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Discussion Panels / Shows / Movement Class / Artist Interviews

         Donations welcome 

This special project is supported in part by an arts grant from the City of West Hollywood.

Produced by Brockus as a special project of LA Dance Festival

Online -on demand

both interviews and artist reels

• Getting to know these artist is AMAZING
• Check this out before you watch their pieces

see Artist Lis page for more info ( look under the "more tag"

Questions? 562-412-7429

On Demand running noon Thrus - midnight Sunday  on vimeo

Link will be added  soon - shows run Thurs-Sun

Zoom Links

• Wed 10/6

3:00-4:00

Language of identity – power and pressure of words. What are   things that are real for your “identity groups” that “others “might not know

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81375765755?pwd=YUZFbVAvbUt4dDA0RGJYTGJvUzFrZz09

Meeting ID: 813 7576 5755 Passcode: 193552

6:30-7:30

 Effects of Race/Class/Gender on the art that is made and seen

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86950882707?pwd=S3dOanVuaU13aVpJN1I0b2x4UTVMUT09

Meeting ID: 869 5088 2707. Passcode: 42661 

• Thurs 10/7

12:00-1:00

Cultural assumptions and self-editing to fit into the “pop / dominate culture” mold

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83344357577?pwd=WFVnTVFvUzlTK3ZRRVZFNGN1STAwUT09

Meeting ID: 833 4435 7577. Passcode: 159480

6:00-7:00

Bonds and Strengths: Common shared values and ideas / differences between cultural expressions

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87394383659?pwd=WXlPZ1lFQlVLWC9rRUFCd1ZaT1kvdz09

Meeting ID: 873 9438 3659. Passcode: 357931

• Fri 10/8

noon-1:00 

You see money on a stage. 

"Restricted Access and Absolute Tenacity"

A discussion focused on roadblocks and accessibility issues and how artists have forged new paths. The constant creating of windows when the doors are closed. 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82575624050?pwd=ckdydExlQWduMEVIWWNTK3RjZWJLdz09

Meeting ID: 825 7562 4050. Passcode: 507079

6:00-7:00

Guest speaker on financing the arts -

Certified Financial Coach, Dynasty Maitland

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82042086061?pwd=UktXbDJ2R1FKYitRYnVybGl1RURHUT09

Meeting ID: 820 4208 6061. Passcode: 577197

• Sat 10/9

12:00-1:00

 Gender- a Body in movement 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83086924849?pwd=M0EwMVVSUHlDMUVIWlBYV3NMM3JXUT09

Meeting ID: 830 8692 4849. Passcode: 285132

4:00-5:00

 Women in Dance - guest speaker    Sandra Parks ,Executive Director of Women in Dance & Robyn Gardenhire dancer and school director

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84221812218?pwd=VHN4eEpVdXkwbTdkRXhYdXBGVnJCZz09

Meeting ID: 842 2181 2218. Passcode: 077760

6:00-7:00

LBGTQ+ life in dance. unique views and challenges

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83987304218?pwd=c3A1eDZCalA2eU5tWEFCalVTQWFDdz09

Meeting ID: 839 8730 4218. Passcode: 821379

• Sun 10/10

noon-1:00

 Intersection of Race/Class/Gender and its impact on the art you see 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81879631305?pwd=WS9GSGhJUlBYWXFyWmZDOVZaNUZ1dz09

Meeting ID: 818 7963 1305. Passcode: 373923

2:00-3:00

 Looking back at the historical issues of dance in LA  - guest speaker Jeff Slayton

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86539696835?pwd=eXlEK1RwMDdENVNEdG1iaWVpVDdqQT09

Meeting ID: 865 3969 6835. Passcode: 778063

4:00-5:00

Looking forward educating our youth . guest speakers  Tina Banchero , Diana Delcambre , 

"Through the times: Art Makers building legacy over generations"

Looking  at how developing artists built off of their mentors and what can be done for the next generation of makers. 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82852106642?pwd=TE85ejhKVUVWNHlDc2pIWWlNcUdrZz09

Meeting ID: 828 5210 6642. Passcode: 935672

6:00-7:00

Wrap up   "Making leaders, Amplifying voices"

How do communities support specific artists, how do we connect with our communities to make art with impact?

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85689837623?pwd=cWFteHd5OVRET2lyTVMxc0FlR25KUT09

Meeting ID: 856 8983 7623. Passcode: 915249

   Hybrid - in person at BPS 

( direct pay teacher using venmo- in-person class size limited  reserve your sport  by paying or email  LAdancefestival@gmail.com

           or

 online on Zoom (free).   

 Questions? 562-412-7429

  Wed 5:30—6:30 - Seda Abay

Seda Aybay's contemporary master class is focused on quick weight shift, use of momentum, alignment, and strengthening through fusing the control release technique with Horton vocabulary. The class begins with a center warm-up designed from a classical approach to dance through various exercises, to bring the fundamentals back to the body. After a short series of off-centered turns, extensions, and jumps company repertoire is taught at the end with an emphasis on performance quality.

 $15 @ Seda-AybayOwens   

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82365645395?pwd=Tko5alUwT1NFbm00YVN3OUxQYms1dz09

Meeting ID: 823 6564 5395. Passcode: 004704

Wed 7:30-9:00pm - Hannah Miller 

In Hannah’s Contemporary based class you will be guided through movement meditation with roots in Qigong practices from the Wuji Hundun form, breathing exercises, body placement that increases efficiency and decreases injury AND training our senses to be more aware so we can become conscious movers and humans. Let’s move and breathe and love!    $10  @hmillardance 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89652235376?pwd=VlM1OTUvRzJVTzZ1OE5NY3ZqK05mZz09

Meeting ID: 896 5223 5376. Passcode: 799458

Thurs  Charlotte Smith 

A contemporary meets classical modern technique class - solidifying our  physical structure while expanding our creative capacity and connection  through movement and shape.

$10 @CharlotteKatherineAndC0 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87200243569?pwd=NEtsaVlCOG9haEdIK0ZLb3BVZUpxQT09

Meeting ID: 872 0024 3569. Passcode: 872062

Fri 3:00-4:30 - Bernard Brown  

"Articulation and Breath"

Fast-paced, energetic and educational, this 90 minute class will challenge students to engage body, mind and spirit, release into embodied knowledge, and begin to explore their own individual performance choices from beginning to end. Focusing on breath, alignment and articulation, this contemporary movement experience will incorporate many influences including Africanist aesthetics, Dunham, and Horton techniques.   $10 @bbmoves

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82053569072?pwd=WVExWkQzQ0JkZW1YLzZQWnZ2U0dtQT09

Meeting ID: 820 5356 9072. Passcode: 156825

Friday 4:30-6:00 - DaEun Jung

This experimental movement class begins with a breath-led floor warmup that helps body and mind relaxation aided by gravity. Participants will explore methods of managing core energy to produce various scale/intensity/tempo of movements effortlessly by applying the principles of classical Korean dance such as circular energy flow, breathing technique, and foot articulation. Exercises evoke participants’ awareness of one’s body as a vessel of energy circulated through space. Class consists of somatic exercises, step pattern locomotions, and improvisational exploration accompanied by the live drum play.    $10 @DaEunJung

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87202519749?pwd=d2d5RDlBamRrbXlyZWRwNTNCMTdtQT09

Meeting ID: 872 0251 9749. Passcode: 498401

Sat 2:00-3:00   Gabriel Gutierrez

In the MBodied House Movement Class, you are invited to explore your relationship to freedom of body, movement, and improvisation through the lens of House dance. As a first generation, former foster youth and street dance artist, Gabriel has shared his healing movement practices since 2013, rooted in shifting traumas stored within the body. This movement class, open to all level dancers, will focus on introducing house dance technique, the relationship between freedom and movement, creating improvisational cues, and giving a shifting breath to the trauma we carry. Participants are encouraged to bring water, wear closed toed sneakers, and comfortable clothing. $5-15 sliding scale @mofundamental

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86838266281?pwd=WGltSWdycTNaWlM0Z1pRMkhXV2M3dz09

Meeting ID: 868 3826 6281. Passcode: 014229