DANCE CLASSES AT BYRDCLIFFE
Spring and Summer 2012 Dance Class Schedule
There will be two more Dance Workshop series this spring and summer at Byrdcliffe's Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, 36 Tinker Street, Woodstock on Tuesdays (10:30 am - 12:00 pm).
Dance Workshop 2: medium experience level - Clyde Forth
Tuesdays, 2012, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm (beginning Tuesday, May 8 through Tuesday, June 12, 2012)
Class dates: May 8, 15, 22, 29, June 5 and 12
Price for workshop series: $84 for the 6-class workshop series (inquire about per class price if you can't attend all 6 weeks)
Description: Classes begin on the floor with a core and spinal warm-up, working out from center and up to standing. Standing phrases and across-the-floor work pull from ballet, modern and contemporary techniques for strengthening. Our full-out dancing will include both learning set choreography and inventing material with a focus on breath, internal phrasing and isolation of movement.
This class is geared toward teen and adult dancers with experience and interest in performing.
Please sign up and pay your class fee online! Deadline for registration: May 4, 2012.
Dance Workshop 3: medium experience level - Clyde Forth
Tuesdays, 2012, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm (beginning Tuesday, July 3 through Tuesday, August 7, 2012)
Class dates: July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, and August 7
Price for workshop series: $84 for the 6-class workshop series (inquire about per class price if you can't attend all 6 weeks)
Description: Classes begin on the floor with a core and spinal warm-up, working out from center and up to standing. Standing phrases and across-the-floor work pull from ballet, modern and contemporary techniques for strengthening. Our full-out dancing will include both learning set choreography and inventing material with a focus on breath, internal phrasing and isolation of movement.
This class is geared toward teen and adult dancers with experience and interest in performing.
Please sign up and pay your class fee online! Deadline for registration: June 29, 2012.
Clyde Forth is an improviser, choreographer and visual artist whose creative work crosses the boundaries of dance, drawing, sculpture, video and poetry for the last twenty years. She holds a Master of Fine Arts from Bennington College and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Carnegie Mellon University. Clyde’s work has been presented in NYC through Movement Research, Williamsburg Art Nexus, Artists Space and Merce Cunningham Studio among others. Recent work and collaborations with other choreographers and composers were presented in Woodstock NY, Baltimore MD, Washington DC, and Troy NY. Clyde Forth Visual Theatre completed its sixth season of original work in New York City in September 2009 at Merce Cunningham Studio. She is one of 12 international choreographers awarded a 2005 Dance Omi Residency. Clyde currently teaches in the Theater and Visual Arts departments at SUNY Ulster, independently offers dance classes and workshops for all ages, and is a Senior Instructor at The Pilates Club in Saugerties, NY. More about Clyde Forth can be found at http://www.clydeforth.net.
