Also featuring: the premiere of a new book of poetry (illustrated by painters and classy CD with classical world class musicians like Mischa Maisky, Martha Argerich etc). Presented at party graciously by Karina Paz. This will be a fun and inspirational event. Our guest will read poetry from his already acclaimed book, and you will enjoy great food from Karina and Marina's magical kitchen. 6-9 PM.

The Poetry - This acclaimed book assembles several art forms and cultures. The book has classical and contemporary paintings, drawings by young children, all interwoven with poems, and also outlines society's aches and pains. It shows the author's own soul's essence referring to his own roots and brings homage to those artists who have influenced his life as a dancer and choreographer. The book comes with an incredible musical cd of various leading greats in today's music field.

The poetry reading at Karina's Party - We guarantee - this will be most entertaining. Our mystery guest is a master of speech, and will recite his own poems from his book. And we predict there will be fantastic food presented by Karina and Marina. HINT: Karina masters Spanish tapas and Marina once upon a time had her own pastry shop.

Location and driving instructions for party will be given out by Karina, Marina or at the desk at Shawl Anderson Dance Center.

Special Guest Biography: Our special guest from Europe has worked with major companies/schools and artists. Studied with teachers such as M. Besobrasova, A.Howard, D.Franck,R. Franchetti. Performed with La Monnaie and Bejart, the Paris Opera, Balletti Carla Fracci, Ballets Monte-Carlo, Geneva Ballet (Pat Neary, dir) and as a soloist with Ballet du Grand Theatre de Nancy, Hannover Ballet, Ballet Theatre Franças ... A pedagogue and choreographer, taught and/or created for the ballet companies in Berlin, Washington, Toronto, London, Paris, Munich, Buenos Aires, Santiago, La Havana, the Joffrey, Harkness, AterBalletto, NCDT- NCSA, Alvin Ailey School, KBVV, N.Makarova, F.Bujones, S.Jaffe, J. Carreno, E.Terabust, C.Arbo, J.Arrozarena, Y.Morishita ... Choreographed over 300 pieces and receive top medals (Lausanne, Moscow, Jackson, etc.), the DDF Int. Workshops ('89-98); festivals in Vienna (Austria), Brussels and Santa Fe, NM. and "Dance for Your Life" (1st AidsGala'88), PACT (Tibet '98)over 20 courses in ballet and other humanitarian events.

The Field at Shawl-Anderson

Dates: 2/17/08 - 4/20/08 with a showing 4/27/08
Time: Sunday evenings, 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Cost: $150; $130 before February 1 ($5 off for past Field participants)
Registration: For information and to register call The Field at (415) 387-4812 or visit us at www.thefieldsf.org.

Description: Fieldwork is a rigorous 10-week workshop offering the committed artist weekly meetings with other artists to present works-in-progress and receive constructive feedback and insight. The workshop is open to: Choreographers, Performance Artists, Theater Artists, Composers

About the Field: The Field, founded in New York in 1986, is an artist support and service organization that provides workshops, performances, and other programs for independent performing artists in twelve cities across the country. The underlying foundation of The Field is a commitment to serve all artists, from those making their first work to those who are experienced, supported and recognized, as well as artists from diverse cultural backgrounds and aesthetic points of view. To this end, The Field does not engage in any curatorial activity, maintaining an open, non-exclusive forum which any artist can join.

Core & Stretching Workshop

Time: Tuesday, November 13, 1-2 p.m.
Instructor: Hally Bellah-Guther
Cost: $13, advance sign-up and payment required

Description: This is a chance to work on problem areas with corrective stretches as well as strength building core exercises for stabilization, injury prevention and supporting your dance technique.

Based on demand this could become a regular class, meeting 1-2 times/month, so please let us know if you.re interested.

Yoga for Dancers

2 Saturdays, 10/27 and 11/3
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
$20 per class
Call 510-654-5921 to reserve a space for the workshop

Description: Yoga means unity. It is a powerful practice that refines and unifies a dancers presence from within. In these workshops we explore how yoga is meditation in movement. How it supports movement study and provides a pathway for looking inward towards cultivating deep sense feeling while moving. We delve into how it creates connectivity in breath, body and mind. We also discover how it offers recuperation from the demands of dance study and performance.

These are mixed-level session appropriate for those with a minimum of a 1 year of yoga study.

Chris Hoskins began his yoga study and practice in 1975. He trained in the Desikachar, Jois and Iyengar approaches. He performed from 1978-86 as a Principal/Soloist with Oakland Ballet, Cleveland Ballet and Elliot Feld Ballet (NYC). He teaches yoga to adults, youth, seniors, the disabled, athletes, martial artists and dancers.

He feels yoga is a deep unifier and liberator of spirit, heart, psyche, body and mind. He is passionate about sharing the depth of his experience with his students. Chris uses his unique perception and understanding of movement to help students explore the subtle emerging rhythm of the body-mind, and inner dialogues that arise with yoga practice.

For more information, please visit: www.studioyoga6.com.

All Workshops: Phrasework: See, Learn, Do (6/28/08 - 6/29/08); De-Mystifying Ballet (6/9/08 - 6/13/08); Teaching Movement for Children (5/10/08); The Expression of Ballet Today (3/8/08); The Field (2/17/08 - 4/20/08); Core & Stretching (11/13/07); Yoga for Dancers (10/27/07)