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The Hedwig School of Dance develops new artistic talent and promotes dance as a discipline that strengthens body, mind and spirit. Each season, Hedwig
Dances programs a series of intensive dance workshops in the dance studio at the Chicago Cultural Center in a variety of contemporary and world dance forms.
These workshops are geared to professional dancers and serious students of dance. The excellent national and international artists selected to teach these
workshops bring unique cultural perspectives to their work and often address cultural and social issues of contemporary significance.
Dances programs a series of intensive dance workshops in the dance studio at the Chicago Cultural Center in a variety of contemporary and world dance forms.
These workshops are geared to professional dancers and serious students of dance. The excellent national and international artists selected to teach these
workshops bring unique cultural perspectives to their work and often address cultural and social issues of contemporary significance.
| Checks made payable and mailed to: Hedwig Dances 2936 N. Southport, Suite 210 Chicago, IL 60657 -or call 773-871-0872 |
WORKSHOPS
| * Workshops require full payment in advance of sessions. No refunds. |
AFRICAN EXPRESSIONS DANCE WORKSHOP
WEDNESDAYS, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Chicago Cultural Center
1st Floor Dance Studio
78 E. Randolph (at Michigan Avenue)
New Classes Begin After Labor Day 2010
Chicago Cultural Center
1st Floor Dance Studio
78 E. Randolph (at Michigan Avenue)
New Classes Begin After Labor Day 2010
Instructor Amaniyea Payne, Artistic Director of Muntu Dance Theatre,
incorporates traditional African dance, Caribbean dance and African
American culture into the class---all to the beat of live African
drumming. The workshop provides an experience in natural rhythmic
movement and awakens the senses through muscle toning and
breathing exercises.
All levels are welcome.
incorporates traditional African dance, Caribbean dance and African
American culture into the class---all to the beat of live African
drumming. The workshop provides an experience in natural rhythmic
movement and awakens the senses through muscle toning and
breathing exercises.
All levels are welcome.
| HEDWIG DANCES' SUMMER INTENSIVE |
Hedwig Dances' Summer Intensive is an immersion into the aesthetics and
processes that the Company employs in training for and developing its
signature dance style. Led by artistic director Jan Bartoszek and company
members, the workshop includes classes in modern dance technique, ballet,
Afro-Cuban dance, improvisation/composition and repertoire. Participants
meet leading dance artists, designers and critics from the Chicago dance
community during the daily brown bag lunches.
August 16-20, 2010
Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER
First Floor Dance Studio
78 E. Washington (at Michigan Avenue)
Full workshop: $375 BUY NOW
$90/Day Rate (cash/check only)
$15 Each Technique Class (cash/check only)
SCHEDULE:
10-11:30 a.m. Low-flying Modern Technique with Michel Rodriguez
11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. (M/W/F) Modern Technique (Company)
(Tu/Th) Ballet
1-1:30 p.m. Brown Bag Lunch with Guest Artists
1:30-2:30 p.m. Afro-Cuban Dance with Victor Alexander
2:30-4:30 p.m. Repertoire with Compositional Elements with
Artistic Director Jan Bartoszek and Company
The Intensive concludes with an informal showing on Friday, August 20, 2010 at 4 p.m.
Friends and family are welcome.
Open to professional and pre-professional dancers.
Minimum age: 14 years
NEW!
CLASS DESCRIPTIONS
Victor Alexander teaches a modern technique class that is based on his African and Spanish roots and his career as a principal dancer for the Danza Contemporanea de
Cuba. Alexander elaborates his class with his personal experience and influences, training the body from the inside out to amplify corporal expression.
Jan Bartoszek focuses her class on embodiment and the exploration of imagery to shape dynamic movement. Her class emphasizes moving through space with
command and awareness. She applies principles of alignment, breath flow and the body's relationship with gravity to all movement. Bartoszek is a veteran dance
teacher who has taught at Northwestern University, the School of the Art Institute Chicago, the University of Chicago, Roosevelt University and a host of dance studios.
Michel Rodriguez teaches a class based on "low flying technique" developed by David Zambrano and other elements from modern dance and contact improvisation. The
class explores how to move and use the body on the floor. "I am a hammer, the floor is crystal and I cannot break it." Originally trained as gymnast, Rodriguez
performed and taught dance in Cuba and Spain.
Victor Alexander teaches a modern technique class that is based on his African and Spanish roots and his career as a principal dancer for the Danza Contemporanea de
Cuba. Alexander elaborates his class with his personal experience and influences, training the body from the inside out to amplify corporal expression.
Jan Bartoszek focuses her class on embodiment and the exploration of imagery to shape dynamic movement. Her class emphasizes moving through space with
command and awareness. She applies principles of alignment, breath flow and the body's relationship with gravity to all movement. Bartoszek is a veteran dance
teacher who has taught at Northwestern University, the School of the Art Institute Chicago, the University of Chicago, Roosevelt University and a host of dance studios.
Michel Rodriguez teaches a class based on "low flying technique" developed by David Zambrano and other elements from modern dance and contact improvisation. The
class explores how to move and use the body on the floor. "I am a hammer, the floor is crystal and I cannot break it." Originally trained as gymnast, Rodriguez
performed and taught dance in Cuba and Spain.
