Playlist May 27 - June 5 (The album is that good)

[song - artist - album]
opening
The Master Delivers - Earl Tutu - Nightmares on Wax/Wax On Records
warmup
Fingerpaint (Original Mix) - Digital Witchcraft
tendus
Nattöppet - Detektivbyrån - E18 Album
plies
Teach U a Lesson - Robin Thicke - The Evolution of Robin Thicke
adage
So Many Ways - Gelka - Nightmares on Wax/Wax On Records
xfloor
And the Living is Easy! - Guts - Nightmares on Wax/Wax On Records
combo
10 Ways of Return - Marcel - Nightmares on Wax/Wax On Records
stretch
Kudos - Benji Boko - Nightmares on Wax/Wax On Records

bells + accordian = Detektivbyrån

i just bought their album. bells will be heard in class very soon.

May 20/22 Playlist

[song - artist - album]
opening
Softly Moses - Erin McKeown - Voices on the Verge

warmup
Fingerpaint (Original Mix) - Digital Witchcraft
tendus
Divinornum (Quantic Remix) - Ocote Soul Sounds & Adrian Quesada
plies
Teach U a Lesson - Robin Thicke - The Evolution of Robin Thicke
adage
I Feel - The Sundays - Blind
xfloor
I'm 9 Today - Mum - Yesterday Was Dramatic / Today is OK
combo
Paper Planes (DFA Remix) - M.I.A. - Paper Planes EP
stretch
Option - Naomi

Register this week!

If you know anyone that might be interested, please spread the word!

May 13/15 Playlist

[song - artist - album]

warmup
Fingerpaint (Original Mix) - Digital Witchcraft
tendus
Divinornum (Quantic Remix) - Ocote Soul Sounds & Adrian Quesada
plies
Woman In Chains - Tears for Fears
adage
Too Late - Fisher - Uppers & Downers
xfloor
Change Down - bonobo - Dial 'M' for Moneky
combo
Paper Planes (DFA Remix) - M.I.A. - Paper Planes EP

Update!

Felice will be teaching class for me this Thursday, May 8! I'll be back next Tuesday. Enjoy!

April 22/24 playlist

[song - artist - album]

warmup
Fingerpaint (Original Mix) - Digital Witchcraft
tendus
Hailin' from the Edge - Apparat - Walls
plies
Hoko Onchi - Dive Index - Mid/Air
adage
Too Late - Fisher - Uppers and Downers
xfloor
Ants - edIT - Crying over Pros for No Reason
combo
Fall Away - Milosh - Meme
stretch
tracks from Radiohead - In Rainbows

National Dance Week starts this Friday - Check out the schedule!

National Dance Week is upon us, and it's an amazing opportunity for people to experience all kinds of FREE dance events, from showcases to classes to open rehearsals. It's not just limited to Euro classical dance forms, but features ethnic styles, partner dancing, and some local specialties like circus and hoop!

I'm teaching a free class this Sunday, the 27th. It will all be material we've done in class already, and I think I'm going to do the combo we did that we flipped to face the other direction for partnering.

April 27th
Sample Contemporary Jazz class with Jenni Bregman
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Cost: FREE
San Francisco Dance Center
26 7th Street (between Market + Mission)
San Francisco, CA

PDP is having an open rehearsal on the same day, if you're interested in seeing what it's like when we're learning Stacey's intricate choreography for the first time. She moves fast, so we're often totally lost. Fun!

April 27th
Open Rehearsal and Showing for Bay Area National Dance Week
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Cost: FREE
San Francisco Dance Center
26 7th Street (between Market + Mission)
San Francisco, CA

And SAVE THE DATE - Our annual spring show has moved from Marin to SF. We'll be sharing an evening with the lovely Paco Gomez and dancers at Dance Mission in just three weeks! PDP will perform a new piece called Point B (in which I finally get to wear a party dress onstage!), plus that skittle-tastic oldie-but-goodie Shift (in which I am stepping in as Grape*), and the new sexy velvet Birds, Bees and Other Metaphors.

May 9th - 11th
"A Home In Common"
Friday + Sat / 8pm
Sunday / 7pm

Dance Mission Theatre
3316 24th Street (at Mission)
San Francisco, CA
For reservations: 415.273.4633

This will be a shared evening of dance with Printz Dance Project and Paco Gomes dancers.
PDP will premiere Point B and will perform two audience favorites.




*it is not really about Skittles. Or fruit flavors.

Performance Workshop!

I will be teaching a workshop during the month of June for those students interested in delving a little deeper than the class experience. We'll create an entire piece together, and then have an informal showing of our work for friends and family at the end.

The studio and I just settled on the schedule a couple days ago, so I don't have sign-up forms or fliers, but the barest details are these:

Month of June
Tuesdays and Thursdays for one hour after class: 7:30 - 8:30
$120 for 8 sessions
Mixed level (My goal is to customize sections of choreography to your abilities)
Class is not required on those days, but I suggest taking mine, Heide's or other, since a warmup will not be given in rehearsals.

If you plan to take advantage of this workshop, please feel free to let me know what kind of work you would be interested to try. I'm very open to suggestions around movement style, partnering, music quality, etc.

More info to come!

April 1/3 playlist

[song - artist - album]

warmup
Fingerpaint (Original Mix) - Digital Witchcraft
tendus/leg work
Save Me - Jem - Finally Woken
plies
Alone Again So - Kid Loco - A Grand Love Story
turns
come in - lemongrass - fleur solaire
xfloor
Pois'E - Ming + FS - itunes exclsv
combo
Ants - edIT - Crying over Pros for No Reason