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Winter 2012 - Classes, Seminars, and Workshops
If you are a current Celtic Arts Center member, click on the link for member enrollment. If you wish to become a member to get the discount class rate, you can go ahead and enroll online as a member, and we will process your membership application at the first class.
Pre-registration is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for all classes.
Some of these classes will not be held unless a minimum number of registered students is reached.
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Celtic Rhythms: A Fitness Dance Series Designed To The Celtic Beat
We are very excited to present a fun new series of dance and exercise classes based on different Celtic dance styles. Dance has proven to be one of the best ways to build stamina and strength.
Series 4: Longsword Dance Workshop (3 Week Class)
Monday Evenings
9PM - 10PM — November 26th, December 3rd & 10th, 2012
in the theatre space at T.U. Studios in North Hollywood
If you came to the Samhain show you will remember the exciting dance performed with long metal swords. In this workshop you will learn that dance, or as much as possible within the three week course. For safety we will be using wooden swords, rather than the heavy metal swords.
If you missed Samhain, here's a brief description:
5-8 people, each holding the hilt of a 36" sword in one hand, and the tip of their neighbor's sword in the other, form a ring. Without breaking the ring, dancers weave patterns by jumping over and dancing under the swords. The dance ends with the swords being woven into a lock, this being the only time the ring is broken.
Attire: sturdy, comfortable shoes that fully cover your feet with a low heel, or no heel. No high heels, flip flops, sandals or gillies. Clothing should be comfortable and allow you to move freely.
This style of dance is centuries old and comes to us from the northern region England, as well as from the Shetland islands.
If there is enough interest, the course will be resumed after the first of the year. Hope to see you there!
TUITION:
Non-Member Tuition: $15/class -or- $40 for all 3 sessions
ACS Member Tuition: $12/class -or- $30 for all 3 sessions
[Payable via cash or personal check the night of the class.]
Instructor:Aedan MacDonnell - Aedan began classical ballet and tap training at age 6. She has danced, performed and taught many styles of folk and Celtic dance over the past 30 years including: Cotswold Morris, Border Morris, Scottish Country, English Country, Breton Circle, Scottish Hornpipe, Shetland Sword, Scottish Highland, and Cape Breton dance.
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Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) Study Group
** For Beginners & Intermediates**
Sunday Afternoons
2 – 4PM
Location:
ATTENTION: Study group is held at a private residence.
New students interested in attending must send an e-mail for more information.
Tuition: $5/meeting for non-members
but FREE for ACS/CAC members!
Emphasis is on pronunciation, conversation and reading. In the first part of each class, we usually review very basic material, and in the second hour, we work at a more advanced level, for continuing study group members. (Beginners are welcome to stay, of course.)
The textbook is Teach Yourself Gaelic by Boyd Robertson and Iain Taylor (readily available at Barnes and Noble, Borders, or Amazon). Students are advised to purchase the complete "Teach Yourself Gaelic" course which includes the book as well as a CD/tape invaluable for ongoing listening practice. We will also include some Gaelic songs and practical conversation (Gaelic tea & biscuits, etc.).
Teacher - Eva Gordon has been studying Scottish Gaelic in books, online and via human interaction for the past 15 years. She has attended a number of workshops sponsored by ACGA (An Comunn Gàidhealach America/Gaelic Society of America) at Grandfather Mountain, North Carolina, and Richmond, Virginia, and at the Gaelic College, St. Ann’s, Cape Breton, N. S. A member of ACGA , she was the winner of ACGA's Distance Mòd Prose Competition (advanced) in 2002, ACGA’s Advanced Gaelic Scholarship, 2005, and winner of the Great Lakes Gaelic Mòd 2005. An active member of The Celtic Arts Center, she sings in the An Cór Ceilteach, the Center's choir.
Sorry, but online tuition payments are not available for this class.
Please make arrangements with the instructor at class.
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Tue, November 20, 2012
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