classes and workshops >general info >schedule >faculty >archives archive: nov '04 back to 2004 archives november 2004 ongoing classes Contact Improvisation K.J. Holmes 6:45-9:30pm  W No class Nov 24 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 September 11 – January 8 Sat 11am – 1pm No class Nov 27, Dec 25, Jan 1 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. Barbara Mahler September 14 – January 27 T TH 10am – 12pm No class on Nov 25 Sept 14 - Dec 30 at Movement Research at Eden's Expressway Jan 4 – 27 at Danspace Project at St. Mark's Church 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 both its highest level of efficiency and function. november classes Juliette Mapp November 15 - December 17 M W F 10am - 12pm -and- October 5 – November 23 T F 6 – 8pm Movement Research at Eden's Expressway No class November 26. Juliette will be out Oct 12, 15 and Nov 9, 12. Michelle Boulé will teach. Please see Michelle’s October 04 description. This class will work in depth on developing awareness of alignment patterns to better understand each dancer’s unique movement potential and style. Class will be an opportunity to allow the body and mind to release and become aware of our pre-existing physical limitations in order to find greater movement range. Our warm-up will grow from internal structural and breath images to establish a consciousness in both the minute and grand details of dance. Class will conclude with a combination built to further increase awareness and freedom inside each student’s own dancing. Wally Cardona October 18 – November 12 M W F 10am – 12pm Movement Research at Eden's Expressway Exploration as Technique Classes range from the minute to the gross, as intelligible and unintelligible structures - both verbal and physical - are provided as sources of entry for exploration. Classes utilize Cardona’s own movement vocabulary and his practice of improvisational forms, Klein TechniqueTM (with Barbara Mahler and Susan Klein), and history with traditional/classical dance forms. David Thomson November 2 – 23 T TH 10am – 12pm Danspace Project at St. Marks' Church This class will deal with the song and language of dancing. Shaping voice. Extending the personal interpretation, with emphasis on the qualities within the phrase. The warm-up will incorporate breath, with simple exercises to enhance the senses and activate the body. Listening. Developing structures that translate and manipulate the phrase to create individual and group landscapes of movement. november workshops Simone Forti November 29 - December 3    M-F   4-7pm $125 Movement Research at Eden's Expressway Logomotion We naturally weave together body language and the spoken word in order to understand and to communicate. In this dance/narrative workshop, we will cultivate this poetic, synergistic process. The work will include a warm-up practice to awaken our kinetic juices and mindfulness, and timed writings to put us in touch with our wild thoughts and observations. We will focus on improvisation, including exercises for perceptual and compositional awareness and for developing a natural and intuitive flow between our moving and our speaking, with surprise and delight. Andrew Harwood and Chris Aiken November 29 – December 3   M – F   10 – 2pm $150 Danspace Project at St. Mark's Church Seize the Moment This workshop dives deeply into dance improvisation as a performing art. It is for the experienced improviser/performer/teacher who wants to discover new ways to integrate fully realized physical states and movement imbued with emotionality. Our approach is to develop multiple points of view towards improvisational performance that move us towards an innate sense of composition, design and theatricality. We are interested in making decisive compositional choices from within the performance. This workshop integrates and goes beyond the realm of contact, and movement techniques leading us toward the creation of environments and performance states which allow for various journeys to unfold. All interested applicants must have a minimum of two years of ongoing experience in improvisation and must send a letter of motivation via email describing their interest and experience with this work. Please send to both Chris and Andrew at: caiken@ursinus.edu and a1harwood@aol.com by Friday, November 5. Once accepted, follow standard registration procedures.