CLASSES & WORKSHOPS
SENSE OBJECT @ THE BERKELEY FINNISH HALL
MORNING DANCE CLASS
Weekly on *Wednesdays*
10AM- Noon
A somatic lense on
contemporary dance
& improvisation.
Berkeley Finnish Hall Auditorium
$15-30 donation requested
no one turned away for lack of funds
Hosted by Miriam Wolodarski
with Guests & Friends
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OCTOBER 23 & 30
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Kriss Rulifson & Jess Yactine
ORBITING
In this class we will share our practice in what we call “orbiting”. Inspired and influenced by our training in Flying Low, Passing Through, and Axis Syllabus, we will go through a series of floor progressions building a vocabulary together that we can then improvise and play with as we spiral in and out of the floor. The vibe - playful spicy.
Jessica Yactine (she/her)
Of French and Lebanese-Russian origin, was born and raised in Senegal. In 2010, she discovered her passion for Afro-Latin couple dancing in Dakar. After reaching the finals of the Africa-dançer competition in Portugal, she was quickly propelled as a performer and teacher on the stage of renowned festivals in Europe and abroad (Spain, Portugal, Senegal, Switzerland). Attentive to find her own body language, she went on to become a professional contemporary dancer in Bordeaux, and also studied classical dance, hip-hop, modern jazz and theater. She returns regularly to Senegal and learns traditional African and urban dance at the École des Sables (Germaine Accogny). She has performed with the companies : Auguste & Bienvenue (Burkina Faso), Tango Nomade, Reverie danse verticale (aerial dance), TMLM (dance & slam), XLR project (dance & digital), MC2A (migration culturel Afrique et Aquitaine).
KRISS RULIFSON (they/them)
Originally from Northern California (ancestral territory of the Maidu people) and currently based out of Berlin, Germany. Kriss is a movement artist, improviser, and director. Through their various movement muses, they are constantly asking, “How can I be in the most available state to receive and respond to a constantly changing environment?” Kriss graduated from Tanzfabrik Schule (2022) and holds a degree in Neurobiology Physiology and Behavior from the UC Davis (2014) and Expressive Arts Therapy from the Tamalpa Institute (2016). Their creative work has been received throughout the Bay Area and greater Northwest of the USA, Turkey, Mexico, Canada, Portugal, and Germany. Kriss’s movement is informed by Axis Syllabus, Contact Improvisation, Breaking and House, Aquatic Dance and Free Diving. Kriss has performed and collaborated with various companies such as James Graham and Dancers, KD MovingGround, Piñata Collective, Scott Wells & Dancers, Footloose Presents, Artship, and Dugway Proving Ground. Kriss is currently freelancing as a dancer and teacher around Europe and organizing an aquatic dance festival, Liquid Roots. www. kristenrulifson.com
COMPOSTABLE FEMINISMS
MORNING DANCE CLASS
with Rosemary Hannon & Miriam Wolodarski
Experiential Anatomy
Choreographic Motifs/Phrases/Coordinations
Improvisation and Composition: frames, scores, experiments
Awareness Practices and Open Discussions
Feminism awakens the moment we take note of imbalances of power, but it does not end there, it blossoms into new ways of being. This is a class that asks: “What does a feminist dance practice feel like?” The idea is not to answer the question, but rather to tune to sensation, leaning into mutable structures in order to build skills while staying in touch with the unknown, noticing and valuing places of ambiguity and ephemerality. We are interested in ways of moving, dancing, and learning together that resist the teleology of self improvement, turning instead to felt, bodily sensations, process oriented practice, and collective dialogue.
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Sense Object is located at the Berkeley Finnish Hall, a community center in Berkeley, California, where we are the arts company in residence.
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