Acrobatics for Dancers with Colin Epstein
Sunday, August 13 and 20
3:00-5:00pm
$80.00 Full Workshop
$70.00 Early Bird Discount (before July 1)
$60.00 Dancers’ Group Discount*
$45.00 One Day Only
35.00 Early Bird Discount (before July 1)
$25.00 Dancers’ Group Discount*
This workshop will introduce dancers to acrobatic skills and concepts designed to expand their movement vocabulary. We will create new pathways to enter and exit the floor, fly through the air, and land with lightness and mobility. Drawing material from a wide range of acrobatic styles, we will explore both isolated movements and proper sequencing aligned with momentum. Safe progressions to learn new skills and practice existing ones will be emphasised, along with enhancing proprioceptive senses while airborne.
Although no one is required to attend both sessions, Week 1 and 2 will feed into each other; we will cover different skills and movement pathways each week.
PREREQUISITES: general body awareness, willingness to explore, and the abilities to attempt a cartwheel and hold a plank for 45 seconds.
Colin Epstein is a dancer and acrobat who calls Oakland home, and teaches parkour and acrobatics at Athletic Playground and Kinetic Arts Center. The rest of his time is divided between dancing on the ground & in the air for Bay Area companies including 13th Floor Dance Theater, Lizz Roman & Dancers, Palanza Dance, and Deborah Slater Dance Theater; directing Twisted Oak Dance Theater; and producing a yearly event (Constants & Variables) showcasing the amazing talent in the Bay Area dance and circus communities.
*This price option in not available for online registration
(photo courtesy of Weidong Yang)