Wortham Presents
Pilobolus Dance Workshop
The core values of Pilobolus are creativity, collaboration, and communication. Their workshops are designed to give students an experience of the Pilobolus creative process and their signature techniques of improvisation, partnering and collaborative choreography. Current Pilobolus dancers will lead students through an improvisational warmup, movement-based problem-solving, weight-sharing techniques, and group dance-making. The class concludes with a choreographic project and performance for their peers. For advanced beginner/intermediate dancers ages 16+.
Note: This workshop is waitlist-only. Please email anna@worthamarts.org to be added to the list.
Date/Time: Saturday, March 23 from 1-2:30 p.m.
Location: Henry LaBrun Studio
Address: 18 Biltmore Ave, Asheville, NC 28801
Instructors: Hannah Klinkman & Zachary Weiss
Ages: 16+
Level: Advanced Beginner/Intermediate
Cost: $15
Pilobolus Educators
HANNAH KLINKMAN was born and raised in Dexter, Michigan where she was classically trained at Ballet Chelsea. She studied at Grand Valley State University and completed her training with BalletMet Columbus in 2016. She has since danced and created with Festival Ballet Providence, Dance The Yard, co-founded the Rhode Island Women’s Choreography Project, and toured and created new work with MOMIX. She creates costumes and her own choreography when not on the road. Hannah is a Mindfulness Meditation teacher, Pilates instructor, dance teacher, and houseplant enthusiast. Hannah joined Pilobolus in 2021.
ZACHARY WEISS grew up in Chapel Hill, NC and began his formal dance training at age eight. He has always been a performer whether it be playing the saxophone, singing, acting or dancing. Zack studied contemporary dance at UNC School of the Arts for a year before transferring to Swarthmore College. He graduated in 2020 with a major in Engineering and a minor in Dance. After working as a Data Engineer in DC for a year, Zack joined Pilobolus in 2021. Outside the studio, Zack can be found riding/fixing bikes, finding high places to climb, and reading science fiction (but not all at the same time).
Date(s):
Time
1–2:30 p.m.Venue:
18 Biltmore Ave.
Asheville, NC 28801 (map)