Upcoming Workshops:
Gaga & Improv Workshop
Dates: June 21 & 22, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Location: 2401 Bancroft, UC Berkeley Campus
Are you ready to deepen your movement and embodiment practice? Let’s join this safe container to connect with our body’s pleasure of moving.
Sample Schedule:
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10:00 – 10:15 AM | Guided Meditation & Body Check-In
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10:15 – 11:30 AM | Full Gaga/People Classs
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12:00 – 1:40 PM | Led Movement Improvisation Session
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1:40 – 2:00 PM | Discussion on Gaga Theory & Movement
Throughout the workshop, we’ll explore and follow our curiosities with guided exercises. You’ll have the opportunity to experience Graham’s methods for breaking through your comfort zone and discovering new depths of nuance, power, and pleasure in your movement. This is a weekend that combines serious inquiry with playful exploration, creating space for your animal body intelligence to thrive.
Important Information:
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Limited Spots Available: Space is capped to ensure an intimate and focused experience.
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Experience Level: Previous experience with Gaga or other movement is beneficial but not required. All levels are welcome!
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Priority Registration: We encourage participants to commit to both days, however, single-day attendees are welcome.
Registration:
To reserve your spot, please send $225 via Venmo to: @BearGrahamProductions.
(Select “Friends and Family” to avoid fees.)
Weekly Classes with Bear Graham
Gaga/People Movement Class
Every Tuesday, 6:15 PM – 7:15 PM
Location: 401 Alabama St, Joe Goode Annex, SF (16th St BART)
Buzz at the gate to enter
Important Information:
- Doors Open: 6:00 PM | Class Starts Promptly at: 6:15 PM *Please arrive before 6:15 PM as latecomers will not be admitted once class has started.
Registration & Payment:
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Sliding Scale: $15 – $25
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Payment Methods:
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Venmo: @BearGrahamProductions
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Cash at the Door
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“[In Gaga] we become more aware of our form. We connect to the sense of the endlessness of possibilities. We explore multi-dimensional movement; we enjoy the burning sensation in our muscles, we are ready to snap, we are aware of our explosive power and sometimes we use it. We change our movement habits by finding new ones. We go beyond our familiar limits. We can be calm and alert at once.” –Ohad Naharin
In Gaga We Will:
….open blocked pathways
….heighten our senses and connect them to our pleasure
….be groovy
….connect to our strength and power
….work with any injuries
….become more aware of how we move and our habits
….sweat!
Gaga is the movement language developed by Ohad Naharin, the Artistic Director of Batsheva Dance Company in Tel Aviv, Israel. Gaga classes are guided movement experiences of images, ideas, directions, and prompts. We move (however large or small) for the entire class adding layer upon layer. Graham will guide the participants using a series of evocative instructions that build one on top of the other. Rather than copying a particular movement, each participant actively explores these instructions, discovering how they can interpret the information and perform the task at hand. We will float our flesh, pull our bones, experience physical climaxes, challenge what we think are our limits, become aware of our habits and change them, and take pleasure moving and dancing in a welcoming studio. We work at our own volume; whether you have never moved or move every day, you can benefit from Gaga. We allow no mirrors, and no observers.
All are welcome!
For more information: http://gagapeople.com/english/
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