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select a month june 2008 july 2008 aug 2008 june 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. june: Jen Abrams K.J. Holmes February 2 – July 26 SAT 11am – 1pm Jennifer Monson subs on June 14 and 21 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 June 9, 16, 23, and 30 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 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. june Stacy Spence June 3 – 26 T TH 10am – 12pm Danspace Project This technique class begins with explorations of the body that allow us to discover and notice the use of weight and momentum, clear alignment, clarity of initiation, and direction of energy.  From there the class will build upon itself to more complex coordination that leads to an opening of the body and an expansion of possibilities as we move through material. Gerald Casel June 2 – 13 M W F 10am – 12pm Movement Research at Eden’s Expressway Dance Class This experiential class provides strategies for dancers to expand their range and ease of motion to reveal their truest movement potential. Dancers will be encouraged to seek stability and freedom in their bodies as they move on and off balance. Consciously shaping the body’s intuition, students will be urged to acknowledge and refine their habitual patterns by transforming them into dancing that is clear, awake and loaded with intention. 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.  John Jasperse May 31 & June 1   Sat & Sun   4:30 – 7:30pm   $75 Movement Research at Eden’s Expressway Why? I don’t yet know what we’ll do in this workshop, but it will be oriented around the desire to understand why we are doing it. We will address a small part of this vast topic by doing (more than by talking about doing), but both will play a part. This may include any and all forms of expression which are appropriate tools for our needs. Ideal participants will be willing to try just about anything in the hopes of understanding more about why we should make art and will embrace a rigorous, yet open, definition of the word “understand.” Kyle deCamp June 14 &15   Sat & Sun   4:30 – 7:30pm   $75 Movement Research at Eden’s Expressway One Thing to Another This workshop explores interdisciplinary processes of conceptualization and composition for live performance, with a bias toward choreography. Through a sequence of exercises and structured feedback, participants work with a range of approaches to the transformation of information from one kind of material to another. This could include movement, text, objects, sound, image, etc. Come in with a clean slate or with materials/ ideas for a project underway. Makers and performers from all realms welcome. Benno Voorham - CANCELLED June 21 & 22 Sat & Sun   4:30 – 8:30pm   $90 Movement Research at Eden’s Expressway Improvising Contact Improvisation The main focus in this workshop will be on the creative, imaginative side of Contact Improvisation, a dance form that works with dialogue and interaction on a playful and physical level.  The first part of each class will be directed towards developing an awakened and listening body, from where we will explore different skills and principles of contact. In the second part we will play with different improvisational scores in which Contact Improvisation will be our common ground. SPRING 08 Festival workshops I'm wondering who could be singing this song...  a workshop led by Nancy Garcia June 3 10am – 2pm $20 Judson Memorial Church Meeting Hall Garcia's choreographic practice involves scores created for dancers drawing from her own background in experimental music.  Approaching dance composition as an expanded act, the dancer is considered as an expanded artist, who, even without previous musical training, has the potential to sing and make music.  This potential is explored through vocalizing lyrics and melodies from remembered songs, working with set sound and movement phrase material, and creating/performing short improvisational scores. dancing Body/Site a workshop led by Biba Bell June 4 12 - 3pm $20 Judson Memorial Church (Thompson St. entrance) Participants will use all rooms, floors, alcoves, stairwells and precipices as an opportunity to probe, burrow, mingle and expose the building in particular, while making dances in dialogue with the space in general. The architectural site (Judson) will be considered in relation to memory, function, scale, surface, sensation and perception. Participants will have the opportunity to perform material created from the workshop or beyond during the closing event for the Movement Research Festival, held at Judson Memorial Church. Fieldtrips Ringing Rocks a day-long sound-movement excursion to Pennsylvania led by composer Seth Cluett June 1 11am – 7pm, $10 Meet in front of Dance Theater Workshop  pre-registration is highly recommended online return trip drop-off points at Populous (see below) or DTW Baltimore Show Bus ---> DREAM TEAM - SOLD OUT!!! led by Charlotte Gibbons, K.J. Holmes, and Ray Roy June 7 3pm - June 8 3pm Dream Team is a round trip 24 hour event.   $40 includes bus trip, meals, sleeping cap, and dreams.  All must pre-register online. Limited to 55 participants. BYO Bedding.