class | ZoomDance Winter Session (1/12 – 3/1)

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.


class | Cupcake Decorating with Cream & Sugar (8/1)

Cupcake Decorating w/ Cream & Sugar
Monday, August 1
4:30-5:30pm, Kids Class (ages 4-12)
5:45p-6:45pm, Teen Class (ages 12-18)

Learn how to create many flavors & colors of delicious buttercream. Learn basic decorating techniques, create your favorite characters or animals, or your own personal work of art!

For more info or to register online go to www.creamandsugarsweets.com/parties.

Email us at creamandsugarsweets@yahoo.com for info on more upcoming classes (ladies night, date night, mommy&me, etc) or private parties.


workshops/performances | Our Weddings (7/23-24)


music | 8static (7/9)


8static
Saturday, July 9
7:00pm – 11:30pm
all ages/no alcohol
$8 / $5 with RSVP on Google form: http://tinyurl.com/8staticJuly9RSVP

Music by:
gwEm (UK) http://www.preromanbritain.com/gwem/
Chipocrite (PHL) http://chipocrite.com/
Dain Saint (PHL) http://dainsaint.com/

Visuals by:
Batsly Adams (NYC) http://www.batslyadams.com/

Don’t forget – open mic is every month. Show up at 7pm to sign up and play a song before the main show begins.

Pre-show event: Jake Beadenkopf will be giving a talk and demonstration about the basics of Quartz Composer as a live visual tool. Jake Beadenkopf performs live visuals under the name Chromacle. In this talk he will explore the basic functionality of Quartz Composer, as well as a couple of different ways various people make use of it.
http://Chromacle.com/

For all the info, check out http://8static.com/


photography | Living Positively in Philadelphia (7/1)

Living Positively in Philadelphia
Photographs by Laura Bamford

Opening Reception
July 1, 2011
6 PM to 8 PM
FREE

Living Positively in Philadelphia is a photography project created to raise awareness about HIV and to dispel misconceptions surrounding individuals living with HIV in Philadelphia. Thank you to all of the participants who so courageously shared their incredible stories for this project.

This exhibit will remain on display for the month of July.


workshop | Reiki Level 1 (7/23-24)

This workshop has been cancelled.


Workshop Series | Theatre of the Oppressed (Wednesdays, 7/13 – 8/10

Theatre of the Oppressed Workshop Series
“Visible & Invisible, Inside & Out”
A series of five 3-hour workshops
Wednesdays, July 13 through August 10, 1pm-4pm
Sliding-scale tuition: $50-$100 (no one refused for lack of $)

THEATRE OF THE OPPRESSED is used by groups of people as a tool for liberation all over the world. Unlike other dramatic forms that divide spectator from actor, everyone in Theatre of the Oppressed is a “spect-actor” in workshops that serve as rehearsals for the performance of everyday life. Philadelphia Theatre of the Oppressed makes this work accessible to anyone who wants it—actors and activists, teachers and students, or anyone interested in personal and social change.

THIS 5-WEEK SERIES will highlight what’s visible and invisible within ourselves and the world around us. Each session will feature a particular sense—sight, hearing, touch, proprioception, and so on—through group games and theatrical techniques. When we highlight each of the senses, things that were once “invisible” to us take shape and become clear. By honing all of our senses, we can sharpen our perception of ourselves, our relationships, and society at large.

TO ATTEND THESE WORKSHOPS call 215-730-0982 or email: tophilly@gmail.com. No prior theatre experience is necessary. Note that the “inside” portions of the workshops will happen in a comfortably air-conditioned space, the “outside” potions in a lovely park when the weather’s nice.


class | Intermediate Hoop Dancing (Tuesdays through 8/9)

Intermediate Hoop Dancing | 6-Week Class Series with Jen Web
Six sessions, $60 pre-registration ($70 at first class)
Tuesdays 7:30-8:30pm
July 5 – August 9

Take your hoop dance practice to the next level! In Jen Web’s Intermediate Hoop Dancing class series you will learn plenty of hot new moves to spice up your routine. Areas of focus include hooping on the vertical plane, off-body moves, step-throughs and jumps. Increased intensity will keep your heart rate up so you shape up and look your best. Each class will include a warm up and lessons on new moves and combinations.

* Recommended prerequisite: Beginning Hoop Dancing 6-week series or 3 months prior hoop dancing experience.
* Hoops provided for class use and for sale on site!
* Bring lots of water!
* Please wear fitted, comfortable clothing and sneakers.


class | Gabrielle Roth’s 5Rhythms® Dance Movement Meditation (twice monthly)


Gabrielle Roth’s 5Rhythms® Dance Movement Meditation
Dance classes for Self-Development & Spiritual Connection
Twice monthly through December 2011 (complete schedule below)
Cost: $20 each, $15 students/elders/waged newcomers, $10 unwaged newcomers.

Newcomers and old-timers alike are welcome to these 2½ hr classes in this dynamic, cathartic, joyful, insightful, and wild Spiritual Movement Practice. We have a beautiful group at Studio34 and we love teaching here. Come & join us!

The 5Rhythms® of Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical, and Stillness form ‘The Wave’, a simple movement meditation practice that encourages us to find our own dance of embodied feeling and to discover ourselves at our most fluid and creative level, bringing more of ourselves –body, heart, mind & soul- into movement, on the dance floor & out in the world. There are no steps to learn and it can be enjoyed by anyone, regardless of age, fitness, ability, or experience.

12 hours of 5Rhythms® at this ‘Waves’ level dancing is a prerequisite for advanced ‘Heartbeat’ workshops such as Motion & Heart on April 1st/2nd.

For more information on these & other classes see http://www.meetup.com/dance-5Rhythms

complete schedule:
Mar 5, 1:00pm – 3:30 pm
Mar 19, 3:00pm – 5:30pm
April 16, 3:00pm – 5:30pm
May 7, 1:00pm – 3:30 pm
June 11, 1:00pm – 3:30 pm
June 18, 3:00pm – 5:30pm
July 2, 1:00pm – 3:30 pm
July 16, 1:00pm – 3:30 pm
Aug 6, 1:00pm – 3:30 pm
Aug 20, 3:00pm – 5:30pm
Sept 3, 1:00pm – 3:30 pm
Sept 17, 3:00pm – 5:30pm
Oct 1, 1:00pm – 3:30 pm
Oct 15, 3:00pm – 5:30pm
Nov 5, 1:00pm – 3:30 pm
Nov 19, 3:00pm – 5:30pm
Dec 3, 1:00pm – 3:30 pm
Dec 17, 3:00pm – 5:30pm