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South of 60 Arts Centre and Morning Star Centre
are pleased to present the
a l l d a n c e p r o j e c t
2nd Annual Movement Arts Festival 2010
Classes in Axis Syllabus, Contact Improv, Aerial Rope, and much more with:
* Ruth Douthwright
* Kevin O'Connor
* Kira Kirsch
* Ana Flecha
* And more...
Workshops for professional movement artists children, youth, adults and seniors
Plus a showing of a new site specific work called Caboose.
Advanced Classes
Advanced - Experienced movers age 15 years and up.
Each advanced class is limited to 15 participants
Axis Syllabus - the ascending spine
Instructor: Kira Kirsch
The discourse of this series begins with the multi- dimensional and
undulating spine. We will work towards the cultivation of a subtle
articulate and deep sensing spine; a spine which virtuously distributes
and recycles kinetic impact through itself, into pelvis, periphery and
space. Continuous flow and sophisticated phrases will highlight the
effect, function and healthy use of the dynamic spine.
Dates: Sat, Aug 21st - Thurs, Aug 26th Time: 9- 10:45am Skill Level:
Advanced Location: Morningstar
Register now for all 6 classes and receive the early bird discount!
Axis Syllabus - points of departure
Instructor: Ana Fletcha
When we have comfortable support from our architecture, we can expand into
space and breath in the possibilities around us. In this class we'll
use principles from the Axis Syllabus to take a look at the challenges
and rewards associated with sustaining arrival points so that we can
really expand out into space from the inside.
Dates: Sat, Aug 21st - Thurs, Aug 26th Time: 11:15 - 1pm Skill Level:
Advanced Location: Morningstar
Register now for all 6 classes and receive the early bird discount!
Axis Syllabus - 3D motions
Instructor: Ruth Douthwright
In this workshop we will explore multidimensional, undulating movement
sequences that release, strengthen and invigorate. Functional support
and applied bio-mechanics benefit our physical well being in all walks
of life and art.
For more information about axis syllabus please visit www.axissyllabus.com
Dates: Sat & Sun Aug 28th& 29th
Time: 9- 10:45am
Skill Level: Advanced
Location: Morningstar
Register now for all 2 classes and receive the early bird discount!
Aerial Rope - aeronautics Instructor: Kevin O'Connor
Discover how to utilize physics and bio-mechanical principles in the
vertical realm. This class will focus on harnessing gravity and applying
anatomical understanding to move on the vertical rope with ease. We will
also focus on developing aerial choreography through safe functional
movement.
Skill Level: All welcome
Location: Morningstar
Dates: Sat, Aug 21st - Thurs, Aug 26th
Time: 11:15-1pm
Register now for all 6 classes and receive the early bird discount!
Dates: Sat, Aug 28th - Sun, Aug 29th
Time: 11:15-1pm
Register now for all 2 classes and receive the early bird discount!
General Classes
Open to all skill levels
Contact Improvisation - dynamic weight
Instructors: Ruth Douthwright, Ana Flecha, Kira Kirsch and Kevin O'Connor
In this workshop we will explore methods for helping you and your partner
lose their fear of falling and flying. Light, easy, centred and fluid
mechanical perfection is bliss with the exchange of dynamic weight.
Dates: Sat, Aug 21st & Sun, Aug 22nd
Time: 6:15-8pm
Skill Level: All welcome Location: Morningstar
Register now for weekend 1 and receive the early bird discount!
Dates: Sat, Aug 28th & Sun, Aug 29th
Time: 4- 5:45pm
Skill Level: All welcome
Location: Opeongo Seniors' Centre
Register now for weekend 2 and receive the early bird discount!
Pulse - release, rebound and resonate
Instructor: Ruth Douthwright
Through our dancing we will explore; quality of movement and our internal
and external relationship to rhythms from around the world.
Dates: Mon, Aug 23rd - Wed Aug 25th
Time: 6:15-8pm
Skill Level: all welcome
Location: Morningstar
Register now for all 3 classes and receive the early bird discount!
Aerial - flying through the air Instructor: Dr Blair Voyvodic
Have you ever wanted to fly like Superman? Come play on a Jolly Jumper
for adults. This rubber rig lets you move through the air free from
gravity. It's great exercise for the whole body and lots of fun. Limited
enrolment.
Dates: Thurs, Aug 26th
Time: 5-6:30pm
Skill Level: all welcome
Location: Morningstar
Register now to receive the early bird discount!
Yoga - dynamic flow
Instructor: Krista Gansterer
A flowing dynamic class that will invigorate the body and refresh
the mind. Whether you are a beginner or love the power of yoga, learn
a simple refreshing work out to feel vitalized.
Skill Level: all welcome
Location: Opeongo Seniors' Centre
Dates: Tues Aug 24th
Time: 3:45pm - 4:45pm
Register now for the early bird discount!
Skill Level: all welcome
Location: Opeongo Seniors' Centre
Date: Thurs, Aug 26th
Time: 7:45 - 9:00pm
Register now for the early bird discount!
Skill Level: all welcome
Location: Morningstar
Dates: Sat&Sun Aug 28th&29th
Time: 11 - 12pm
Register now for the weekend and receive the early bird discount!
Pilates - power and flexibility Instructor: Krista Gansterer
In this introduction to Pilates, learn how to strengthen your center
and create balance within your body. Through simple breathing techniques
you will learn how to move with more body awareness.
Dates: Tues Aug 24th
Time: 2:30 - 3:30pm
Skill Level: all welcome
Location: Opeongo Seniors' Centre
Classes for Seniors
Dance - dancing rivers Instructor: Ana Fletcha
By feeling our way into the dance, we can explore the liquid nature of
locomotion and the rhythms it inspires. In this class we will move with
soft undulations and fluid transitions, allowing space for breathe,
awareness and sensation.
Dates: Tues & Thurs, Aug 24th&26th
Time: 5:15-6:15pm
Skill Level: Seniors, all welcome
Location: Opeongo Seniors' Centre
Register now for both classes and receive the early bird discount!
Yoga/Pilates - balance & stability
Instructor: Krista Gansterer
Create balance and stability by incorporating core exercises that create
a strong center. This class will provide a foundation of how to use the
abdominals for benefits felt in everyday life.
Dates: Tues & Thurs, Aug 24th&26th
Time: 6:30 - 7:30pm
Skill Level: Seniors, all welcome
Location: Opeongo Seniors' Centre
Register now for both classes and receive the early bird discount!
Classes for Kids and Youth
Kids = ages 6 - 12 Youth = ages 13 +
Dance - where the wild things are.....
Instructors: Ana Fletcha & Kira Kirsch
This creative movement class is based on basic motion principles and
improvisation. We will explore movement qualities, rhythms and various
forms of moving expressions. Roll, tumble, crawl and jump, spin like
dervishes. Transform your fantasy world into a dance.
Dates: Mon - Wed Aug 23rd - 25th
Time: 5-6pm
Skill Level: Kids, all welcome
Location: Morningstar
Register now for the week and receive the early bird discount!
Dance - super-hero-stars Instructors: Kira Kirsch
This class will focus on power by training with various dance styles
that develop strength, flexibility and endurance, preparing the dancing
body to move wildly! We will learn techniques to carry each other and
fly each other across the floor. The class will culminate in a short
dance combination.
Dates: Sat & Sun Aug 28 & 29th
Time: 5-6pm
Skill Level:
Kids & Youth, all welcome
Location: Morningstar
Register now for the weekend and receive the early bird discount!
Aerial - rope dance
Instructor: Kevin O'Connor
In this class we will learn the basics of movement of the vertical rope.
We will focus on combining elements of technique, strength and flexibility
as one dances on the vertical rope.
Date: Sat & Sun Aug 21st & 22nd
Time: 5 - 6pm
Register now for weekend 1 and receive the early bird discount!
Date: Sat & Sun Aug 28th & 29th
Time: 3:45 - 4:45pm
Skill Level: Kids & Youth, all welcome
Location: Morningstar
Register now for weekend 2 and receive the early bird discount!
Dance - pulse Instructor: Ruth Douthwright
Rhythm, colour, diversity and fun are the topics in this class as we
learn exciting dances from around the world.
Dates: Sat & Sun, Aug 21th & 22th
Time: 5 - 6pm
Skill Level: Youth, all welcome
Location: Morningstar
Register now for the weekend and receive the early bird discount!
Pilates - power and flexibility Instructor: Krista Gansterer
In this introduction to Pilates, learn how to strengthen your center
and create balance within your body. Through simple breathing techniques
you will learn how to move with more body awareness.
Dates: Tues Aug 24th
Time: 2:30 - 3:30pm
Skill Level: Youth, all welcome Location: Opeongo Seniors' Centre
Register now to receive the early bird discount!
Yoga - dynamic flow Instructor: Krista Gansterer
A flowing dynamic class that will invigorate the body and refresh
the mind. Whether you are a beginner or love the power of yoga, learn
a simple refreshing work out to feel vitalized.
Dates: Tues Aug 24th
Time: 3:45pm - 4:45pm
Skill Level: Youth, all welcome Location: Opeongo Seniors' Centre
Register now for the early bird discount!
Prices and Registration
Early Bird Deadline - Registration and payment before June 30th
Regular Registration - Registration and payment before July 30th
Drop In - Price per class if places are available
Advanced Classes (1hr 45)
Axis Early Bird:$20 Regular: $25 Drop In: $30
Rope Early Bird:$25 Regular: $30 Drop In: $35
General Classes (1hr 45)
Contact Improv & Pulse Early Bird:$20 Regular: $25 Drop In: $30
General Classes (1hr)
Rope for Beginners Early Bird: $15 Regular: $20 Drop In: $25
Blair's Bungee Early Bird: $10 Regular: $15 Drop In: $20
Pilates & Yoga Early Bird: $10 Regular: $15 Drop In: $20
Classes for Kids and Youth (1hr)
Dance Early Bird: $10 Regular: $15 Drop In: $20
Rope Early Bird: $15 Regular: $20 Drop In: $25
Classes for Seniors (1hr)
Dance Early Bird: $10 Regular: $15 Drop In: $20
Pilates & Yoga Early Bird: $10 Regular: $15 Drop In: $20
Cancellation policy
Before August 1st - %75 returned
Before August 20 - %50 refund
NO refunds after August 20th
To register for any of the classes please contact the Barry's Bay Railway
Station at 613 756 5885 or curator@southof60.com.
Morningstar Studio
Morning Star Guest House & Studio:
For more information about Morning Star Centre visit www.morningstararts.com
About The Artists
Ruth Douthwright is a certified teacher of the Axis Syllabus and graduate
of Les Ateliers de Danse Moderne de Montreal. As a contemporary dancer,
Ruth has studied and performed many different movement disciplines
in various countries, which has given her an deep appreciation for
dance culture from around the world. She created and performed dance
pieces with Ardent Body Communications Dance Collective (Marseille),
L'Inattendue Compagnie (Bruxelles), R. Murray Schafer and Kyoryukan
(Japan). ...Ruth's own choreographic projects have been presented in
various venues. Credits include: Aichi Bunka Kaikan & Kyoto Arts Center
(Japan), 2001 Canada Summer Games, (London, ON) The Canada House
(London UK), Meeting Point (Bruxelles), Aeolin Hall, (London, ON).
Ruth has been teaching performing arts in schools and companies for over
10 years across Ontario, UK, Belgium, France, and Japan. Since the early
'90s she has spent a considerable amount of time in the Madawaska Valley
where she has many close friends and family.
Kira Kirsch, performer, teacher and young choreographer from
Berlin/Vienna, studied at the Conservatory Vienna, Tanzpool, Nomadic
College and with influencing individuals such as Frey Faust, Ivan
Wolve, Meg Stuart, Nita Little among many others. Across Europe Kira
has danced with ArdentBodiesDanceCollective (Int.), Half Machine(DK),
Cie.Escapade and Cie. Anna Tenta(A). In San Francisco Kira works with
David Slaza, Sara Shelton Mann, Avy k. productions and Dancebrigade. Her
recent collaboration with Kelly Keenan(Montreal) has been shown at
festivals in the US, Canada and Austria. She is a master teacher of
the movement theory, analysis and method called the Axis Syllabus and
teaches internationally. Kira produces her own work and events under
the umbrella of corpi liquidi. www.corpiliquidi.com . . .
Kevin O'Connor grew up in London Ontario where he was immersed in music,
dance and visual arts from a young age. After completing a Bachelor of
Science in Natural Resource Conservation he devoted his time to both
circus and dance training. He moved to Europe to train with the master
teacher Frey Faust to learn the axis syllabus (AS) technique (studying
the AS for the past 7 years). He trained for two years at the national
centre for circus arts in London England. He then moved to Montreal,
where he competed a Diploma in Circus Arts from the National Circus
School of Montreal. He specialized in corde lisse and minored in clown.
Kevin has worked for Bessie award winning dance choreographer Noemie
Lafrance and director Lech Majewski in New York City, Ana Flecha and
Nita Little (California), and has collaborated on numerous pieces with
Ruth Douthwright (Canada). Kevin received grants from the Ontario and
Canadian arts councils to create an evening length piece called "The
Sunlight Zone" in 2009. Kevin will start a Masters of Fine Art in
choreography at the University of California Davis this fall.
Ana Flecha recently presented her solo The Red Queen in Estonia as
part of the symposium Imagining Bodies, at the University of Tallinn,
where she also taught workshops based in the Axis Syllabus and contact
improvisation. She has been presenting work for over a decade, recently
receiving support from Dancer's Group and Theatre Bay Area, and the
Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County.
In 2008 she was the Artist in Residence at The 418 Project where she
created the evening length work My American Dream, and in 2009 performed
in Kevin O'Connor's The Sunlight Zone in California and Canada. She
recently co-produced the month long dance training event the Nomadic
College in Northeastern Brazil hosting over forty people from all over
the world. Ana has performed with Cid Pearlman Performance Projects,
Dr. Schaffer and Mr. Stern, Moving & Storage/Crash, Burn & Die, Mir &
a Company, Frey Faust, Nita Little, Sharon Took Zozaya, Kerstin Stuart
and Sarah Wilbourne. www.undercurve.com
Krista Gansterer loves pursuing physical activity that challenges her
body and mind and provides a refreshing outlook on life. With a history
in martial arts, dance, rugby and recently yoga and pilates she continue
to explore disciplines that keep her strong and healthy. Krista holds
a diploma in Fitness and Health Promotion from St Lawrence College in
Kingston ON and has completed her Personal Trainer Certificate and
Group Fitness Certification. She is currently working as a Personal
Trainer and Pilates instructor in Kingston ON.
Blair Voyvodic is a dancing doctor with a fascination for flying and
freedom of movement. He has evolved this "flying contraption" as a playful
exploration of how our bodies move and can be freed from the ground.
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