Downtown Dance Festival Workshops

Battery Dance Company will present a workshop and master class series in conjunction with the 31st annual Downtown Dance Festival.

The series will take place August 6-10 and 13-17, from 10:00 am until 3:30 pm. There will be two workshop sessions daily, from 10:00 am to 11:30 am and 11:30 am to 1:00 pm, followed by a master class from 2-3:30.

Each workshop will be led by a principal dancer from a signature American company. The first week will feature Daniel Madoff of the Merce Cunningham Company in the morning, followed by Dante Puleio of Limon Contemporary Dance Company. Attila Csiki of the Lar Lubovitch Company and Tadej Brdnik, the series’ curator and a member of the Martha Graham Company, will teach during the second week. Class material will vary daily, and all students at an intermediate to advanced level are welcome.

The master classes will cover a wide variety of styles, from traditional African dance to kuchipudi. Instructors include Kun-Yang Lin, who will also be performing in the festival with his company, Mabingo Alfdaniels, Sean Scantlebury (Battery Dance Company), and Jaikishore Mosalikanti.

Classes are $15 each— discounts of 10% for a 15-class purchase and 20% for a 30-class purchase are available. Pre-registration is highly recommended, as only those who sign up prior to the workshops are guaranteed placement into the classes. For more information or to enroll, please contact Battery Dance Company at (212) 219-3910 or via email at Elena@batterydance.org .

August 6-10, 2012

Monday (8/6)

Tuesday (8/7)

Wednesday (8/8)

Thursday (8/9)

Friday (8/10)

10:00 am - 11:30 am

Daniel Madoff
(Merce Cunningham Dance Company)

DNA Studio 1

Daniel Madoff
(Merce Cunningham Dance Company)

DNA Studio 1

Daniel Madoff
(Merce Cunningham Dance Company)

DNA Studio 1

Daniel Madoff
(Merce Cunningham Dance Company)

DNA Studio 1

Daniel Madoff
(Merce Cunningham Dance Company)

DNA Studio 1

11:30 am - 1:00 pm