February 2009 WORKSHOPS and community events  
 

Pre-registration required for all workshops.
Register with credit card online or make checks payable to Links Hall. Questions? Contact Erica at 773.281.0824 or emott@linkshall.org

Links Hall’s workshops 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.

For more information or to register for any of the following workshops contact Erica at 773.281.0824 or emott@linkshall.org

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.

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 for movement classes, and arrive at least 5 minutes prior to all classes to sign in and change. Refunds only in cases of illness or injury.

Visit the Study Groups and Jams page for independent dance and movement classes that occur regularly in the studio.

 


FEB 2, 9, 16, 23 Suzuki Method of Actor Training
FEB 7, 14, 21, 28 Advanced Suzuki Practice
FEB 23 Move on Mondays: Intro to Suzuki Training
FEB 7, 14, & 21 Feeling into Form: A Motion Laboratory
FEB 21 & 22 Roy Hart Embodied Voice Workshop
FEB 23-28 The Body of Mask

Winter Workshop Intensive


Jeremy Sher
Suzuki Method of Actor Training

Mondays, February 2, 9, 16, 23, 6:15-8pm
$100 non-refundable payment by January 16; $125 thereafter
REGISTER online

Sher, a professional actor in Chicago who has trained in Suzuki for nine years, teaches an introductory class in Suzuki, a powerful physical training technique drawing from ballet, martial arts, and Kabuki. No prior experience required.

Jeremy Sher
Advanced Suzuki Practice

Saturdays, February 7, 14, 21, 28, 3:15-6pm
$100 non-refundable payment by January 16; $125 thereafter
REGISTER online

Go deeper into Suzuki exercises, examining breath and weight shifts, and bring in personal creative work (monologue, movement score, dance piece, etc.) that could benefit from personalized coaching. Prior Suzuki experience required.

Move on Mondays
Jeremy Sher: Intro to Suzuki Training
Monday, February 23, 8-9pm
FREE and open to the public
Learn more about Move on Mondays

 
 
Lisa Gonzales & Jennifer Kayle
Feeling into Form: A Motion Laboratory

Saturdays, February 7, 14, & 21, 12:30-3pm
$75 ($60 students)
REGISTER online

Explore ways to compose new dance work through the balance of solo improvisation and a rigorous group practice. Presented by Synapse Arts Collective and led by Gonzales and Kayle, both teachers and founding members of improvisational performance company The Architects. Open to all movers with prior improvisation experience.

 
 


Carol Mendelsohn & Saule Ryan
Roy Hart Embodied Voice Workshop

Saturday & Sunday, February 21 & 22, 12:30-5:30pm
at UIC Department of Performing Arts, 1044 W. Harrison St.
$175
REGISTER online

In this highly physical workshop, participants will learn how Roy Hart Theatre voice work can help break through the artificial limits placed on the voice and enable fuller expression. Mendelsohn and Ryan have taught Roy Hart technique internationally for decades, and are the premier instructors of the form. Presented in collaboration with Department of Performing Arts, College of Architecture and the Arts, University of Illinois at Chicago.
 
 
Paola Coletto-Kaplan
The Body of Mask

Monday-Saturday, February 23-28, 10am-2pm
With special FREE public showing February 28 at noon
$200
REGISTER online

This masterclass is a hands-on experience that provokes artists (actors, playwrights, directors, and designers) with a European-based, physical theatre approach toward mask performance and creation. Coletto-Kaplan was certified as a pedagogue under Lecoq’s personal direction at École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq.

 




























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