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A black and white photo of Sara and Jesse performing at Fort Mason. A warehouse with paneled frosted glass. She wears a white top and black pants. Her hair covers her face while twisting in one direction. Jesse has hie hands out to a T shape and leans in one direction.
ID: A black and white photo of Sara and Jesse performing at Fort Mason. A warehouse with paneled frosted glass. She wears a white top and black pants. Her hair covers her face while twisting in one direction. Jesse has hie hands out to a T shape and leans in one direction.

This is the practice of soloing, following, and witnessing from neutrality

  • CHOICE is a precious freedom. We train the mind and body to see through the eye of the heart. We listen to the body as our guide. We will progress through the inner and outer touchstones of breaking up patterns, until you hold a high frequency, knowing where you are, what you are doing and aware of everything else in the room. The idea of choice and trusting the body seem to be different bedfellows. They are exquisite partners in the path of freedom.

You will dance a lot, sweat, laugh, track, use your peripheral vision, reset and set again and fill up your imagination muscles till you relax. It is fun.

You are an orchestra of your physical, energetic/emotional and spiritual body! Any form of dance can be mixed and applied to this practice. Sometimes it is the most interesting with zero training in a form.

We add tracking space and geometry internally and externally to the score to increase sensitivity as well as creating instant choices and choreographic momentum.

  • Physical Practice 2 hours – dancing/ freedom
  • Portals of Perception 1 hour – Using the imagination muscles to write, track, widening the visual kinesthetic and auditory fields from the previous physical work.

Accessibility Notes

  • This workshop includes auditive guidance.
  • This workshop includes printed materials.
  • This workshop includes readings.

To request ASL interpretation or Audio Description, please email accessibility@movementresearch.org, subject line “ASL/Audio Description Request, “Sara Shelton Mann” at least three (3) weeks prior to the class start date.

For access-related questions and requests, please contact accessibility@movementresearch.org, subject line “Sara Shelton Mann.”

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In-Person

    $220

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    Location

    Eden’s Expressway
    537 Broadway 4th Fl
    New York, NY 10012

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    Artists

    Sara Shelton Mann

    Sara Shelton Mann

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