Shawl-Anderson Dance Center-SADC

Join us for a special workshop from visiting artist Fred Beam!

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION: Learn how to use ASL in a dance setting with ABC Dance Choreography, a new form of Deaf Literature/Arts. ABC Choreography is a dance using ASL signs/Hand shapes. One begins with a letter in the alphabet in ASL, starting with A and moving in order through Z.

Each letter focuses on building upon the dance movement to create a specific mood, feeling, or picture in the reader’s mind. There are various types of ABC (or Alphabet) Dance. Some use all 26 letters, while others only use 5-6 of the letters in alphabetical order. Students will come up with their own choreography after learning all the required skills and vocabulary related to Deaf Dance.

INSTRUCTOR: Fred M. Beam has been a visual artist since he was a child. He won first place in the Temple Terrace Art Competition in Tampa, FL. when he was Senior in high school. His earliest artistic work appeared in NTID program pageant book, Black Deaf Advocate Pageants, Gallaudet Dance Company concert, just to name a few.

Dancers ages 16 to 99 are encouraged to attend and students can pay $21 for class or use a pass. DTP also accepted.

See the link in our Linktree to sign up and see you there!

We are excited for the State of Play Festival at ODC this week! So many great artists are sharing work, including several SADC community members. Pei-Ling Kao, Audrey Johnson, and Randee Paufve have all been a part of the SADC Artist in Residence Program over the years. Click on the Linktree to grab your festival tickets or pass today!

For Linktree:
https://odc.dance/stateofplay
Tagging ODC as a collaborator:
https://www.instagram.com/odcsf/

SADC is excited to welcome back Alexa Coleman to our faculty, teaching 3 Beginning Hip-Hop classes to youth this fall semester:
ages 5-7 (Allstars )
ages 5-7 (Block Busters )
ages 8-11 (Beg. Hip-Hop )

CLASS DESCRIPTION: Alexa’s classes will be all about the basics of Hip-Hop. Not only will students be learning to name and execute new moves but also how to incorporate them into their own creative movement, developing their movement vocabulary and cultivating their strength and range in self-expression.

INSTRUCTOR: Born and raised in San Francisco, CA, Alexa Coleman has been dancing for approximately 12 years. Her dance journey began when she joined a Hip-Hop team. There she was also introduced to Jazz, African, and Pom, all while being able to perform, travel, and compete. After about 5 years, she expanded and began to see dance as more than just a hobby and began traveling for classes, conventions, and auditions. It wasn’t until high school that Alexa was trained in ballet and contemporary. After that, at Saint Mary’s College of California, Alexa was introduced to modern and Ballet Folklorico. It was from here that Alexa was also introduced to the Shawl-Anderson Dance Center as a teacher’s assistant (TA) and has been teaching here ever since.

With three promos going, choose the one that suits you best and we look forward to seeing you all in class!

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Did you know we have a weekly email that goes out on Friday evenings? We hope you enjoy the email from last week.

SADC Weekly Update July 26 The Center is a place for dancers at every stage to seek out support. Are you familiar with the numerous organizations, both local and national, which provide dance resources? Whether you are a new choreographer, dance educator or patron, the following organizations offer a myriad of opportunities f...

For this Throwback Thursday, we've selected this photo.

If you remember this moment, please share in the comments below. =)

On Wednesday at 10a join Katie Kruger for Beg Ballet. This class has live accompaniment too.

Katie is a skilled and gifted dance educator who was on staff for many years.

Take a ballet lunch break this week! 🩰



Photo Credit Nancy Karp & Dancers

ADULT SCHOLARSHIPS

The Stephanie Jacob Adult Scholarship Fund is partially supported by a generous annual gift from Ms. Jacob's family and individual donations. Your contribution will augment this support and allow more adults ages 18 through seniors to pursue their desire to train and learn at SADC.
..Inspiration...Challenge.....Transformation...Connection...

Dance brings out our deepest aspirations. Movement can be an expression of hope for the future.

What do you wish for when you dance?
-Donation Link below-

Photo: Antoine Hunter(r)& Kat Roman (l)

Did you know SADC runs a small fiscal sponsorship program to support East Bay directors, dancers, and companies? Visit the page and leave a surprise donation for a dance company.

https://www.shawl-anderson.org/fiscal-sponsorship

Photo: Kizuna & Dancers!

This morning:

Wendy Diamond

For dancers with at least 3 years of ballet training, Intermediate classes really focus on technique, alignment, and fluidity of movement. Students coming into Intermediate classes will have worked several years learning dance vocabulary, building skills to see and can learn movement at a quick pace, and apply corrections from a teacher. Intermediate students can confidently reverse material and work in class without the need to follow the teacher to know the exercises and combination.

Sunday July 21, 2024
11:45 AM
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1:15 PM
90 min
Shawl-Anderson Dance Center
*** Online ***

Adv Modern on Fridays with Mo Miner.

Fun moment of inversion. The Center has something for everyBODY.

See Linktree for all the details or check out the Shawl-Anderson Dance Center app.

Tune in friends!

Studio 5 - Shawl-Anderson Dance Center Podcast - YouTube Shawl-Anderson Dance Center was founded in 1958 in Berkeley, CA by Frank Shawl and Victor Anderson. The Center has served the Bay Area's dancers of all ages ...

SADC has something new to offer new students
Get 3 classes for $30!

What a great way to give a few classes a try and get to know our fantastic community. Please share this with anyone interested in providing a class or THREE a try.

Suitable for 2 weeks. Classes only. No extensions.

New Adult Student Intro Offer: 3 Classes for $30 (Valid for 2 Weeks) - SADC

CLASS
Modern - Advanced
Dance with Mo Miner tomorrow!!

Fast-moving and choreography-focused, advanced classes require the ability to learn choreography quickly and high spatial awareness of other students while dancing. Dancers must have strong technique, sound alignment, and maturity to hear and apply all corrections a teacher gives to the whole group.

Friday, July 19, 2024
10:00 AM- 11:30 AM
90 min
BANDALOOP Studios

Happy Birthday to one of our fabulous teachers Lydia Clinton!!

Randee Paufve's Strangers Become Flowers by Tony Nguyen

Thank you to everyone who switched from our old FB page.

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Thank you for visiting our new page! Welcome!

Today all locations are closed to celebrate and honor Juneteenth. See Linktree for more on this special day. Black lives will always matter. Freedom for all.

See you on the dance floor tomorrow.

The values we share!

Shawl-Anderson Dance Center is closing out the FY24 at the end of the month. We are seeking to raise an additional $40K to offset and support valuable programming as well as scholarships for all levels and ages.

We have much to commemorate as we gather together to raise $40,000. Shawl- Anderson Dance Center has successfully widened the circle, expanding our center into five locations!
while saluting our 66th Birthday, honoring our revered angel donors and funds that supported our Fiscally Sponsored Artist program.

Our remaining goal of $40k empowers both of our scholarship funds to uphold that no student is turned away from taking dance class policy. In jubilant celebration, our community arts center serves over 1,000 people of all ages each week with legendary pedagogy and impactful life-changing movement experiences. To that end we gather to thank you for staying involved throughout our programming. Our youth and pre professional artists, and all of our 20 fiscally sponsored companies express abundant appreciation for your generosity.

Give if you can! https://www.shawl-anderson.org/support

Our Fall Youth program launched today. Classes begin in August.

We have moved to a new registration system: momence.com.

See Linktree to get started and to sign up.

Tuesday, May 7
10-11:30a
Adv Contemporary w/Erin Yen

Offering a fresh and current perspective on Western forms these classes focus on alignment, expression and choreography.

See Linktree to sign up.

Rosangela Silvestre is teaching here Wed night at 7:30pm.

"An invitation to experience the process of Silvestre Technique with its creator, Rosangela Silvestre, from Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. Silvestre Techinique is an evolving contemporary dance technique that conditions and prepares the body, mind, and spirit of the dancer to find their expression potential. Working with "the Body Universe," symbolized by three triangles on the body, the technique emphasizes the connection of the physical body with the Elements of Nature and the Cosmos."

Get registered today using Union.fit. What an incredible opportunity.

Lydia Clinton will be teaching TWO classes coming up this Tues and next: April 23 and 30.

Intermediate Jazz subbing in for Antoine Hunter. Sign up in Union.fit.

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