A week of open rehearsals, workshops and performances from local choreographers Heyward Bracey & Nguyen Nguyen, Paola Escobar, Maya Gingery, Rebeca Hernandez, DaEun Jung, Shaina Lynn & Isabel Ivey, Carol McDowell, alexx shilling and Christine Suarez, plus Encounter (organized by Mariel Carranza), Beach Dances: Shared Practice is curated by Allison Wyper of Rhizomatic Arts.
Beach Dances: Shared Practice situates the practice and creation of dance in the daily life of the beach. While the artists work, you are invited into an open-air glimpse of the rehearsal room – and a new perspective on the movements of beachgoers around you.
Learn more at santamonica.gov/beachdances!
“From Butoh to Cumbia to Flamenco, choreographers use dance to practice their cultural identities and relationships to place and environment, to heal generational trauma, to practice inherited traditional ways of being in the world and to invent new ones. Dance is also frequently an occasion for coming together, breathing together, getting into rhythm, and finding moments of counterpoint. Dance practice is community practice; all are invited to view and engage.”
Daily Schedule:
Tuesday, June 18
Rehearsal 8:30-10:30am Rendición by Christine Suarez
Rehearsal 10:30am-12:30pm sAND sKY wIND by Maya Gingery
Rehearsal 12:30-1:30pm Zurciendo Souls by Paola Escobar
Wednesday, June 19
Rehearsal 8:30-10:30am Rendición by Christine Suarez
Free Workshop RSVP 10:30-11:30am Parents and Me Yoga+Cumbia Class with Rebeca Hernandez
Free Workshop RSVP 11:30am-1:30pm Earthian Folk Dance with DaEun Jung
Thursday, June 20
Rehearsal 8:30-9:30am Zurciendo Souls by Paola Escobar
Rehearsal 9:30-11:30am CONFLUENCE by Heyward Bracey and Nguyễn Nguyên
Rehearsal 11:30am-1:30pm sAND sKY wIND by Maya Gingery
Friday, June 21
Free Workshop RSVP 8:30-10:30am Contemplative Dance Practice at the Beach with Carol McDowell
Free Workshop RSVP 10:30am-12:30pm Freewalking / Ragewalking with alexx shilling
Rehearsal 12:30-1:30pm CONFLUENCE by Heyward Bracey and Nguyen Nguyen
Saturday, June 22
Free Workshop RSVP 8:30-10:30am Contemplative Dance Practice at the Beach with Carol McDowell
Free Workshop RSVP 10:30-11:30am Surrendering to Improvisation with Christine Suarez
Rehearsal 11:30am-1:30pm sAND sKY wIND by Maya Gingery
Free Event RSVP 4:00-6:00pm Rhizomatic Arts Beach Hangout
Free Performance RSVP 6:30-8:00pm New, site-responsive works developed on-site by Christine Suarez, Maya Gingery, Paola Escobar, DaEun Jung, Heyward Bracey & Nguyen Nguyen
Sunday, June 23
Free Workshop RSVP 8:30-10:30am Contemplative Dance Practice at the Beach with Carol McDowell
Free Workshop RSVP 10:30am-12:00pm Borderline Flamenco, Flamenco for All with Paola Escobar
Free Workshop RSVP 12:00-1:30pm La Diáspora de Twerk with Shaina Lynn and Isabel Ivey
Free Event RSVP 5:00-7:00pm Encounter organized by Mariel Carranza