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  • Mon-Fri, July 15 - 19, 2024 | 10:30AM-12:30PM
Photo of Vicky Shick teaching for Summer MELT at the Judson Church. She stands in front of the class while the dancers follow her. Her body weight is shifted on one leg while both her legs are bent. She is in a slightly crouched position, her torso curves to one side and her arm comes up with a bend at the elbow. Photo by Rachel Keane.
ID: Photo of Vicky Shick teaching for Summer MELT at the Judson Church. She stands in front of the class while the dancers follow her. Her body weight is shifted on one leg while both her legs are bent. She is in a slightly crouched position, her torso curves to one side and her arm comes up with a bend at the elbow. Photo by Rachel Keane.

The focus of these mornings together will be our physicality, our bodies, our moving, and our attention to all of it and to each other. We will take time to carefully and luxuriously ready ourselves for full-out movement, as we try to locate our individual ease, clarity, strength, and robust energy. This structured preparation will also attend to physical mechanics, alignment, and time for feedback from our bodies. Through some improvisation, we will stimulate our awareness, our focus, our intuition as we listen to ourselves while we listen to each other. We will arrive at dancing together, look to heighten our articulation and discover the inherent intelligence in our bodies. In phrase work that builds and evolves during the week, we hone our skills, look for nuance, and deepen our physicality and understanding.

Accessibility notes

  • This class/workshop includes auditive guidance.

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

For access-related questions and requests, please contact accessibility@movementresearch.org, subject line “Vicky Shick MELT.”

Class will be photographed on the Friday of the workshop.

Past workshop

Location

Danspace Project (at St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery)
St, Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery
131 E 10th St
New York, NY 10003

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Artists

Vicky Shick

Vicky Shick

Vicky Shick has been involved in the NYC Dance Community for over four decades. She has been making dances since the late eighties, collaborating with many performers, artists, and sound designers.

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