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select a month sept 07 oct 07 nov 07 dec 07 jan 08 september 2007 september classes Stacy Spence September 4 – 27   T TH   10am – 12pm (No class September 11)   Danspace Project This technique class begins with approaching the body with simple, straightforward exercises that allow us to discover and notice the use of clear alignment, clarity of initiation, direction of energy and use of weight and momentum to help find an ease in the moving body. We will open the body to an expansion of possibilities.   Jimena Paz September 10 – 28   M W F   10am – 12pm Movement Research at Eden’s Expressway This class will start on the floor with a gentle thirty minute Feldenkrais Method® Awareness Through Movement Lesson (CM) and will explore aspects of the lesson throughout the class such as: transmission of movement/force through the skeleton, a more developed kinesthetic sense as a means of learning and broadening one’s options of self use, functional aspects of coordinated action, more even distribution of effort and overall fuller awareness in action/dancing. ongoing classes Jimena Paz September 10 –November 26 MON   5:30 – 7pm 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. 60 min Awareness Through Movement Class; 30 min Open to questions from students, discussions, possible applications to dance. Barbara Mahler  September 11 - December 20, January 3, 29, and 31  T TH 10am - 12pm (no class Nov 22)  Eden’s Expressway January 8 - 24 T TH 10am - 12pm  Danspace Project The purpose of this class is to re-educate the dancer’s body, interweaving theory and practice on a physical and organic level. From this comes the potential for students to discover a range of intelligence in their dancing, as well as to help them discover and develop their own choreographic vision. Initially inspired by the work of pioneer kinesiologist Dorothy Vislcoky, and then continuing for upwards of 20 years with Susan Klein, Barbara Mahler has learned to see, feel and teach each person/body individually to help their body function at its highest level of efficiency and function. K.J. Holmes September 15 – December 22   SAT   11am – 1pm (No class November 24) Jennifer Monson teaches on September 22 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. Contact Improvisation Jen Abrams teaches for the month of September. September – January   W   6:45 – 9:10pm (No class on December 26)   Cathy Weis Studio 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.