Workshops
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS
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WORKSHOPS CONDUCTED RECENTLY
Bobbi Jene Smith Workshop
3-day workshop led by Batsheva dancer/freelance artist Bobbi Jene Smith included daily Gaga class and examination of choreography, coaching, discussion and more.
New Year's Workshop
4-day workshop conducted by Summer Lee Rhatigan, Alex Ketley and Bobbi Jene Smith that included daily Gaga classes, Ballet classes, and alternating choreographic exploration with Bobbi and Alex.
Gaga/People Master Class
Former dancer with the Batsheva Dance Company and artistic director of Ate9, Danielle Agami taught three Gaga classes open to both dancers and non-dancers.
Gaga Master Classes
Batsheva company dancer Bobbi Jene Smith visited for the summer and taught a series of six well-attended, open Gaga classes.
4-Day Workshop with Katie Faulkner, Alex Ketley, Christian Burns & Manuelito Biag
SFIAF/SFCD Workshops
In partnership with the San Francisco International Arts Festival (SFIAF), the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance hosted the workshops listed below, conducted by members of the various performing companies.
- Liquid Theater (Moscow, Russia)
- AXIS Dance Company (Oakland, California, USA)
- Mansaku-no Kai (Japan)
- inkBoat (San Francisco, California, USA)
- Post:Ballet (San Francisco, California, USA)
- Cid Pearlman Performance Project (Santa Cruz, California, USA & Estonia)
- Cie 7273 (Geneva, Switzerland)
- Susanna Leinonen Company (Helsinki, Finland)
- Dance Elixir (Oakland, California, USA)
Gaga Master Classes
Former member of Batsheva Dance Company Tom Weinberger visited the Conservatory for a week in March to conduct a series of well-attended, open classes—which included both Gaga for Dancers and Gaga for People (i.e., non-dancers).
Gaga Master Classes, Batsheva Repertory Workshop, and Discussions
During Batsheva Dance Company’s performance run at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in February, the entire company visited our studios and various company members conducted Gaga classes (both “for Dancers” and “for People”), a Batsheva Repertory Workshop, and open-ended Q&A sessions.
New Year's Workshop with Summer Lee Rhatigan and Alex Ketley
Annual 4-day workshop conducted by Summer Lee Rhatigan and Alex Ketley, designed to refresh and inspire dancers, featuring a 2.75 hour technique class with Summer and an afternoon of building and examining choreography with Alex.
SFCD’s DanceMakers Forum
A series of free workshops and showings of works-in progress featured the following guest artists:
- Christian Burns, artistic director burns-work
- Scott Wells, artistic director, Scott Wells and Dancers
- Charles Slender, artistic director, FACT/SF
- Hope Mohr, artistic director, Hope Mohr Dance
- Katie Faulkner, artistic director, little seismic dance company
- Manuelito Biag, artistic director, SHIFT>>>Physical Theater
- Malinda LaVelle, artistic director, Project Thrust
- Erika Tsimbrovsky, artistic director, Avy K Productions
- Christine Cali, artistic director, Cali & Co.
- Alyce Finwall, artistic director, Alyce Finwall Dance Theater
- Kara Davis, artistic director, project agora
- Alex Ketley & Christian Burns, co-artistic directors, The Foundry
- Shinichi Iova-Koga, artistic director, inkBoat
- Eric Kupers, artistic director, Dandelion Dancetheater
- Judith Smith, artistic director, AXIS Dance Company
SFCD-S.F. International Arts Festival Dance Workshops
A series of dance workshops offered through a collaboration with the San Francisco International Arts Festival featuring the following guest artists:
- Leyya Tawil, artistic director, Dance Elixir
- Nina Haft, artistic director, Nina Haft & Company
- Hope Mohr, artistic director, Hope Mohr Dance
- Barak Marshall, artistic director, Barak Marshall Company
- Rulan Tangen, artistic director, Dancing Earth
- Cyrus Khambatta, artistic director, Khambatta Dance Company
- Muhanad Rasheed, artistic director, Iraqi Bodies (Netherlands)
Please note that all workshops and classes will take place in our studios at 301 Eighth Street (at Folsom Street).
For more information or to pre-register for workshops or classes contact Megan Kurashige, Email: Megan@SFconservatoryofDance.org Telephone: 415-640-7009
