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PTERO Dance Theatre starts it's own school
for ages 6-17 in a partnership with the Westside JCC. For
class information, click here
or email ptero [!at] pterodance.org
PTERO Dance Theatre offers workshops, classes, and lecture
demonstrations for elementary, junior high, high school, and college
students in addition to professional, and non-professional dancers.
Classes include Modern Dance Technique, Ballet, Hip Hop, Movement for
Actors, Body Conditioning, Repertory, and Choreography.
Workshops and classes are designed around individual needs.
WORKSHOPS / LECTURE DEMONSTRATION
Dance of the Hands -
"Lifeline" is a dance piece, fusing sign language and dance using deaf
actors and dancers. Excerpts of "Lifeline" will be performed. This is
an opportunity to learn about deaf culture and experience, fusing two
art forms into one. Students will have the chance to create their own
movement phrases with sign language.
Poetry Brought to Life - This
workshop teaches students how to use literature as a springboard for
choreographic inspiration. Students bring in a favorite poem from which
they will to shape build a dance piece. Excerpts from "Ixsbay ibay
Elshay (Six by Shel)" inspired by the poetry of Shel Silverstein, will
be performed.
Movement Brought to Sculpture
- Sculpture is a three-dimensional story frozen/captured as a moment in
time. Student will select a sculptural work that inspires them, and be
guided through a process to tell that art piece's stories, thoughts,
and emotions via the medium of dance and movement. Excerpts from "Where
the Body Ends," a piece about the select sculptural masterpieces of
Auguste Rodin.
Dance as Storytelling - Dance
can be described as a most beautiful, non-verbal form of storytelling.
This workshop uses students' revered stories, whether personal or
scribed, as the cataylst for interpretation through dance. Students
work in groups to develop pieces based on the same anecdote, to
illustrate various creative responses to one stimuli. Excerpts from
"OmPaHdEnLeIsAs (Madness Within Ophelia)" inspired by the famous
characters of Shakespeare's "Hamlet."
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