Using current research on fascial and tissue glide, this ballet technique class will focus on accessing a functional use of external rotation, pelvic bone rhythm and fascial recoil during barre and center. Intermediate/Advanced.
Basic CI skills will be introduced in a playful and continuous movement exploration. Skills including rolling, surfing, gliding/sliding, and weight sharing help us to create the "third thing." All Levels.
Floor play is a workshopping of floorwork techniques and improvisational tasks designed to provide students tools in order to navigate movement on the floor in a safe, efficient, and dynamic way. Dancers will explore movement approaches that utilize momentum, intention, relationship with gravity, time, pivot points, pushing and pulling, wheeling, spiraling, head to tail relationship, and body placement specificity in order to partner with the floor. Movement techniques are influenced by human development, Mexican-Contemporary Floorwork, Israeli-Contemporary Floorwork, American Urban Contemporary Floorwork, and Hip Hop foundations such as Breakdancing and Threading. All Levels.
This class will explore modern dance techniques such as swing rhythm (fall and recovery), locomotor propulsion from a centered place, weight shift and breath support. Beginning/Intermediate.
In this partner work class, we will examine the importance of weight bearing, sharing, and shifting through experimental movement tasks, imagined scenarios, and improvisational games. Together, we will build trust, presence and sensitivity with our partnering skills. All Levels.
Pilates and Body Conditioning for the Dancer is meant to enhance strength, coordination, and build beneficial movement patterns. Floor exercises will be used to enhance strength, coordination, and flexibility as wells develop a deeper awareness of anatomy and kinesiology concepts. All Levels.
All Levels. Lorin Hansen is a passionate instructor, performer, and lifelong student of Samba and Afro-Brazilian dance. Lorin has taught and performed for hundreds of schools, events, and venues in the Western United States as well as Canada, and she holds the 2018 “Female Malandro Champion” title, which she won at the 2018 International Samba Congress in Los Angeles. Lorin is the Artistic Director and founder of Samba Fogo, a band and dance company that is featured regularly at large-scale events and festivals, and reaches over 12,000 students annually with their arts outreach programming. Join Lorin and her drummers to experience a high energy Afro-Brazilian Samba class.
In this class we will explore aesthetics, techniques, and movement influences from the Middle East and North Africa, Central Asia, and street dance alongside contemporary dance ideas. Students will learn isolations, undulations, sequential spinal articulation, hits, locks, pops, and arm ornamentations that will support an array of movement possibilities. This class will focus on developing versatility, flexibility, coordination, stage presence, and musicality. Creativity, and cultural curiosity are highly encouraged. All Levels.
