Upcoming Events
The Seldoms Abroad
A program of The Seldoms 2010 Russia Exchange
In April 2010, The Seldoms will travel to Krasnoyarsk, Russia to teach, choreograph and perform at the "Isadora" International Festival of Modern Dance. The company will perform Marchland, and will be joined on stage by Russian dancers from the festival's resident dance company.
Please support our first international performances and send us To Russia With Love!
May 28, 2010
Touhill Performing Arts Center, Lee Theater
St. Louis, MO
Spring to Dance Festival
The Seldoms return to this exciting three-day regional festival to perform Thrift (2009) – a duet about economy in which effort and yield are points of interest, and the examination ranges from the economy-at-large to the economy of a single gesture.
July 12-17, 2010
World Dance Alliance Conference
Dance Theater Workshop
New York, NY
World Dance Alliance Conference
The Seldoms perform again this year at the World Dance Alliance Americas Global Dance Event, to be held in New York at Dance Theater Workshop.
July 19-30, 2010
Monday-Friday
9:30-11:15am Technique Class
11:45-3:00pm Performance Workshop
Pilsen East Arts Center
1945 S. Halsted, 4th Floor
Cost: $380 – Full workshop including technique and performance workshop
Technique Classes:
$15 – Single class
$70 – Five classes
$130 – Ten classes
Performance Workshop:
$150 – One week
$275 – Both weeks
The Seldoms 2010 Summer Intensive
A program of The Seldoms 2010 Russia Exchange
Morning Contemporary Technique Class Descriptions
Class Descriptions
Contemporary technique classes with Carrie Hanson emphasize using weight to achieve momentum and distilling form through spatial clarity and activation. Emerging from improbable impulses, the movement material alternately generates and disrupts flow. Carrie's influences include Laban Movement Analysis and Bartenieff Fundamentals, yoga, and release-based techniques.
Conceptually focused around Laban's work and Bartineff Fundamentals, Christina Gonzalez-Gillett blends her background in traditional forms of modern dance with release-based techniques to facilitate the discovery of dynamics within movement.
Drawing from elements of Merce Cunningham's technique as well as her own eclectic approach, Paige Cunningham's class focuses on dynamic range, alignment, line and clarity. Dancers will be encouraged to explore their individuality, musicality and athleticism through a standing warm-up and larger movement phrases.
"Less and increase" with Elena Slobodchikova
"My class begins with full body warm up. We start from small movement, use all of joint and muscles from less and increase power and energy. The part of class includes work on the floor. We use specific movement through the space on the floor and specific movements through the space: melt, break, move, and slide. We find range of movement on floor expanding up in the space. The class explores the qualities of less and increase movement, through the integration of breath and power."
Afternoon Performance Workshops
New choreography is created on workshop participants in a fast and packed five-day creative process! The Performance Workshop culminates with an informal showing on Friday, July 30.
Week 1: The Seldoms company member and former dancer with Merce Cunningham, Paige Cunningham.
Week 2: From Russia, a very special guest teacher & choreographer – Elena Slobodchikova, Director of the "Isadora" International Festival of Modern Dance in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.