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UPCOMING AT THE LAUNCHPAD
Check out May's events, workshops and class offerings
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The Launchpad is a community 'Space for the Arts' featuring two studios that are affordable teaching, working and performing spaces for a diversity of artists--perfect for movement-based arts, aerials, music, theatre, or any creative gathering. Classes, events and rehearsals at The Launchpad are held by individual entities. If you are interested in taking a class or learning more about a particular class, please contact the instructors directly.
If you would like to see a month-to-month listing of classes or to check availability for renting space, click
HERE.
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Special Events, Workshops, & Presentations
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First Friday R2 Gallery Opening Reception
Friday, May 3 from 6-8pm with patron/member preview at 5:30pm
Carbondale Arts presents the Opening reception of ''Linear // Planar'' by Savanna LaBauve and Stephanie Seguin and 'Yellow for Frances' by Eden Keil at the R2 Gallery at The Launchpad in Carbondale. Linear // Planar, features new works from Savanna LaBauve and Stephanie Seguin who are both in their second and final year of Artist in Residency at Carbondale Clay Center.
Having used the prompt Paper Clay: Two artists. Two materials. Two perspectives, each artist responded to their materials, investigative processes, and the search for the point at which forms would melt into the page and where patterns became physical form.
Yellow for Frances by Eden Keil is a series of large scale paintings continuing an exploration of the landscape through an abstracted and personal lens.
Contact Carbondale Arts
(970) 963-1680
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Artist in Residence: Summation Dance
Presented by Dance Initiative May 6-11
Dance Initiative is excited to welcome Summation Dance as our spring 2019 Artist in Residence at The Launchpad!
Drop in any time during their residency to see them at work or sign up for their all-levels dance workshop. Be sure to see the studio performance of their work in progress. Scroll down for all events and details.
Summation Dance Company is a New York City based modern dance company with a mission to find the beauty in struggle and the humor in the mundane through exciting, innovative, and highly physical work.
Contact Dance Initiative
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All-levels Dance Workshop with Summation Dance
Saturday, May 11, 10-11:45am
Dance Initiative's spring 2019 Artist in Residence, Summation Dance, will be offering a very unique dance workshop for all interested movers. In this all-levels workshop, Summation Dance invites the community members to be active participants in their work in progress: Project Highway Habitus.
Motivated by themes of contact, and utilizing exercises developed during our travels, we will dive into our own habitus through guided improvisation, movement generation, and phrase work accessible to all levels. We will be exploring kinetic responses, making new connections, and investigating how our tendencies inform who we are and how we move through the world.
Contact Dance Initiative
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Studio Performance of Work-In-Progress by Summation Dance
Saturday, May 11, 7:30pm
$15
Concluding their week-long residency, Summation Dance performs their work-in-progress in the intimate setting of the open studio at The Launchpad.
Sumi Clements and Taryn Vander Hoop of Summation Dance Company launched their most recent choreographic venture, Project Highway Habitus, in fall of 2017. This multi-phased and multi-faceted project began with a cross-country exploration aimed at researching how geography shapes ideology-both political and cultural. The research is being conducted through the lens of habitus-a sociological system aimed at understanding why individuals perceive the world as they do, and how this, in turn, informs their behaviors and participation within society. It was loosely inspired by, and developed in tandem with, the election cycle, and investigates not only what divides the country, but also what unites it.
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Doing Wholeheartedly: A Talk with Choreographer Helanius J. Wilkins
Sponsored by Dance Initiative, Carbondale Arts and the CU Office for Outreach and Engagement, Saturday, May 18, 6:30-8pm
Award-winning choreographer Helanius J. Wilkins will discuss his creative research and projects that are rooted in the interconnections of American contemporary performance, cultural history, and identities of Black men. Through storytelling, video sharings, and live performance, Wilkins will offer an intimate look into a history of performing resistance and resilience, and building brave and courageous communities through the art of dance.
Contact Dance Initiative
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Framework: A Contemporary Technique Practice
Sunday, May 19, 10-11:45am
Framework, an evolving practice developed by Helanius J. Wilkins, is a rigorous practice that transforms technique class into a laboratory for examining, exploring, and discovering bodily movements in real time. Framework, as a movement technique, is a viscerally charged ongoing practice, resembling a ritual that employs recovery through activity. Specific design, time, and effort modules are built resulting in choreographic phrases and expressions. By assembling structures for students to inhabit, the ultimate goal of Framework is to question communication, refine technical ability and artistry, and interrogate one's interior material. When fully committed to the rigors of the work, sensory engagement can be triggered bringing these architectural spaces to life.
Contact Dance Initiative
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Alice's Garden of Wonder
May 24 & 25, 6-7:30pm
An aerial exposé of the classic Alice in Wonderful performed by students of Sopris Soarers.
Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children. (Children 3 & under are free.)
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PUSH Dance Company (popular name: PUSH) is a professional dance group based in San Francisco, which specializes in interdisciplinary performances involving media, technology, collaboration, and site-specific work. Founded in 2005, the Company's mission is to build vibrant contemporary dances to gain a deeper understanding of the challenges attributed to mixed heritage. As a contemporary dance company, the group has garnered a national-touring reputation for exploring little known or unheard voices from marginalized communities. The Company produces the annual PUSHfest & PUSHfest Awards, a multi-genre dance festival that brings together existing works by choreographers working within different dance disciplines and boasts a Dance Education Outreach Program that brings local teaching artists to schools and community centers throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
Contact Dance Initiative
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Saturday, June 1, 10-11:45am, $15
Join PUSH Dance Company in this inspiring workshop! PUSH TECHNIQUE draws upon the body as a mechanism to create flow, groove and dynamic movement.
This workshop is open to the community and all dancers of all abilities. Young dancers who can follow instruction and maintain control of themselves are welcome.
Contact Dance Initiative
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Saturday, June 1, 1-2pm
Join PUSH in an informal demonstration followed by a question and answer period in the open studio at The Launchpad.
PUSH will show some of their work in progress as part of their full length piece, Codelining, which will be performed in its entirety on June 7th at the 11th Annual
Aspen Fringe Festival.
A post-show discussion and informal interactive talk will be provided in order to contextualize and bring insight into PUSH's performance process. Discussions share methodologies, challenges, and social concepts PUSH tackles in its rehearsal process.
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Weekly Classes for Adults
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Silent Meditation
(non taught)
Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays, 6:45-7:30am
This is a silent meditation session hosted by Linda & Russ Criswell. Please bring your own meditation cushion if you need one. Chairs are provided. This is free to the public.
Contact Russ Criswell
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Beginning Adult Ballet
& Stretch
with Crystal River Ballet
Mondays, 6-7:30pm
Beginning Adult Ballet &
Stretch is perfect for non-
dancers or adult dancers getting
back into dance who want the
basics of ballet to help condition
the body & increase flexibility.
$70/month or 10 punch pass $170
Contact Jeni Ptacek
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Partner Dance Class
with Wild Bill McCann
Mondays, 7:30-8:30pm
w/ a practice session from 8:30-9:30pm
Country Partner Dance includes lessons in a variety of social partner dances like Two Step, Waltz, East Coast Swing, Cowboy Cha Cha, Double Two Step, and more. Bring smooth-soled leather shoes or a non-street shoe is perfect. $10 per person. No partner needed.
Contact Bill McCann
(970) 366-6463
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Bachata Dance Class
With Erik & Claudia Peña
On break for the month of May
Mezcla Socials Nights are about bringing a variety of Dances to the community through classes and Socials. This includes Salsa, Bachata, Merengue, Cumbia, Zouk, Kizomba and many others. Please refer to main title for current dance style being offered and Instructor(s). No partner or experience is necessary. Bring soft-soled shoes or clean non-street shoes and water.
$10 drop-in.
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Adult Aerials Open Gym with Carrie Vickers
Hosted by Sopris Soarers
Fridays, 8:15-9am
Open gym, Adult Aerial Exploration is open to all adult students enrolled in our classes. Drop-ins need to contact Stacy Everson or Carried Vickers directly.
carrievickers13@gmail.com
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CoMotion Company Class
Hosted by Dance Initiative
Thursdays, 6-7:30pm
CoMotion Dance Company class is open to all levels and styles of movers. Taught by professional members of the company on a rotation basis, this class offers many different styles and techniques including modern, jazz, contemporary and improvisation. This class is also taught on occasion by nationally renowned dancer/choreographers when they are in residence at the Launchpad. Drop-ins are $10. All are levels are welcome and encouraged!
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Creative Dance (ages 3-4)
with Crystal River Ballet
Mondays, 4-4:45pm
Skills are learned in their most basic form to initiate the process of building a solid foundation helpful in the study of dance. Classes introduce students to skills necessary for classical ballet training. Gentle discipline and encouragement are combined to nurture each child's creativity. Terminology and the basics of technique are gradually introduced. Positive group relationships are encouraged. $65/month
Contact Jeni Ptacek
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Pre-Ballet (ages 4-1/2 to 5-1/2)
with Crystal River Ballet
Thursdays, 4-4:45pm
Students must be 4 1/2 years old at the beginning of the session. 45 minute class once per week. Parents are encouraged to stay within a phone calls distance during class-time. Skills are learned in their most basic form to initiate the process of building a solid foundation helpful in the study of dance. Concentration is on establishing developmental skills needed to execute dance steps. $65/month
Contact Jeni Ptacek
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Intro & Ballet 1 (ages 6-10)
with Crystal River Ballet
Mondays, 5-6pm
This class is for beginners and no previous training is required. Training before age 6 is not considered for placement.
This is a
1 hour class once per week. $70/month
Contact Jeni Ptacek
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Ballet 2 & 3 (ages 8+)
with Crystal River Ballet
Thursdays, 5-6pm
Must have completed requirements as determined by the instructor to be placed in this level and
2 years of experience. Students at this level are challenged to work towards their own personal level of excellence. The combinations become more complicated and rhythms of music more varied. Pirouettes, adage, and intermediate jumps are added to center combinations which increase stamina, balance and strength. Phrasing, movement dynamics and individual artistry are investigated to bring forth the uniqueness of the individual dancer. This is a 1 hour class twice a week. $130/month
Contact Jeni Ptacek
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Kids & Teens Jazz (ages 8+)
with Crystal River Ballet
Saturdays, 9:30-10:30am
Contemporary Jazz is a style of dance adapted to the popular music of today. Students learn to move energetically, in an age appropriate and wholesome way. The study of contemporary dance gives students skills in another style of dance that will increase the dancer's range of choreographic proficiency. Because the terminology used is based on classical ballet, it is preferable for students to have a working foundation in ballet, but is not required until the intermediate level. Ages 8 and up, teens and adults welcome; ALL levels class.
Contact Jeni Ptacek
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Interested in renting space?
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The closed studio, Studio C, features 680 square feet of spring-loaded Harlequin dance floor, ballet barres and mirrors designed by and for professional dancers. This is also a great space for private meetings. The Open Studio features 1150 square feet of spring-loaded Harlequin dance floor as well as rigging for aerial silks and other aerial arts. The public can view classes and rehearsals in progress. The Open Studio can also be adapted for intimate performances. In addition, one or both studios may be rented for special events and for full days.
Classes & Workshops
Peak Hours $20/hr | "Regulars" Peak $16/hr | Off Peak $16/hr | "Regulars" Off Peak $12/hr
Rehearsal (non-income producing)
All Peak Hours & Non-Regulars Off Peak $10/hr | "Regulars" Off Peak $8/hr
Special Events
Peak Hours $65/hr | Off Peak $50/hr | Day Rental $450
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The Launchpad is brought to you by Dance Initiative and Carbondale Arts
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76 S 4th Street, Carbondale, CO · 970.963.1680
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