For eight weeks, twice a year, BAX | Brooklyn Arts Exchange provides a home for Dance To The People to curate donation based classes, inviting teachers who seek to develop a particular technique, or answer specific movement questions, hence making the learning space a collective laboratory.
This series is geared towards the professional development of dance teachers and as a means to offer affordable dance classes to a wide community of dance lovers and movers.
By offering a collective alternative in the exchange of knowledge in the dance/arts community, Dance to the People mirrors BAX’s commitment to challenge the manifestations of whiteness, able-bodiedness and privilege through anti-oppression, and pro-inclusion work.
previous series have included:
Estado Flotante Shifting Through
Pooja Uberoi BollyJazz
Krystal LaBeija Ballroom Vogue
Dani Criss Diasporic Dance Workshop
Melissa Escano Afro-Colombian
dorren moglii smith elemental flow
ogemdi ude (re) membering
ainesh madan contemporary
yamini kalluri kuchipudi
sandra kluge tap improv
rina espiritu radical spontaneity
erin bell somatic movement
lauren hlubny acting for dancers
alfonso castro in PLAY with GRAVITY
slowdanger embodied movement
emily smith poetry of body
brianna taylor contemporary release
Rohan Bhagarva Contemporary/Modern
EmmaGrace Skove-Epes Mixed Practice
Alvaro Gonzalez Shifting Through
Laura Jervidalo Ravn floorwork
Talli Jacksoncontemporary/ modern
Pavel Machuca modern
Jen roit contemporary
Diane Tomasi modern and acrobatics
Joya Powell Socially Conscious Choreography
Marissa Brown Contemporary
Grazia Capri Contemporary
Xiang Xu Chinese contemporary
Mauri Connors modern/post-modern
Samsam Yung Post Modern (various)
Vanessa Vargas contemporary
Nicole Touzien Thai Yoga
Rachel Rinehardt Modern
Ethan Meigs Martial Movements
Megan Minturn contemporary accumulation
Dionna Pridgeon Contemporary barre
Michelle Applebaum movement as body language and intention
Donna costello Community SWING and IMPROVISATION
Charlotte Colmant Modern/ contemporary
Angel Kaba Afro Urban Dance
Kate digby Interoceptive-Physical Integration
Billy Schultz, Fun and Comedy in the Impossible
Melissa Lohman Japanese Butoh and Noguchi gymnastics
Clarisse Roud Limon-Humphrey Technique
Joanna Stone Contact Improvisation Fundamentals,
This series is supported through BAX's CREATING SPACE program, a workshop series curated and produced by current and former BAX AIR, faculty, and staff, providing opportunities to support and develop artists of all races, backgrounds, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities, and aesthetic traditions. For more info visit http://artistservices.bax.org/artists-activated/