Saturday, July 20, 2019 at 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM PDT
Zohar Dance Studio
4000 Middlefield Road
Building L, Room 4
Palo Alto, CA
SJDC’s (Savage Jazz Dance Company) movement is defined by
three primary beliefs: the importance of disciplined, technical dance training,
rooted in classical ballet and modern techniques; the willingness to give into
the rich artistic expression of music, in all forms; and, last but not least,
ENERGY. And it is these same beliefs that inform Mr. Savage’s teaching style
and daily practice.
Through his work with Savage Jazz Dance Company and his
teaching practice, Mr. Savage’s contributions to the arts and dance have been
recognized in multiple ways. In 1993, Mr. Savage was awarded the Creative
Artists Fellowship in Choreography from the City of Oakland. Mr. Savage was
also distinguished with a 2001 GOLDIE Award by the San Francisco Bay Guardian
for outstanding contribution to the arts. SJDC has also had the honor of being
nominated for several IZZIEs (Isadora Duncan Dance Awards): in 2003 for Company
Performance for its entire 2002 season at the Cowell Theater (SF) and in 2007
for Individual Performance by Principle SJDC Dancer, Alison Hurley, in SJDC's
2006 performances at ODC Theater (SF), and, most recently, in 2013 for
Outstanding Achievement in Performance for the Company’s work at the Black
Choreographers Festival at Laney College (Oakland) in 2012. Mr. Savage has
taught dance in the Bay Area since 1989, teaching regularly at Shawl-Anderson
Dance Center in Berkeley and at the Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts in
Oakland. In 2003, he joined Oakland School for the Arts faculty as Chair of The
School of Dance. Students of Mr. Savage have gone on to dance with Philadanco,
Martha Graham Dance Company, Mark Morris Dance Group, Garth Fagan Dance, Dallas
Black Dance Company, Oakland Ballet, Ailey II, Hubbard Street 2, River North
Dance Chicago, Disney’s The Lion King, Metropolitan Opera Ballet (NYC), Janet
Jackson, and dance companies in Europe and South America, as well as been
accepted to The School of American Ballet, American Ballet Theatre’s Jacqueline
Kennedy Onassis School, Bolshoi Academy in Moscow, The Ailey School, University
of North Carolina School of the Arts, London Contemporary Dance School, The
Graham School, San Francisco Ballet School, The Boston Conservatory, and many
other dance schools, programs, and Summer Intensives throughout the country.
Mr. Savage brings to his teaching and choreography a wealth of training and
professional performing experience in a variety of dance styles and techniques,
including but not limited to: Ballet, Dunham, Contemporary, and Musical
Theater. He does not take lightly the fact that his was the last generation of
dancers to be trained by many of the "old school" teachers whom he
feels eternally grateful and fortunate to have learned from and studied under.
His respect for them can be found today in every class he teaches and every
piece of his choreography.
This masterclass is being presented in conjunction with
Zohar Performance Series 4: The Summer Festival. All students who sign up for
the class will receive a discount code of $10 off general admission to our
Summer Festival 8pm evening performance.
Cost: $10
