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Thu 1st
9:00am
Pilates Reformer Class

Pilates Reformer Class

Elite Body Pilates
Open small group Pilates Reformer classes www.EliteBodyPilates.net info@EliteBodyPilates.net 212-717-1302

 
10:00am

C O R E M O T I O N Contemplative Action with Daria Faïn

Movement Research
C O R E  M O T I O N  Contemplative Action (Thursdays) Using the Chinese 5 Element Theory and other cognitive principles, we’ll intuitively explore the correlation between organs/senses/emotions/intellect and the propriety of the material space that surrounds to initiate movement states and actions. C O R E  M O T I O N  Contemplative Action (Thursdays) Using the Chinese 5 Element Theory and…

 
10:00am

Morning Class with Vicky Shick

Movemnet Research
This class is about our physicality, movement and dancing. The warm-up is straightforward and simple, readying our bodies and minds with an emphasis on alignment, physical clarity, increased ease and space for sensation and feedback from our bodies. Through phrase work and improvisation we hone our skills, apply our knowledge, and deepen the understanding, intuition and intelligence in our bodies as…

 
10:00am

Klein Technique™ with Barbara Mahler - for movers of all kinds

Movement Research
We are not just a body or a mind. We are unique individuals with spirit and intelligence. The work in class engages us in a process that facilitates change. We work to right the pelvis on top of the legs, with the deep connections closest to the bones, and free the upper body and spine to move with ease and expression. Working on the level of the bone, we can let go of unnecessary tensions and habits…

 
12:00pm

Ballet for Contemporary Dancers with Janet Panetta

Movement Research
MON, TUES, THURS, FRI 12-2pm Gibney Dance Center 890 Broadway $17/class ($120 for an 8-Class Card, valid for one month and for this class only. MR Class Cards not applicable.) As a veteran of the American Ballet Theatre, Janet Panetta also has a broad experience of contemporary dance forms. She has trained dancers in many of the major American companies such as American Ballet Theatre, New York…

 
6:00pm

Open Level Modern Class

Paul Taylor's American Modern Dance
From 6 - 7:30pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays, our adult classes are ideal for both the first time mover as well as returning students to dance. In a relaxed and encouraging environment, students explore Paul Taylor’s style and choreography through basic modern exercises and movement phrases. Single-class drop-ins for $17 are welcome.

 
6:30pm
Improvising Improvising

Improvising Improvising

Dance To The People
EACH DAY WE WILL RESEARCH THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PREPARATION AND ACTION. UTILIZING SOMATICS, BODYWORK, PARTNERING, DURATIONAL TASKS, AND SPEAKING SCORES, WE WILL EXPLORE HOW WE BECOME AVAILABLE TO THE UNKNOWN. THROUGH THESE POTENTIALLY DISORIENTING PRACTICES, WE WILL OBSERVE HOW THE STATES WE FIND OURSELVES IN IMPACT OUR IMPROVISING.WE WILL EMBRACE DURATION AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ACTIONS AND TIME…

 
6:30pm
Beginner West African

Beginner West African

Ailey Extension
Instructor: Maguette Camara, Vado Diomande , Yah'Ya Kamate A high-spirited, high-powered rhythmic dance experience for anyone who loves to dance.

 
7:30pm
Barre a Terre

Barre a Terre

Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama
Find your inner-strength; develop & improve alignment and technique; explore and learn how to efficiently use your body and your energy in a healthy way as instruments of your expression. Through this class, you can increase flexibility and strength, overcome physical difficulties and incorrect posture, and acquire physical awareness to help prevent injuries. Open to all levels of experience.

 
7:30pm
Advanced Beginner Ballet w. Kat Wildish

Advanced Beginner Ballet w. Kat Wildish

Peridance
Visit http://www.peridance.com/openclasses.cfm for more details or email hope@katwildish.com ~~Over three decades of teaching, Kat Wildish has developed a distinctive, systematic, and highly effective approach to dance education. In her beginner & intermediate technique classes, correct placement is the root of Kat’s pedagogy. She gives a long barre and her entire syllabus is constructed to demand…

 
8:00pm

Kathak Dance Workshop

Udai & Group
Dear Madam/Sir.   Hope this email finds you well. I work for the management of Udai & Group. If you are unfamiliar with Udai & Group please allow me to introduce them to you.   Udai is a well recognized India tabla player, music producer and composer. Udai studied the art of tabla accompaniment with the legend Ravi Shankar. He lived with him in his house in Delhi for ten years and learnt the music…

 
Fri 2nd
9:00am
Queens Arts Fund (QAF)

Queens Arts Fund (QAF)

Queens Council on the Arts
Queens Council on the Arts (QCA) announces the 2016 Queens Arts Fund (QAF) funding cycle that supports the hard work and contributions of the borough’s creative citizens with grants for their programming. Queens Arts Fund (QAF) offers grants to Queens-based individual artists and nonprofit organizations offering distinctive arts and cultural programming that directly serves the citizens of Queens. What's…

 
10:00am
New York City - Auditions - Singers, Dancers, Triple Threats

New York City - Auditions - Singers, Dancers, Triple Threats

Jean Ann Ryan Productions
JEAN ANN RYAN PRODUCTIONS - NEW YORK CITY AUDITIONS NOW CASTING: 6 STAR WORLD CRUISE LINES USA / CHINA TOURING SHOWS CIRQUE AERIAL PRODUCTIONS CASINOS – CONVENTIONS – CORPORATE EVENTS SINGERS, DANCERS, TRIPLE THREATS NEW YORK CITY: October 1st 2015 AGENTS CALL. By appointment only. Bob Cline, Casting Director Submissions to:  676 A 9th Avenue #160 New York, NY 10036   NEW YORK CITY: October…

 
10:00am

Qi Gong with Melanie Maar

Movement Research
practicing being and seeing In this class, I offer space for a self nurturing, awake state that enables a somatics based work with principles of energetic and anatomic dynamics. We explore methods related to the Chinese 5 Element System through movement, image activation, sounding, meditation, theory and partner work. I approach the somatic, artistic and psychic as synergetic realms. Its a quest to…

 
10:00am
Mårten Spångberg WORKSHOP

Mårten Spångberg WORKSHOP

Movement Research
Mårten Spångberg September 28 – October 5  M W F M 10am-1pm Movement Research at Eden’s Expressway October 5 MON 6:30pm Tech and 8pm Performance at Movement Research at Judson Church $120 (includes discussions on October 7 & 9) Workshop participants will perform at MR@Judson on October 5 *Discussions on October 7&9 open for drop in, $10. Advance registration is required   Mårten Spångberg:…

 
11:00am
Gaga Movement Workshop

Gaga Movement Workshop

The Joyce Theater
Experience the multi-dimensional movement language created by the Bathsheva Ensemble choreographer and artistic director, Ohad Naharin. Get in touch with your "inner smile" as rehearsal director Hillel Kogan leads a 75 minute workshop in the dance technique used daily by the company. Not familiar with Gaga? Click the link below. Dancers worldwide flock to these workshops. Space is limited. RSVP w/credit…

 
12:00pm

Ballet for Contemporary Dancers with Janet Panetta

Movement Research
MON, TUES, THURS, FRI 12-2pm Gibney Dance Center 890 Broadway $17/class ($120 for an 8-Class Card, valid for one month and for this class only. MR Class Cards not applicable.) As a veteran of the American Ballet Theatre, Janet Panetta also has a broad experience of contemporary dance forms. She has trained dancers in many of the major American companies such as American Ballet Theatre, New York…

 
2:30pm
Ballet w. Kat Wildish at Ballet Arts

Ballet w. Kat Wildish at Ballet Arts

Ballet Arts
  http://www.balart.com ~Over three decades of teaching, Kat Wildish has developed a distinctive, systematic, and highly effective approach to dance education. In her beginner & intermediate technique classes, correct placement is the root of Kat’s pedagogy. She gives a long barre and her entire syllabus is constructed to demand constant awareness of skeletal alignment, core strength, and proper…

 
6:00pm
LEIMAY LUDUS: Guest Teacher Lab - Dairakudakan butoh with Daiichiro Yuyama

LEIMAY LUDUS: Guest Teacher Lab - Dairakudakan butoh with Daiichiro Yuyama

LEIMAY
Take class with Dairakudakan dancer Daiichiro Yuyama this fall!  ABOUT DAIRAKUDAKAN Founded as one of the first Butoh dance companies in 1972, Dairakudakan is the product of Akaji Maro, based on his strong beliefs on "Tempu-Tenshiki" and "Miburi-Teburi". Dairakudakan emerged on to the international scene in 1982 with the world premiere of  "Kaiin no Uma” (The sea dappled horse) in Avignon, France,…

 
Sat 3rd
10:00am
Pilates Tower Class

Pilates Tower Class

Elite Body Pilates
Open classes for small groups on Pilates Tower equipment www.EliteBodyPilates.net info@EliteBodyPilates.net 212-717-1302

 
11:00am
FALL/WINTER PROGRAMS

FALL/WINTER PROGRAMS

DEF DANCE JAM COMMUNITY
Celebrating life, challenge and different-ABILITIES for 22 Years!!! JOIN THE MIXED-ABILITY, INTER-GENERATIONAL COMMUNITY OF ARTIST, IN CREATIVE FELLOWSHIP ... FROM 3 to 103YRS OLD. ALL ARE WELCOME! A COMMUNITY OF INCLUSION FOR PARTICIPANTS WITH AND WITHOUT –“different-ABILITIES." TRAINING IN DANCE, THEATER, MUSIC, WRITING, AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE, CHOREOGRAPHY, REPERTORY AND PERFORMANCE SOME…

 
11:00am

The Athletics of Intimacy, Improvisations with K.J. Holmes

Movement Research
Classes combine skills and applications of Body-Mind Centering® systems and patterns of development and evolution, practices of Contact Improvisation, and tunings of somatic approaches within solo, duet (strong emphasis on partnering) and ensemble dancing. I am interested in the very physical, sensorial and imaginative, and in discovering new challenges and risks within our movement, of both body…

 
11:35am
Beginner West African

Beginner West African

Ailey Extension
Instructor: Maguette Camara, Vado Diomande , Yah'Ya Kamate A high-spirited, high-powered rhythmic dance experience for anyone who loves to dance.

 
12:00pm
Wellness Clinic

Wellness Clinic

Brooklyn Studios for Dance
12:00pm-4:00pm During the Wellness Clinic several body practitioners of Massage, Acupuncture and BodyTalk will share our space to offer short sessions (15 & 30 minutes) at low costs ($5-$30). Sign-up will be on a first-come first-served basis throughout the afternoon. For information on offerings and practitioners please visit: http://bksd.org/event/wellness-clinic/ 

 
12:00pm
Time, Space, and Composition Workshop with Jon Kinzel at Gibney Dance

Time, Space, and Composition Workshop with Jon Kinzel at Gibney Dance

Gibney Dance
Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center 280 Broadway, Enter at 53A Chambers New York, NY, 10007 Time, Space, and Composition Workshop with Jon Kinzel What is the value of a minute? Saturday / October 3 / 12:00 – 4:00 pm Sunday / October 4 / 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm All-inclusive fee: $40 Register here » http://bit.ly/1hwjObf Securing 30 minutes for $13.50 in a tower near Rockefeller…

 
1:00pm
Ballet w. Kat Wildish at Ballet Arts

Ballet w. Kat Wildish at Ballet Arts

Ballet Arts
  http://www.balart.com ~Over three decades of teaching, Kat Wildish has developed a distinctive, systematic, and highly effective approach to dance education. In her beginner & intermediate technique classes, correct placement is the root of Kat’s pedagogy. She gives a long barre and her entire syllabus is constructed to demand constant awareness of skeletal alignment, core strength, and proper…

 
2:00pm
Dancing with the How: An Experiential Inquiry into Virtuosity and Technique

Dancing with the How: An Experiential Inquiry into Virtuosity and Technique

The Feldenkrais Foundation
Saturday, October 3 Dancing with the How An Experiential Inquiry into Virtuosity and Technique with Belinda He 2pm - 5 pm Dancers hone their skills, relentlessly, in order to perform at a high level. This Feldenkrais workshop for professional dancers will demonstrate how the continuous pursuit of excellence can be refined by the development of ease, nuance and attentive listening to the whole self,…

 
3:30pm
Adult Pointe Class

Adult Pointe Class

Peridance
Pointe with Kat Wildish serves students at all levels of pointe technique, from beginners in their first time up in the shoes to seasoned professionals maintaining fundamentals. Starting with an intense barre warm-up series to strengthen deep muscles in the legs and feet, the class progresses slowly to center work and variation practice. A different piece of classical repertoire will be taught and…

 
4:30pm
Advanced Beginner Ballet w. Kat Wildish

Advanced Beginner Ballet w. Kat Wildish

Peridance
Visit http://www.peridance.com/openclasses.cfm for more details or email hope@katwildish.com ~~Over three decades of teaching, Kat Wildish has developed a distinctive, systematic, and highly effective approach to dance education. In her beginner & intermediate technique classes, correct placement is the root of Kat’s pedagogy. She gives a long barre and her entire syllabus is constructed to demand…

 
6:00pm
LEIMAY LUDUS: Guest Teacher Lab - Dairakudakan butoh with Daiichiro Yuyama

LEIMAY LUDUS: Guest Teacher Lab - Dairakudakan butoh with Daiichiro Yuyama

LEIMAY
Take class with Dairakudakan dancer Daiichiro Yuyama this fall!  ABOUT DAIRAKUDAKAN Founded as one of the first Butoh dance companies in 1972, Dairakudakan is the product of Akaji Maro, based on his strong beliefs on "Tempu-Tenshiki" and "Miburi-Teburi". Dairakudakan emerged on to the international scene in 1982 with the world premiere of  "Kaiin no Uma” (The sea dappled horse) in Avignon, France,…

 
Sun 4th
10:00am
LEIMAY LUDUS: Guest Teacher Lab - Dairakudakan butoh with Daiichiro Yuyama

LEIMAY LUDUS: Guest Teacher Lab - Dairakudakan butoh with Daiichiro Yuyama

LEIMAY
Take class with Dairakudakan dancer Daiichiro Yuyama this fall!  ABOUT DAIRAKUDAKAN Founded as one of the first Butoh dance companies in 1972, Dairakudakan is the product of Akaji Maro, based on his strong beliefs on "Tempu-Tenshiki" and "Miburi-Teburi". Dairakudakan emerged on to the international scene in 1982 with the world premiere of  "Kaiin no Uma” (The sea dappled horse) in Avignon, France,…

 
10:30am
Butoh + Dance Workshop for Kids

Butoh + Dance Workshop for Kids

Japan Society
10:30 AM – 12 PM Butoh dancer Yukio Suzuki leads his kids dance/movement workshop, which is founded in the basics of butoh. Beginning with a craft activity, this session teaches kids body control through fun, free movements meant to spark imagination. Max 20 participants. Open to participants ages 5 - 12, accompanied by an adult. Participants must wear comfortable clothing. Tickets: $18/$15 Japan…

 
12:00pm
Time, Space, and Composition Workshop with Jon Kinzel at Gibney Dance

Time, Space, and Composition Workshop with Jon Kinzel at Gibney Dance

Gibney Dance
Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center 280 Broadway, Enter at 53A Chambers New York, NY, 10007 Time, Space, and Composition Workshop with Jon Kinzel What is the value of a minute? Saturday / October 3 / 12:00 – 4:00 pm Sunday / October 4 / 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm All-inclusive fee: $40 Register here » http://bit.ly/1hwjObf Securing 30 minutes for $13.50 in a tower near Rockefeller…

 
12:00pm
Private Ballet Lessons every Sunday

Private Ballet Lessons every Sunday

Kat Wildish
Book your private lessons with Kat Wildish on Sunday. email Hope@katwildish.com or visit http://katwildish.com/classes/page2.php for more details     Kat Wildish grew up in Tampa, Florida, but she shot from the beach to the balletic big time at the age of 15, when she toured the southern United States as a member of Ballet Gala, on stage with such superstars as Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn,…

 
1:00pm
Butoh Workshop with Yukio Suzuki

Butoh Workshop with Yukio Suzuki

Japan Society
1–5 PM Yukio Suzuki, award-winning butoh dancer/choreographer and founder of the contemporary dance company YUKIO SUZUKI Projects, leads a movement workshop based on butoh method. Participants will expand their senses through Suzuki's body awareness exercises. Max 20 participants. Some dance/movement experience required. Participants must wear socks and activewear (no jeans). Tickets: $37/$32…

 
3:00pm
Beginner West African

Beginner West African

Ailey Extension
Instructor: Maguette Camara, Vado Diomande , Yah'Ya Kamate A high-spirited, high-powered rhythmic dance experience for anyone who loves to dance.

 
4:00pm
Pilates with a Foamroller by Yuki Hasegawa

Pilates with a Foamroller by Yuki Hasegawa

Peridance Capezio Center
A foamroller is a great tool to release tight structures (muscles and fascia) of your body and to know your body alignment, as well as challenging the blance during Pilates exercises. This class is opened to any levels of dancers and also for Int/Adv Pilates students. 1 hour and 30 minutes class in the luxury dance studio near the Union Square.   http://www.peridance.com/curriculum.cfm?DTID=96

 
6:00pm
Butoh classes New York with Vangeline

Butoh classes New York with Vangeline

Vangeline Theater
Butoh is an avant-garde performance art form which originated in Japan in the 1950’s. Vangeline’s Butoh classes incorporates Japanese Butoh, Bio-energetics, core energetics, elements of Noguchi…

 
Mon 5th
10:00am

Qi Gong with Melanie Maar

Movement Research
practicing being and seeing In this class, I offer space for a self nurturing, awake state that enables a somatics based work with principles of energetic and anatomic dynamics. We explore methods related to the Chinese 5 Element System through movement, image activation, sounding, meditation, theory and partner work. I approach the somatic, artistic and psychic as synergetic realms. Its a quest to…

 
10:00am
Mårten Spångberg WORKSHOP

Mårten Spångberg WORKSHOP

Movement Research
Mårten Spångberg September 28 – October 5  M W F M 10am-1pm Movement Research at Eden’s Expressway October 5 MON 6:30pm Tech and 8pm Performance at Movement Research at Judson Church $120 (includes discussions on October 7 & 9) Workshop participants will perform at MR@Judson on October 5 *Discussions on October 7&9 open for drop in, $10. Advance registration is required   Mårten Spångberg:…

 
10:00am
Bartenieff Fundamentals Practice Class

Bartenieff Fundamentals Practice Class

Laban Bartenieff Institute
Bartenieff Fundamentalstm (BF) Practice Class Develop your understanding of the body through experiential studies rooted in Laban/Bartenieff Movement Fundatmentals. This BF morning practice class will get you ready for your day while enhancing your physical and expressive capabilities on a profound and subtle level. It is suitable for students of all backgrounds and level of experience with interest…

 
10:00am
Advanced Beginner Ballet class with Kat Wildish

Advanced Beginner Ballet class with Kat Wildish

Ripley Grier Studios / 939 8th Avenue
All classes at Ripley Grier will be $15 per class / cash only Visit http://katwildish.com/classes/page2.php for more details or email hope@katwildish.com     ~~Over three decades of teaching, Kat Wildish has developed a distinctive, systematic, and highly effective approach to dance education. In her beginner & intermediate technique classes, correct placement is the root of Kat’s pedagogy.…

 
12:00pm

Ballet for Contemporary Dancers with Janet Panetta

Movement Research
MON, TUES, THURS, FRI 12-2pm Gibney Dance Center 890 Broadway $17/class ($120 for an 8-Class Card, valid for one month and for this class only. MR Class Cards not applicable.) As a veteran of the American Ballet Theatre, Janet Panetta also has a broad experience of contemporary dance forms. She has trained dancers in many of the major American companies such as American Ballet Theatre, New York…

 
2:00pm

New Pilates mat class Mondays from 2:00 to 3:45 Starting 10/5/15 Details at gibneydance.org More at traceyryanpilates.com

 
4:00pm
Gaga & Creations Workshop with LeeSaar The Company: Session I at Gibney Dance

Gaga & Creations Workshop with LeeSaar The Company: Session I at Gibney Dance

Gibney Dance
Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center 280 Broadway, Enter at 53A Chambers New York, NY, 10007 Gaga & Creations Workshop with LeeSaar The Company: Session I Mondays / September 14 – October 12 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm All-inclusive fee: $80 Drop-in rate: $20 Register here » http://bit.ly/1h7SnEv Join the directors of LeeSaar The Company for an intensive workshop that gives dancers the…

 
5:30pm
FALL/WINTER PROGRAMS

FALL/WINTER PROGRAMS

DEF DANCE JAM COMMUNITY
Celebrating life, challenge and different-ABILITIES for 22 Years!!! JOIN THE MIXED-ABILITY, INTER-GENERATIONAL COMMUNITY OF ARTIST, IN CREATIVE FELLOWSHIP ... FROM 3 to 103YRS OLD. ALL ARE WELCOME! A COMMUNITY OF INCLUSION FOR PARTICIPANTS WITH AND WITHOUT –“different-ABILITIES." TRAINING IN DANCE, THEATER, MUSIC, WRITING, AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE, CHOREOGRAPHY, REPERTORY AND PERFORMANCE SOME…

 
6:00pm
 
6:30pm
Beginner West African

Beginner West African

Ailey Extension
Instructor: Maguette Camara, Vado Diomande , Yah'Ya Kamate A high-spirited, high-powered rhythmic dance experience for anyone who loves to dance.

 
6:45pm
Absolute Beginner Ballet with Kat Wildish

Absolute Beginner Ballet with Kat Wildish

Gibney Dance Union Square
This class is for the beginners or for dancers who want to refine their technique at a basic level.   ~~Sign up Kat's monthly newsletter here: http://katwildish.com/page7/

 
7:00pm
$10 Trial Tango Class.

$10 Trial Tango Class.

Strictly Tango NYC
Introductory Tango Lesson Every Monday and Thursday at 7pm and every Saturday at 2pm, we offer a taste of tango for total beginners for just $10. You will get a 55 minute class introducing you to all the basic fundamentals of tango. It is guaranteed you will be dancing at the end of the class. It is a good way to have fun starting out with tango for those that have never danced it before. At the end…

 
7:00pm
Contemplative Dance Practice

Contemplative Dance Practice

Brooklyn Studios for Dance
7:00pm-9:00pm Contemplative Dance Practice with Zena Bibler  $5  Contemplative Dance Practice, facilitated by Zena Bibler, is a three part session formally divided between seated meditation, personal attunement (warmup), and improvised movement in a group. CDP was developed at Naropa University by Barbara Dilley, who has been practicing and studying meditation in the Shambhala tradition of Chögyam…

 
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