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- Charleston: general level
Course start date: Tue 17 Sep 2024 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rosaria SativaThe Charleston is a fun, easy and uplifting dance and this solo dancing course will have you moving with speed, vitality, and expression. With toe tapping Jazz music from the 1920s and beyond you will learn original Charleston dance steps and moves, improve your musicality and improvisation. A great way to get fit whilst learning a unique and impressive new skill.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £69.00 - Try it out calligraphy: formal and modern Course start date: Fri 20 Sep 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sharon ShawWould you like to find out about the difference between formal calligraphy and modern calligraphy? Come along to this session and have a go at writing both styles. Beginners and improvers welcome.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00 - Explore printmaking Course start date: Fri 20 Sep 2024 (and 6 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Esther HeyhoeCome and get inky with this fun one day workshop exploring printmaking. This course will give you a basic understanding of monoprinting, relief printing and screen printing and is aimed at those who would like to explore different printmaking techniques before going on to other courses.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £79.00 - Feldenkrais: freeing the spineCourse start date: Sat 21 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Charlotte SeirbergImprove spinal suppleness and strength and discover more ease in yourself. Focusing on the movements of the spine, re-educate your neuromuscular system through gentle structured sequences of movement.
This class is delivered in person, on-site at City Lit.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00 - The East End in Fact and FictionCourse start date: Sat 28 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sarah WiseCovering the early 19th century to the early 20th century, we will examine the East End and analyse how it was portrayed in works of fiction, thinking about how imaginative fiction and historical fact intertwine to create local legend.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - Craft focus: character in fiction Course start date: Sat 5 Oct 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Tasha KavanaghIn fiction, character and plot are inseparable elements of craft. Without characters there can be no action or plot. In this short course you will learn how to create characters that can drive a narrative forward and deepen its themes.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00 - Study day: Kandinsky and Expressionism Course start date: Sat 5 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rachel SandersExplore Expressionism as it developed in different locations and within different movement, with a focus on Kandinsky as its key example, considering issues such as artistic influences and stylistic developments.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - Essenian Healing: workshopCourse start date: Sat 5 Oct 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Antonello BrunettiDiscover this ancient form of Spiritual-Energy Healing. Learn Auric Reading techniques using the Anatomy of physical and subtle bodies. Identify the emotional reasons behind illnesses, promoting a deeper understanding of the root causes. Perform Energy Healing therapies using Vibrational Sound, Acupressure and Essential Oils.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00 - Masters of cinema: Paolo Sorrentino Course start date: Sat 5 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Paul SuttonPaolo Sorrentino has been described as ‘the most promising Italian director of his generation’. This one-day course will explore the cinema of this Neapolitan filmmaker renowned for his ‘commitment to style’. We will look at a number of his films as well as his television work, and examine some of the themes that he has returned to throughout his career, for example, power, nostalgia and solitude. We will also consider his Sorrentino’s relationship with figures such as the cinematographer Luca Bigazzi and the actor Toni Servillo, both of whom have collaborated frequently with the director. So, join us in City Lit’s Cultureplex screening space for day-long immersion into the beautifully stylish cinematic world of Paolo Sorrentino.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - American liberalism from FDR to Biden Course start date: Sat 5 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Brian KennedyThis is a one-day course which will provide an overview of liberalism in American politics and how the ideology has evolved over time.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - The genocide conventionCourse start date: Sat 5 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Christopher HaleEmotive accusations of genocide dominate arguments about present day conflicts. This course explains the origins of the crime – how it is identified and prosecuted, how it might be prevented and by what means?Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £45.00 - Autobiography into fiction: getting started Course start date: Sat 12 Oct 2024 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Vicky GrutLearn how to turn real-life experiences into gripping fiction in this fun short course for fiction-writing beginners and experienced writers. Develop your writing skills and explore techniques for transforming personal stories into strong narratives.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00 - Integrating philosophy and ethics in a capitalist world Course start date: Sat 12 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Vina TheodorakopoulouEmbark on a journey to explore the intricate interplay between philosophy, ethics and capitalism. Join our exploration into aligning values with the demands of a dynamic global economy. Explore how values and principles can harmonise with the demands of a global economy.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00 - Yoga retreat afternoonCourse start date: Sat 12 Oct 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Madlyn Ray-JonesTreat yourself to an afternoon of yoga to move, restore, and deeply relax and create more ease in the body and the mind. Practice asanas, meditation, mindfulness, breathing practices, and Yoga Nidra. Everyone is welcome.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00 - Study day: Neoclassicism – age of revolution, cult of beauty
Course start date: Sat 12 Oct 2024Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rachel SandersExplore the Neo-classical movement, focusing on David as its key example, considering issues such as politics and social change, biography, artistic and theoretic influences, notably that of Winckelmann.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00
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