Physical Inquiry and Somatic Practices

a new class series from Movement Research
All classes held at Gibney Dance Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center at 280 Broadway.

The Physical Inquiry & Somatic Practices program encompasses a wide range of approaches that develop one's understanding of the body through experiential studies with roots in various cultures and lines of thought. This work has the potential to enhance physical and expressive capabilities on a profound and subtle level, and is suitable for students of all backgrounds and levels of experience with an interest in deepening their relationship to an embodied practice. The series will include classes based in Alexander Technique, Contact Improvisation, Feldenkrais Method®, Qi Gong, Pilates and more, taught by the internationally renowned faculty of Movement Research.

Class prices: $14 each
MR Class Cards not applicable.


Qi Gong with Melanie Maar
Mondays and Fridays 10am-12pm

C O R E M O T I O N with Daria Faïn
Tuesdays and Thursdays 10am-12pm

Pilates Mat Class for Dancers
Tuesdays 2-3:15pm
thru September 9: Adi Eytan
thru January: Johanna S. Meyer

Body, Mind and Image
with K.J. Holmes and Karinne Keithley Syers
Wednesdays 10am-12pm

Feldenkrais Method®
Wednesdays 12:30-2pm
September, November, January: Tasha Taylor
October, December: Rebecca Davis

Alexander Technique
Wednesdays 2-4pm
September, October, November: Clare Maxwell
December: Emily Faulkner
January: Sarah White-Ayón

Klein™/Barre - starting 10/22
with Barbara Mahler
Thursdays 4-6pm

Contact Improvisation - The Basics
Thursdays 6-8pm
September: Paul Singh
October: Bradley Teal Ellis
November: Tim O'Donnell
December: Elise Knudson
January: Charles Mosey


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