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ZoomDance Winter Session
Thursdays, January 12 – March 1

ZoomDance classes at Studio34 are offered at a sliding scale of $90-$110 for the whole 8 weeks, which also gives you unlimited access to all the ZoomDance classes around the city. Or buy a 5-class card for $70, no expiration. For more information, please visit the ZoomDance website at http://www.zoomdance.com/.

10:30am – 11:15am Thursdays, 1.5-3 years
ZoomDance: This is a high energy class of dance, music, story-telling, imagination and fun! Over the course of the session, children will develop agility, coordination, rhythm, and balance through a dynamic range of actions. There is an emphasis on creativity and building confidence through songs, stories, and performance. Each week we’ll read a new story and then explore the movement and adventures of the characters. Kids have the opportunity to show off their favorite moves, invent characters, and try lots of new movement ideas. Grown-ups are encouraged to participate in this class with their small dancers.

4pm – 4:50pm Thursdays, 3-5 years
Intermediate ZoomDance: This class has the same essence as the younger ZoomDance class, with lots of energy and focus on exploring new ideas. We will start to push the edges of dancing the spectrum from wild abandon to careful details. In addition to learning trickier “moves”, we will start thinking of phrases and dances instead of only individual moves, and students will perform for each other in class. When acting out the story, our teachers will encourage students to offer their own ideas too. Grown-ups drop off their dancers for this one, and are invited in on the last day to see what we’ve been working on.

Posted on Dec 23, 2011, in Events.

Photos from March 21′s 8static!


8static: Gopherboy

Originally uploaded by outpt<<

Here’s a great Flickr photostream of awesome 8-bit audio and video performances at the March 21 8static here.

Just getting into vintage chiptunes? April’s 8static will feature an open mike.  Come show your stuff!

Posted on Mar 26, 2009, in Arts, In The Neighborhood.
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Philly Pecha Kucha 2 set for June 13

Michelle Holshue presents at Philly Pecha Kucha 1, March 7, 2009, at Studio 34 in Philadelphia

Michelle Holshue presents at Philly Pecha Kucha 1, March 7, 2009, at Studio 34 in Philadelphia

Philly Pecha Kucha 1 went so well that we’re throwing PPK2 really soon — Sat., June 13, to be precise. Tell your friends!

Wait — what’s Pecha Kucha? It’s the Japanese word for “chit-chat” (say “peh chak cha”). It’s also a kind of rapidfire creative show-and-tell governed by a simple rule: show 20 images, talk for 20 seconds apiece.

Wired magazine called it: “Say what you need to say in six minutes and 40 seconds of exquisitely matched words and images and then sit the hell down.” We call it an evening of fun, sociability, and a little larnin’ thrown in.

We’re still looking for presenters on June 13. Got a story you’re itching to tell? Visit phillypechakucha.com and drop a line.

Posted on Mar 20, 2009, in Arts, In The Neighborhood.
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ArtClash Fun-A-Day Was a Huge Success!

ArtClash’s Fun-A-Day extravaganza was a phenomenal hit by all accounts. Nearly 500 people came to Studio 34 to see this year’s show, which in addition to 67 enticing exhibits by local artists and artisans, boasted trapeze acts, acoustic performances by Sammy Shuster, and edible goodies aplenty.

For those of you who have never been to a Fun-A-Day, here’s how it works: each artist decides on a project he or she will expertly execute 31 different times, and in 31 different ways, throughout the month of January. At the end of the month, each artist assembles the resulting 31-part exhibit for the ArtClash Collective to arrange in its annual show—which ends up being just as much fun for the spectators as a month full of projects was for the artists.

Exciting pieces in this year’s 2009 Fun-A-Day show included:

-Rose’s How-To-a-Day, featuring hand-crafted, illustrated cards containing instructions for tasks ranging from preparing for a nap to making paper snowflakes.

-Morgan’s 31 Dreamers, in which the artist analyzed 31 different dreams which had been sent to him. Sigmund Freud would have no doubt been impressed.

-Naked-Picture-a-Day, comprised of 31 nude pictures of the artist. (This exhibit garnered a line of people waiting to see it…and not just because it was Valentine’s Day.)

-Karen’s Pie-a-Day, containing 31 completely different homemade pies.

- Monica’s La Moustache, which hung on the wall in the shape of a mustache, containing 31 photos of items and individuals (a baby…a donut) wearing fake mustaches.

-Lauren’s like-themed and yet completely different Mustache-a-Day project, boasting 31 embroidered mustaches on silk.

-Diedra’s Plastic Water Bottle-Puppets-a-Day, a fun, unexpected exhibit of 31 little creatures made out of cut, twisted, and glued plastic water bottles.

- Pattern-a-Day, Kara, Mike, and Nate’s collaboration on an incredible book 31 intricate patterns.

-Ivan’s Craigslist-Word-Cloud-a-Day, which made colorful word-clouds out of the most commonly used words in the personals section of craigslist. The artist even turned his piece into magnetic poetry!

-Corey and Gina’s Charm/Strange Experience, in which Corey projected images to complement Gina’s exquisite piano playing. Performers and observers alike absolutely loved this.

-Cloud-a-Day, containing 31 stunning photos of the sky (with or without clouds) every day during January.

-Box-a-day, a combination box/treat exhibit in which each lovingly crafted card stock box was filled with candy and chocolate. “After our last hour long performance,” Corey said, “Gina and I stumbled through the show looking for food, only to realize that it was all gone! We remembered box a day, and lo and behold, discovered two biscotti cookies, helping us avoid starvation!”

All told, the 2009 Fun-A-Day was a great way to have fun while truly appreciating the variety of human existence and experience. Please join us for next year’s show, and check out Studio 34′s other upcoming events.

Click here to listen to the Fun-a-Day anthem! And here for some great ArtClash photos of the event.

Posted on Mar 1, 2009, in In The Neighborhood.
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