Arts For All
Arts For All
We are partnering with The Atascadero Printery Foundation to provide,
Arts for All
The Resource has always been committed to facilitating opportunities for artists to work and create. The Atascadero Printery Foundation is transforming the historic Atascadero Printery building into a modern community facility, including a venue for performing arts. They have a primary goal of offering courses in the arts and we are passionate about bringing movement to our community. We are partnering to provide donation based virtual dance classes over Zoom! These classes will simultaneously provide our communities with affordable access to the arts and provide our instructors with opportunities to continue their work. The prospective classes are linked below along with the instructor bios of Los Angeles based dance professionals. These will be offered for a limited time beginning in November and concluding in December 2020. We hope you enjoy these classes and are so excited to be offering these courses.
Instructor bios are below and class descriptions are listed on the Atascadero Printery Foundation website here:
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Instructor Bios
Instructor Bios
Arts for All Instructor Bios
Nathalie Wutkee Agredano
is the Artistic Director and Founder of The Resource Movement and Sound Collective where she blends live music and dance. She is a Certified Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst (CLMA), Choreographer, and Dancer located in Los Angeles, California. Nathalie earned her graduate level certification through Integrated Movement Studies and holds a Bachelor of the Arts Degree in Dance: Choreography and Performance from Brigham Young University-Idaho. Additionally, she studied Ballet with Tricia Kaye and Shotokan Karate with Sensei James Field. Nathalie is passionate about creating opportunities in her local and global communities to foster dance, movement, and the arts. She believes in guiding artists to curate their decision making process and individual expression.
Paige Amicon
is a dance artist and teacher originally from Glenmoore, Pennsylvania. Currently, Paige is a company member with Ate9 Dance Company in Los Angeles. She graduated from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts under Susan Jaffe with a BFA in Contemporary Dance. She also holds a high school degree from UNCSA with a concentration in ballet. There she performed works by Twyla Tharp, José Limón, Trisha Brown, Lucinda Childs, Merce Cunningham, and Helen Simoneau. Since moving to Los Angeles, she has had a wonderfully adventurous freelance career. Performance experience includes work by Danielle Agami(Ate9), Mallory Fabian(Fabe), Stephanie Zalatel(Szalt), Merce Cunningham, Sophia Stoller(Iris Company), and opera work by Yuval Sharon. Outside of dance performance, Amicon has also had the pleasure of working in and around the arts and education. She currently is in her fourth year as an administrative assistant for Summer Dance at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. She served as Office/Stage Manager for Ate9 Dance Company for two years. She has taught young students in dance and gymnastics in Philadelphia, Winston-Salem, and Los Angeles.
Essence Florie Jasperse
is a professional teacher, dancer, and choreographer from Thousand Oaks, California. Essence graduated from California Lutheran University (CLU) in 2014 with a bachelor's degree in Exercise Science and Sports Medicine. With a strong passion for teaching dance, Essence decided to pursue a career in education. In 2015, she obtained her teaching credential in Physical Education from CLU, followed by a Master's degree in Education, with an emphasis on Teacher Leadership. Essence has extensive training in multiple styles of dance including ballet, jazz, contemporary, hip hop, and heels, and has been teaching dance for 14 years. Additionally, she has trained and choreographed on many promising dancers and upcoming recording artists in the Los Angeles area, including Evan Craft, Djoir Jordan, and Juliet Piper. Essence has performed and choreographed for a number of artists around the world including the Ciclovida Tour with Evan Craft in South America and the Name On It Tour with Djoir Jordan in the Middle East. Currently, she is dancing for The Hubbard Collective by Irishia Hubbard and The Vixens by David Slaney. Finally, Essence is passionate about helping dancers meet their goals and fulfill their greatest potential both in dance and in life off the dance floor.
Ricky Medina
is a Hip-hop educator focused on cultural and historical investigation of Hip-hop. He graduated with a BA in dance from UCLA where he danced with ACA Hip-hop, a premier collegiate dance team based at the school. He also danced with Versastyle: Next Generation, a non-profit hip-hop dance company based in Los Angeles. Additionally, he worked on the Hoop Troop for the Los Angeles Clippers, where he showcased as a dancer and acro-dunker. Ricky is currently an adjunct professor for Cal Lutheran University and Scripps College.
Britney Harris
is a dance/movement therapist, massage practitioner and Yoga instructor. Britney grew up clogging and square dancing with her family and was a performer through high school and college. Britney has focused her career on somatic psychology since 1996. She has a Masters degree in Applied Psychology with an emphasis in dance/movement therapy and counseling from Antioch University. Britney has worked with survivors and perpetrators of sexual violence as well as individuals with major mental illness, substance use disorders and traumatic brain injuries. Britney has been teaching mindfulness-based Yoga for more than 15 years. She is currently employed as the Chief of Rehabilitation Therapy at Atascadero State Hospital.