Changing year to year, summer and school year Intensive Workshops and Master Classes take the intermediate & advanced dancer, age 10-adult, on an in depth journey. Master teachers from around the globe come to Kanopy Dance to teach and inspire. Intensives and Master Classes are offered in the American Masters techniques of Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, Anna Sokolow, Erick Hawkins, and Lester Horton; training from the European Physical Theater and Corporeal Mime, and more.

Informal Showing with Guest Artists and Kanopy Dance

Sunday Aug 21, 2016

2:30-3:30pm
Kanopy Studio
341 State St, Madison, WI 53703Parallel_Jump - Version 2
with Miki Orihara, former Principal Dancer in Martha Graham Dance Company and Steven Pier, former Principal Dancer in Jose Limon Dance Company, Kanopy Dance Company, Kanopy 2, and Workshop Students.

Kanopy Dance Company will preview Martha Graham’s ‘Heretic,’ one of her masterworks from 1929. Regissuer: Miki Orihara.
(Audiences will see ‘Heretic’ fully staged in November for our “Martha Graham: (R)evolution” performances.) In addition, Kanopy Workshop students will present work devised during the workshop week.

Informal Showing- Guest Artist & Kanopy Dancers

Sunday Aug 14, 2016

2:30-3:30pm
Kanopy StudioReverence06
341 State St, Madison, WI 53703
with Martin Lofsnes, Guest Artist and former Martha Graham Principal Dancer and Artistic Director of 360 Dance Company, Kanopy Dance Company, Kanopy 2, and Workshop Students.

Kanopy Dance Company will preview Mr Lofsnes new work!
(Audiences will see this premier fully staged in November for our “Martha Graham: (R)evolution” performances.) In addition, Kanopy Workshop students will present work devised during the workshop week.

 

Summer Guest Artist Master Workshop 2- Aug 16-21, 2016

Martha Graham & Jose Limon Technique & Repertory with Miki Orihara and Stephen Pier

Parallel_Jump - Version 2August 16-August 21, 2016

1 week, Tues-Sun
For Intermediate/Advanced dancers, ages 12-adult.

Learn from Master Teacher and former Principal Dancer of Martha Graham Dance Company Miki Orihara. And, learn from Master Teacher and former Principal Dancer of Jose Limon Dance Company Stephen Pier. Repertory from Graham and Limon will be learned. There will be an informal showing at the end of the week with Ms Orihara, Mr Pier, Kanopy Dance Company and workshop students.

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Summer Guest Artist Master Workshop 1- Aug 9-14, 2016

Martha Graham Technique & Repertory with Martin Løfsnes

63 - Version 2August 9-August 14, 2016

1 week, Tues-Sun
For Intermediate/Advanced dancers, ages 12-adult.

Learn from Master Teacher Martin Løfsnes, Artistic Director of NYC based 360° Dance Company and former Principal Dancer of Martha Graham Dance Company. Martha Graham Technique and Repertory from 360° Dance Company will be learned. There will be an informal showing at the end of the week with Mr Løfsnes, Kanopy Dance Company
workshop students.

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Physical Theatre Workshop with Gill Nathanson and Bill Buffery Feb 20, 2016

MultiStoryTheatreCoArtistic Directors Multi-Story Theatre Company, United Kingdom 

Physical Theatre Workshop for intermediate/advanced dance, theatre and movement artists ages 12-adult.
Saturday Feb 20, 2016

4pm-8pm AND Sunday Feb 21,12-5pm
Technique, Creation, Rehearsal, Performance!
Informal Showing Sunday Feb 21 from 4-5pm
At: Kanopy Studio
Tuition: $200

*Special Free Performance by the Guest Artists: ‘The Me Show’
Friday February 19 at 8:00 pm in the Anderson Auditorium of Edgewood College, Madison 
(details below)

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