Philly Dance Share

Join us for a jazz/contemporary class to early 2000s pop music with CJ!

🗓️ Thursday, September 17, 7-8:30PM
📍 & Space (1021 Hamilton Street #302)
📝 Description: Gosh I love it when we all move in-synch to early 2000s music! Class will start with a brief warm up to get us comfortable with funky shapes, facial expressions, and precise timing. We'll do some improv exercises across the floor to get into character and spend the bulk of class learning jazz/contemporary choreography to Gwen Stafani's The Sweet Escape!

↗️ LEVEL: Intermediate (We'll be moving quickly through choreography, but all levels of experience are welcome to come party with us! )
💲 PAYMENT: Sliding scale $5, $10, $15, or $20; no one turned away for lack of funds.
😷 MASKS: Optional
💻 Register for class on our website, 🔗 in bio!

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Find your flow with Yuki Ishiguro on September 10!

🗓️ Thursday, September 10, 7-8:30PM
📍 & Space (1021 Hamilton Street #302)

📝 Description: This class introduces contemporary dance techniques that Yuki Ishiguro developed through 15 years of professional experience as a dancer and choreographer in New York City. The class focuses on isolation, fluid transitions, weight shifts, and dynamic use of space. Drawing from his background in breakdance, Ishiguro also introduces his original floorwork method, which uses gravity, momentum, and the natural articulation of the joints to create fluid transitions from standing to the floor and back again.

Beyond developing physical technique, dancers will apply these ideas to contemporary movement phrases while exploring intention, breath, timing, and the direction of energy. Concepts drawn from Japanese movement philosophy and aesthetics—including ma (space and time), in-yō (the interplay of opposing forces), ryūdōbi (the beauty of fluid movement), and jo-ha-kyū (gradual development, acceleration, and conclusion)—will be introduced as practical tools that can be understood through the body rather than as abstract theories.
This teaching method is based on Ishiguro’s academic research, which organizes contemporary dance through a framework of sixteen Japanese philosophical and aesthetic concepts. More info on our website!

↗️ LEVEL: Intermediate.
💲 PAYMENT: Sliding scale $5, $10, $15, or $20; no one turned away for lack of funds.
😷 MASKS: Optional
💻 Register for class on our website, 🔗 in bio!

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Step into the studio this September! New classes! New times! 🌞🍂🤸‍♂️

This fall, we have classes on Mondays (7pm), Wednesdays (10am), Thursdays (7pm) and Saturdays (11am)!!

Register for class in advance at phillydanceshare.com

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Starting in September with Meghan: Undoing Improvisation- Rigor as Applicable Tool!!

🗓️ Saturday mornings, 11AM-12:30PM (in September, October, and November!)
📍 & Space (1021 Hamilton St #302)

🟠 DESCRIPTION: Over the last 9 years, I have developed an improvisational method that has been particularly generative for me. It focuses on 'undoing' much of what I realized was my unconscious practice as a contemporary/post-modern/concert dance improvisor. I will share from that practice in the hopes it can be generative for participants as well- whether they are seasoned improvisors interested in a challenge, or dancers new to improvisation and open to learning post-modern improvisational conventions 'from the inside out'.

After warming up and practicing together we will take time to talk about the ways in which conventions and priorities in artistic practice are always inescapable. For example, as much as this method undoes some conventions, it underscores other conventions- chief among them the idea that rigor is of the highest importance. We will excavate 'rigor' as a concept, and as a tool, with time given for participants to move/think about the ways in which rigor may be applicable to their personal choreographic/improvisational practices.

While it is possible to drop in for select dates, participants will benefit from being able to accumulate information and practice over multiple classes.

↗️ LEVEL: Intermediate.
💲 PAYMENT: Classes are pay-what-you-can, $15-$20 suggested, no one turned away for lack of funds
💻 Register for class on our website: https://buff.ly/cTGEYef
😷 MASKING: Masks are optional.

Get into a fun, energetic floorwork practice this fall!

🤸 Katherine Desimine and Nicole Connaughton: Floorwork
🗓️ Wednesday mornings, 10-11:30AM (September, October, November)
📍 Mascher Space (1170 S Broad St)

🟠 DESCRIPTION: Nicole and Katherine are excited to share their floorwork practices with you!!

Each class will begin with a thorough warmup that revs up gradually. Starting all the way on the ground, we will slowly work towards bearing weight on our hands, knees, and (sometimes) feet.

After a warm up in the center, we will begin to travel across the floor, continuing to warm in low-level and mid-level movements. We will move on to exercises to tune and train specific floorwork skills that will come back later in class in a larger phrase. We will have plenty of time to get into details of any sticky points that may arise- discussion and playtime will be had.

Skills trained in the across the floor exercises will then be utilized in a fun final movement phrase consisting of set material. This phrase will:

-utilize momentum and weight
-include lots of spiral-y, fluid movement
-emphasize smooth & easy transitions in and out of the floor
-get us sweatin!!!

Each class will be different, but there will be consistency in some skills and movement patterns, allowing participants coming back to grow in their practice. We will offer lots of variations, modifications, and speed options, to ensure the movement we are sharing is accessible to all experience levels.

Wear long sleeves and pants. Kneepads are highly recommended if you have them!!

↗️ LEVEL: Open level
💲 PAYMENT: Classes are pay-what-you-can, $15-$20 suggested, no one turned away for lack of funds
💻 Register for class on our website: https://buff.ly/bsj7QpM
😷 MASKING: Masks are optional.

Starting up in September, a multimedia movement workshop exploring space, time and form, in relation to movement, media, and documentation!!

📸 Pixelations: A Multimedia Movement Workshop with Shosh and Claire
🗓️ Monday nights, 7-8:30PM (September, October, November)
📍 Mascher Space (1170 S Broad St)

🟠 DESCRIPTION: Exploring space, time and form, this class series is open to all ideas related to movement, media, and documentation. Claire and Shosh will lead this series; we are dancers, but we love all forms of art. Inspired by film, photography, and projection, we will include these elements to broaden the possibilities for multimedia performance art creation. This looks like workshopping movement concepts using photo, video, and projection technology. We will be moving, but absolutely no movement experience is necessary. We wish to connect folks from all art forms to movement and, in a salon style, explore what is possible.

↗️ LEVEL: All levels
💲 PAYMENT: Classes are pay-what-you-can, $15-$20 suggested, no one turned away for lack of funds
💻 Register for class on our website: https://buff.ly/81xyR4z
😷 MASKING + MORE INFO: masks are optional but welcome. please reach out to Claire, Shosh, or PDS with access needs or questions, including but not limited to covid-related needs. this series is open to any and everyone interested in movement, video, photography, music, and play.

Great news!

We are thrilled to announce that PDS has received a 2026 grant from the ! This funding helps us offer affordable + inclusive dance classes on a weekly basis for adult dancers of all levels in Philly. Thank you to PCF, , and for supporting the arts!

PHOTOS (2-6 by )
1: 2026 Art & Culture Grantee!! Woohoo!!
2: Collaboration with Bates Dance Festival, March 2026
3: Workshop with visiting Artist Cameron McKinney, February 2026
4: GOO & GIVE Fundraiser, December 2025
5: Class with Lu Donovan, 2025
6: Class with Cindy Paul, 2024

Hello friends,

We’re sad to announce that we are cancelling our Summer Dance Intensive this July. Unfortunately, we did not receive enough registrations to financially support the cost of the intensive.

We are so honored to have proposed an incredible lineup of Philly-based dance teachers, and we want to say THANK YOU to our community for your excitement and energy about this offering!

Even though this cancellation is a snag in our plans, we are very committed to offering affordable and accessible dance programs here in Philadelphia.

We will continue to offer classes and workshops this fall, and even more in 2027! So, stay tuned. Let’s keep dancing and being in community together! Love y’all!