WORKSHOPS

In addition to international performances, the Festival offers a variety of classes, workshops and other educational activities with our partners the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance and other San Francisco arts organizations (see examples from the 2011 Festival below).

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2011 Festival Classes @ San Francisco Conservatory of Dance
Fri	8 Apr	1:30 - 3:00PM	Workshop with Leyya Tawil Workshop with choreographer & artistic director of Oakland based Dance Elixir.	Admission: $10; FREE to SFIAF "THIEVES" event ticket holders
Sat	16 Apr	2:00 - 5:30PM	DanceMakers Forum with SFIAF Artist, Scott Wellls Workshop and showing of work-in-progress open to dancers and non-dancers featuring Scott Wells, choreographer and artistic director of San Francisco based Scott Wells & Dancers.	FREE
Fri	22 Apr	1:30 - 3:00PM	Workshop with Nina Haft Workshop with choreographer and artistic director of Oakland based Nina Haft & Company.	Admission: $10; FREE to SFIAF "T:HERE" event ticket holders
Fri	06 May	1:30 - 3:00PM	Workshop with Hope Mohr A two-hour workshop with choreographer and artistic director of San Francisco based Hope Mohr Dance.	Admission: $10; FREE to SFIAF "Plainsong" event ticket holders
Sun	15 May	Workshop: 2:00 - 3:45PM Showing: 4:00 - 5:00PM	DanceMakers Forum with SFIAF Artist, Charles Slender Workshop and showing of work-in-progress open to dancers and non-dancers featuring Charles Slender, choreographer and artistic director of San Francisco based FACT/SF. Informal discussion and refreshments at 5:00PM.	FREE
Wed	18 May	4:00 - 5:30PM	Workshop with Barak Marshall Workshop with Barak Marshall, the internationally acclaimed Tel Aviv and Los Angeles based choreographer whose company makes its Bay Area debut at the San Francisco International Arts Festival. Contact: Megan Kurashige; Megan@SFconservatoryofDance.org	Admission: $10; FREE to SFIAF "MONGER" event ticket holders
Thu	19 May	1:30 - 3:00PM	Workshop with Rulan Tangen Workshop with choreographer and artistic director of Dancing Earth, a Native American contemporary dance ensemble.	Admission: $10: FREE to SFIAF "Of Bodies of Elements" ticket holders
Fri	27 May	11:45 - 1:15PM	Workshop with Cyrus Khambatta Workshop with choreographer and artistic director of Seattle based Khambatta Dance Company.	Admission: $10: FREE to SFIAF Khambatta Dance Company event ticket holders
Tue	31 May	4:00 - 5:30PM	Workshop with Muhanad Rasheed Workshop with the award-winning Iraqi choreographer whose Netherlands based company, Iraqi Bodies, makes its American debut at the SF International Arts Festival.	Admission: $10: FREE to SFIAF "Crying of My Mother" event ticket holders
Tue	31 May	8:00PM	Studio Showing of "THIEVES" Studio Showing of "THIEVES" by Leyya Tawil in collaboration with Muhanad Rasheed and Iraqi Bodies.

2011 Festival Lectures & Discussions
Wed	04 May	8:00PM	Israel Dance, Then & Now The Israel Center at the Oshman Family JCC, Palo Alto Join choreographer Barak Marshall and his mother Margalit Oved (founding member and former artistic director of Inbal Dance Theatre) for a special conversation and presentation on their unique dance forms. This presentation will be in Hebrew.	$15 Advance; $12 OFJCC Members; $18 Non-Members
Thu	05 May	7:00PM	Israel Dance, Then & Now Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco Join choreographer Barak Marshall and his mother Margalit Oved (founding member of and former artistic director of Inbal Dance Theatre) for a special conversation and presentation on their unique dance forms. This presentation will be in English.	Museum Admission; FREE to Members
Mon	16 May	TBD	Ensemble Theatre: Roles, Traditions, & Future Directions Venue TBD, Time Evening TBD Jarek Fret, artistic director of Teatr Zar and Carey Perloff, artistic director of American Conservatory Theatre discuss the essence and ethic of ensemble theatre practice; common researches in theatre and music; the relationship to the audience; and, by looking at the traditions of ensemble theatre, ask, “In what direction is the practice heading?”	FREE
Mon	01 Jun	6:30PM	Earplay Pre-Performance Discussion w/ Maurice Rodriguez Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Avenue	FREE