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Circle Modern Dance October NewsWelcome to October! Autumn flew in really fast. We have lots of great things and classes happening this month. Thanks to all who came out to dance and support the Labor Day Sunflower Project! What a great event! We hope to see and dance with you soon!
Sundays 2:00-3:30pm Open Level Modern Technique with Lauren Phillis 3:30-4:30pm Improvisation with Angela Hill* Tuesdays 6:00-8:00pm Open Level Capoeira with Capoeira Fundo da Mata (www.capoeiraknoxville.com) Wednesdays 6:00-7:30pm Intermediate/Advanced Modern with Angela Hill and Laura Burgamy 7:30-9:00pm Summer Ballet Workshop with Sharon White (Open Level) Thursdays 6:00-8:00pm Student-led Capoeira with Capoeira Fundo da Mata (www.capoeiraknoxville.com) Per class fee: $5 (first class free), Capoeira classes are $12 after the first free class Unlimited Classes (excluding Capoeira): July 2013 – Dec 2013 $50 *Angela Hill was very active in the Knoxville dance community from about 1995-2007 when she moved to Sydney, Australia. She will be approaching these classes is through something she calls SIP: Somatics, Improvisation and Performance. You can learn more about Angela here: https://www.facebook.com/notes/kinnect/about-angela/540007266015847 Behavioral Health Awareness Coalition Community Day Performance on Market Square Circle Modern Dance is excited to be able to showcase our work again at the BHAC Community Day on Market Square. This year, the event will be held this Friday from 11-2pm. We will be performing and leading improvisation games from 12:15-12:45. The Behavioral Health Awareness Coalition hosts this event annually to promote awareness and to provide information regarding Mental Health isues. Free hot dogs, entertainment, exhibitors and games October Workshop with danah bella
Friday, October 11 7-9pm
Saturday, October 12 2-4pm Sunday, October 13 2-4pm (this will take place during class times) Price: $25 per class, $20 with advance registration $50 for entire weekend, $45 with advance registration Where: Emporium Annex Studio (lower lever of 100 N. Gay Street) Danah Bella’s work explores the interaction and interplay of corporal, psychic, and social spaces through and with movement. In Danah’s work the body becomes the primary tool to investigate how we produce/interpret knowledge and signify our sense of being in the world. She received her MFA in Performance from the Ohio State University and her BA in Dance from the University of California Santa Barbara where she studied under such distinguished artists as Bebe Miller, Tere O’Connor, Christopher Pilafian, and Jerry Pearson. In 2004 she founded d a n a h b e l l a DanceWorks, a contemporary dance company based in Southwest Virginia, with long time collaborator Salvador Barajas. Her work has been presented in festivals throughout the country including the Cool New York Festival in New York, the United States of Asian American Festival in San Francisco, and the Bates Dance Festival in Maine, as well as in Mexico and Italy. In addition to dbDW she collaborates with colectivo caliban, an artistic collective that transgresses borders. These classes will be geared towards more intermediate/advanced dancers but all are welcome. Bring knee pads!
Tennessee Dance Festival
If you're in the road-tripping mood, come down to Chattanooga, TN Oct 18-20th for another fabulous weekend at the Tennessee Dance Festival. Guest artists this year include: Joy Davis (former CMD artistic director), Matt Kent from Pilobolus, LaMichael Leonard, Jr. from Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Jocelyn Eckhout from Venus Fly Trap, as well as Aerial classes with Cara Harker & Jennifer Kintner. There are also performance opportunities as well as a scholarship audition that allows student dancers to attend summer dance studies. Circle Modern Dance is a proud TAD member organization and we look forward to seeing many of your happy faces at the festival! Contact Improvisation Classes coming to the Glowing Body in October On Sundays in October, after you've had improvisation classes with Angela Hill, think about making time to check out a fun new Contact Improvisation Class being held at the Glowing Body (711 Irwin St.) from 5-6:30pm. This class will be co-taught by Amelia Breed and Lauren Phillis. It is a Karma class, so pay what you can via donation. The class is called, Intro to Partner Movement, and you can find more information about this class and other great classes Glowing Body offers at "http://www.glowingbody.net/class-info/" You can see a video of Amelia and Lauren working together here: http://youtu.be/4X3-SVnwNOY We Hope to see you soon! Please check out our website:http://www.circlemoderndance.com and Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CircleModernDance! Follow us on Twitter too! @CircleModern.
Michael Samstag produced this great video titled Dancing in Miracles. We encourage you to view this short clip about Circle Modern Dance and our 20+ year history. We appreciate your feedback.
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