The Technology of the Circle: Community Building and Dance Making
with Onye Ozuzu

May 6 (Thursday evening) – May 9 (Sunday afternoon)

This workshop explores the circle as a structure for performed improvisation. The Africanist circle of traditional village politics, of Brazilian Capoeria, of Jazz music, of B-boying/B-girling, will emerge as a foundational and fluid tool for the crafting of layered, powerful individual and communal performance. Using contemporary dance movement, singing, writing, storytelling, and drawing, we will work toward a group performance of improvised sophistication.

Onye Ozuzu is a performing artist, choreographer, educator and researcher. Her body of work fuses modern dance, West African dance, Japanese and Chinese martial arts, yoga, improvisational performance, literature, and cultural studies. She has been actively making and performing work since 1997, which has been seen nationally and internationally at The Joyce Soho (Manhattan, NY), Kaay Fecc Festival Des Tous les Danses (Dakar, Senegal), La Festival del Caribe (Santiago, Cuba), Lisner Auditorium (Washington DC), among others.

Total Workshop Fee = Tuition + Room & Board.

Tuition (4 Tiers Available):
   Student Rate: Economically challenged students and the unemployed: $185
   Regular Rate: Employed but struggling (teacher, librarian, lots of kids, etc.): $210
   Professional Rate: Actually contributing to your retirement plan (support the arts!): $235
   Contributor Rate: Contributing additional funds to support the Earthdance Scholarship Fund:: $285

Standard Room & Board: $140 (For commuting or alternate housing options, click here)
Deposit Required*: $75

Early Registration Discount: $25 off if registered by April 6.

Late fee: A $20 late fee applies to registrations received after April 29.

Arrival Thursday, 05/06, after 5 p.m.
Last session ends Sunday afternoon 05/09

Partial Scholarships are sometimes available for Earthdance workshops. Please click here for more information.

*You will not be officially registered until we receive your deposit. If your registration is cancelled up to 3 weeks prior to a workshop, you may either transfer the entire deposit amount to another event or be refunded 1/2 of the deposit. Cancellations within 3 weeks of the start date are not eligible for a refund or transfer.