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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.
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Treasure Hunt, a Festival of Experimental Arts
Festival Workshops:
enemyResearch - Why You Love What You Hate
Saturday, March 21, 2-5pm
$10 ($7 students) REGISTER NOW!
Bring a friend, enemy, lover, hater, collaborator (or go stag and meet a partner) and learn methods for two-person performance making. enemyResearch performs during week 3 of Treasure Hunt.
Big Dog Eat Child - From Sketch to Viral Video
Saturday, March 28, 3:30-6pm
$20 ($15 students) REGISTER NOW!
Learn how to turn your sketch comedy writing into popular internet video from the guys behind Jones' Big Ass Truck Rental and Storage, the viral video with over a million hits on YouTube. Big Dog Each Child performs during week 4 of Treasure Hunt.
Other Workshops in March:
Amii LeGendre (Hudson, NY)
Reaching Beyond Boundaries
Saturday, March 7, 12–3pm
$35 ($25 students, unemployed),
REGISTER NOW!
Learn how to use break dancing, gymnastics, and capoeira as dance techniques, and build skills to make improvisation communicate clearly to an audience. LeGendre, who was based in Seattle for 15 years but now dances and teaches in New England, will teach two of her own specialty techniques:
Technique /Beyond Vertical - this technique class provides an understanding of one’s body in supported dancing on the floor, in the air, and upside down. Students will find courage and stability to fly into simple gymnastic tricks such as rolls, handstand, and related but more exciting manipulations. The goal is to seek, adore, and make peace with disorientation in full-scale phrase work.
Ensemble Thinking - Based in the work of pioneer improviser Nina Martin, this system of scores helps us to make clear points of departure for thinking about, looking at, talking about, and making clear and innovative dance performance. In this part of the workshop we’ll look at supporting the focus and taking the focus. This simple but powerful skill helps us internalize how to direct the audience’s eye and how to make performable improvisation that communicates clearly to an audience.
Move on Mondays with Sharon Bridgforth (Austin, TX)
DIALOGUE: TRANSGRESSING FORM
Monday, March 23, 7-9pm
FREE,
REGISTER NOW!
This class will focus on breaking form, making a living as an artist, and using art as a tool for change. Poets/dancers/spoken word artists/hip hop artists/performance artists/visual artists/musicians of all experience levels....people that do not easily fit in box, artists that do not flow in mainstream culture, people that are not hooked into systems of privilege and support.
Sharon Bridgforth is a multiple award-winning artist who has broken ground in the creation and presentation of the performance/novel and advanced the articulation of the Jazz aesthetic in theatre. Her work has been anthologized and produced widely. Bridgforth is currently touring her interdiscplinary theatre piece delta dandi. She will be an Artist In-Residence at Northwestern University's Performance Studies Department in the Fall of 2009.
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