Upcoming NYC workshop - Relax into Wrong

Our next expandance workshop is all about Getting it Wrong!

How often in your daily life do you give yourself permission to make mistakes? To grow from them without judging yourself for making them in the first place? To like yourself in spite of not attaining 'perfection' in all you do?
As a recently outed perfectionist myself, I realized I never allowed myself to Get Stuff Wrong. That's a lot of pressure! So I thought 'Let's do a workshop where we can dance, move, play and above all else - Get our Wrong ON - and have fun with it!'

For three Thursdays this June & July, we'll give ourselves 1 1/2 hours to do just that. Take a long lunch and join me in Midtown!

* Thursdays June 24th, July 1st & July 8th
* 12.15pm - 1.45pm
* Keystone Studio, 252 West 30th Street (at 8th Ave), suite 4B
* $65 for entire workshop, (paid on June 24th) or $25 for each class drop-in

This class is open to all adults whether you're a professional dancer or have never danced before and just want to move. A basic level of fitness is preferable.

Space is limited. Please RSVP by Sunday June 20th: expandanceinfo@gmail.com

- Rachel

expandance Ireland workshop for teenagers - July 2010

In July, Alicia is teaching an expandance workshop for teenagers at The Riverbank Theatre. Rachel will be in Ireland to guest teach sections of her newest piece Tributaries as part of the workshop.

Each morning will feature a fun, engaging technique-based contemporary dance class.
After lunch, each afternoon you will have the chance to:

* Experience the expandance technique: an expansive and centered approach to improvisation, choreography & performance
* Learn practical tools for utilizing pre-performance nerves that you can use for the rest of your performing career
* Create your own choreography
* Learn expandance company repertoire from members of the company


This workshop is for ages 13 - 17 and is at The Riverbank Theatre, Newbridge, Co Kildare
July 19th through 23rd 2010
10am - 3pm
€75 incl. lunch
To register please contact The Riverbank Arts Centre
Phone: (045) 448330
Email: info@riverbank.ie

New YouTube channel

We just created a new YouTube channel dedicated to showing only expandance company work - performances, rehearsal clips, blog videos etc. Visit, subscribe, and rate us some stars! More videos coming soon :)

Tributaries - the pics

Thanks to those of you who came and supported Tributaries, and for your overwhelmingly positive feedback. Here are a few of the pictures Kate Hess took on the night. Thank you again to everyone at Emerging Artists Theatre, especially Alison, Julie, Jess, Stacy and Paul.

Much of the feedback we received centered around developing Tributaries into a full length piece. Keep checking back for updates, as we may well develop it in the near future.

Tributaries is tomorrow Wed April 28th 2010

Remember! Tomorrow night at TADA! Theatre, 15 West 28th Street, NY. Come and see a choreographer, a dancer and a clown attempt to make a show.
Tickets are $10 and are available here or on the door.

Choreography & Performance by Rachel Wynne
Sound-scape by ChristinaNoel Reaves
featuring the voices of Laurie Schneider, Alicia Christofi-Walshe & Jody O'Neill in Ireland
and Matthew Westerby, Anita McFarlane, Sarah Rainone & Clare Cook in USA

50 Best Blogs for Dance Students - yep, we're there :)

The expandance blog has just been featured on OnlineDegree.net's '50 Best Blogs for Dance Students' under their Choreography and Teaching category.

Check it out!

Tributaries rehearsals

A few ideas we're working on in the Bushwick studio right now...




Get your tickets for Tributaries by clicking here. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Happy Day of Green

Well, it's St. Patrick's Day, and Laurie and Alicia are in Dublin & Wicklow respectively, and I'm here in Bushwick, NYC working on the new piece Tributaries. And it's SUNNY. And WARM! So I thought I'd share a bit of that sunny stuff with you all, wherever you happen to be in the world today, as my memories of St. Patrick's Day are usually accompanied by misty rain and freezing American majorettes with blue knees marching through the streets of Dublin. How much nicer it is to dance in warmth... - Rachel

Tickets!

Tickets are now on sale for Tributaries <-- click here

A sweet, rambunctious and vulnerable foray into the lives of a choreographer, a dancer and a clown... who just happen to share the same body.

They're only $10 - get 'em while they're hot!