ACDA West Regional Conference: Full Schedule

Welcome to ACDA West Conference 2019 The Art of Moving! Be open to new friends, new ideas, new experiences. Enjoy!

STATEMENT OF EMPOWERMENT:
ACDA recognizes that Art can provoke; therefore, during the course of the conference, participants are empowered to remove themselves from conference activities.

To All Conference Participants:
Just a reminder...The adjudication process is structured to ensure that feedback and the selection process is as objective as possible.

Adjudicators do not know the names of schools or choreographers presenting work in the adjudication concerts. In order to keep the integrity of this ACDA policy and process in tact through the adjudicators’ final decision, it is necessary to ask all conference participants to avoid conversation with adjudicators about the adjudicated dances, the adjudication process, or their comments during the feedback session. In addition, please do not discuss your school’s programs or your own work with the adjudicators. Your full cooperation is being requested for the enjoyment of all conference participants, including the adjudicators!

Thank you in advance!

8:30am PST

Modern/Contemporary (Adv)

Limited Capacity filling up

This class will challenge students to find fullness and range in their dancing through activities focusing on opposition, initiation, and the core. In addition, there will be a concentration on the relationship between one’s body, the gravitational forces that influence it, and the floor. Participants will study momentum and inertia and how to harness both.

Teachers

Nick Blaylock

Faculty, Mem., Southern Utah University

Nick Blaylock (he/him/his) is a dance artist and MFA graduate of the Modern Dance Program in the University of Utah’s School of Dance. Nick has performed nationally, and his creative research has been commissioned throughout the United States by studios, pre-professional companies... Read More →

Wednesday February 27, 2019 8:30am - 10:00am PST
Washington Square 204

Class, Advanced

Company Modern/Contemporary

8:30am PST

Contemporary Modern Technique (Adv)

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

This contemporary modern class focuses on dynamic movement, flow, and creating an expansive body. Students will focus on alignment as well as full articulation of the spine. Andrew will teach you how to get the most out of the depth of your plié. We will also play with momentum and use of the floor in our explorations. Students will discover sequences through initiation points and cross lateral pulls, which will help develop awareness of how the body can flow through space with grace and attack.

Teachers

Andrew Merrell

Faculty, Mem., Saint Mary's College

Andrew Merrell is a queer, married, thirty something, Bay-Area transplant, having originally spent time in the burb life of SoCal. Andrew holds a BA in Dance from California State University Long Beach and a MFA in Dance Creative Practice from Saint Mary’s College. He currently... Read More →

Thursday February 28, 2019 8:30am - 10:00am PST
New Ballet Studio E

Class, Advanced

Company Modern/Contemporary

10:30am PST

Modern Dance (Adv)

Limited Capacity filling up

Class with Rogelio will focus on falling and rising from the floor using momentum rather than muscle. Class begins moving right away with simple weight shifts and directional changes. There is a lot of repetition of material and re-enforcement of conceptual ideas with a focus on breath, dynamics, and athleticism.

Teachers

Rogelio Lopez

Faculty, Mem., Saint Mary's College

Rogelio Lopez is a dancer, dance instructor, choreographer, costume, lighting, and scenic designer. He earned his MFA in dance at California State University Long Beach where he graduated with honors in 2005. Presently he is on faculty and serves as the director of the MFA in Dance... Read More →

Thursday February 28, 2019 10:30am - 12:00pm PST
Dance Theatre SPX 216 Paseo de San Carlos, San Jose, CA 95192

Class, Advanced

Company Modern/Contemporary

4:00pm PST

Inversion Building Blocks (Adv)

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Finding strength in the arms and back in order to access inversion work

Teachers

Angela Rosenkrans

ACDA Board Member/Fac. Rep, Scottsdale Community College

Angela Rosenkrans is the Dance Program Director at Scottsdale Community College in Scottsdale AZ. Angela received her MFA from Sam Houston State University. She has been teaching for the past 25 years at college and dance studios in Colorado, Texas, Arizona and Louisiana. She has... Read More →

Thursday February 28, 2019 4:00pm - 5:30pm PST
Washington Square 204

Class, Advanced

ACDA West Regional Conference

8:30am PST

Nick Blaylock

8:30am PST

Andrew Merrell

10:30am PST

Rogelio Lopez

4:00pm PST

Angela Rosenkrans

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