FACT/SF WINTER Dance Lab - 2024
Information for participants
Photo of Samuel Melecio-Zambrano by Olivia Moon
DAILY SCHEDULE & DETAILS
CLICK HERE FOR WEEKEND 1 SCHEDULE
January 26 - 28, 2024
12pm-5pm Daily
CLICK HERE FOR WEEKEND 2 SCHEDULE
February 2 - 4, 2024
12pm-5pm Daily
The Joe Goode Annex will be open from 11:30am each day for those who would like to arrive early.
LOCATION
Joe Goode Annex
401 Alabama Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Please arrive at the Joe Goode Annex between 11:30am and 12pm each day. You will enter through a gate at 401 Alabama Street, then through the main lobby doors just inside the gate on the right, and then through the lobby to the stage.
Public Transit
FACT/SF strongly recommends that dancers use public transit to get to the Joe Goode Annex. The Annex is a 12-minute walk from the 16th Street BART station, and is additionally accessible via numerous MUNI lines.
All BART trains running through San Francisco stop at the 16th Street BART Station.
Participants flying into SFO or OAK can take BART from the airport to San Francisco's Mission neighborhood.
Parking
Public transit is the best mode of transportation and parking near the Joe Goode Annex is often very difficult. Street parking is sometimes available in the area, but limited during weekday business hours. FACT/SF anticipates that there will NOT be sufficient time during the Dance Lab to move vehicles parked in 1 or 2-hour spaces. Participants are encouraged to use public transit if they can.
helpful suggestions
What to Bring
Comfortable dance clothes (including long-sleeved shirts and socks)
Many clothing layers for outside as the weather this time of year can shift quickly
Water bottle
Lunch/Snack (there are limited food options near the Annex)
Pen & Paper
Local Food Suggestions
QUESTIONS
If you have any questions or would like more information, please email Charles Slender-White at cslender@factsf.org. Or, call or text him at 415.407.9393.
ABOUT COUNTERTECHNIQUE
ABOUT THE TEACHERS
Photo by Nell Mancini
SAMUEL MELECIO-ZAMBRANO
Born and raised in Florida, Samuel is a dancer, maker, and teacher based on Ramaytush Ohlone land (San Francisco, CA). Since first encountering Countertechnique in 2017, they have attended three One Body, One Career intensives (2018, 2019, 2021) and completed the Countertechnique Teacher Training in 2021.
In 2018, Samuel received a BFA in Dance from the University of South Florida (USF). They then relocated to Melbourne, Australia to continue their training and study Countertechnique with founder Anouk van Dijk and other certified teachers. Now in San Francisco, Samuel has danced with BANDALOOP, FACT/SF, Robert Moses’ Kin, Jennifer Perfilio Movement Works, and Mark Foehringer Dance Projects, among others. They have taught Countertechnique for Bates Dance Festival, Hollins University, Utah Valley University, ODC Dance Commons, and more.
Photo by Alina Fejzo
CHARLES SLENDER-WHITE
Charles has been a Countertechnique practitioner for 19 years, and became a Certified Teacher in 2012; there are 52 Teachers worldwide. Charles has taught Countertechnique at the American Dance Festival (Durham, NC), Velocity Dance Center (Seattle, WA), University of Calgary, Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles), University of San Francisco, CSU East Bay, L’Artere (Quebec City), Circuit-Est (Montreal), Love-In (Toronto), and at numerous dance centers throughout the SF Bay Area. He began his dance career in 2006 with Tatiana Baganova’s Provincial Dances Theatre in Yekaterinburg, Russia. In 2008, he returned to his native California to start FACT/SF in order to make his own contributions to innovation and excellence in contemporary dance. FACT/SF is the world’s only Countertechnique-trained dance company. Over the past 16 years, Charles has created 30+ works, with commissions by the US Department of State, ODC Theater, CounterPulse, Acid Rain (Chelyabinsk), Dialogue Dance (Kostroma), the Yekaterinburg University of the Humanities (Yekaterinburg), and others. Described as ‘utterly absorbing’ and ‘mesmerizing’ (SF Bay Guardian), Charles’ work with FACT/SF has been performed throughout California, in Portland, Oregon, Seattle, Washington, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia, and in 7 cities across Russia, working with the US Department of State to share contemporary American culture with local Russian communities as part of their ‘American Seasons’ Program. Throughout 2012, Charles was a mentee of Elizabeth Streb as part of CHIME Across Borders at the Margaret Jenkins Dance Lab. Charles graduated with honors from the University of California, Berkeley, with degrees in Dance & Performance Studies and English Literature. (Photo by Kegan Marling)