UPCOMING TEACHING RESIDENCIES February 17th – February 22nd, 2008 UC Berkeley, CA www.berkeley.edu March 17th - March 28th 2008 Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays (10:00am-12:00pm) Dance New Amsterdam www.dnadance.org May 19th - June 27th, 2008 Tisch Dance Summer Festival *Teaching the week of May 26th - 30th New York University, NYC www.nyu.edu RECENT RESIDENCIES Tribeca Performing Arts Center New York, NY 2000-2008 Ellis Wood and Ellis Wood Dance Company members teach classes to dance students, professional dancers, community members and children nationally and abroad. Wood’s teaching philosophy and goal is to inspire students to explore their own personal expression through structured exercises based in release technique. Technique classes are a combination of physically challenging movement phrases and guided dramatic content. Wood and her company teach: technique, composition, improvisation and repertory as well as community workshops that include modern dance, yoga, aerobics, stretching, use of voice, text and creative movement. The company also gives master classes, lecture demonstrations, informal showcases and leads discussions on various topics on modern dance. Ellis Wood has taught as a Full Time Visiting Guest Artist for two semesters at SUNY Brockport. She has taught, set work and been in-residence for six consecutive years at U.C. Berkeley. Wood taught, performed and set work at NYU, New World School for the Arts, Rutgers University, and Roger Williams University. She has also taught at multiple universities and colleges nationwide for the Stephen Petronio Company and Dan Wagoner and Dancers before starting her own company. Her company spent 2005 working in the NYC school system with Public School 150 in a yearlong workshop and performance process.