CHOP SHOP: Bodies of Work is proud to partner with The City of Bellevue Parks and Community Services Department, Bellevue College, and Bellevue Arts Museum to offer the FREE Experience Dance Program! These free, fun, and no experience necessary dance classes serve as companion events to the CHOP SHOP dance festival, held online in January and February 2021.

Two classes are offered as part of the program:

Reading Dance is your chance to engage directly with festival artists as they discuss the craft of choreography. Join dancers and choreographers as they demystify and reveal the creative process behind contemporary dances. Discover the type of movement language contemporary dance uses, learn different ways that dances are formed, and ask questions of the artists themselves. Reading Dance is open to all ages and abilities.

Introduction to Modern Dance is a fun dance technique class for those interested in learning basic modern dance movement vocabulary - no previous dance experience necessary! Teaching artists lead participants through a fun series of exercises that explore the type of movement presented at CHOP SHOP: Bodies of Work. Introduction to Modern Dance is open to all abilities and is recommended for all over the age of 8. Please dress in comfortable clothing.

We currently anticipate that all 2021 Experience Dance Program classes will be held online. Class schedules, registration details, and more will be available in late fall 2020.

2020 Class Schedule, Locations & Registration Information.

Sunday, January 26, 2020 (1pm - 3.15pm)
Bellevue College
3000 Landerholm Circle SE, Building E - Stopgap Theater
Bellevue, WA 98007
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1pm - 2pm: Reading Dance
2.15pm - 3.15pm: Introduction to Modern Dance

Tuesday, February 4, 2020 (6pm - 8pm)
Crossroads Community Center
16000 NE 10th Street
Bellevue, WA 98008 425.452.4874
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6pm - 7pm: Reading Dance
7pm - 8pm: Introduction to Modern Dance

To register for the Experience Dance Program at Crossroads Community Center, please call 425.452.4874.

Friday, February 7, 2020 (7pm - 8pm)
Bellevue Arts Museum
510 Bellevue Way NE
Bellevue, WA 98004
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7pm - 8pm: Reading Dance Note: Admission to Bellevue Arts Museum is offered free of charge on Friday, February 7 through the museum’s First Free Friday event!

Banner Photo: Eva Stone leads Intro to Modern Dance at Bellevue College in January 2019, photo by Jennifer Crooks..