1720 Mt.Vernon St
Philadelphia, PA PA 19130
phillypa
Philly PARD Classes
Only $8 per Class
Philly PARD (Performance Arts Research & Development) is a laboratory for the investigation of dance and movement-based art forms. PARD offers a range of classes and workshops taught by movement artists and innovators; as well as performances and showing cases for up-and-coming and emerging artists. Valuing the individual artist, their creative process and vital role within society, PARD is dedicated to the creation and implementation of affordable programs that nurture and initiate discourse and experimentation.
6pm Wednesday Evening Technique Class
with Eleanor Goudie-Averill
Ongoing Starting January 18th
Class Description
In my largely Limón-based technique class, I use an exponential set of spinal exercises that breathe out of initial somatic floor work to help the student to fully arrive to class and give complete attention to our practice. I progress to thorough foot articulation exercises that begin to integrate the upper and lower body halves into simultaneity. Our warming from the inside out is followed by more complex and physically demanding movement phrases. Knowing the demands of today’s dance world, I work for a balance of strength and flexibility in my dancers and stress correct alignment to encourage injury prevention. I believe that active dance practice infuses our receptive bodies with needed reminders and further understanding of muscle patterning, rhythm, relationships to space, and anatomical structure. Ultimately, I want students to feel integrated in their bodies and aware enough to be fully thinking and feeling organisms able to learn and remember a variety of phrase material and analyze movement in depth, even while in motion.
Eleanor Goudie-Averill, a 2007 MFA Dance Performance graduate of the University of Iowa, currently co-directs the Stone Depot Dance Lab (www.stonedepotdancelab.wordpress.com) and dances for MacArthur Dance Project, Group Motion Dance Company, Movement Brigade and SCRAP Performance Group in Philadelphia. Her choreography has been shown NYC, Philly and throughout the Midwest, and she was recently a selected artist for Dance New Amsterdam’s RAW Material. Ellie teaches Modern technique and repertory at Temple University and has served as Visiting Assistant Professor of dance at Bucknell University and Artistic Director of the University of Iowa Youth Ballet. In the past, Ellie performed with Daara Dance, Kayle+Co, Cohan/Suzeau, Prairie Wind Dancers, and was a founding member of the Bowery Dancers. She began her training at Ballet Midwest in Topeka, Kansas and holds a BFA in dance from the University of Kansas. Along with performing, choreographing, and improvising she loves teaching dance to people of all ages and jumping for joy!
Katherine Stark
Tuesdays 10am : Ongoing
February... 7th, 14th... and beyond
Class Description: Blending Kline Technique, Safety Release Technique, and release technique Katherine’s class is an energetic exploration of movement from the inside out. Emphasis is placed on the initiation of the movement and the path the various body parts take in space to discover how one’s own body moves within the movement. We embrace the space through phrases that move in and out of the floor and carry us in and out of balance. Class begins quietly and gradually builds in complexity, culminating in a dynamic phrase. Sleeves and kneepads or long pants are recommended.
Bio: Katherine Kiefer Stark is a dancer, choreographer, and teacher committed to the belief that the world is socially constructed and that we create rather than merely discover its significances. This philosophy is the driving force behind her work. She also has a quirky sense of humor that comes through in her movement vocabulary, choreography, and teaching style. Katherine received her BA in dance in 2002 from Connecticut College and her MFA in Choreography in 2009 from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Katherine has presented her own work in Connecticut, Philadelphia, New York, West Virginia, and North Carolina. Recently, she showed work at the Goose Route Dance Festival and the Fringe Wilmington Festival. Katherine has been a guest artist at Enloe High School and the University of Texas, El Paso. She has danced in Connecticut, Philadelphia, New York, West Virginia, Rhode Island, and throughout North Carolina performing contemporary work by various choreographers including John Gamble, Courtney Greer, Lacy James, Luis Lara Malvacias, Meredith Monk, Deganit Shemy, Christina Tsoules Soriano, and BJ Sullivan. She has been a member of CTS Dance, the John Gamble Dance Theatre, and Immediate Theatre - an improvisation collective - as well as collaborating with Courtney Greer. Katherine is the artistic director of The Naked Stark, a contemporary dance company she founded in 2009. Her newest work, Rounds, will be presented at Last Mondays: November. Katherine has recently relocated to Philadelphia and is excited to be here!
Ongoing Class with
Manfred FischbeckTuesday Improvisation class:
Dance in the Moment
back at Mt Vernon7:30-9:30pm
until further notice
Dance in the moment...processes of individual and collective creation
Intermediate/Advanced Dance Improvisation/Composition with Live Music
led by Group Motion's Artistic Director and UARTS Adjunct Associate
Professor Manfred Fischbeck in collaboration with experienced
Philadelphia contemporary music players
The course is dedicated to the processes of research , creation and
performance of new solo or group works in dance and dance theater
To register call 267 738 0191 or email MFischbeck@groupmotion.org
Flamenco:
Advanced
Tuesday 4:45to 6:15
Saturday 12:00 to 2:00
Intermediate Saturday 10:30 to 12:00
Beginners
Sunday 11:00 to12:30
Scott McPheeters
Thursdays 10am February:
2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd
Class Description: This class will explore dynamic shifts in weight, skillful abandon, and energetic pathways in movement....among other things like lots of full-bodied, integrated dancing. Please bring a long sleeved shirt and knee pads if you like them. We'll be moving in and out the floor quite a bit. Come dance with me :)
Bio: Scott McPheeters moved to Philadelphia in the Fall of 2004 for an internship with Headlong Dance Theater, fell madly in love with the
community, and never left. He has had the pleasure of working with
Philadelphia companies and individuals including Kun-Yang Lin/ Dancers, Nichole Canuso Dance Theater, Marianela Boan's BoanDanz Action, and Enchantment Theatre Company. Scott is a graduate of Dickinson College ('05) as well as the Massage Arts Center of Philadelphia ('09). In 2010 he founded his private massage business, Kudzu Bodywork. (www.kudzubodywork.weebly.com)
Weekly Contact Jam
Thursdays 7-10pm
facilitated by
Loren Groenendaal and Benjamin Pierce
only $5 opening circle at 7:15
followed by a led warmup, then open dancing for the rest of the evening
"Contact Improv is a movement form where dancers move to follow the play of touch. Gravity and the floor are constant partners. Human touch unites the forces that act upon the body with the sensations they produce within the body." -Steve Paxton
A jam is a creative space for open improvisation, governed by mutual respect and awareness. A jam is an opportunity to play, to research, to experiment, to express, to work it out, to connect with others. Dancing alone, in duets, or in groups, we stretch our capacity to listen and lead as we follow the dance.
Newcomers are welcome, but are strongly encouraged to come on time.
To receive occasional announcements about contact events in Philadelphia, join the contactimprovphilly mailing list (http://groups.google.com/group/contactimprovphilly).
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1720 Mt.Vernon St
Philadelphia, PA PA 19130
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