- Bridgman/Packer
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What not to miss this semester!
Partnering Dance Workshop with Bridgman / Packer
TEENS & ADULTS: Saturday March 29, 11 am-1 pm • Art Bridgman &
Myrna Packer • $25 • Limit: 20 • Location TBA
"Myrna Packer and Art Bridgman are unusually deft and magnetic performers... Their dancing is at once suave, powerful, controlled, loose, and incisive," says the Washington Post. Learn their unique approach to partnering in this non-gender specific workshop, emphasizing
release, ease, and strength. All levels welcome to build exhilarating and risk-taking trios and
group forms of partnering. Participants need not come with a partner.
PLUS . . .
Music Improvisation Workshop with Ken Field
TEENS & ADULTS: Thursday, March 27 • 6–8 pm • Ken Field • $20 • Limit: 15 • Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center
Composer and saxophonist Ken Field is acclaimed for his work with Birdsongs of the
Mesozoic, Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, Bridgman/Packer Dance, and Sesame
Street! This workshop for intermediate and advanced students of music will explore
rhythmic repetition vs. variation, tonality vs. atonality, simultaneous contrapuntal
improvisation, and other aspects of modern groove-based improv performance. Bring your instrument!
The Moving Voice with Robert Een
TEENS & ADULTS: Saturday, March 29 • 10–11:30 am • Robert Een • $20 • Limit: 15 • Hoehl Studio Lab, third floor
An experiential investigation of the voice as it relates to our resonant, physical body, this workshop
explores the primal qualities of the voice and how it interfaces with breath, anatomy, and the space
around us. Een, a critically acclaimed composer, singer, and cellist who has won both Bessie (The New
York Dance and Performance Award) and Obie awards, values all possible sounds emitted by the
human voice in his physical approach to singing.
Hands-On Frame Drum Workshop with Glen Velez
TEENS & ADULTS: Saturday, March 29 • 10:30 am–12 pm • Glen Velez • $20 • Limit: 15 • FlynnSpace
Learn how to play the North African tar drum using simple drum language and Arabic rhythms
from Grammy winner Glen Velez, whose unique style of drumming is derived from South Indian, Central
Asian, Arabic, and South Italian traditions. An easy and fun approach to community drumming, this
workshop will also explore "Overtone Singing," an ancient use of the voice that allows one person to
sing two or more notes. No experience necessary. Drums provided.
Links to MainStage performance: Bridgman / Packer Dance • Friday, March 28 • 8 pm
The Flynn’s dance program instills a lifelong love of dance, helping veteran dancers and first-timers alike experience the power of their bodies as expressive instruments and discover their unique movement capabilities. Classes cover a breadth of styles, teaching technique while helping students trust their own instincts—instilling confidence and a sense of accomplishment. Classes focus on process rather than product, but a year-end optional performance satisfies dancers’ desire to share their growth and hard work with family and friends. Our program is enhanced by connections to the world-class artists who perform on the Flynn MainStage and share their dance styles and ideas with FlynnArts students in masterclass settings. Drop-in students are permitted in teen/adult classes on a space-available basis for $16 per class. However, most classes fill up quickly with registered students, leaving no room for drop-ins. It is wise to secure a space in class by registering for the full semester.
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