Intermediate/Advanced Modern Dance with Shannon Norquist// Mondays @6:30-8:00pm // $13 per class; $60 for 6 classes
The Intermediate/Advanced Modern class will focus on movement that has been informed by the many voices of my artistic journey. Among the loudest voices are Della Cowall, Stephanie Stanford-Shaw, Deb Meunier, Betsy Miller and Jessika Davis. Dance should accomplish a few discrete objectives: Beauty, Community and Strength. Class will move toward these goals through traditional modern dance floorwork, phrases and travelling in space as well as improvisational techniques. My hope is that dancers will leave the studio feeling greater beauty, strength and a deeper sense of connectedness to a community, perhaps even to their own stories.
Hatha Yoga with Angie Hartley // Tuesdays @ 5:30-6:30pm // $5 drop-in
This Hatha style yoga class aims to engage a community through open-level group practice. Student practitioners should expect to receive clear and specific physical cues, while being encouraged to reach beyond a purely physical experience. The theme of compassionate self-awareness will be woven into each class, building community through understanding and acceptance of the self.
Angie Hartley is a yoga practioner, dancer, choreographer and teacher. She received her BA from Keene State College in Theater and Dance and has since showed work and performed at the American Dance Festival, and in Boston, Providence and South Korea. She is certified to teach elementary school in New Hampshire and Rhode Island and recently completed her 200-hour yoga teacher training at the Kripalu School of Yoga. She is thrilled to share embodied awareness with movers of all abilities and backgrounds.
Open Life Drawing – Drop-in: 6pm-8:30pm – $7
Bring your own drawing materials, we supply seats and model.
We are always looking for new models, please inquire at: lifedrawing@as220.org
Intermediate Ballet // Tuesdays @ 7-8:30pm // $13 per class; $60 for 6 classes
Classical ballet with an anatomical approach and an emphasis on the joy of movement! This class is designed to build on ballet basics and introduce more advanced movement vocabulary and complex combinations, while approaching the form through a clear understanding of body mechanics. Come discover how to use your body safely and efficiently to create both clarity and expressivity in your dancing.
Betsy Miller is a dance artist and educator currently based in Providence, RI. She has trained in the Vaganova, Cecchetti, RAD, and Bournonville styles, and combines elements of each along with a somatic approach to ballet. Her choreography has been presented in New York, Ohio, Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Texas, and she has received funding from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, the City of Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism, The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and The Ohio State University. She has performed with Lostwax Multimedia Dance, Fusionworks Company and shove gently dance, and has recently appeared in works by Kathleen Hermesdorf, Heidi Henderson, Terry Creach, Doug Varone, Pascal Rioult, Rose Pasquarello Beauchamp, Rachel Boggia, Stephanie Turner, and Deb Meunier. Betsy serves as the Dance Coordinator of AS220. She is on faculty at Providence College, Dean College, and AS220, and regularly teaches as a guest artist throughout New England and beyond. Betsy holds an MFA in Dance from The Ohio State University and a BA in Dance from Connecticut College.
BEN CHRISTIE:
Formerly of No Ocean
Will plays electric banjo. He grew up in Missouri and learned to play banjo before coming to school on the east coast. He bought an amp and pickup and took it electric! Recent influences include Dinosaur Jr., Oh,Rose (indie band out of Washington), Cisco Houston, Lester Flatt, MegaBog (seen at as220), as well as some hip hop – Ice Cube, Nas,and MFDoom especially.
Jacob Haller has been a fixture of the Rhode Island music scene for the past ten years, and has been frequently featured in popular shows such as AS220’s Empire Revue and Common Fence Point Music’s annual Gathering of Fiddlers & Fishermen.
In 2010 he was nominated for ‘Best Singer/Songwriter’ in the Providence Phoenix, and, in 2011, his song ‘The Ballad of Anne Hutchinson’ was one of those selected to be played in ‘Singing About Providence’, a show celebrating Providence’s 375th anniversary put on by HEAR In Rhode Island and the Rhode Island
Lunchtime Vinyasa Yoga with Julie Shore // Wednesdays @ 12-1pm // only $5 per class! A one-hour beginner Vinyasa yoga that focuses on the foundations of classical Vinyasa flow, emphasizing movement and breath as synchronized experience. Attention to fundamental asana (postures) will prepare students for their flow sequence and is designed to help beginners develop their own practice.
Julie Shore is an experienced and dedicated yoga practitioner with a passion for teaching. A California native, she has called Providence home since 2009, moving here after completing her BA at Bard College. She received her training from Eyes of the World Yoga Center and continues to deepen her studies as she builds her teaching practice. Yoga has continued to be a source of strength and insight in Julie’s life. Her classes translate a technical knowledge of vinyasa asana, with underpinnings of yogic philosophy which point to developing mindfulness and compassionate awareness.
Providence Student Union aspires to be a genuinely youth-led union for students based in Providence, Rhode Island. Through PSU, young people will freely unite to develop leadership skills, organize for ground-up improvements to their schools, and ultimately win a fair say in their education system.
Open Level Modern Dance with Katie McNamara & Olase Freeman// Wednesdays @ 6:30-8pm // $13 per class; $60 for 6 classes
This open level class welcomes a wide spectrum of movers who want to explore fundamental physical connections and integrate those within expressive movement. The class begins on the floor in explorations of weight, momentum and range of motion in joints. Moving to a mid-level we will take time to condition the muscles within efficient patterns. In standing we investigate the dynamics of opposition in balance, gesture and weight shift to traverse the space across, under and around. All are welcome!
Olase Freeman (BA Wesleyan University 1994, MFA UWM 2011) presently involved in an extended residency called “fatherhood”, lives in Rhode Island with his partner Kathryn McNamara. A partial list of the companies he has worked with include the Richard Bull Dance Theater, Jane Comfort & Co., Creach/Dance, Marlies Yearby’s Movin’ Spirits Theater, Headlong Dance Theater, and Leah Stein Dance Company. Olase’s choreographic work has been performed in such diverse venues as The Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX), Movement Research at Judson Church, Link’s Hall (Chicago), the Cunningham Studio, Joyce/Soho, Dixon Place, Thelma Hill (Long Island University), the Philadelphia Fringe Festival (2002), as well as RIIPN/Cheek-to-Cheek and American Dance Legacy Institute (Brown University). As a teacher, in addition to being on faculty of Rhode Island College from 2008-2010, as well as Muhlenberg College in 2011-2012, Olase has conducted residencies and taught classes at the Firkin Crane (Cork City, Ireland), Curitiba and Londrina (Brazil), Congresso Internacional de Danza a nivel Baja California, Mexico, Western Wyoming Community College, the DanceCenter at Columbia College (Chicago), SUNY Brockport, Hobart/William Smith College, Link’s Hall (Chicago), CalState San Marcos, Sushi Performance Inc. (San Diego), Mountlake Terrace Recreation Pavilion, (Seattle, WA), and University of Montana, Missoula.
Katie McNamara is a dance artist, a cook, a mother and a teacher. Along with her husband Olase Freeman, she co-directs their company, BaldSoul, within which they strive to find the locus where art and life coexist. Their most recent work is parenting a beautiful boy, Kayin Effie. Katie spent her preliminary professional years in Philadelphia where she danced with Group Motion, Scrap Performance Group and Leah Stein Dance Company. She was deeply influenced by the city’s diverse artistic community and the raw spontaneity of it‘s stage. During this time she also co-founded and directed the Bald Mermaids, named “best new modern dance company” by Philadelphia’s City Paper. Her work has been shown at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Philadelphia’s Painted Bride Art Center, the Carriage House, Galapagos Art Space, the Projekt Theatre (Dresden, Germany) as well as during the Silesian Dance Festival (Bytom, Poland). Her recent choreographic residencies include Rhode Island College Dance Company, Providence College Dance Company, Roger Williams University and Salve Regina University. Katie currently teaches Dance Composition at Dean College and has had a fourteen year career as a Pilates teacher-certified through Pilates Method Alliance. She is pursuing a MFA in dance at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Prime Action // Thursdays @6:30-8:00pm // $13 per class; $60 for 6 classes
Prime Action is a contemporary form based in African Diasporic and modern dance traditions that work towards enlivening a presence of be-ing in the body. The class incorporates floor work to develop an agile and responsive central column through the activation and articulation of the pelvis, torso (spine/rib cage), neck and head. Standing center focuses on the coordination and strengthening of the extremities with exercises for the hands and arms, legs and feet. Traveling work integrates various elements of floor and center work with progressive movements, phrases, and improvisational explorations. Finally, Phrase work brings together all technical components into choreographic phrase work that encourages mind/body/spirit expressivity.
CAT HAS CLAWS is an indie synth rock trio from Providence, RI.
The band is co-fronted by all three members: Julie Bozek on Guitar/Vocals, Buck St. Thomas on Drums/Vocals, and Matt Hebert on Keyboards/Vocals. With all members sharing the lead, CAT HAS CLAWS have built a unique style that is diverse yet unified. Stylistic influences range from indie/alt rock, to hip-hop, to electronic/synthpop. Their live shows focus on a minimal setup with a big sound, combined with an energetic and entertaining performance.
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Open Level Contemporary African Dance w/ Mekbul J. Tahir// Fridays @ 6:30-7:30pm // $13 per class; $60 for 6-class package
The technique Acogny is the only recognized contemporary dance technique created in Africa. It was created by Germaine Acogny, the mother of African contemporary dance. Based on traditional African dance (especially Senegal and Benin) and Western dance techniques (classical ballet, release, and Graham technique), the philosophy of this technique is about identity: placing yourself inside the community and nature, and being aware of your own body. The technique respects every different body, and addresses life and the connection between human being and nature. Joy, play, love and music are the fundaments of the spirit of the technique.
Mekbul Jemal Tahir is an international choreographer, dancer, and teacher. He is one of the founding members of Adugna Community Dance Theatre Company, which is based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Since completing a five-year training program accredited by Middlesex University (UK) in 2001, he has been performing and teaching African contemporary dance, contact improvisation, and community dance and theatre in Ethiopia and abroad. Among others, his projects have included the 2005 Kin-Addis Project in the DRC, Ethiopia, and France, and the 2006 Can Do Can Dance Project in Hamburg, Germany. In 2007, he performed a lead role in As the Mother of a Brown Boy, which opened at Chickenshed Theatre Company in London and later traveled to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where it was nominated for two awards. He is also one of the dancers who were selected to study Germaine Acogny’s dance and certified to teach her technique. Now a resident of Massachusetts, he divides his time between work with Adugna in Ethiopia and projects in Africa, Europe, and the United States.
The Providence Y2K16 International Live Looping Festival will be a three day event starting on Friday, September 30th at AS220 in Providence, Rhode Island. Over 30 local, national, and international live looping artists will be creating music in multiple genres for all audiences, all ages. We are raising money to launch the festival, support the artists’ stay in our city, and take Providence one step further in creating a vibrant arts community with an international presence.
All Tickets $7 in advance, $10 at the door.
Friday, September 30th, 9pm-1am, AS220 Mainstage
Saturday October 1st, 1pm-5pm, AS220 Blackbox
9pm-1am, AS220 Mainstage
Sunday October 2nd, 3pm-8pm, AS220 Blackbox
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Saturday Switch Series offers instruction in workshop-based setting from a rotating roster of guest artists.
Time: 10-12pm
Cost: $15 per class
October 1st:
Nikki Carrara, Modern Technique (Dance Artist and Educator)
Contemporary dance for every body.
Nikki invites dancers of all experiences to join this lighthearted and rigorous exploration of the moving body through space and time. She offers a thoughtful progression of exercises and explorations designed to bridge spaces between awareness and motion while connecting us to our personal and communal roles in the community dance class. All the while, we will accumulate information along the way that is expressed in an extended movement phrase and take some time to cool down and contemplate new sensations before leaving each other and re-entering our lives outside the dance studio. It’s going to be great. You should go.
Photo: Mia Campopiano
Upcoming Workshop(s):
15th: Amenawon Okundaye, Hip Hop
November:
5th: Caitlin Trainor, Contemporary Technique (Director, Trainor Dance)
19th: TBA
December:
3rd: Bill Evans, Evans Laban/Bartenieff Based Dance Technique (Director, The Bill Evans Dance Company)
17th: Shawn Hove, Modern Technique (Director, shove gently dance/theater)
IN THE GALLERIES | OCTOBER 3-24, 2016
opening reception | September 10th, 5-7p.m.
AS220 Project Space
Behind The Mask
new work by Carol Scavotto
Reading Room
Horizon Line
Janice Lee Kelly and Maggie Siegel
AS220 Main Gallery
Me-nag-er-ie
a creature feature by the artists of RHD
AS220 Resident Gallery
Embodied
AS220 Residents group show
The Providence Y2K16 International Live Looping Festival will be a three day event starting on Friday, September 30th at AS220 in Providence, Rhode Island. Over 30 local, national, and international live looping artists will be creating music in multiple genres for all audiences, all ages. We are raising money to launch the festival, support the artists’ stay in our city, and take Providence one step further in creating a vibrant arts community with an international presence.
All Tickets $7 in advance, $10 at the door.
Friday, September 30th, 9pm-1am, AS220 Mainstage
Saturday October 1st, 1pm-5pm, AS220 Blackbox
9pm-1am, AS220 Mainstage
Sunday October 2nd, 3pm-8pm, AS220 Blackbox
https://www.facebook.com/PVDLoop/
