OVerView of the 5 days

 Hybrid - in person at BPS
( direct pay teacher using venmo- in-person class size limited reserve by paying or 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
contemporary . Ccontemporary meets classical modern technique class - solidifying our  physical structure while expanding our creative capacity and connection  through movement and shape.
$10 @CharlotteKatherine&C0 

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 @mofundamentals

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

Meeting ID: 868 3826 6281. Passcode: 014229