Spring Hula Master Class with Lisa Saunders

The Hulu Dance Masterclass Workshop is back by popular demand. The Club welcomes back one of its signature technique & choreography intensives to nourish and replenish bio-energy.

This workshop takes participants beyond routine dance studio practice, to experience a deepened (and uniquely Hawaiian) approach to Nurture & Replenishment.

Workshop Content:
• The Graham Technique
• Hā: Hawaiian Breathwork
• Chant & Mele: Hawaiian music and the Mind/Body Connection

Join us this March to experience the connection between Hawaiian dance and deep, bioenergetic nourishment!

Limited spaces. Advanced registration is required. Register by emailing [email protected]

Open to members, guest of members, and hotel guest

Members | $30 per person

Guest of Members & Hotel Guest | $35 per person

Date: Saturday, March 15

Time: 3:00pm to 4:30pm

Location: The Club

About the Instructor

Lisa Saunders is a performer, choreographer and multicultural dance educator whose formal instruction began more than 60 years ago. As though drawn to answer some inexplicable call, Lisa spent most of her formative years on the dance floor speaking the pure language of movement. Her earliest influence outside of dance was her father whose passion for storytelling, family histories and accounts of his ancestors’ lives and times paved the way for what would become a lifelong journey. The importance of keeping one’s history entwined with Lisa love of dance and the two took root together. Lisa became intrigued with traditional dance forms where peoples’ own unique story is centered. In the decades to follow, Lisa pursued studies in the field of ethnomusicology and dance. She holds an MA in Ethnic Dance from Jesus’ Name University, conducted field research and immersion studies in Ghanaian Dance (Professor C.K. Ladzekpo, U.C. Berkeley), Afro-Brazilian Dance (Jose Lorenzo, Ballet Folclorico da Bahia) and Polynesian dance (Kumu Hula George Naope, University Hawai’i).

Her career includes service as the co-founding member/principal performer with Berkeley’s African Music and Dance Ensemble and San Francisco’s Batucaje! Brazilian Dance Troupe. Today, Lisa is the founding executive director of Ethnic Arts Institute International—a 501©3 organization which provides multicultural arts learning experiences to K-12 and postsecondary learners and is Founder/Artistic Director of Hula Manu O’o Polynesian Dance Ensemble: where she presents cultural preservation dance works and seminars to dance professionals in partnership with UNESCO Counseil de Danse International.

Her greatest joy continues to be those magical moments in dance when culture-keeping and storytelling converge.