Baskana "Welcome Choreography"
Featuring Finger Cymbals
with Danielle of Baksana
FRIDAY, August 13, 2021
7-9pm @Studio Deep Roots
Part of the Studio Deep Roots 4th Anniversary Hybrid Hafla Weekend!!
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About the workshop
This signature Baksana piece was created as their set opener for street busking and the renaissance faire. It features dynamic finger cymbal patterns, set to an original piece of music, with energetic Raqs Sharqi inspired movements! It also has an element of "free improvisation" we will explore in the workshop. Expressive stage presence is essential to this choreography, so get ready to be outgoing and a bit silly! Class will include a warm up for your body and finger cymbals, as well as touching on important elements of playing and dancing together as an ensemble. |
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About Danielle
Danielle was a primary dancer in Rachel Brice’s Datura Project, where the formation of Baksana Ensemble emerged. She has been dancing since age 7, and holds a BFA in mixed-media performance art with a minor in contemporary dance. She has toured world-wide as a musician and dancer. The intersection of music, dance, and improvisation is where she thrives. She has co-written two books on finger cymbal music notation and has created an online training program to teach her signature Baksana vocabulary. When not performing, she teaches yoga and spends lots of time outside in the Pacific Northwest forests and gardens with her daughter.
More at: BaksanaEnsemble.com
Danielle was a primary dancer in Rachel Brice’s Datura Project, where the formation of Baksana Ensemble emerged. She has been dancing since age 7, and holds a BFA in mixed-media performance art with a minor in contemporary dance. She has toured world-wide as a musician and dancer. The intersection of music, dance, and improvisation is where she thrives. She has co-written two books on finger cymbal music notation and has created an online training program to teach her signature Baksana vocabulary. When not performing, she teaches yoga and spends lots of time outside in the Pacific Northwest forests and gardens with her daughter.
More at: BaksanaEnsemble.com
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Workshop will be taught in-person and online simultaneously! In-studio attendance is limited, offered on a first come first served basis, and all in-studio registrants must be vaccinated (proof may be requested). Masks must be worn in public areas, but are not required in the classroom. Thanks for your understanding as we strive to keep our community safe.
$40 for 2 hours of awesome instruction $30 early bird registration by 8/8 noon |
Using Your Music
with Shay Moore of DRD
This workshop will be an exploration of musical structure and improvisational dance. This was to be the conclusion of our 2020 holiday specialty class series that had to be cancelled. We'll flesh this one out to be able to review some of the movements and concepts from the previous workshop, since it was a while ago. Then we will dig into:
* simple musical structure
* ways to actively listen and respond to your music
* methods to map your music so you can visualize it in a way that makes sense for you
* texture and emotion and how it drives your movement choices
If you paid for the series back in December, there will be no additional cost to you to attend this expanded workshop.
Date TBA.
* simple musical structure
* ways to actively listen and respond to your music
* methods to map your music so you can visualize it in a way that makes sense for you
* texture and emotion and how it drives your movement choices
If you paid for the series back in December, there will be no additional cost to you to attend this expanded workshop.
Date TBA.
Bellydance Anatomy
with Niffer Supowit of DRD
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NEW DATE TBA!
1-3pm in Zoom Niffer will be teaching the basics of skeletal and muscle anatomy for understanding dance movement in a live stream 2-hour workshop. Drawing from 13 years of experience as a Doctor of Physical Therapy, and 14 years of FCBD and World Caravan style dance, she will put together what happens under the skin to form the shape and flow of movement dancers create with their bodies. |