Class Information
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Texas School of the Blind and Visually Impaired Movement Program
Times & Dates
Mondays 8:45am-10:00am
Description
Dance, movement, and therapy program for visually impaired students. Classes are based on a unique style of “touch technique” that uses touch, vibrations,
sound, and smell to teach movement.
Prices
Private Course. Please email for additional information
Ojeda Middle School Dance Collective Program
Times & Dates
Tuesday and Thursdays 4:00pm-5:30pm
Description
Diasporic Fusion Technique course at Ojeda Junior High School. Class
cultivates leadership, trust-building,
confidence, and stage skills while performing contemporary
dances of the
Americas.
Prices
Private course funded by the Theater Action Project and City of Austin. Please email for individual prices
Afro-Caribbean Salsa & Movement – Progression I & II
Location
Lucila Dance Productions Studio
1700 S. Lamar, Suite 316, Austin, TX 78704
Smaller, intimate studio for more individualized instruction for your specific dance / movement needs.
Times & Dates
Thursdays 7:00pm-8:00pm / Saturdays 4:00pm-5:00pm
Description
This course allows students to work on movement offered in Progression 1, but also practice necessary acting and character skills infused in Afro-Caribbean salsa. Enhance technical skills by understanding the links between African Diasporic belief systems and movements in Afro-Caribbean salsa. Whether dancing alone or with a partner, students move from movement to full embodiment.
Prices
Single Class: $15
6 Classes Prepaid: $75
12 Classes Prepaid: $120
Private Instruction Single / Couple: $45 / Hour
Private Instruction
Single / Couple: $35/hour
Group Workshops: $15 per person for 2 hours of instruction
Diasporic Movement Practicum
Leadership Enrichment Arts Program (LEAP)
University of Texas at Austin
July 13th – July 17th 2009
Final performance at the Blanton Museum of Art
Summer program designed to teach a selected group of youth how to use movement to understand the world. This course facilitates collective leadership qualities, body awareness, and fundamentals of stage performance. Additionally, students explore ways that movement, culture, and history relate to their everyday lives.
Past Imperfect Summer Institute in Performance Studies
Northwestern University, Center for Global Studies
Chicago, Illinois
July 6th - July 10th 2009
Specially selected group of 24 performers and performance scholars convene for a week of presentations, workshops, and performances.
5th Global Conference: Pluralism, Inclusion and Citizenship
Salzburg, Austria
November 6th - November 8th 2009
Derrick will present research and perform the cultural, political, and educational aims of Diasporic Movement to this international forum of educators and policy makers.
Afro-Caribbean Salsa & Movement – Progression I
Location
George Washington Carver Cultural Center Dance Studio
1165 Angelina Street (3 blocks east of 35N btwn 11th & 12th streets)
Austin, Texas, 78702
Times & Dates
Tuesdays: 6:30-7:45pm / October 7th – December 2nd
Description
Afro-Caribbean Salsa & Movement gives students enhanced awareness of their bodies that enables greater movement and creativity. The strengthened freedom in the music makes salsa fun, exciting, and sensual whether dancing alone or with a partner. Learn elements of rumba and Cuban folkloric as well as contemporary Caribbean and Afro-Caribbean movements. This enthralling course not only provides innovative, rhythmic technique, but also offers the perfect full-body workout. No previous experience in salsa necessary.
Prices
$45 for above time frame / drop-in fee $7
Fall Interim
Classes held weekly excluding December 16th – January 11th
Afro-Caribbean Salsa & Movement - Progression I
Location
George Washington Carver Cultural Center Dance Studio
1165 Angelina Street (3 blocks east of 35N btwn 11th & 12th streets)
Austin, Texas, 78702
Times & Dates
Tuesdays: 6:30-7:45pm / January 20th – March 10th
Description
Afro-Caribbean Salsa & Movement gives students enhanced awareness of their bodies that enables greater movement and creativity. The strengthened freedom in the music makes salsa fun, exciting, and sensual whether dancing alone or with a partner. Learn elements of rumba and Cuban folkloric as well as contemporary Caribbean and Afro-Caribbean movements. This enthralling course not only provides innovative, rhythmic technique, but also offers the perfect full-body workout. No previous experience in salsa necessary.
Prices
$45 for above time frame / no course registration fees required
Credit cards accepted at ACC in person, by telephone 512.223.7542, by fax 512.223.7030
or online at www.austincc.edu/ce
Or mail the registration form along with your check or money order to:
Austin Community College
Continuing Education
5930 Middle Fiskville Rd.
Austin, TX 78752
Private Instruction
Single / Couple: $35/hour
Group Workshops: $15 per person for 2 hours of instruction
Afro-Caribbean Salsa & Movement – Progression I & II
Location
George Washington Carver Cultural Center Dance Studio
1165 Angelina Street (3 blocks east of 35N btwn 11th & 12th streets)
Austin, Texas, 78702
Times & Dates
Tuesdays: 6:30-7:45pm / March 17th – May 12th
Description
This course allows students to work on movement offered in Progression 1, but also practice necessary acting and character skills infused in Afro-Caribbean salsa. Enhance technical skills by understanding the links between African Diasporic belief systems and movements in Afro-Caribbean salsa. Whether dancing alone or with a partner, students move from movement to full embodiment.
Prices
$80 for above time frame / no course registration fees required
Credit cards accepted at ACC in person, by telephone 512.223.7542, by fax 512.223.7030
or online at www.austincc.edu/ce
Or mail the registration form along with your check or money order to:
Austin Community College
Continuing Education
5930 Middle Fiskville Rd.
Austin, TX 78752
Private Instruction
Single / Couple: $35/hour
Group Workshops: $15 per person for 2 hours of instruction
Funk Styles / Poppin – Progression I
Location
George Washington Carver Cultural Center Dance Studio
1165 Angelina Street (3 blocks east of 35N btwn 11th & 12th streets)
Austin, Texas, 78702
Times & Dates
Saturdays: 1:00-2:00pm / October 4th – November 29th
Description
Learn the diverse techniques that comprise the foundations of the different styles of popping. Discover unique Northern California innovations that present robotic, animated, illusionary, and soulful movement. The foundation focus gives students improvisational skills that helps retain the dance’s natural, uncompromising, and vibrant feel. In addition, students learn the history, beliefs, and language of this underground culture that now spans the globe.
Prices
$40 for above time frame / drop-in fee $5
Fall Interim
Classes held weekly excluding December 16th – January 11th
Funk Styles / Poppin – Progression I
Location
George Washington Carver Cultural Center Dance Studio
1165 Angelina Street (3 blocks east of 35N btwn 11th & 12th streets)
Austin, Texas, 78702
Times & Dates
Saturdays: 1:00-2:00pm / January 24th-March 14th
Description
Learn the diverse techniques that comprise the foundations of the different styles of popping. Discover unique Northern California innovations that present robotic, animated, illusionary, and soulful movement. The foundation focus gives students improvisational skills that helps retain the dance’s natural, uncompromising, and vibrant feel. In addition, students learn the history, beliefs, and language of this underground culture that now spans the globe.
Prices
$40 for above time frame / no course registration fees required
Credit cards accepted at ACC in person, by telephone 512.223.7542, by fax 512.223.7030
or online at www.austincc.edu/ce
Or mail the registration form along with your check or money order to:
Austin Community College
Continuing Education
5930 Middle Fiskville Rd.
Austin, TX 78752
Funk Styles / Poppin – Progression I & II
Location
George Washington Carver Cultural Center Dance Studio
1165 Angelina Street (3 blocks east of 35N btwn 11th & 12th streets)
Austin, Texas, 78702
Times & Dates
Saturdays: 1:00-2:00pm / March 21st – May 16th
Description
Learn the varied differences between Southern California and Northern California popping styles. While SoCal styles were created during the “Funk Era”, NorCal styles were created during, and in the wake of the Black Panther Movement. Learn the often-overlooked differences between the “hit” and “pop”, which allows for fluid, transitional movements. Course focuses on the cipher, battle, improvisation, performance, and animation techniques.
Prices
$45 for above time frame / no course registration fees required
Credit cards accepted at ACC in person, by telephone 512.223.7542, by fax 512.223.7030
or online at www.austincc.edu/ce
Or mail the registration form along with your check or money order to:
Austin Community College
Continuing Education
5930 Middle Fiskville Rd.
Austin, TX 78752
Performances/Lectures
Derrick is a performer and choreographer who creates pieces for individual dancers or the touring company. His choreography always tells a story that uplifts while challenges us to alter our present reality for the better
Lectures emphasize the manifestation of knowledge through mind and body. This resists mind/body split that is prevalent in Western thought. Audience members do not just distantly lissten, but get a better understanding by performing basic movements. A few topics Derrick speaks on…
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What is Diasporic dance and movement? Derrick provides a historic account of lesser-known locations (Mexico, Colombia, Nicaragua, Argentina, Peru) where people of African descent settled and greatly contributed to national artistic and political cultures.
- Fundamentals of body composition that connects African Diasporic dances ( breakin, poppin, capoeira, Cuban rumba, samba, hip-hop, lockin, son, soca, merengue, swing, krumpin, charleston, cumbia, and religious forms).
- Multi-cultural influences of Diasporic dances and movement.
- How African-descended peoples in the Americas infused knowledge, power, and language through dance / The difference between religious and secular dances / Creation of complex stories through movement.
- Explanation of the often-used umbrella term “hip-hop dance”. This term obscures the various histories of American street dances that pre-date hip-hop such as the 10+ styles of poppin created in California- many of which were created during and in the wake of the Black Panther Movement / Contemporary mixing of various Diasporic dances that are taking place in New York, Miami, Havana, and São Paulo.