Physical Storytelling with Babatunji
Decentered Arts Studio, Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA, USA
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PHYSICAL STORYTELLING:
monthly movement workshops designed to be non-dancer friendly (no choreo! no judgement) to help you expand your creativity.
This will be our last of the year!
WORKSHOP at 2PM:
Participants will be led through a 30min yoga warm-up, to open up and strengthen the body. Following the warm-up participants will be led through a series of prompts to get them acquainted with moving through and interacting with the space surrounding them as well as the building and retention of a short phrase of movement. Eventually, participants will be broken up into small collaborative groups, and instructed on creating a short piece of dance which will be heavily influenced by and in relationship with geometry founded in the space.
Optional social after class at 3:30pm!
NOTAFLOF - please reach out about volunteering if cost is an issue!
ARTIST:
Babatunji Johnson was born in Portland, Oregon and grew up on the Big Island of Hawaii. Though never formally trained as a child, Babatunji was always moving his body to the beat. At the age of 15, he discovered the art of hip hop. Following over a decade of self-taught street performance, he has developed a unique approach to various styles of hip hop such as breaking, popping, and krump. While cultivating his own movement language, Babatunji simultaneously trained in ballet, modern, and contemporary. Babatunji has performed with Lines Ballet, Post Ballet, SFDanceworks, Terri Lyne Carrington, and Misty Copeland. In 2015 Babatunji was given a Princess Grace Award, as well as a Chris Hellman Award for his outstanding achievements and promise in the world of dance, and in 2024 he was given the Gerbode Dance Award.
IG:
https://www.instagram.com/babatunji/
Site: https://babatunjijohnson.com/
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Physical Storytelling with Babatunji
Decentered Arts Studio, Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA, USA
Hosts
About
PHYSICAL STORYTELLING:
monthly movement workshops designed to be non-dancer friendly (no choreo! no judgement) to help you expand your creativity.
This will be our last of the year!
WORKSHOP at 2PM:
Participants will be led through a 30min yoga warm-up, to open up and strengthen the body. Following the warm-up participants will be led through a series of prompts to get them acquainted with moving through and interacting with the space surrounding them as well as the building and retention of a short phrase of movement. Eventually, participants will be broken up into small collaborative groups, and instructed on creating a short piece of dance which will be heavily influenced by and in relationship with geometry founded in the space.
Optional social after class at 3:30pm!
NOTAFLOF - please reach out about volunteering if cost is an issue!
ARTIST:
Babatunji Johnson was born in Portland, Oregon and grew up on the Big Island of Hawaii. Though never formally trained as a child, Babatunji was always moving his body to the beat. At the age of 15, he discovered the art of hip hop. Following over a decade of self-taught street performance, he has developed a unique approach to various styles of hip hop such as breaking, popping, and krump. While cultivating his own movement language, Babatunji simultaneously trained in ballet, modern, and contemporary. Babatunji has performed with Lines Ballet, Post Ballet, SFDanceworks, Terri Lyne Carrington, and Misty Copeland. In 2015 Babatunji was given a Princess Grace Award, as well as a Chris Hellman Award for his outstanding achievements and promise in the world of dance, and in 2024 he was given the Gerbode Dance Award.
IG:
https://www.instagram.com/babatunji/
Site: https://babatunjijohnson.com/
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