Though past years have turned me more in the direction of athletics, I am still dancing. I've just been doing a lot more study and teaching than I have performances. Today, I received the most excellent news that I'm the recipient of a scholarship to continue my butoh training from September through to April. I'll be studying with Denise ( Read more... )

Upcoming dance classes alert!

Tuesday night classes start May 27 at Aradia Fitness at 607 King Street West, Unit 5A, Kitchener (the strip mall with the LCBO!). Classes run from 6-7 pm. Small classes with heaps of one-on-one attention for total newbies on up.

$15+HST per class, or you can get a 10-class pass for $99.99, good for one year.

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It seems silly for me to differentiate between my performance, dance, and athletic itineraries, so I'm consolidating them.

Here's what's coming up:

Regularly Scheduled- teaching dance classes at the Downtown Community Centre, Breithaupt Community Centre, and Aradia Fitness Studio. As of January, I hope to be teaching four times per week ( Read more... )

I just realized I haven't been keeping track of my dance training this year. I'm going to try to fix that, now. It's slowed down a bit over previous years, but that doesn't mean my physical training is slow.

Here's what I can recall having done, and what's coming up:

• January - May: Intermediate Aerial Silks with Sara Greenberg at In.Motion
  
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This past year has been tricky for me. I recover from one issue just to fall back into another. My hip is feeling pretty good, but my peroneal tendonitis has flared up again and put my training on the back burner. So much for the running I was hoping to do ( Read more... )

Here's what I've got going on, right now, in terms of movement training. And yes, I consider my CrossFit part of my dance training, even if it isn't dance, per se.

Training:

• Ongoing, 3-4 times per week: CrossFit training
  
• Jan. 9-13: Embodiment Butoh workshop with Denise Fujiwara
  
• Feb. 16, 17: Dancing from Inside Out with Margie Gillis
  
• March 3: An ( Read more... )

2011 is not over yet, but my training/performance itinerary is already filling up for next year. Here's what's going on for 2011. And here's what's booked for 2012.

• Jan. 9-13: Embodiment Butoh workshop with Denise Fujiwara
  
• March 30 - Apr. 1: Butoh workshop with Yumiko Yoshioka
  

As usual, the bulk of my dance training occurs in Toronto, which ( Read more... )

My dance training has jumped up into overdrive. I need a place to keep track of it all, so this will do. Here's what I have this year:

• Jan. 28: On the Move dance conference
  
• Feb. 4: Dave St-Pierre repertory workshop with Karina Champoux and Frédéric Tavernini
  
• Feb. 6: Caribbean fusion workshop with Cassandra Fox
  
• Feb. 11: Contact Improv class/jam ( Read more... )