Axis Aerial Dance Intensive

July 14 thru July 18, 2008

Monday thru Friday

$425 full workshop (Early Bird Rate)

or see rates for individual classes

Taught by Miranda Janeschild & Jenna Garcia Conners

Veterans Memorial Building,

846 Front St., Santa Cruz CA

Class Information: 831-234-4870

Send registration to: 10851 Empire Grade,

Santa Cruz, CA 95060

The Axis Aerial Dance Intensive is designed as a whole for individuals interested in accelerating their learning in a concentrated and supportive setting. Those who participate in the whole workshop will learn to access inertia and momentum on the floor with Axis Syllabus™ then apply these skills in the air with aerial apparatus. The order of classes is fundamental to developing body awareness and new movement skills in a safe yet challenging direction. Low flying and high flying aerial apparatus will be taught. All class sizes are limited and pre-registration is highly recommended. The Axis Aerial Dance Intensive is open to anyone from ages 16 years to adult.

Class Descriptions

Axis Syllabus Week Long Workshop*

9:00 - 10:30 a.m. Mon-Fri

$50

Taught by Miranda Janeschild,

Certified Axis Syllabus Instructor

The day starts off with a morning of Axis Syllabus. Based on the work of Frey Faust, this floor dance will teach the magic of using proximal masses to harness and distribute momentum to one’s own dancing advantage. Dancers will explore the functional support of the skeleton to receive and channel weight with pleasure and safely. You will also discover the joy of undulations in movement to release and coordinate the musculo-skeletal system while

dancing your heart out.

Rope & Harness/ Hammock:

Solo & Partner Aerial Dancing

10:45 - 12:30 Mon - Fri

$175

Students will learn safety checks, proper use of ropes, carabineers, gri-gris and other rigging equipment. The student will explore low flying dances with the use of rope & harness and hammocks. All will develop an understanding of pendulum and circular forces of movement while beginning to apply skills to solo aerial dances. After learning solo dances, participants will learn partner choreography and make aerial dances higher in the air. Please note that all participants are expected to take the Axis Syllabus dance class prior to this class.

Web & Tissu Class (Beginning/ Intermediate)

1:30-3:30 Mon & Tues

$100

You will develop flexibility, strength and coordination throughout the body while learning a range of climbs, footholds and body wraps. Use of undulations, side bending and circular swings are incorporated in the teaching approach. Beginning Web skills and Beginning to Intermediate Tissu skills are taught. The class uses individual programs for participants. Basic to more advanced drops are included for those who are ready.

Aerial Performance Arts

1:30-3:30 Wed - Fri

$150

Back by popular demand! This class is an opportunity to apply all the skills learned in the Axis Aerial Intensive by creating a solo or duet dance. The dancer will be guided through a creative process to develop choreography and dances. Issues of personal meaning, cultural values and lived experiences will inform the work. The dancer chooses an aerial apparatus to create a dance with. Open only to participants of the Axis Aerial Intensive or prior aerial dance experience required.

Registration Form