Workshops

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS

Open Gaga Classes, Week of February 20

During the week of Batsheva Dance Company's performance run at Novellus Theater (YBCA), various company members will conduct the following events in our studios:

Tuesday, February 21, Gaga Class, 6 to 7 pm, followed by a Q&A session from 7:15 to 8 pm
Wednesday, February 22, Gaga Class, 5 to 6 pm (two classes to be conducted simultaneously)
Wednesday, February 22, Batsheva dancers will teach excerpts from repertory, 6:15 to 7:30 pm; Note: As a pre-requisite, you must take one of the 5 pm Gaga classes first.
Thursday, February 23, Opening night for Batsheva, no classes.
Friday, February 24, Gaga Class, 12 noon to 1 pm (two classes to be conducted simultaneously)
Saturday, February 25, Gaga Class, 12 noon to 1 pm (two classes to be conducted simultaneously), followed by a Q&A session from 1:15 to 2 pm.

Very important--Please Note: Pre-registration is strongly recommended as classes will be strictly limited to 35 people. To pre-register: email Megan Kurashige at Megan@SFconservatoryofDance.org. She will reply to confirm whether or not space is still available and send you payment instructions if it is. Only the first 35 people (per class) who submit payment will be pre-registered, while all others will be wait-listed. Those people pre-registered must then register in the studio no later than 15 minutes before the class is scheduled to begin or their spot will be given to the next person on the wait-list. Refunds to anyone arriving late enough to forfeit their spot will only be made up until the beginning of the class in question. Classes will begin promptly on schedule and nobody will be permitted to enter the studios after they've begun. Studios will be open for registration 30 minutes before classes begin.

Gaga Classes: $15 per class (cash or check only please)

Batsheva Repertory Class: $15 (cash or check only please)

Batsheva Dance Company performs Feb 23-25 at YBCA. Learn more.

WORKSHOPS CONDUCTED IN 2011

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