Express Yourself: Bringing Your Dance to a Panel
In today’s arts environment it is often true that more people who have influence over funding and presenting will see your work via video than will see it live. More people will read about your work than will see it live. Still, video documentation is almost always the last detail considered when making work. And many otherwise articulate artists are confounded when asked to explain their work in writing. This workshop is for both choreographers at the early stages of seeking funding for their work and for those who have been at it for a while but would like to hone their skills. Over three weeks we will form a panel and review one another’s videos and artists’ statements. An assignment will be given one week before the workshop begins.

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.