Mascher Space Co-op

Kira Kirsch technique classes at Mascher Space Cooperative

June 7th-11th, 10am-1pm
June 8th+10th, 6-8pm

Mascher is proud to host San Francisco-based teacher Kira Kirsch for a week of intensive workshops in axis syllabus universal motor principles, a movement system that uses a three-dimensional and non-linear understanding of our skeletal architecture to comprehend the chaotic complexity of our movements.

Kira’s classes place a strong emphasis on floor work, and incorporate
the study of falling, working with rhythm, and different dynamic
qualities. She is thrilled by the challenge of extreme speed.

Her strong focus on technique naturally extends to teaching partnering
and contact improvisation. Efficient lifting mechanics; appropriate
weight distribution; counterweight; the Art of Touch; and sensory
integration are common subjects.

This week of study will include daily three-hour intensives from
10:00-1:00, evening workshops from 6:00-8:00 on Tuesday and Thursday,
and an informal shared evening of performances on Friday night. Mark your calenders! Made possible by Professional Development funding from Dance Advance.

Kira Kirsch
is a performer, teacher and young choreographer from Berlin/Vienna who is now based in San Francisco. Kira studied at the Conservatory of Vienna, at tanzpool and received a scholarship from the Austrian Ministry for Culture to independently work with master teacher Frey Faust who developed the theory, analysis and method called the Axis Syllabus. In the realm of improvisation she has had the luck to study with and be inspired by visionary women such as Sara Mann, Meg Stuart and Nita Little. Since 2004 she gets invited to teach technique and contact improvisation internationally at festivals, schools and universities such as ODC & CounterPULSE San Francisco, SEAD-Salzburg, Orff-institute (Austria), HJS-Amsterdam, Buehnenwerkstatt & University Graz, Circuit-Est Montreal, Schwelle7 Berlin  and at the international annual Nomadic College in Italy, Czech Republic, California and Finland. January 2010 she became resident faculty & affiliated artist at KUNST-STOFF arts, a new space for the performing arts in San Francisco. Kira has danced with Half Machine (Denmark), ABCdance collective/Frey Faust and Cie. Anna Tenta (Austria). In San Francisco she can be seen in the works of David Slaza, Sara Shelton Mann, Avy K productions, DanceBrigade and in numerous collaborations. Kira is making her own work and producing events under the umbrella of corpi liquidi.<corpiliquidi.com>

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FRESH JUICE –Sip on this…

Mascher Space Co-op’s Artist In Residence Show

Philadelphia, PA –Mascher Space Co-op., an artist-run, experimental dance lab for Philly-based movement artists, will premiere the Special Fringe Edition of its biannual Fresh Juice series onSunday, September 5th at 6pm; Monday, September 6th at 8pm and Saturday, September 11th at 8pm. $10 at the door.

Mascher Space Co-op, named the “Next Collective Art Space” (Philadelphia Weekly, 2007) and the “Best Experimental Dance Lab” (Philadelphia City Paper, 2007), brings you five prime movers and shakers of the Philly dance scene who aren’t afraid to make a splash and will treat you to servings of thoughtful, courageous, and innovative dance!

Don’t be afraid to take the evening’s title literally! Bring your own fruit, and the folks at Mascher will juice it for you (No Joke!) so you can get your daily doses of nutrients and art all at the same time!

FlyGround’sStreetGracecreated by Lela Aisha Jonescleverly dissects~merges TransAfro movement cultures in the US and beyond, while lusciously smearing in contemporary modern movement experiences of release. Through gestural and social movement references, the dance work blurs culture and unveils physicalized connections between TransAfro peoples.

Nicole Bindler performs “Mama, My Legs Are Too Long” a solo dance-theater work honoring the life and death of Nelly, the woman who raised her for the first 10 years of her life while her parents were at work. Nelly was a Haitian refugee who fled to the U.S. in the 60’s with her husband, Jacques. Although Nelly spoke Kreyol, she taught Bindler French and “Mama” explores this tension between French colonialism and Haitian Kreyol. “Mama” also questions the role of grief in the loss of a nanny, who is like family but is paid to be a mama.

The Catastrophe Theory Series is a new piece of dance work created by Becca Weber (Somanaut Dance). A series of three dances, presented as work in dialogue with both the original concept of Catastrophe Theory, as well as the series of paintings and poems (Catastrophe Theory IV, III, and II) created by Sigmar Polke and penned by renowned poet Mary Jo Bang, respectively. Performed by Becca Weber, Tia Huston, Lee Fogel and Alie Vidich

Zornitsa Stoyanova, director of Here [begin] Dance Co, embarks on a new dance project that explores movement based on archetypical characters, developed in collaboration with her dancers: Lisa Rothstein, Emma Morehouse, Eric Conroe, Greg Holt and Zach Svoboda.