Zero to Flying | Scott Wells & Shira Yaziv | Berkeley

Name: Zero to Flying | Scott Wells & Shira Yaziv | Berkeley
Start: 2025-10-03T18:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-10-05T17:30:00-07:00
Location: Berkeley Finnish Hall

Schedule

Fri, 03 Oct, 2025 at 06:00 pm to Sun, 05 Oct, 2025 at 05:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Berkeley Finnish Hall | Berkeley, CA

Zero to Flying Weekend Workshop
with Scott Wells & Shira Yaziv
Schedule
📅 Friday: 6:00–9:00pm
📅 Saturday & Sunday: 9:30am–5:00pm
Location
📍 The Finnish Hall
1970 Chestnut St, Berkeley, CA 94702
Cost
💵 Full Weekend: $350
🎟️ Save $100 with promo code FLYING by August 15
Registration through Athletic Playground
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Contact improvisation / flying maneuvers / fluid acrobatics
This workshop explores the aerial aspects of contact improvisation—flying, catching, landing, and fluid acrobatics—within a supportive and playful environment.
We’ll begin with practices where sensation and proprioception guide our learning, leading to more refined and embodied skills. The focus will be on the physics and somatics that support both freedom of flight and personal expression.
Pleasure ↔ Technique
Somatics ↔ Acrobatics
We’ll explore:
Deft aerial maneuvers and techniques to increase contact
Somatic insights—like the idea that jumping is muscular, while flying is in the bones, influenced by emotion and attitude
Group trust-building, safety, and co-regulation
Favorite contact exercises and emergent curiosities from decades of movement investigation
All levels are welcome—everyone will work at their own pace and capacity.
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BIOS
Scott Wells has been practicing contact improv for 40 years, teaching for 30 and directs an award-winning dance company in San Francisco. He has created works for skateboarders, for boxers and choreographed West Side Story for Sonoma State University. Scott has twice received the Izzie (San Francisco’s most prestigious dance award) for Outstanding Choreography. Scott has toured to Europe for the last 25 years teaching and performing in festivals in Moscow, Barcelona, Budapest, Berlin, Vienna, Zagreb, Bucharest and Ankara to name a few. He has an MFA in Dance, has been practicing Alexander Technique for thirty years, BMC for 15 and has studied a variety of counseling and bodywork practices. His current research passions are Eyebody practice, moving from the organs and contact improvisation.
Shira Yaziv enjoys encouraging people to move in new ways while learning skills and being creative. Her background is in Capoeira, Circus Arts and Dance. Shira is the co-founder and owner of Athletic Playground, a dynamic indoor play-space, inspiring physical play through a wide variety of movement classes. For more information about Shira, including upcoming performances, retreats and workshops: http://shira.yaziv.com
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Refund Policy
30+ days before start: 90% refund or full Athletic Playground (AP) credit
14–29 days before start: 50% refund or full AP credit
13 or fewer days before start: No refund, but registration may be transferred to another participant
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📧 Questions? Email: [email protected]
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