JACKSON, Wyo. — As your favorite summertime activities draw to a close, and you’re looking for some fall fun, Dancers’ Workshop has you covered! Three don’t-miss workshops are on the calendar for September. Read more below, and reserve your spot now — these are going to fill up in the blink of an eye!
Beginner Martha Graham Instruction Workshop
Continue your modern dance experience through Martha Graham technique with DW’s very own former Graham dancer, Charlotte Landreau! This week-long workshop, made for beginners, will help you find your inner power and make you move in a more grounded way. Based on the human breath, this technique revolutionized the world of dance and was made especially for women. Don’t be shy and come try it out!
This workshop will be held Sept. 12-16, Monday-Friday, from 10 a.m.-11 a.m. in Studio 1
$20 per class | $90 for entire workshop
Guest Teacher Tika Morgan Brings Global Rhythms to Jackson Hole
Tika Morgan Dance workshops and retreats are centered around dance as a way of life. Working primarily with Cuban and Brazilian dance from the sacred to the celebratory, from contemporary to folkloric, Tika is highly skilled at bringing in the larger context of these dance lineages while pointing back to their West African roots. Tika’s work is about embodying and celebrating the power available within us. She explores the extraordinary way our body language builds community as we move together. By working with traditional and popular movements, her work offers an opportunity to delve into discovering our body’s potential as we move. Participants are guided to explore, at any level, the interplay between form and freedom and the power of moving as one. Both reverent and joyous, dancers will experience historical and symbolic references for even the most basic steps so that we experience what she calls “dancing our human story” Dance is life!
Sept. 19 – Sept. 24
6:30-8:30 p.m. (Monday – Friday) $30 Drop-in / $130 for entire week
Click here to learn more and to reserve your spot in this unforgettable workshop!
Join Tika Morgan and Rachel Holmes for a Dance & Lecture on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 11 a.m.-12 p.m., exploring the work and the cultural significance of dance in our times.
Free community class: Reggaeton Fusion Friday, Sept. 23: 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Tika created Reggaeton Fusion in 2010 and it has been wildly popular ever since! Participants will move to Reggaeton, Trap & DanceHall music while exploring the movement styles that inform Tika’s Fusion style. She pulls together moves intrinsic to the music while pointing back to their roots and putting you right inside the rhythm. Class features a lot of body isolation and hip work to enable dancers of any level to dance full out. Reggaeton Fusion will ask you to give it all you’ve got! Open to all!
Spice Up Your Skills on the Dance Floor!
Let’s face it: evenings are going to be getting colder pretty soon. Doesn’t mean your moves on the dance floor need to be anything but hot! Join Kirsten Klien and Ourdia Hodge for a five-week Salsa Cubana Workshop on Thursdays between Sept. 29 and Oct. 27.
Level 1: Our goal, first and foremost, is that participants in this class have fun while learning the fundamentals of Cuban salsa. We will work on rhythm, basic steps, turns, in short everything you need to get you moving on the dance floor outside of class. No partner is needed as we will switch partners throughout the class. An optional and free 15-minute practice will follow the lesson, so dancers can immediately implement what they just learned. Instructors will be available for questions during that period.
Level 2: This class is only open to dancers who are already at a good level in Cuban salsa rueda, and participation requires the instructor’s approval. If interested, please contact Dancers’ Workshop to be put in touch with an instructor.
$20 Drop-in | $90 for entire workshop
