Gaga/People and Rolfing Movement™ Workshop
August 19-22, 2019 | San Francisco, CA, USA
A unique opportunity for the first time.
20 hours of Gaga Dance (Gaga/ People) and Rolfing Movement™ Workshop in 4 days
James Graham (from San Francisco, USA) & Alexandros Marinis (born in Greece) join forces to create a workshop experience of growth, understanding, and healing in our moving bodies. Graham will lead Gaga/People and related movement sessions and Marinis will lead Rolfing Movement.
20 hours of Gaga Dance (Gaga/ People) and Rolfing Movement™ Workshop in 4 days
James Graham (from San Francisco, USA) & Alexandros Marinis (born in Greece) join forces to create a workshop experience of growth, understanding, and healing in our moving bodies. Graham will lead Gaga/People and related movement sessions and Marinis will lead Rolfing Movement.
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When:
August 19-22, 2019, 10-3pm Where: LINES Dance Center, San Francisco (Civic Center Station) (as a part of their offerings with Bodywork Session @ LINES) Registration: Please send payment of $450 through Paypal (please select “Sending to a friend”…full payment without fees taken out) to “jamesgrahamdancetheatre (at) gmail.com” or through the Cash app to reserve your spot. More Info: [email protected] |
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What is Gaga Dance?
In Gaga We Will
….open blocked passageways
….grow our senses and connect them to our pleasure
….be groovy
….connect to our strength and power
….learn how to work with any injuries
….become more aware of how we move and our habits
….sweat!
Gaga is the movement language developed by Ohad Naharin/ Batsheva in Tel Aviv, Israel. Gaga movement classes are a guided movement experience of images, ideas, directions, and prompts. We move (however large or small) for the entire class adding layer upon layer. We will float our flesh, pull our bones, experience physical climaxes, challenge what we think are our limits, become aware of our habits and change them, and take pleasure moving and dancing in a welcoming studio. We work at our own volume, so whether you have never moved or move every day, you can connect to Gaga. We allow no mirrors, and no observers. All are welcome!
….open blocked passageways
….grow our senses and connect them to our pleasure
….be groovy
….connect to our strength and power
….learn how to work with any injuries
….become more aware of how we move and our habits
….sweat!
Gaga is the movement language developed by Ohad Naharin/ Batsheva in Tel Aviv, Israel. Gaga movement classes are a guided movement experience of images, ideas, directions, and prompts. We move (however large or small) for the entire class adding layer upon layer. We will float our flesh, pull our bones, experience physical climaxes, challenge what we think are our limits, become aware of our habits and change them, and take pleasure moving and dancing in a welcoming studio. We work at our own volume, so whether you have never moved or move every day, you can connect to Gaga. We allow no mirrors, and no observers. All are welcome!
What is Rolfing Movement™?
Through Rolfing Movement™ the person learns how to sense, befriend and integrate gravity in their movement. From simple breathing and walking to more complex movement coordination, we discover alternatives that free expressiveness and promote balance. Once secure and stable in ourselves, we discover that movement can be economical, powerful and fluid.
In these hours we will work on:
• more balanced, efficient, and fluid movement
• refine body and space perception
• release restricted, over-worked
muscles, pain relief
• tonic muscles vs phasic muscles
• alignment and functional
Group Sessions are for everyone. No matter age, weight, experience in body movement or not. In the sessions we are barefoot or with socks (depends on the work we do) and we wear comfortable clothes (sweat pants are preferred - no jeans).
This is not a workshop on how to become a Rolfer Practitioner™.
In these hours we will work on:
• more balanced, efficient, and fluid movement
• refine body and space perception
• release restricted, over-worked
muscles, pain relief
• tonic muscles vs phasic muscles
• alignment and functional
Group Sessions are for everyone. No matter age, weight, experience in body movement or not. In the sessions we are barefoot or with socks (depends on the work we do) and we wear comfortable clothes (sweat pants are preferred - no jeans).
This is not a workshop on how to become a Rolfer Practitioner™.
Teachers
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James Graham (San Francisco, USA)
Gaga/People will be hosted by James Graham. A San Francisco based choreographer, performer, and teacher. Founder of the James Graham Dance Theatre, presents the work of James Graham while also curating the work of others. In 2017 Graham received an IZZIE for “Outstanding Performance as an Ensemble” with Sebastian Grubb for their performance in JGDT’s “Homeroom.” In 2015 he received an IZZIE award for “Outstanding Achievement in Performance for an Individual” (for his Entire Season) and was nominated that same year for an IZZIE in Outstanding Choreography for JGDT’s “Guilty Survivor.” In 2007, Graham first went to Israel to study Gaga, made possible by the Kathryn Karipides Scholarship in Modern Dance. He was chosen by Ohad Naharin (Batsheva Dance Company) to be a Certified Gaga Instructor and to take part in his pilot training program of international Gaga teachers. He has taught Gaga extensively on the West Coast, in the Midwest, as well as in France, Canada, South Korea, Germany, Sweden, Thailand, Greece, and Israel. He has been invited to teach at different Colleges in the USA. He is currently on faculty at the University of California, Berkeley and Dominican University of California/LINES BFA Program, and teaches open Gaga classes. Graham teaches Choreography, Performance, and Gaga Workshops around the world throughout the year. |
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Alexandros Marinis (Greece/ Netherlands)
The Rolfing Movement™ Workshop will be hosted by Alexandros Marinis, Professional Swing Dancer and International Teacher and Certified Rolfer™ and Rolfing Movement™ Practitioner member of the European Rolfing Association and the Dr. Ida Rolf Institute in Bulder, Colorado. He started dancing Lindy Hop on 2006, when he founded Lindy Hop Greece, the team organising Swing Dance classes in many cities in Greece and organising major Swing Dance Camps like Swing 'n' Swim and Swing In Crete. He is traveling constantly around the world teaching Swing Dance Lindy Hop classes in residencies, workshops and festivals and giving Rolfing Sessions all around the world (Germany, Sweden, France, Italy, Netherlands,Switzerland, Luxembourg, USA,...) since 2011. |
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