Morning Classes

Happening throughout the week at various times of day, Morning Classes offer the opportunity to learn a Teaching Artist’s movement practices, investigations, and histories. This movement experience may include somatic practices, improvisation techniques, and movement phrase exercises. If dance experience is recommended, it will be indicated in the description of the class.

This Winter/Spring season, Morning Classes are taught by:

  • Wendell Gray II
  • Ogemdi Ude
  • Christopher Núñez
  • Jennifer Nugent

Check the calendar for a full listing of Morning Classes

A photo from Vicky Shick's workshop for MELT 2023. Dancers move close to each other. In the center a dancer wearing purple pants stands with knees bent. One hand rests on their upper thigh while their torso spirals following the movement with their other arm forming a curve. Their short orange hair whips around their face. Photo by Rachel Keane
ID: A photo from Vicky Shick's workshop for MELT 2023. Dancers move close to each other. In the center a dancer wearing purple pants stands with knees bent. One hand rests on their upper thigh while their torso spirals following the movement with their other arm forming a curve. Their short orange hair whips around their face. Photo by Rachel Keane

Upcoming classes

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Morning Class

Jennifer Nugent

Mar 3 - May 28, 2026

a white woman with a shaved head, wearing blue sweatpants and a black and gray shirt, moves through phrase material, leaning into right hip, left leg lifted and bent, elbows bent while the right swings forward and the left arm swings back. Photo by Rosa Wolff.
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Morning Class

Christopher Unpezverde Núñez

Fri, Mar 6 - Mar 27, 2026

Christopher extends his right arm in the anterior-posterior plane. His long braided beard spirals around itself. His arms are heavily tattooed and he wears a black tee. Photo by Walter Wlodarczyk.
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Morning Class

Ogemdi Ude

Mon, Mar 16 - Apr 6, 2026

Dark skinned Black woman with a 4c puff of hair looks swings her leg through the air while leaning back. She is wearing a purple graffitied shirt and green pants. Photo by Elyse Mertz
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Morning Class

Wendell Gray II

Mon, Apr 13 - Apr 27, 2026

A black man stare into the camera with his right arm crossed over the left. The top of his head leans towards his left. Photo by Whitney Browne