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select a month apr 2008 april 2008 ongoing classes Contact Improvisation February – July W 6:45 – 9:10pm WeisAcres Contact Improvisation is a partnering dance form.  Skills such as rolling, releasing, giving and supporting weight, expanding range of spatial concentration, lifting, catching and falling help one move with and through gravity, share weight in motion and use momentum and flow in physical contact. These weekly classes, open to people of all levels of movement experience, are informed variously by the individual teaching artists. April: Charles Mosey K.J. Holmes February 2 – June 28 SAT 11am – 1pm Movement Research at Eden’s Expressway The Athletics of Intimacy, Improvisations Classes combine skills and practices of Contact Improvisation, applications of Body-Mind Centering® and tutoring of somatic improvisational approaches in solo, duet (strong emphasis on partnering) and ensemble dancing. I am interested in the very physical, the very sensorial and the very imaginative, and in discovering new challenges and risks within our movement. Jimena Paz February 4 – June 30 MON 6 – 7.30pm Tasha Taylor subs on April 14 Movement Research at Eden’s Expressway Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement Class (CM): Gentle and specific structured movement explorations constructed around a theme to broaden the understanding of basic biomechanics and self use, addressing different functions (such as turning, weight transfer, flexion, extension, etc.) and the way we coordinate and regulate movement. The class includes studies of muscle, joint and postural relationships in connection to our sense of ability and expanding options. Barbara Mahler February 5 – August 14 T TH 10am – 12pm Jeremy Laverdure subs April 1, 3, 8, and 10 Movement Research at Eden’s Expressway RE-EDUCATION OF THE BODY – Klein/Mahler Technique This ongoing class is based on a dance/movement technique that provides the underpinnings to support all styles of dance technique and improvisation.  The purpose of the work/class is to re-educate one’s body with an interweaving of theory and practice on a physical and organic level. The result is clarity and sureness of movement, and a new level of understanding the innate intelligence of the body. A body of work, it is also a way for dancers to be treated, respected and to be seen as individuals. The class is open to all levels, dancers and non-dancers alike. Alexander Technique™ April 2 – June 25  WED  12:30 – 2pm April 2 – May 7 (No class April 23) – Sigal Bergman May 14 – June 25 –Daria Faïn Movement Research at Eden’s Expressway Alexander Technique™ looks at the way we carry out our intentions. Often we use a process that is habitual, unconscious and counterproductive. The technique offers a practice of staying open and alert in the moment, observing our familiar tensions and choosing to move without them. Beginning with the assumption that we are perfectly designed for movement and balance, we engage our mind to undo layers of interference, creating opportunity for change. april Jeremy Nelson March 31 – April 25  M W F  10am – 12pm  Movement Research at Eden’s Expressway The classes are influenced by Nelson’s 20 years of continuing study in the work of Barbara Mahler and Susan Klein, and by more recent studies in Alexander Technique®, Contact Improvisation and Body-Mind Centering®. We begin with a warm-up which focuses mostly on our skeletal structure to access the body’s deep supporting muscles, allowing mobility and suppleness in the superficial muscles; and emphasizes the connection to and use of the floor. The class builds from simple exercises to phrases of movement that involve moving boldly and dynamically. Judith Sanchez Ruiz April 1-10  T TH  10am – 12pm  Danspace Project Technique My class in improvisation and composition is a continuation of my work as an improviser and choreographer. Localizing where you are in the present moment through exercising authentic movement as a point to start... listening to your body is essential to encounter your environment and become more spontaneous in it. Improvisation will expose you to a different perspective of performance where vulnerability is part of being. And you will develop the ability to compose material, working in solos, duets and groups through class. You will learn to integrate the body and mind, time and space through the practice of dance improvisation. You will learn to make instantaneous creative choices.   workshops - REGISTER ONLINE HERE Yvonne Meier Beg. Level: April 22 & 29; May 6, 13 & 20   T   6-8pm Int. Level: May 27; June 3, 10 & 17   T   6-8pm Movement Research at Eden’s Expressway Beg. $75, Int. $45, Both levels $110  Students must take the Beginning level classes in order to take the Intermediate level. Releasing Through specially designed images, we will enable ourselves to let go of hidden tensions and realign with the natural forces of gravity and counter balance. Through the releasing process, we will learn how to move with more freedom and economy. Spontaneous movement explorations will allow us to creatively integrate these changes in our bodies. The experience of seeing into our bodies will give us a wonderful tool for improvisational dance. The Intermediate level classes are a clear continuation of the Beginning level classes. In order to deepen the releasing process, new imagery will be given and old images will grow in complexity.  Shelley Senter April 27 SUN 2:30-5:30pm Movement Research at Eden’s Expressway $40 ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE FOR DANCERS The Alexander Technique is a means of identifying mental and physical habits that interfere with ones ability to attend to the moment and make choices.  Through observation, dialog and hands-on work, this workshop aims to introduce principles of the Technique and examine common assumptions (and their accompanying sensations) of such dancerly concerns as strength, support, stability and power, opening the body and brain to new information and refining the organization of the performing body and mind.