Master Classes

DanceAbility
A two day workshop with Alito Alessi
DanceAbility cultivates a common ground for creative expression of all people. The material is drawn from the group present in a given situation and isolates no one. The method supports self-empowerment by offering ways that all individuals can participate fully in expressing their creative choices, including respecting one’s own limits. Following one’s own interest and desire, and applying that to the benefit of one’s community, is a basic DanceAbility teaching.

When: Sat. June 9, 1-6:00pm & Sun. June 10 10-4:00pm
6/4/2012 – 6/25/2012
Where: Joe Goode Performance Group Studio
499 Alabama Street #150, San Francisco, CA 94110
(Close to 16th/Misson BART and plenty of street parking, wheelchair accessible)
Cost: $100, no one turned away

Registration required call or email Education Director Annika Nonhebel at 510-625-0110 or annika@axisdance.org

Dancer as Dance Maker
taught by Choreographer Risa Jaroslow

This two-hour workshop will begin with a warmup that focuses on using weight and the floor to both work deeply in the joints and achieve an open, light body. We will expand this exploration by working in pairs. We will learn movement structures from some of my work as well as ones that we create in class. Within these structures each dancer can make choices about phrasing – tempo, rhythm, shape space, movement quality. We’ll work in pairs to work each dancers’ material into a duet.

Open to all dancers at all levels

When: Tue, June 26, 2012 10am-12noon
Where: 1428 Alice Street, Oakland, CA 94612
(Close to 12th Street BART, wheelchair accessible)
Cost: $15, no one turned away

Registration required call or email Education Director Annika Nonhebel at 510-625-0110 or annika@axisdance.org

Dance Classes for Adults

Focus
A Performance Lab with AXIS
A series of classes in which we dive deeper in what it takes and means to perform. We will focus on stage awareness, group mind, and performing skills. This class is great for those who want to take their dance experience to the next level and is recommended to take if you want to be part of AXIS new outdoor piece. Taught by Sonsherée Giles

When: Mon. Nights, 6-7:30pm;
6/4/2012 – 6/25/2012
Where: Studio E at the Malonga in Oakland, 1428 Alice Street (@14th), Oakland 94612
(Close to 12th Street BART)
Cost: $15/class, no one turned away

To sign up call or email Education Director Annika Nonhebel at 510-625-0110 or annika@axisdance.org

Creative Dance Class for Teens with and without disabilities
Do you like to move? Do you like to dance and to be creative? Do you enjoy dancing with peers? Then join our exciting creative dance class for teens with and without disabilities (age 12-21). During this session we will teach modern & creative dance techniques, giving you the opportunity to discover your own dance vocabulary. Together we will explore new and exciting ways to move, build social skills and body awareness while having fun.

When: Tuesdays 4:00-5:00pm.
4/10/2012-5/29/2012

please call to confirm if class is happening

Where: Studio A at the Malonga in Oakland, 1428 Alice Street (@14th), Oakland 94612
(Close to 12th Street BART)
Cost: $15/class, $120 for 8 weeks

To sign up call or email Education Director Annika Nonhebel at 510-625-0110 or kids@axisdance.org.

Creative Dance Classes for Kids!
What would childhood be without the chance to express ourselves through dance? AXIS is one of few programs offering children with disabilities the opportunity to explore their “inner dancer” in a structured environment with professional disabled dancers as role models. We will focus on positive body awareness, natural creativity, teamwork, motor co-ordination, personal expression, discipline, and self-control. Children between age 6-12 with and without disabilities are welcome to attend.
Please call Annika to see if this class is appropriate for your child.

When: Monday 4:00-5:00pm
2/6/2012-6/25/2012
Where: Studio D at the Malonga in Oakland, 1428 Alice Street (@14th), Oakland 94612
(Close to 12th Street BART)
Cost: $10/class, $100 for 10 weeks

To sign up call or email Education Director Annika Nonhebel at 510-625-0110 or kids@axisdance.org.

Classes are sponsored through the California Art Council.

Class Policies

AXIS maintains a “no one turned away for lack of funds policy” for all our classes. Scholarships and work exchange are available, please contact annika@axisdance.org

In order to make our classes accessible to people with multiple chemical sensitivities / environmental illness, we must ask everyone to NOT wear any scented products to class.