Spring has sprung and PULSE Dance Company brings you our annual
Dance Day Getaway yet again!
DDG is a refuge for movers and shakers designed to challenge, train, and relax the body in a rejuvenating movement retreat. Pulse Dance Company members and accomplished guest instructors unite to provide the Anchorage community with a reinvigorating, day-long dance escape.
DDG boasts a smorgasbord of classes to choose from, tailored to suit every level dancer. Too good to be true? $75 registration also includes chair massage opportunities, a healthy lunch, bottled water, and your very own Pulse Dance Company t-shirt.
When: Saturday, March 17th, 10:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Where: Fairview Community Rec Center @ 1121 E. 10th Avenue
Registration: $75
($15 to drop in for one class)
Call (907) 301-3208 or email pulsedancecompany@gmail.com now to reserve your spot in this Spring Break splurge! You will leave transformed!
DANCE DAY GETAWAY SCHEDULE:
(two course offerings per time slot; arrive early to craft your own schedule!)
10:15 - 10:55 Walk-In registration & chair massage opportunities
11:00 - 12:00 Yoga
or Pilates
12:05 - 1:05 Beginning Ballet
or Improv
1:05 - 1:40 Lunch & chair massage oportunities
1:45 - 2:45 Cunningham
or Hip-Hop
2:50 - 3:50 Belly Dance
or Broadway Dance
3:55 - 4:55 Ballet Fusion
or Pan-African
5:00 - 5:30 Chair massage opportunities
CLASS DESCRIPTORS:
(in offering order)
Find Your Flow, Find Freedom: A vinyasa flow style yoga class connecting breath with movement. Focuses on postures and expressions to breathe supple, malleable life into the spine. Be prepared to let go of control, color outside the lines and find freedom in flow. Led by dancer and Laughing Lotus instructor Marta Buist.
Pilates: Pilates is a holistic form of exercise and postural therapy that emphasizes the development of deep abdominal, or “core,” muscles. You'll work to flatten the stomach, shape and tone the entire body, and provide support for the spine. Led by Ana Kokaurova of Studio One Pilates.
Beginning/Intermediate Ballet: This class will expand beyond the basic fundamentals into brief, rhythmic and flowing combinations to help dancers move efficiently and apply natural coordination to their movements. Instructed by Alice Bassler Sullivan of DanceArts Alaska, the founding artistic director of Alaska Dance Theatre and current director of Eagle River Ballet.
Improv Improvement: A guided escape into your imagination coaxing concepts into movement. Ease into this course with a body-awakening warm-up, light partner interaction, and movement opportunites loaded with choreographic tools. Instructed by Stephanie Wonchala, PULSE Dance Co. founder and artistic director.
Cunningham Technique: This class focuses on the spine in its relation to the legs and challenges a dancer’s ability to change direction within the body and space. Dancers will move through combinations of turns, adagios and phrases across the floor. Instructed by Walter Barillas, PULSE Dance Co. associate artistic director.
Beginning Hip-Hop: It's all about getting your groove on and showing off some attitude. This class blends different styles of hip-hop in an upbeat atmosphere to funky pop music. It’s meant to help everyone let go of their worries and have some fun! Led by choreographer Michelle Wilkins, professional company member with Underground Dance Company.
4 Secrets of Belly Dance for the American Dancer: This class focuses on what 16 years of research and personal experience have taught instructor Melissa Wanamaker of Barefoot Muse Productions are the four greatest stumbling blocks for trained dancers in interpreting this supple, serpentine style. Build or boost your belly dance foundation here.
Broadway Dance: Step into the spotlight with great moves and music! This class is for the dancer and musical theater lover in us all. Led by beloved local instructor Kristen Vierthaler, you'll delight in a theatrical, provocative approach to performing that incorporates the pep and pizzaz of Broadway dance numbers.
Ballet Fusion: This class melds the grounded ideas of modern dance with the lifted grace of ballet. Integrating contraction and release with proper ballet technique and alignment, this course offering is ideal for the well-rounded dancer. Led by Corbin Frazier, PULSE Dance Company member and danseur.
Pan-African: Learn Pan-African movements, relating collectively to the nations of Africa. This open-level class is accompanied by live drumming and includes warm-ups, specific dance steps and Pan-African dance combinations. Taught by Johnnie Wright III, Our Hands Together master dancer and choreographer.
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