april
2004
ongoing classes
Contact Improvisation
K.J. Holmes
6:45-9:30pm W
Simone
Forti 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.
K.J. Holmes
Sat 11am-1pm (Feb 7 - April 24)
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.
Yvonne Meier
Fri 6-8pm (March 5 - May 28)
Movement
Research at Eden's Expressway
Authentic Movement
In authentic movement, you move from an inner impulse
with your eyes closed. Inner impulses can originate
in different "channels": emotional, physical,
kinesthetic, visual, sensual and intellectual. Not
only will you learn more about yourself through
authentic movement, it can be a starting point from
where personal movement develops.
april classes
Wally Cardona
March 23-April 15 T,Th 10am-12pm
Danspace
Project
See March classes for description.
Vicky Shick
April 5-30 M,W,F 10am-12pm
Movement
Research at Eden's Expressway
This class seeks to prepare an articulate, alert and neutral body,
ready for precise dancing with intricate coordinations that we will
work on together. There is a simple, straightforward, continuous warm-up
that relies on the use of release, alignment, momentum, weight and
strength. Clarity, simplicity of movement, attention to detail and
concentration will be our goal.
Kirstie Simson
April 12 – 16 M-F 1-3pm
Movement
Research at Eden's Expressway
Kirstie uses her extensive knowledge of dance technique, open improvisation,
contact improvisation and ki-aikido to lead students into a state
of mind from which dancing arises effortlessly and spontaneously.
Students have found an immediate improvement of their technical ability
through her open and sensitive approach to the body. Correct alignment
and posture arise automatically from the emphasis Kirstie places on
the activity of locating, listening to and allowing dance to be expressed
through the body, combined with the learning of simple technical and
sensory expanding skills. She will guide people to be able to access
and work with the powerful energy of ki within their bodies, training
a concentration that excites and loosens the body's natural hunger
to express itself through full and vibrant dancing. From this foundation
students learn to improvise together, through the practice of being
present, receptive, and bold in their choice making. More and more
students are finding that Kirstie's approach to dance is allowing
them to discover a much greater depth, enjoyment and freedom in their
moving, and helps them to fully utilize and transcend the techniques
in which their bodies have been trained.
Kathryn Sanders
April 20 – 29 T, Th 10am-12pm
Danspace
Project
Goals: to connect to the body's deepest tissues; to identify personal
habitual movement patterns; to improve articulation and coordination
skills; to refine concentration; to discover and realize the spirit
of the dance. The warm-up is heavily influenced by specific anatomical
principles and exercises from Klein Technique. This perspective will
be applied to a few movement phrases borrowed from historical forms
(i.e., classical, modern, improvisation, postmodern, etc.), and will
ultimately lead the class into a study of a choreographic passage.
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