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Parkinson's Disease Exercise Class with Jose Carlos AsenciosMar 12 2010 - 2:00pm Mar 12 2010 - 3:30pm Parkinson's Disease Exercise Class with Jose Carlos Asencios. Professional ballet dancer and teacher Jose Carlos Asencios, teaches an exercise class for people with Parkinson's Disease in San Francisco at the James Howell Studio. The Art of Moving - The John Argue Method . In Parkinson’s, previously automatic actions are no longer reliable, so you need to learn to move and speak consciously. Classes include stretching, loosening joints, improvement of balance and gait, re-gaining mobility, coordination, walking, and turning; also vocal exercise techniques for speech training, power breathing, singing and reading. Classes are on Fridays from 2 to 3:30 at the James Howell Studio. 66 Sanchez St. Between Duboce and 14th St. San Francisco , CA 94114 Please spread the word and contact Jose Carlos if you have any questions at 415-305-7404 or at garzaperu@yahoo.com.
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About the StudioJames Howell Studio in the Castro -- a block from Church and market MUNI -- offers a variety of movement and dance classes, in a traditional studio format as well as by donation. Teachers include Steve Savage, Kristie Dahlia Home, Sabine Kuehner, Tony Eason, and Jamie Lindsay, and there is space available for rent to new teachers. The studio itself is bright and airy, with skylights and beautiful brick walls fitted with ballet bars, and is fully equipped with Iyengar yoga props. For information on space rental and becoming a teacher in this community, contact Carlos at cventuro@hotmail.comAbout James Howell
James Howell was an early member of the Joffrey Ballet and choreographic assistant to Gerald Arpino. Howell entered the Joffrey Ballet studios in 1960 with little ballet training, but his intelligence and ability to interpret music quickly caught the attention of Joffrey choreographer Gerald Arpino, who asked Howell to assist him in the studio. Howell continued to work closely with Arpino on choreographic projects until leaving the company to move west in 1973. In San Francisco, Howell studied physical therapy and taught class in his own studio on Sanchez Street in the Castro District. Shortly before he died from AIDS complications in 1982, Howell created the 45-minute ballet Ritual: The Journey of the Soul, which has been described by performance theorist David Román as possibly the first performance piece about AIDS. Howell left instructions in his will that video documentation of the piece be shown at his memorial service. This prompted the Bay Area Reporter to note: "Howell's gesture opens a new chapter on gays developing a style on how to die." |
