Upcoming Classes
BodyWAGGING / Axis Syllabus Dance Classes
Wednesdays, 10am-12pm, November 1 - December 13*
with Sebastian Grubb
*No class on November 22nd
@ Berkeley Finnish Hall, 1970 Chestnut St, Berkeley, CA 94702
www.bodywagging.dance/events
Develop your dance practice by embodying principles from anatomical science and biomechanics. Learn to move with more ease, vigor and grace. Find pleasure in your movement and build the resilience, integration and coordination of your full body.
All levels. $15-30 at the door, NOTAFLOF. Drop-in’s welcome.
Winter Dance Workshops with Shawl Anderson Dance Center
Fallow Time:
An Axis Syllabus and Contemporary Dance Class for Deep Winter
with Phoenicia Pettyjohn
Saturday, December 30 10-11:30a
Tuesday, January 2 2024 4:30-6p
@ BANDALOOP Studios 1601 18th Street Oakland, California 94607
https://www.shawl-anderson.org/adult-winter
In this class we will practice dynamic embodiment of anatomical and functional movement ideas using the tools of the Axis Syllabus. We will take time to notice our own structure in motion and gently add seeds for movement ideas to grow through curiosity, improvisation and set phrase material. This class is designed to meet you where you are and invites you to dance.
Fallow Time:
An Axis Syllabus and Contemporary Dance Class for Deep Winter
with Phoenicia Pettyjohn
Saturday, December 30 10-11:30a
Tuesday, January 2 2024 4:30-6p
@ BANDALOOP Studios 1601 18th Street Oakland, California 94607
https://www.shawl-anderson.org/adult-winter
In this class we will practice dynamic embodiment of anatomical and functional movement ideas using the tools of the Axis Syllabus. We will take time to notice our own structure in motion and gently add seeds for movement ideas to grow through curiosity, improvisation and set phrase material. This class is designed to meet you where you are and invites you to dance.
Recent Dance Intensive @ The Berkeley Finnish Hall
KINESPHERE:
Axis Syllabus Dance Intensive
& Teacher Co-Lab
October 27-29, 2023
Axis Syllabus Dance Intensive
& Teacher Co-Lab
October 27-29, 2023
Join local and visiting teachers of The Axis Syllabus! KINESPHERE aims to re-catalyze the Bay Area as a hub of dance-based, biomechanics research and vibrance, following the lineage of the A.S.
Traditional A.S. classes are centered around dance training and movement preparation, applying anatomical science and related fields to preserve and amplify personal wellbeing.
Sign up for as many classes as you like, first come first served. Each class is $20, or you can bundle all 5 classes for $75 total. No one turned away for lack of funds.
** A.S. Teachers & Candidates participating in the Co-Lab have a separate ticket & fee for the entire weekend. Contact Sebastian if you're unsure!
Teachers: Bronwyn Ayla, Sebastian Grubb, Emily Jones, Sam Stone.
Traditional A.S. classes are centered around dance training and movement preparation, applying anatomical science and related fields to preserve and amplify personal wellbeing.
Sign up for as many classes as you like, first come first served. Each class is $20, or you can bundle all 5 classes for $75 total. No one turned away for lack of funds.
** A.S. Teachers & Candidates participating in the Co-Lab have a separate ticket & fee for the entire weekend. Contact Sebastian if you're unsure!
Teachers: Bronwyn Ayla, Sebastian Grubb, Emily Jones, Sam Stone.
Weekend Schedule
Level 1 Classes
*Beginner/Intermediate
Friday 6-8pm: "Intro to the Spine" with Sebastian Grubb
Saturday 10am-12noon: "Wave Forms" with Bronwyn Ayla
Sunday 10am-12noon: "Arcing Around Supports" with Sam Stone
Level 2 Classes
*Intermediate/Advanced
Saturday 12:15-2:15pm: "Elastic Feet" with Emily Jones
Sunday 12:15-2:15pm: "Dynamic Posture" with Sebastian Grubb
Teachers Co-Lab
*By invitation only. For certified teachers, candidates and long-term students.
Saturday 2:30-4pm
Sunday 2:30-4pm
* Level 1 Classes are appropriate for all levels of experience with dance and biomechanics.
* Level 2 Classes are appropriate if you have a) significant movement or dance training, or b) significant education in anatomy/biomechanics. If you already have both a) and b) you should consider joining our local Axis Syllabus community!
**Anyone can join a Level 2 Class, but beginners should know it will move at a faster pace and assume more working knowledge than Level 1 classes.
*Beginner/Intermediate
Friday 6-8pm: "Intro to the Spine" with Sebastian Grubb
Saturday 10am-12noon: "Wave Forms" with Bronwyn Ayla
Sunday 10am-12noon: "Arcing Around Supports" with Sam Stone
Level 2 Classes
*Intermediate/Advanced
Saturday 12:15-2:15pm: "Elastic Feet" with Emily Jones
Sunday 12:15-2:15pm: "Dynamic Posture" with Sebastian Grubb
Teachers Co-Lab
*By invitation only. For certified teachers, candidates and long-term students.
Saturday 2:30-4pm
Sunday 2:30-4pm
* Level 1 Classes are appropriate for all levels of experience with dance and biomechanics.
* Level 2 Classes are appropriate if you have a) significant movement or dance training, or b) significant education in anatomy/biomechanics. If you already have both a) and b) you should consider joining our local Axis Syllabus community!
**Anyone can join a Level 2 Class, but beginners should know it will move at a faster pace and assume more working knowledge than Level 1 classes.
Class Descriptions & Teacher Bio's
Intro to the Spine: Engine, Column, Chorus
Teacher: Sebastian Grubb
The skeletal spine is embedded within a soft tissue web that reaches to the periphery of the body. This center-most architecture shifts in every movement and moment, implicating the larger bodyself. There are times when a low-tone, easeful state is helpful and harmonious. And there are times when having a higher-tone and temporary rigidity is the most protective or useful.
Teacher Bio:
Sebastian Grubb is an award-winning dance artist and movement coach in San Francisco. He has performed with many local dance companies and choreographers since 2008, and toured extensively throughout the U.S. and overseas. He has practiced and taught multiple dance forms since 2006, especially Contemporary and Contact Improvisation. Sebastian's current focus is teaching applied anatomy and somatics to movers of all kinds via workshops that emphasize deep sensing, technical refinement, and community.
Wave Forms
Teacher: Bronwyn Ayla
Waveforms are built into the architecture of the body and the flowing dynamics of movement. We’ll explore both, calling up energetic pathways of momentum, flesh and spirit.
Teacher Bio:
Bronwyn is devoted to dance as a sacred practice that encourages the full embodiment of ourselves in our lives. She interweaves The Axis Syllabus, contact improvisation, mindfulness, and somatic awareness into her unique approach to the art of movement. She draws on her extensive training in anatomy, developmental movement, Chinese medicine, Body-Mind Centering, circus arts, body psychotherapy, yoga, and Continuum. Inherent in her philosophy is the inseparable relationship between healing and dance. The marriage of these serves as a vehicle for the empowerment of ourselves and the nourishment of our destiny.
www.bronwynayla.com
Elastic Feet
Teacher: Emily Jones
In this class we will examine the architecture of our feet and ankles, with an emphasis on loading pathways to build elasticity. We will sense into the ways our own bodies give us feedback via sensations stretch and slack, and practice using these cues to hone our own movement timing and coordination. I will offer some choreographed pathways to try out, as well as improvised scores to inspire creativity.
Teacher Bio:
I, Emily Jones, am an artist, movement educator, bodyworker, and based in Portland, Oregon. My approach to movement education respects and empowers individual body autonomy. As an ongoing student of anatomy, physiology and biomechanics, I approach body/minds with an inquisitive and holistic perspective, admiring the uniqueness of each individual. As an artist, I am interested in the honing of intuition to make choices that complicate social norms and power dynamics. I aim to make work that invites audience in with their own criticality. I am part of a long term interdisciplinary artistic collaboration with Hannah Krafcik, our work together has been presented in Portland and nationally. www.emilyannejones.com
Arcing Around Supports
Teacher: Sam Stone
Imagine a type of walking beyond foot to foot. Through sequencing and an organization of the body’s masses, we’ll find pathways for an array of supports as we ‘walk’ through dancing.
Teacher Bio:
Sam Stone is a dance performance artist, teacher, community organizer, and creator currently obtaining an MFA in Modern Dance at the University of Utah. She is a certified Axis Syllabus teacher of anatomy and biomechanics, a choreographer of dozens of pieces, an active performer, songwriter, and dance advocate initiating community projects such as Dance Class for Humans. Sam loves the expression, freedom, and play that dance offers and always pushes for arts awareness and opportunity for all.
www.samstonedance.com
Dynamic Posture: Categories of Support
Teacher: Sebastian Grubb
Every moment of our physical lives can be included in a postural category, from lying down on grass to climbing the highest tree, to body surfing in the ocean. Let’s refine our ability to inhabit these postures and transition seamlessly (and adventurously!) between them.
Teacher Bio: (see above)
Teacher: Sebastian Grubb
The skeletal spine is embedded within a soft tissue web that reaches to the periphery of the body. This center-most architecture shifts in every movement and moment, implicating the larger bodyself. There are times when a low-tone, easeful state is helpful and harmonious. And there are times when having a higher-tone and temporary rigidity is the most protective or useful.
Teacher Bio:
Sebastian Grubb is an award-winning dance artist and movement coach in San Francisco. He has performed with many local dance companies and choreographers since 2008, and toured extensively throughout the U.S. and overseas. He has practiced and taught multiple dance forms since 2006, especially Contemporary and Contact Improvisation. Sebastian's current focus is teaching applied anatomy and somatics to movers of all kinds via workshops that emphasize deep sensing, technical refinement, and community.
Wave Forms
Teacher: Bronwyn Ayla
Waveforms are built into the architecture of the body and the flowing dynamics of movement. We’ll explore both, calling up energetic pathways of momentum, flesh and spirit.
Teacher Bio:
Bronwyn is devoted to dance as a sacred practice that encourages the full embodiment of ourselves in our lives. She interweaves The Axis Syllabus, contact improvisation, mindfulness, and somatic awareness into her unique approach to the art of movement. She draws on her extensive training in anatomy, developmental movement, Chinese medicine, Body-Mind Centering, circus arts, body psychotherapy, yoga, and Continuum. Inherent in her philosophy is the inseparable relationship between healing and dance. The marriage of these serves as a vehicle for the empowerment of ourselves and the nourishment of our destiny.
www.bronwynayla.com
Elastic Feet
Teacher: Emily Jones
In this class we will examine the architecture of our feet and ankles, with an emphasis on loading pathways to build elasticity. We will sense into the ways our own bodies give us feedback via sensations stretch and slack, and practice using these cues to hone our own movement timing and coordination. I will offer some choreographed pathways to try out, as well as improvised scores to inspire creativity.
Teacher Bio:
I, Emily Jones, am an artist, movement educator, bodyworker, and based in Portland, Oregon. My approach to movement education respects and empowers individual body autonomy. As an ongoing student of anatomy, physiology and biomechanics, I approach body/minds with an inquisitive and holistic perspective, admiring the uniqueness of each individual. As an artist, I am interested in the honing of intuition to make choices that complicate social norms and power dynamics. I aim to make work that invites audience in with their own criticality. I am part of a long term interdisciplinary artistic collaboration with Hannah Krafcik, our work together has been presented in Portland and nationally. www.emilyannejones.com
Arcing Around Supports
Teacher: Sam Stone
Imagine a type of walking beyond foot to foot. Through sequencing and an organization of the body’s masses, we’ll find pathways for an array of supports as we ‘walk’ through dancing.
Teacher Bio:
Sam Stone is a dance performance artist, teacher, community organizer, and creator currently obtaining an MFA in Modern Dance at the University of Utah. She is a certified Axis Syllabus teacher of anatomy and biomechanics, a choreographer of dozens of pieces, an active performer, songwriter, and dance advocate initiating community projects such as Dance Class for Humans. Sam loves the expression, freedom, and play that dance offers and always pushes for arts awareness and opportunity for all.
www.samstonedance.com
Dynamic Posture: Categories of Support
Teacher: Sebastian Grubb
Every moment of our physical lives can be included in a postural category, from lying down on grass to climbing the highest tree, to body surfing in the ocean. Let’s refine our ability to inhabit these postures and transition seamlessly (and adventurously!) between them.
Teacher Bio: (see above)
Certified Teachers in the SF Bay Area
Bronwyn Ayla
www.bronwynayla.com/dance Bronwyn is devoted to dance as a sacred practice that encourages the full embodiment of ourselves in our lives. She interweaves The Axis Syllabus, contact improvisation, mindfulness, and somatic awareness into her unique approach to the art of movement. She draws on her extensive training in anatomy, developmental movement, Chinese medicine, Body-Mind Centering, circus arts, body psychotherapy, yoga, and Continuum. Inherent in her philosophy is the inseparable relationship between healing and dance. The marriage of these serves as a vehicle for the empowerment of ourselves and the nourishment of our destiny. Bronwyn became a certified Axis Syllabus Teacher in 2018. |
Sebastian Grubb
www.bodywagging.dance
Sebastian is an award-winning dance artist and movement coach in San Francisco. He has performed with many local dance companies and choreographers since 2008, and toured extensively throughout the U.S. and overseas. He has practiced and taught multiple dance forms since 2006, especially Contemporary and Contact Improvisation. Sebastian's current focus is teaching applied anatomy and somatics to movers of all kinds via workshops that emphasize deep sensing, technical refinement, and community. Sebastian became a certified Axis Syllabus Teacher in 2011.
www.bodywagging.dance
Sebastian is an award-winning dance artist and movement coach in San Francisco. He has performed with many local dance companies and choreographers since 2008, and toured extensively throughout the U.S. and overseas. He has practiced and taught multiple dance forms since 2006, especially Contemporary and Contact Improvisation. Sebastian's current focus is teaching applied anatomy and somatics to movers of all kinds via workshops that emphasize deep sensing, technical refinement, and community. Sebastian became a certified Axis Syllabus Teacher in 2011.
Phoenicia Pettyjohn
Phoenicia (she/her) has been a dance teaching artist with the SF Ballet DISC program since 2014. She has studied extensively with Luna Dance Institute focusing on creative based dance education. A long time San Francisco dance artist, she has appeared in the work of Maguy Marin, David Dorfman, Neta Pulvermacher, Susen Rethhorst, Sara Shelton Mann, Christy Funsch and Catherine Galasso among others. She received an Izzy award in 2018 for her work in Catherine Galasso’s “Alone Together”. She is from Los Angeles and is a graduate of the Los Angeles County H.S. for the Arts. Phoenicia became a certified Axis Syllabus Teacher in 2012. |
Sam Stone
samstonedance.com Sam Stone is a dance performance artist, teacher, community organizer, and creator currently obtaining an MFA in Modern Dance at the University of Utah. She teaches modern dance, improvisation, choreography, and various dance intersections with theatre, history, philosophy, and culture. Sam is responsible for directing and conceiving seven full-length evening productions, dozens of shorter pieces, and more than 50 children's dance works. She also composes music. Sam has danced for Kathleen Hermesdorf, Bianca Cabrera, Rosemary Hannon, Ashley Trottier, Aura Fischbeck, and Leyya Tawil. As a dance advocate, she values the expression, freedom, and play that dance offers and always pushes for arts awareness and opportunity for all. Sam became a certified Axis Syllabus Teacher in 2020. |
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