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Rhythm in the Desert

EARLY BIRD PRICING AND SCHEDULE COMING SOON

 

Our 2024 Workshop will be lead by Nic Gareiss and Sandy Silva

December 13th/14th/15th

Santa Fe, NM

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We are thrilled to be hosting the second annual workshop in the desert Southwest for percussive dancers of many disciplines. Our goal is to provide unique and high quality learning experiences for dancers to broaden their skill set and rhythm vocabulary, while working to preserve precious historic dance styles for generations to come.

About Nic

One of Dance Magazine's "25 to Watch," Nic Gareiss (he/they) has been hailed by the New York Times for his "dexterous melding of Irish and Appalachian dance" and called "the most inventive and expressive step dancer on the scene” by the Boston Herald. They reimagine movement as a musical practice, recasting dance as a medium that appeals to both eyes and ears. Born, raised, and residing in what some people call Michigan, Gareiss engages many percussive dance traditions, weaving together a singular dance practice marked by his love of clog, flatfoot, and step dance footwork vocabulary; improvisation; and musical collaboration. Gareiss received the 2020 Michigan Heritage Award, the region’s highest distinction bestowed on traditional artists. They have performed in seventeen countries including at London's Barbican Centre, the Irish National Concert Hall, the Munich Philharmonic, and the Kennedy Center and collaborated with The Chieftains, The Gloaming, Phil Wiggins, Colin Dunne, Liz Carroll, Bruce Molsky, Sandy Silva, Bill Frisell, Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas. Nic's graduate thesis was the first piece of scholarship to center the experience of LGBTQ Irish step dancers, he holds a MA in Ethnochoreology from the University of Limerick. 

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About Sandy

SANDY SILVA is an award-winning performer, choreographer, composer, teacher, producer, and internationally-acclaimed percussive dance artist. She draws from global percussive practices infusing movement with themes, vocal integration, theater, and impeccable musicality. The result is a singular and powerful form of performance storytelling forged through movement and sound.

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