Tag: Contemporary Dance Classes

Int/Adv Contemporary Technique w/guest artist Hannah Sullivan

July 28, 2015

sullyscreengrabJoin us in welcoming Hannah Sullivan to Dance In The Annex!

Thursday July 30th & Thursday August 6th
Wealthy Theatre Annex
7-8:45pm
1110 Wealthy St SE
Grand Rapids, MI
$15/$12 (students w/ID)
For Int/Adv dancers ages 16+
Contact [email protected] for more information

Class Description:
Int/Adv Contemporary
Hannah’s teaching focus fuses ballet, yoga, Horton and release techniques. Her classes are known for encouraging students to connect intentional emotion to movement. Come experience a challenge for your body coupled with empowering emotional work. Intermediate and advanced dancers 16+ welcome!

Bio:
Hannah Sullivan is a West Michigan-based instructor and choreographer. She is the Co-Artistic Director of the HIS Dance Ensemble with Tassia Hooks Johnson, writing & choreographing original contemporary ballets every year since the partnership formed in 2011. She is current faculty for the School of Grand Rapids Ballet, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, LOCALZ iNTENSiVEs, Hearts In Step Dance Academy and the Dance Coalition. Hannah’s original works have been performed by both professional and student companies including Grand Rapids Ballet, Dance In The Annex (DITA), Macomb Ballet Company, Blue Lake International Ensemble, Young People’s Ballet Theatre and Muskegon Dance Company. Under the direction of Amy & Erin Wilson, Hannah was a collaborator with DITA’s ArtPrize 2014 Juror’s Time-Based Award winning work “respirador (breather)” and ArtPrize 2013 juror-nominated “Angle of Repose”. Hannah is also a featured performer with DITA, dance-on-camera films, and various West Michigan productions including the 2014 Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp opera “Hansel & Gretel”. Hannah is a master’s social worker and marriage & family therapist in West Michigan.

DITA, Adaptive/Responsive Movement Exploration with Megan Pitcher

July 4, 2015

8749652675_1589a3f4a1_zJoin us in welcoming Megan Pitcher to the Annex!

Thursday July 16th &
Friday July 17th
Wealthy Theatre Annex
*Times Listed Below
1110 Wealthy St SE
Grand Rapids, MI
All Levels
$15/$12 (students w/ID)
For dancers ages 16+
Contact [email protected] for more information

Thursday
People Moving, 6:00 – 7:30pm (All levels, Directed Movement)
Int/Adv Contemporary, 7:30 – 9:00pm

Friday
Int/Adv Ensemble Scores, 6:00 – 7:30pm
(Suitable for nondancers who did People Moving/Serve as AUDITION for SiteLab)
Capoeira 7:30 – 9:00pm – ASCAB Capoeira class with Monitor Dentista, founder – Grupo Unidade Capoeira

Pitcher’s current research and practice approaches movement as system design. She considers patters, relationships, responsivity, changeability, and radical openness through interdisciplinary, audience inclusive performance projects. She is a recipient of a 2015 ArtPrize Seed Grant and will be presenting a new iteration of her work, Breakwall, in the fall. Workshops present a radical approach to technique that affirms availability, recovery, range, and discovery.

Pitcher’s work has been presented in Moscow, Canada, and throughout the USA, including notable venues Philly Fringe Festival, Ingenuity Festival, Chicago Cultural Center, Hyde Park Arts Center, Columbus Movement Movement, and Cleveland Playhouse. She is an adjunct faculty in the Dance Division of Kent State University and has presented through ACDA, Ohio Dance Festival, College Art Association, and other organizations.

Capoeira is a clever and deceptive Brazilian martial art. Classes are all levels with every participant challenged past their expectations. Find empowerment, build strength, and test endurance while learning the basic history and traditions.
ASCAB Capoeira class with Monitor Dentista, founder – Grupo Unidade Capoeira – See more at: https://vimeo.com/43307712

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