Beach Dances: Parent-Child Yoga + Cumbia Workshop With Rebeca Hernandez

This workshop is led by choreographer Rebeca Hernandez in collaboration with Ana Sofia, her two year-old daughter, and invites parents/guardians to explore movement and play with their child on the Beach Dances stage. The workshop is appropriate for toddlers and infants ages 0 to 5; no unaccompanied adults or children please. We'll open with a warm up of simple paired yoga movement and stretching exercises and explore the different possibilities of interaction mimicking and identifying with fabric (material provided). Using our fabric, we'll float on the breeze, drag on the floor, and practice flying, swimming, slow motion, catching, pulling, resisting, and pushing movements. The workshop will end with everyone dancing a few cumbias! Bring a reusable water bottle, sun protection, and yoga mat if you like. Open to parent/guardian and child pairs of all ages. Limit 1 reservation; no need to make a separate reservation for your child. Rebeca Hernandez holds an MFA in Experimental Choreography from UCR. She is a dancer and choreographer born and raised in Mexicali, Mexico. Hernandez danced and toured in Mexico with Taller de Danza Contemporánea de la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California and with Compañía Jorge Domínguez. She was involved in two pieces presented for Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, and re-performed Anna Maria Maiolino's Solitário ou Paciência at MOCA in Los Angeles. She has also performed with Encounter for REDCAT's International Festival of Live Art and Performance. Hernandez is a 2012-2013 recipient of the National Performance Network/PAP award in partnership with the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs’ CEI program and is also a recipient of UCLA’s 2013 Hothouse Dance Residency Program. She collaborated with artist Carolina Caycedo and presented a piece at 18th Street Arts Complex, Pieter Performance Art Space and UCLA’s Glorya Kaufman Hall. Internationally, Hernandez performed for the Hemispheric Institute’s Encuentro in Santiago de Chile. rebecahernandezdance.com Join us for a week of contemporary dance open rehearsal, workshops and performances from local choreographers Heyward Bracey & Nguyen Nguyen, Paola Escobar, Maya Gingery, Rebeca Hernandez, DaEun Jung, Shaina Lynn & Isabel Ivey, Carol McDowell, alexx shilling and Christine Suarez, plus Encounter (organized by Mariel Carranza). Beach Dances: Shared Practice is curated by Allison Wyper of Rhizomatic Arts. Explore the full program schedule here. Beach Dances: Shared Practice situates the practice and creation of dance in the daily life of the beach. While the artists work, you are invited into an open-air glimpse of the rehearsal room – and a new perspective on the movements of beachgoers around you. Beach=Culture is a program of Santa Monica Cultural Affairs #ArtSaMo By registering for this program via this Eventbrite page, you consent to receiving the occasional email about Beach House events from [hidden] or [hidden]. You can unsubscribe, or change your preferences at any time using the “unsubscribe” or “manage preferences” links on these emails. Stop by early to save your seat and check out the historic site. Picnickers welcome (no pets, alcohol or glass permitted onsite.) Tickets are free but space is limited and reservations are required. Arrive by 15 min before start time to retain your reservation. Late seating, even for reservation-holders, is not guaranteed. To adjust or cancel your reservation for this event, email [hidden]. We appreciate your keeping in touch! Getting Here: The Beach House is located at 415 Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Monica, CA 90402 on the west side of Pacific Coast Highway. Enter off PCH at the Beach House Way traffic light. Accessibility: The Annenberg Community Beach House is wheelchair accessible and ADA compliant. If you require any special disability-related accommodations, please contact us at [hidden], call us at [hidden] or TDD: [hidden] at least 5 days prior to the event. Parking: The parking rate is Apr-Oct: $12/day or $3/hour; Nov - Mar: $8/day or $3/hour, payable at the park and pay machines in three areas of the ACBH parking lot. Credit cards or exact change only. Handicapped placards and Senior Beach Permits are accepted. For other parking info and lot hours, please check the website for details. Other events: To view & make reservations for future free Beach=Culture events, check [hidden] and [hidden] General Info: For hours, events and more, visit annenbergbeachhouse.com, or call [hidden]. Back on the Beach Café hours are subject to change but are generally through 8 pm in the summer and 3 pm in the offseason, call [hidden] to confirm. More Info below.