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are dedicated to nurturing the unique creativity of your own
expression, through the exploration and practice of contemporary
methods with passionate, intelligent, and informed artist-instructors.
Links Hall is located at 3435 N. Sheffield Avenue, Chicago.
CTA Trains/Buses: Red Line to Addison or Belmont, Brown line
to Belmont, Clark Bus to Clark/Newport. Driving: parking is
a challenge, there are meters and residential codes apply.
Pay lots are available up to $20. Please call us for directions,
suggestions. Links Hall is a second floor walk-up; there is
no elevator or escalator.
For more information or to register for
any of the following workshops contact Erica or CJ at 773.281.0824
or info@linkshall.org.
Links Hall is located at 3435 N. Sheffield
Avenue, convenient to the Addison Red Line El stop.
CLASS POLICIES
Classes are usually open to all participants with at least
beginning/intermediate skills in body/mind awareness (such
as those developed through dance, yoga, martial arts, etc.)
Please wear bare feet and comfortable clothing, and arrive
at least 5 minutes prior to class to sign in and change. Refunds
only in cases of illness or injury.
Please check the Links Hall bulletin board
for independent dance and movement
classes that are going on in the space.
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Advanced
Movement
with Molly Shanahan of Mad Shak Dance Company
March 27 through May 15, 2006
Mondays, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
$12 per class, drop-in’s welcome
Shanahan's advanced movement classes stem from her improvisational,
compositional, and pedagogical research, study of the Feldenkrais
Method, mindfulness, and a softening of muscular holding to release
the skeleton for increased expressivity and articulation. www.madshak.com
Dancers Direct
with Molly Shanahan of Mad Shak Dance Company, and others
April 3 & May 1, 2006
Mondays, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
$10 per session
Dancers Direct is a series of four monthly gatherings for artist/administrators
at any stage of their careers. The first hour includes information
exchange and discussion about Grantwriting (April) and Marketing
(May), with the final hour devoted to silent, unstructured, movement
practice.
Lucky Pierre Workshop
April 8 & 15, 2006
Saturdays, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
$80 general, $60 students/unemployed
Lucky Pierre, the internationally renowned performance collective,
leads a workshop that explores the group’s process of collecting,
creating, and editing work. Participants will build short collaborative
performances by engaging found, generated, and assigned source material
using techniques Lucky Pierre has brought into its own process.
Writers, painters, sound artists, and performers of all types are
welcome; all ages and experience levels. www.luckypierre.org
Do-It-Yourself Marketing and Publicity
with Sarah Best
April 22, 2006
Saturday, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
$30
Learn three skills in three hours to promote your next artistic
project: develop a strategy (what are your angles? what are your
goals? who are your target audiences? which media should you target?);
create an action plan to help you reach your goals (timeline, budget,
tools); and write a basic press release. Come prepared to brainstorm
and to talk about a project you would like to promote.
Inner Workings of the Dramaturgical
Process
with Ralph Lemon and Katherine Profeta
April 29, 2006
Saturday, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
$30
New York City-based dramaturg Katherine Profeta and choreographer
Ralph Lemon worked together for over six years to create The Geography
Trilogy. Part of The Chicago Dancemakers Forum’s series on
Dramaturgy in Dance, Katherine and Ralph will lead this practical
workshop, sharing the inner workings of their own process, to help
choreographers better grasp how the dramaturgical process might
benefit their own dancemaking.
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