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SATURDAY, MAY 7th

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

Dogtown Dance

105 West 15^th Street Richmond, Virginia 23224

 All classes will be held at Dogtown Dance before the Saturday, May 7^th Performance.

Classes are open to the general public ages 13 and up.

$5 a class.

Click here for reservations or for more information

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5pm-6pm: Contact Improvisation (taught by James Hansen/James Hansen Dance)

5pm-6pm: Yoga (taught by Kathleen Brady/Starr Foster Dance Project)

6pm-7pm: Intermediate/Advanced Modern Technique (taught by Starrene Foster/Starr Foster Dance Project)

6pm-7pm: Hip Hop (taught by Sarah Zehnder/James Hansen Dance)

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Teacher Bios

Sarah Zehnder’s unique choreographic style hinges on a dance background in hip-hop and an investigation of powerful physicality onstage. Zehnder has studied hip-hop all over the country from various teachers and choreographers such as Brian Friedman, Dave Scott, Wade Robson, Rhapsody, and Napoleon and Tabitha Dumo. She has taught hip-hop at SUNY College at Brockport, Bowling Green State University, Ohio Dance Festival, and the American College Dance Festival. Her work has been shown at the Midwest Regional Alternative Dance Festival, WAXworks, Movement Research Open Performance, The Gowanus Arts Center as part of Spoke The Hub’s Winter Follies, Bates Dance Festival, The American Dance Festival, The College at Brockport State University of New York, Rochester Contemporary Dance Collective’s Concert and Dance Dialogues, and Bowling Green State University. In August her company, Zehnder Dance, will be showcased at Jacob’s Pillow as part of their Inside/Out Series. Zehnder, originally from Ohio, earned her BS in Dance from Bowling Green State University and her MFA from The College at Brockport State University of New York.

James Hansen, Artistic Director of James Hansen Dance, has performed in New York City with both modern and ballet companies including Eglevsky Ballet and Sean Curran Dance Company and appeared as a featured soloist with Alfonzo Cata of France’s Ballet du Nord in the world premiere of the all-male ballet Wanderers. His choreography has been commissioned by several dance companies and universities including the Pennsylvania Dance Theater, Moving Currents Dance Company in Tampa, Second Wind Dance Company in Norfolk, Thread Meddle in Chicago Cuerpo Estrito in Santiago Chile, Ohio University, and the University of Washington in Seattle. The numerous dance festivals that have produced his choreography include Jacob’s Pillow, the Toronto Fringe Festival of Independent Dance Artists (Ffida), The International Dance Festival in New York City, American Dance Guild, and at the National ACDFA at Washington DC’s Kennedy Center. His work has received enthusiastic reviews across the United States being described as “grippingly aggressive” and “a wonderful example of how much the human body can communicate” by Lisa Jo Sagolla in Backstage. (September 15, 2000) Cynthia McMullen of the Richmond Times Dispatch called his duet Heroes and Ghosts a “standout in a night of true modern diversity.” (September 23, 2002) and the New York Times described his piece Fade to Snow and Gray as, “A thoughtful meditation on group dynamics.” (July 17, 2006) In addition to directing James Hansen Dance, he is an Associate Professor at SUNY Brockport Department of Dance where he teaches repertory, modern technique and contact improvisation in both the BA/BFA and MFA programs.

Kathleen Brady, originally from Washington, DC, has trained with faculty from The Center Dance company, The Washington Ballet, The Juilliard School, and the Joffrey Ballet. In addition to her dance training, Ms. Brady received her Bachelors in Art degrees in both Anthropology and Russian from the University of Virginia. Ms. Brady has also had the pleasure to work with a wealth of talented choreographers which include Linda Kent, Nancie Woods, Paul Wegner, Dennis Price and Susan Cooper. Having practiced Yoga for over 8 years, she began teaching in 2008, and is currently RYT certified through Yoga Alliance. She teaches at studios and gyms all over Richmond, as well as private sessions -- www.KMyogaKM.com.   She has been dancing with the Starr Foster Project since 2009.

Starrene Foster, Artistic Director of Starr Foster Dance Project, is the recipient of the 2006 Theresa Pollack Award for Artistic Excellence and was recently featured on the PBS broadcast Virginia Currents. Foster was also awarded Richmond’s Most Prestigious 25 Arts Innovators and The Top to 40 under 40 by Richmond Virginia's Style Weekly. With much acclaim throughout the country, critics have raved enthusiastically about Foster's choreography consistently and she has been reviewed as “having a very impressive inventory of work”, “a master of immediacy” and her choreography having “range and imagination“ and “emotional gravity”. She has been recognized for creating inventive and unusual partnering as well as integrating the uniqueness of each dancer in her work. A Richmond native, Starrene is a graduate of the Dance and Choreography Department of Virginia Commonwealth University, where she is the beneficiary of the 2003 VCU Star Alumni Award and is presently in her eleventh year as an adjunct faculty member. Starrene has received grants from the Virginia Council for the Arts, and many commissions that include Old Dominion University, James Madison University, the Richmond Ballet, Norfolk Governors School for the Arts, University of Richmond, VCU, as well as many commissions for new dance works from independent performers and various dance companies. Foster has also choreographed several music videos and commercials and the musical Hair for the Department of Theatre at VCU. Ms. Foster's choreography has been presented at the The Philadelphia Fringe Festival (PA), The Jack Guidone Theatre (DC), Charlottesville Festival of Contemporary Dance and Improvisation, the American Dance Festival (NC), Old Dominion University Choreographers’ Showcase (VA), The Goose Route Dance Festival (WV), The National High School Dance Festival in Miami, the Demetrius Klein Dance Festival (FL), Festival of Choreography (NC) and the state-wide dance invitational "Yes, Virginia-Dance!” Ms. Foster also teaches master classes nationally, from Seattle to Virginia. As a dancer, Starrene has performed works by Mark Taylor, Mark Haim, Chris Burnside, Barbara Grubel, Doug Varone, Mark Dendy, Pewan Chow (Hong Kong), Raul Parro (Mexico), among many others. In addition to her faculty position at VCU, Starrene is currently on faculty at the Richmond Ballet, University of Richmond and St. Christopher’s School in Richmond, Virginia.