Workshops & Classes
Bridge Live Arts partners with world-renowned artists and activists interested in engaging Bay Area artists and communities by sharing their movement practices and philosophies. A short list of recent offerings is included below.
What Lies Beneath | April 7, 2023
A movement workshop with Stephanie Hewett and jose e. abad
Photo: Stephanie Hewett (left) and jose e. abad (right). Courtesy of the artists
YOUR OWN GOD | October 5-9, 2020
Individualized coaching in improvisation & performance with Judith Sanchez Ruíz, presented as part of the Festival Power Shift: Improvisation, Activism, and Community.
Photo: Judith Sánchez Ruíz by David Beecroft
Aesthetic Equity | October 26, 2019
An examination of aesthetic equity across movement practices from company class to compacts for collaborative performance making to the work of being in the room together. Co-facilitated by Liz Lerman & Paloma McGregor, co-presented with 2019 CER Lead Artist Yayoi Kambara.
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Photo: Liz Lerman (left) by Lise Metzger; Paloma McGregor by Chioke L’Anson
Merce Cunningham Workshop & Audition | August 10 - 11, 2019
A unique opportunity to study Cunningham technique, learn repertory, and audition to perform within the Signals from the West program. Co-facilitated by Rashuan Mitchell + Silas Riener. Presented in collaboration with the Merce Cunningham Trust, ODC Theater, and SFMOMA Open Space.
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Photo: Silas Riener (left) & Rashaun Mitchell (right) by Paola Kudacki.
(Un) Doing Gender in CI | June 2-3, 2018
A contact improvisation workshop with Kristin Horrigan to deepen the form of contact improvisation beyond proscribed gender roles to expand the range of possibilities and limitations we have in our movement.
Photo: Kristin Horrigan by Joshua Sugiyama
Performers & Authorship | February 13 - 14, 2016
A workshop engaging participants in submerged fictions, performance modes and movement through physical performance practices. Facilitated by Chrysa Parkinson.
Photo courtesy of the artist
The Choreographic Mind at Work | May 3 - 5, 2013
A composition workshop for students of choreography, dancers and performance artists. Facilitated by Susan Rethorst.
Photo courtesy of the artist
Lost & Found | January 4, 2022
Photo: Thirteen silent walkers negotiated unknowing and unmapping on the traditional territory of the Yelamu, a local tribe of the Ramaytush Ohlone peoples for Lost & Found, guided by Sherwood Chen.
Imagining the Future | September 13, 2020
A multidisciplinary storytelling workshop for refugee and immigrant artists co-led by visual artist Ranu Mukherjee and choreographer Hope Mohr. Co-presented with ARTogether as part of the Festival Power Shift: Improvisation, Activism, and Community.
Photo: Hope Mohr leads workshop participants in a group sensing and meditation.
Sunday Morning Practice & Sharing |
October 16, 2019
An exploratory morning practice investigating landscapes inscribed on our skins and the environments in which we are situated. Guided by Sherwood Chen, co-presented with 2019 CER Lead Artists the QTBIPOC Performing Artist HIVE.
Photo: Sherwood Chen by Sigel Eschkol
Labor, Structure, Desire | November 3, 2018
A conversation between language, movement and each other, this class invited dance makers, performers and individuals to explore the emotional and dynamic edges of rigorous physical states. Facilitated by Heather Kravas.
Photo: Heather Kravas, by Jason Starkie.
Making Work | February 17 - 19, 2016
A workshop focused on the creative process in making body/movement based performance that explores various ways and approaches to making work. Facilitated by Miguel Gutierrez.
Photo: Miguel Gutierrez by Ian Douglas.
Open Source Forms | 2014
A workshop to explore fundamental elements of improvisation, scores, drawing, writing, speaking, and sounding. Facilitated by Stephanie Skura.
Photo courtesy of the artist