CLASS INFORMATION
KYL/D has two dance class offerings for pre-professional and professional dance artists: the Summer Workshop Series and Open Company Classes. The Summer Workshop Series runs from mid-July to mid-August. Open Company Classes run mid-August to mid-March or mid-April. PAYMENT POLICY: Class payments do not expire. Unused class payments are provided class credit, refunds will be given on a case by case basis. We encourage you to observe a class before purchasing one if you are unsure about if the class is the right fit for you. Questions? Contact Exec. Director, Katie Moore-Derkits: katie@kyld.org.
The company also rents its space for classes run by external artists and organizations. Public class details are listed below. If interested in renting the space for a class, please visit our Space Rental page.
2024-2025 Season: KYLD OPEN Company ClassES
3 weekly class offerings at KYL/D’s Dance Center for individuals with intermediate to advance level dance training.
Mike Hurwitz Photography
Tuesdays from 10-11:30AM
CHI Awareness with Maggie Zhao
Maggie's contemporary CHI Awareness class focuses on dualistic investigation and practice: physical and spiritual, somatic and performative, inside out and outside in, and the relationship of internal and external energy, time and space. The concept of maintaining the dualities while dancing is inspired by Maggie's cross-cultural life, spiritual experiences and pedagogical research—the West and East. In particular, the class intertwines with the traditional Eastern essential movement practice method CHI (the different uses of breath and energy) in martial arts, Tai Chi, Chinese classical dance, and Western Ballet and Release Technique. The class instruction flows with the progression from simplicity to sophistication by cultivating and inviting dancers to embody Buddhist and Taoist philosophies throughout their practice.
Ellen Rosenberg Photography
Wednesdays from 10-11:30AM
CHI Awareness with Kun-Yang Lin
Lin’s signature CHI Awareness Practice is the foundational technique for Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers (KYL/D). It explores the spaces where Western dance forms including ballet, modern, post-modern and hip-hop meet the impulses of Eastern philosophies, including Taoism and Zen Buddhism. The class focuses on how, through modulation of breath (or “chi” in Mandarin), weight and weightlessness co-exist simultaneously and energy seamlessly transitions among explosive bursts of rapid, expansive phrase work, and absolute stillness. Class begins quietly and gradually builds in complexity, culminating in dynamic phrase work. CHI Awareness Technique expands the perimeter of Western dance practices through an Eastern perspective that reflects Lin’s conception of dance as the ultimate integration of body, spirit and mind.
Rob Li Photography
NOTE: NO CLASS 2/21/25
Fridays from 10-11:30AM
Ballet with Fang-Ju Chou
Fang Ju’s classes are taught with an open mind and open class format. Whether a beginner or a professional, there is something to gain from her classes. Ms. Chou’s 20+ years dancing with a contemporary modern company, her multiple guest appearances as a classical ballet dancer, as well as her vast array of teachers she has taken class with have taught her movement is the primary element to dance. She approaches her class preparation with this in mind. You will not do a 32 count balance in Fang’s class, instead you will warm up the body and become technically stronger through movement and combinations based on a blend of classical ballet techniques.
