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CONTEMPORARY DANCE WITH SOLEIL

foundDANCE

foundDANCE

foundDANCE

Foundations in Contemporary Dance 

Aikido Peace Education Center | 1101 N State St Bellingham, WA


Wednesdays 6:30 - 8:00 PM 


4-Week Series

September 3, 10, 17 & 24


Series Pricing: $80 Standard | $60 Discounted* 


foundDANCE is a beginner/all levels contemporary dance class—which means it is for: those who are new to dance, new to contemporary dance, returning to dance after a long time, and anyone looking for a class that prioritizes the joy of movement in a welcoming environment. We will cover movement fundamentals, guided improvisation, learning choreography step by step, all while being gentle with ourselves as we learn new things. At the heart of this class is the experience of moving with a group of people and the magic it brings.


foundDANCE is a 4-week series that begins again approximately every month with new material. The series format allows participants to comfortably learn new skills and a movement phrase over the course of the month. Because the series is a cohesive whole, it’s ok to miss classes, but they aren’t able to be transferred into future series.


*The standard rate reflects the value of class. Please select this rate if you are able. If you are experiencing financial hardship, you may select the discounted rate with no questions asked.  If you need more of a discount, email Soleil at bodyswells@gmail.com.

interDANCE

foundDANCE

foundDANCE

Intermediate Contemporary Dance 

Aikido Peace Education Center | 1101 N State St Bellingham, WA


Tuesdays 7:00 - 8:30 PM 


4-Week Series

September 9, 16, 23 & 30


Series Pricing: $80 Standard | $60 Discounted* 

Drop-in: $20 Cash or Card

 

interDANCE is intermediate contemporary dance technique, improvisation, somatics, and performance training. It is designed to take the skills learned in foundDANCE to the next level and to slow down advanced movement pathways. If you have taken foundDANCE and are ready for more of a challenge, this class is for you! If you are an advanced dancer looking for subtlety and depth in your practice, this class is also for you! Open to all, previous experience in any dance form strongly encouraged.

 

interDANCE runs 4-weeks at a time and begins again with new material approximately every month. Signing up for interDANCE as a series allows you to build on material over the course of the month and qualifies you for the discounted rate. Drop-ins are allowed while there is still availability. If you sign up for the series, it’s ok to miss classes, but they aren’t able to be transferred into future months once the series has started.


*The standard rate reflects the value of class. Please select this rate if you are able. If you are experiencing financial hardship, you may select the discounted rate with no questions asked. If you need more of a discount, email Soleil at bodyswells@gmail.com.



Untethered - Falling (up) with somatic awareness, technique, and improvisation

Carmen Serber and Soleil Chappelle

Saturday, October 4th 1-5:30pm
Aikido Peace Education Center
Sliding scale: $60 - $100


Registration


Somatic Awareness and Movement Technique with Carmen 
1-3pm

Head, eyes, throat, heart, diaphragm, solar plexus, pelvis, limbs and feet. We dance the relationship to gravity, allowing all those parts of us to fall separately, together and sequentially. Nuanced organization of tone, incremental fall, gigantic fall. Falling in love. Falling as a continuous source of creating motion –  a felt sense of body falling through space as dancing. Untethered. One fall becomes the seed of the next. Our senses turned inward and outward. We move at the speed of trust falling together as a community of dancers. 


Improvisation and Phrase Work with Soleil 
3:30-5:30pm

The physicality and poetics of falling will be explored through improvisation and all-levels follow-along choreography. Gravity as an expression of love. Disorientation as a perspective shift that allows connection through the unexpected. Resilience as the connective tissue between people, the earth, and all beings.

Soleil creates a space that is welcoming, fun and challenging in the best ways. I feel free in my body and so aware that movement is possible for everyone and dance is a conversation. Highly recommend this class to any level of mover, especially to folks who may feel they also "missed the window."


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