Dance To the People Invites you to be a part of our Summer Works. We are looking for dancers who have seen the benefits of, or are curious about, the rehearsal space becoming a research lab, to join Dance To The People's efforts to make dance happen fro all.

"Phantom Limb”, led by Pavel Machuca

Meeting every Wednesday, 12-00-3:00pm at The Woods Cooperative (1826 Palmetto Street Ridgewood, NY)

Sessions will include class, improvisation and choreography. Class starts with an exploration of the body's relationship to the floor, and through a highly physical warm up will bring about the tools of the Sistema --a technique that could be described as gaga in fighting mode.

Afterwards, time will be devoted to develop a core movement vocabulary, through games and partner practice. Phantom Limb is about abstracting the perception and sensation that a missing form/source is still attached and moving appropriately, and understanding that absence by focusing on its functions within changing contexts (e.g. People, laws, an echo). 

Led by Joanna Stone, "Evolution is not Anthropocentric”

Meeting every Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30-11:30am. July 2 through July 23 will be outdoors. July 28- August 20 at The Woods Cooperative, 1826 Palmetto St, Ridgewood, NY, 11385.

The two hour session includes: contemplative dance, authentic movement, site exploration and contact improvisation, as well as a choreographic process. There will be a studio showing of the work in progress on the eighth week, available to those who can commit to a majority of sessions.

“Evolution is not Anthropocentric" shows how artists are seeking positive actions to change the way humans relate to their ecosystem, and through dance establish new movement values that encourage ecological balance.

Using dance as a catalyst for social change, as it provides intrinsic connection to the ecosystem (including humans), and sensitizing to environmental feedback. 

There will be a studio showing for both project's works in progress on the eighth week, available to those who can commit to a majority of sessions.

Please visit www.dancetothepeople.org/calendar for the detailed listing of dates and meeting points, and register to receive updates.

For more questions contact us at: dancetothepeople@gmail.com

Dance To The People is an itinerant dance project aiming to provide open and shared spaces for dance training, improvisation, choreography and movement research, to anybody interested in pursuing these collectively. We began activities last September thanks to the CUNY Dance Initiative, and since then we have been holding open sessions at the College of Staten Island, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Mark Morris Dance Center, Movement Research at Eden’s Expressway, Dance Wave and The Woods Cooperative.