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Ken
Martini:
My love of dance and music has propelled me to share that which has
so enriched my life. Seeing others empowered in their movement brings
tremendous joy for me. Contact Improvisation over the last 15 years
has been my primary dance discipline. I have been teaching Contact
Improvisation for eight years and am currently developing the "Nurturedance"
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Denise Martini:
My teaching is inspired by my studies in Continuum Movement and Contact
Improvisation. I have privately practiced Massage Therapy for 11 years
and I am s a certified Hakomi Therapist. I am deeply interested in
how participating with ones "inner" world affects ones "outer"
movement. Prior to entering the world of Somatic practices I trained
as a performing dancer in New York and was a performance artist for
six years.
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Lisa
Alpine:
I have been teaching
dance as a healing art form for twelve years. My workshop programs
are always evolving, reflecting my own exploration into the infinite
possibilities of movement. Along with leading group dance workshops
taught at my Dance Weaver studio in Marin County and around the
world, my specialty is working one-on-one with my clients in private
sessions. To view the full calendar and descriptions of workshops,
read about my philosophy and receive a free Journey Into Movement
newsletter, visit: http://danceweaver.com
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Olivia Corson:
M.A. Expressive Arts, B.F.A. Dance, is a spirited and inspiring SF
Bay Area movement theater artist. A pioneering somatic educator, she
has developed the Body Tales® work for more than 20 years, infusing
it with passion for the earth and for the movement and stories that
renew and sustain us.Cor son teaches and performs extensively, and
over the last decade has led Body Tales retreats well off the beaten
track in the U.S., Mexico, and Costa Rica. http://www.bodytales.com/
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Keith Hennesy:
Hennessy is a Canadian-born,
interdisciplinary artist and citizen living in community in San Francisco.
He has won numerous awards and commissions for choreography, performance
and organizing. Keith is artistic director of CIRCO ZERO and was a
founding member of the internationally acclaimed, performance collaboratives,
CAHIN-CAHA, cirque bâtard, CORE and CONTRABAND. Hennessy¹s
solo performance has been produced throughout the US and beyond. From
1991-2002 Keith co-directed 848 Community Space, a thriving urban
gallery & performance space. He is on the MFA faculty at Goddard
College, and has been teaching unique hybrids of performance, improvisation,
and public ritual for 20 years.
Site:
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Melinda Deamon:
Melinda is the premier instructor on the Dance Alive staff, having
trained extensively with creator and founder, Mariane Karou and is
very excited to be bringing Dance Alive to the Bay area. She embodies
the Dance Alive Method and guides students into the discovery of themselves
through movement, breath and sound. She is a soothing, inspiring and
nurturing guide into and out of the depths of the human body. Melinda
also offers Private Sessions in Movement, Breath and Sound, Sensation
Awareness, Tracking and Unwinding, and Fluid Bodywork. She is a uniquely
qualified teacher and guide who encourages each student to listen
within and discover the truth inside of themselves.
Site:
www.dancealive.com/
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Ernie
Adams:
Ernie is a dancer with over twenty years experience teaching Contact
Improvisation. As a young modern dancer in 1973, he was drawn to
Contact Improvisation because of its unpredictable, free flowing,
and playful nature. The presence and awareness required of the dancing
inspired him to explore improvisation as a discipline for self-development
as well as performance art. It offered a place where theater, community
and life could merge. These experiences became the foundation for
his performing, teaching and touring in the USA and Europe, with
Mangrove (1977-81) and Umbrella for the Performing Arts (1982-86).
His work has been deeply influenced by Anna Halprin, Bonnie Cohen
(Body-Mind Centering), Joan Skinner (Releasing Technique), and Moshe
Feldenkrais. He has been a Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner®,
since 1993, specializing in movement re-education for persons with
physical and neurological injuries and working with dancers to enhance
their performance ability. He has a private practice in the Berkeley/Albany
area. He is currently offering Balance, Vision & the Fear of
Falling and Easy Walking workshops and collaborating with Terry
Sendgraff combining Contact Improvisation & Aerial Dance.
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Brenton Cheng:
Brenton is a teacher, director, and performer of improvised and choreographed
work, who has been actively teaching contact improvisation and related
improvisational performance skills since 1995. He teaches on-going
contact improvisation classes in San Francisco and gives workshops
each year in various regions of France, as well as throughout Europe,
Russia, and Taiwan. The disciplined practice of improvisation is at
the heart of his work, and he draws other inspirations from release
technique, the martial arts, New Dance, bodywork, Laban/Bartenieff,
and acrobatics.
Site: http://www.bfalling.net/
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Scott Wells:
"Scott Wells has a dizzying abundance of pure dance making ability"
SF EXAMINER. Scott directs a company in San Francisco and teaches
contact improvisation and contemporary technique. His current workshops
include Wrestling with Affection, Fluid Acrobatics and Unstrictly
Ballroom (intuitive ballroom). In 2004 he has taught in Ankara, Turkey,
and will teach at the Festival of Interactive Physics in Toronto,
at Impulstanz in Vienna, for the Summer Dance Festival in San Francisco
and has received a commission to work with skateboarders and breakdancers
in Budapest.
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