SUZANNE BEAHRS

Additional class material samples on Instagram.

DROP-IN ADULT CLASSES

Mondays, 6 pm - 7:30 pm, Beg I Modern, SADC

Wednesdays, 6:30 pm - 8 pm, Beg I/II Modern, SADC

*SADC: Shawl Anderson Dance Center, IN-PERSON, 2704 Alcatraz Ave, Berkeley, CA. shawl-anderson.org. SLIDING SCALE as of now, please double check the website for details: Class card rates and financial assistance information.

ONGOING YOUTH CLASSES

Teen III Contemporary, T/Th 4:30-6 pm, ODC**

ODC Registration/Scholarship Info

Youth enrollment is by session. Let me know if you have questions.

**ODC, 351 Shotwell St, SF, CA

ADULT WORKSHOPS

Stay tuned for the next Playshop, or email me for information. [If self-produced, it will be NOTAFLOF].

Playshops are movement workshops where we discuss movement mysteries and discoveries that we’re encountering in community with one another, play creative games, do some dancing, and look at our own creativity, influences, and try some ideas. Any and all levels welcome and encouraged! While we often talk about dance from a lens of modern dance aesthetics and lineage, all of the experiences you bring to our conversations and practice enrich our community and our practice, whether sports, work, navigating injuries and health concerns, or other dance styles.

STUDENT FEEDBACK:

“With great care, Suzanne invites you to stretch and mutate not only your physical dance vocabulary, but what dance means for you altogether. Her deceptively simple instruction opens portals to a freer and wiser sense of physical knowing, and bridges us together beautifully (even through screens!).” -Playshop participant

“Playshop feels like a community of discoverers, even over zoom, with Suzanne as the adventurous guide”. - Playshop participant

“Suzanne's class is hearty and thoughtful.  The movement explorations are expansive and honest.  This class invited me to rethink every dance lesson I've ever learned, in the best way.  I left with brand new tools and pathways.  I felt challenged, successful, and totally supported." -Adult Modern student

“I took a 4-week Modern Dance Playshop with Suzanne during Spring 2017 and it was one of the best classes I have ever experienced in my path as a mover. Suzanne offers a wide variety of exercises and approaches to dance that make it easy for people with diverse backgrounds to understand movement and appreciate it. Class was challenging and easy to follow at the same time, energizing and relaxing all together. Participating in this class definitely expanded my abilities as a dancer and it gave me precise, detailed knowledge to rely on in my personal learning process. What's more this class provided me with a reliable and expert guide for my artistic growth.” - Playshop student

*To receive emails with Suzanne’s upcoming teaching schedule, please email sbeahrs@gmail.com.

**To learn more about an upcoming Playshop, here’s a link to Suzanne’s essay, How Can I Practice Dance Technique Without Being Frustrated by Learning Steps? on the blog, Life as A Modern Dancer.