In Conjunction with Bay Area Celebrates National Dance Week, Big Moves Bay Area invites dancers and dancers-to-be of all shapes, sizes, and experience levels to a FREE Day of Dance April 26th, 2009, from 12-5pm at The Beat in Berkeley.
Experienced, size-positive instructors will offer classes in ballet, lyrical jazz, and Bollywood dance. Attendees will also be treated to a short performance by the Phat Fly Girls, Big Moves' dance troupe for the curvaceous and confident, and an empowering workshop on How to Move and Love the Body You Have. Attendees are welcome all day, or can drop in and out of classes. Just be sure to arrive 15 minutes before any class to register. Did we mention it's free?
What: Day of Dance
When: Sunday, April 26th, 2009 12-5pm
Where: The Beat, 2560 9th St. (between Parker and Dwight), Berkeley, CA
Cost: FREE
12:00-12:30 Warm-Up with Jessica Judd
12:30-1:30 Ballet with Katrin Auch
1:30-2:30 Bollywood with Vikashni Prasaad
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-3:45 Lyrical Jazz with Jessica Judd
3:45-4:00 Phat Fly Girl Performance
4:00-5:00 How to Move and Love the Body You Have with Matilda St. John
All classes appropriate for beginning dancers as well as those with more experience
Big Moves is the only production and service organization in the world dedicated to getting people of all sizes out on the dance floor and up on stage. Recently featured on “Entertainment Tonight” and in a national PBS documentary, Big Moves Bay Area has also been named the “Best Place for Big Girls to Shake It” by the SF Bay Guardian. Big Moves offers performing and training opportunities for dancers of all sizes. To find out more about Big Moves, visit us online at http://www.bigmoves.org.
Big Moves Bay Area is a fiscally sponsored program of Intersection for the Arts.
Experienced, size-positive instructors will offer classes in ballet, lyrical jazz, and Bollywood dance. Attendees will also be treated to a short performance by the Phat Fly Girls, Big Moves' dance troupe for the curvaceous and confident, and an empowering workshop on How to Move and Love the Body You Have. Attendees are welcome all day, or can drop in and out of classes. Just be sure to arrive 15 minutes before any class to register. Did we mention it's free?
What: Day of Dance
When: Sunday, April 26th, 2009 12-5pm
Where: The Beat, 2560 9th St. (between Parker and Dwight), Berkeley, CA
Cost: FREE
12:00-12:30 Warm-Up with Jessica Judd
12:30-1:30 Ballet with Katrin Auch
1:30-2:30 Bollywood with Vikashni Prasaad
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-3:45 Lyrical Jazz with Jessica Judd
3:45-4:00 Phat Fly Girl Performance
4:00-5:00 How to Move and Love the Body You Have with Matilda St. John
All classes appropriate for beginning dancers as well as those with more experience
Big Moves is the only production and service organization in the world dedicated to getting people of all sizes out on the dance floor and up on stage. Recently featured on “Entertainment Tonight” and in a national PBS documentary, Big Moves Bay Area has also been named the “Best Place for Big Girls to Shake It” by the SF Bay Guardian. Big Moves offers performing and training opportunities for dancers of all sizes. To find out more about Big Moves, visit us online at http://www.bigmoves.org.
Big Moves Bay Area is a fiscally sponsored program of Intersection for the Arts.
