The Malashock Dance Summer Intensive is fast approaching and it will be two weeks of non-stop dance featuring classes in technique, new works, repertory (not only Malashock repertory but also repertory by guest artists Keith Johnson and Bradley Lundberg), as well as mini-workshops in Dance Photography, Partnering, Contact Improvisation and Dance Stories (with John Malashock).
With regard to my piece for my New Works class, I have found some wonderful music by KODO that is both exhilarating and inspiring. Anyone who knows my movement, knows the piece with be fast-paced, somewhat leggy and a lot of fun. In repertory, I will be resetting sections of TRIBES (choreography by John Malashock), which was just performed at the Jewish Arts Festival this past June.
New works, repertory and more will be performed at the Summer Intensive Showcase at The Saville Theater on July 17th. And remember, if you would like to be an apprentice or company member with MALASHOCK DANCE, you can use the Summer Intensive as your audition. We have a full season of rehearsals, performances and touring, including:
CHAGALL/TRIBES at Oceanside Museum of Art in October 2010, MALASHOCK/RAW in November 2010 and the premiere of THE FLOATING WORLD at the San Diego Museum of Art over four weekends in April 2011.
Michael Mizerany
Associate Artistic Director, MALASHOCK DANCE
For class schedule, more information and payment option please visit:
http://www.malashockdance.org/the-school/workshops-a-special-events
Located at Dance Place San Diego, NTC Promenade
2650 Truxtun Road, Suite 202
San Diego, CA 92106
Phone: 619.260.1622
Fax: 619.523.0603
Email : info@malashockdance.org
The New Works Workshop was so much fun: 10 hours with 15 great dancers, a choreographers’ dream. The first day was especially fun — teaching phrase work, arranging it, drilling it and cleaning it. The dancers were tireless; they definitely met the challenge head on. It was so amazing to see how they ate up the movement — over and over and over again. I was quickly advised by the lovely ladies to stop saying, "One more time," and start just saying, "Again," because it was never just "one more time." Your observations are duly noted.
The second day I noticed many bruises, taped feet and ace bandages, but that couldn’t stop the New Works Workshop ladies. Again, they had incredible energy and excitement. We worked on more phrase work, some partnering and some scary lifts. Despite all this they could not be deterred, and we finished the work midway through the day, spending the rest of the time cleaning and refining. After ten hours of hard work and impressive determination on the dancers behalf, they look incredible.
I am so proud of what they achieved in only two days and am very excited to see the audience’s reaction at the showcase in 2 weeks time. So make sure you don’t miss the premiere of this new work (title TBA) at the Malashock Dance School Showcase on June 5th at 7 pm at the Saville Theater. Buy tickets online at www.MalashockDance.org
Michael Mizerany
Associate Artistic Director Malashock Dance
I am really excited for my New Works Workshop this weekend at Dance Place San Diego — it is going to be amazing this year! I have 16 dancers participating, and I can’t wait to start working with each and every one of them. We’ll meet Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., and then one more time to review/clean before the piece premieres at the Malashock Dance School Showcase on June 5th at 7 p.m. (Though coordinating 16 dancer schedules can be a daunting task, I am an expert in that regard! The Malashock Dance company members have given me plenty of practice!) Needless to say, this is quite a whirlwind, but an always fun and challenging experience for both the dancers and myself. I hope they are ready for me!
Michael Mizerany
Associate Artistic Director Malashock Dance
Make sure you don’t miss the premiere of Michael’s new work, plus new choreography by Malashock Dance School faculty, at the Saville Theater on June 5th. Details and Tickets
Many parents and students are familiar with our state-of-the-art dance studio in San Diego, our dance classes for kids and teens, and our dance classes for adults. But several times a year, adult students join us because of their love of dance or their dance career aspirations for workshops that offer a professional dance experience.
Our New Works Workshops , as well as our Summer in San Diego dance intensive, offers students an opportunity to learn new choreography from Artistic Director John Malashock and Associate Artistic Director Michael Mizerany (as well as guest artists in the summer).
Over Thanksgiving weekend, eight students joined John Malashock in the studio for the New Works Workshop. Students worked four hours a day for three days, learning choreography and receiving individual coaching.
"Working on new dances with an experienced choreographer is, by far, the most effective and direct way of learning new skills in dance. Dance is a ‘handed down’ artform, and there is no better way for dance students to broaden their abilities than by being in a situation like this." - John Malashock, Artistic Director
See some video clips of their experience here:
See the New Works Workshop students perform the finished piece, "Thinking Out Loud," next week:
Malashock Dance School Winter Showcase
Dec. 12 @ 7 p.m. & Dec. 13 @ 2 p.m.
Malashock Dance Studio
Dance Place San Diego
2650 Truxtun Rd, Studio 200, San Diego, CA 92106
Molly Puryear's Contemporary Choreography Class in "Lost." Photo by Yvonne Portra.
THE MALASHOCK DANCE SCHOOL SPRING SHOWCASE was held at Sushi: A Center for the Urban Arts this past weekend and was a great success. On Sunday, the show was completely sold out – we squeezed in more than 90 people – and the dancers “danced” amazingly. The showcase included performances by the students of The Malashock Dance School as well as the participants of the New Works Workshops. John Malashock premiered his new work, Unsettled , Michael Mizerany debut his work for eight women, Total Eclipse , and Katie Griffin and Matt Carney performed a new dance they choreographed jointly, Dreams .
Jaami Waali's Hip Hop Class in Swaggerific. Photo by Yvonne Portra.
Joe Alter
As a reminder, the MALASHOCK DANCE SUMMER WORKSHOP INTENSIVE is fast approaching. Plus a new development: Due to larger than expected enrollment, Joe Alter, associate professor and coordinator of the dance division at San Diego State University, has been added to the Summer Workshop Faculty. He is the Artistic Director of the Joe Alter Dance Group and also currently performs with Leslie Seiter’s Little Known Dance Theater.
On the touring front, MALASHOCK DANCE will be spending a week in the Midwest at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville in March/April of 2010. In addition to a company performance, we will offer three master classes including advanced modern technique, intermediate modern technique and a class in partnering.
And of special note: John Malashock has been elected to the Board of Trustees for DANCE/USA , the national service organization for professional dance. This is a tremendous honor for John, and he looks forward to being an enthusiastic representative. John will start his three year term on July 1, 2009.
John Malashock and Executive Director of DANCE/USA, Andrea Snyder.
Lastly, save the date for San Diego’s most fun fundraiser: MALASHOCK THINKS YOU CAN DANCE , Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 8 pm at Irwin M. Jacobs Qualcomm Hall.
Michael Mizerany
Associate Artistic Director, MALASHOCK DANCE
This past week was very exciting! We ended our season with an encore performance of John Malashock’s critically acclaimed dance work SHADOW OF MERCY at the JEWISH ARTS FESTIVAL in downtown San Diego. The house was full, the dancing was wonderful, and the audience was enthusiastic.
Now we are gearing up for The Malashock Dance School Spring Showcase (featuring new work by John Malashock and Michael Mizerany) on:
MALASHOCK DANCE SCHOOL SPRING SHOWCASE
Saturday, June 6, 2009 @ 2 pm
Sunday, June 7, 2009 @ 5 pm
Sushi: A Center for Urban Arts
390 11th Avenue
San Diego, CA 92101
Students from Michael Mizerany's New Works Workshop rehearse TOTAL ECLIPSE.
Also, the MALASHOCK DANCE SUMMER INTENSIVE begins on Monday, July 6th. It is looking to be a great workshop. 30 students and professionals from around the country will be converging on Dance Place San Diego to attend class, learn Malashock Dance repertory and participate in the Workshop Performance at the Saville Theatre on Saturday, July 18, 2009.
MALASHOCK SUMMER WORKSHOP PERFORMANCE
July 18, 2009
Saville Theater, Campus of City College
On the corner of C Street and 14th
San Diego, CA
As summer approaches, San Diego is the place to be! The city has incredible weather, an array of beaches, parks and attractions, and the MALASHOCK DANCE SUMMER IN SAN DIEGO WORKSHOP. This year’s workshop will take place July 6-17, 2009, at the Malashock Dance Studio at Dance Place San Diego. There will be a culminating performance at The Saville Theatre on July 18, 2009 at 7:30 pm featuring repertory works from MALASHOCK DANCE as well as exciting new works from Artistic Director John Malashock and Associate Artistic Director, Michael Mizerany.
MALASHOCK DANCE SUMMER IN SAN DIEGO
2650 Truxtun Road at Dance Place San Diego
Studio #200 www.MalashockDance.org
John Malashock (Technique/New Works)
Michael Mizerany (Repertory/New Works)
Julianne O’Brien Pedersen (Technique)
And just a reminder:
Nicole Thomas and Jered Solace (foreground) and Matt Carney and Brittany White in Michael Mizerany's New Works choreography.
Our NEW WORKS WORKSHOP is gearing up for May 23-24, 2009 from 12 – 5 pm (Michael) and May 30-31, 2009 from 12 – 5 pm (John). New choreography is created on the participants and premiered at the Malashock Dance School Showcase on June 6 – 7, 2009 at Sushi: Center for the Urban Arts. Space is still available; contact Michael at michael@malashockdance.org for more info.
Ayo Jackson, company member wtih Ballet Preljocaj, instructing dancers at the Ballet Preljocaj Master Classes at the Malashock Studios.
We had the pleasure to host (in association with the LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY) a MASTER CLASS WITH BALLET PRELJOCAJ this past week and many San Diego dancers took advantage of this great opportunity. Ayo Jackson, company member with BALLET PRELJOCAJ, taught a wonderful class and the students (who ranged in age for 12 – 50) looked phenomenal. An added bonus, Ayo Jackson was just beautiful to watch.
SHADOW OF MERCY (The Leonard Cohen Project) is fast approaching and all the pieces are looking great. We are putting the final touches on all the dance works and will have a full program run on Thursday.
This concert is going to be quite the endurance test. Though we are employing ten dancers (5 men, 5 women), there is no way around a few of us doing 3 or 4 pieces in a row. Stamina, of course, is always an issue but also a challenge: getting in and out of costumes quickly and efficiently, usually with minimal lighting and lots of sweat. As any dancer can tell you, this can prove to be the most stressful part of performing.
On Saturday, The Malashock Dance School had the Scholarship Auditions for both theMALASHOCK DANCE SUMMER IN SAN DIEGO WORKSHOP and THE NEW WORKS WORKSHOP . Attendance was great and the dancers were terrific. We also had 8 DVD auditions including three students submitting via YouTube. Technology has made my life much easier. Who knows, in the future we may do our entire workshop audition via DVD and YouTube submissions. That way, I can stay in my pajamas.
Students at The Malashock Dance School Scholarship Audition
On the promotional front, Danielle Gano, our PR Associate from Elle Communications, and several of her interns were making the rounds in San Diego hanging posters and distributing postcards. Keep your eyes open for the preview article in the UNION TRIBUNE next Sunday, as well as Carla Hockley’s segment on Cox 4.
Also, if you want a preview of the SHADOW OF MERCY concert, Lara Segura, Heidi Kershaw and I will be performing TAKE THIS WALTZ as part of SPRING FLING on Saturday, April 11th at 12:45 pm on The South Promenade at Liberty Station .
In addition, Lara Segura and I will perform the duet from THE GYPSY’S WIFE at 4×4xFLOOR at The Bluefoot Bar and Lounge on April 14th at 7 pm. THE GYPSY’S WIFE (the story of a none-too-chaste woman and her long-suffering husband) is one of those pieces, as Karen Walker from WILL & GRACE would say, “It’s funny because it’s sad.”
The ADF will be this summer in Durham, NC from June 11-July 25, 2009. The Festival will investigate the influences that modern dance and ballet have had on one another through performance and panel discussions, among other activities.
Since 1934, the ADF has remained committed to serving the needs of dance, dancers, choreographers, and professionals in dance-related fields.
Remaining true to the goals of its founding artists, the ADF’s programs are developed based on its mission: to encourage and support the creation and presentation of new modern dance work by both established and emerging choreographers; to preserve our modern dance heritage through continued presentation of classic works, as well as through archival efforts;
to build wider national and international audiences for modern dance; to enhance public understanding and appreciation of the art form and its cultural and historical significance; to provide a sound scientific/aesthetic base for professional education and training of young dancers and a forum for integrating and disseminating information on dance education.
The ADF is an international magnet for choreographers, dancers, teachers, critics, musicians and scholars, drawing them together to experiment, explore, learn, collaborate and create in a supportive environment.
Students and community members interact directly with luminaries in the field, learning first-hand from those who define modern dance.
The ADF’s wide range of programs include: education, performances, awards, national and international professional services, communtity services, and humanities and media projects.
For more information visit www.americandancefestival.org
