Class today is Contemporary Dance w/ Julie Minaai
In Julie’s class we investigate layers of the body through imagery-based improvisation combined with floor work techniques, release + inversion techniques, contact partner work, rhythm + sound, body conditioning, and elements from Irmgard Bartenieff’s Fundamentals - Total Body Connectivity and Laban’s Movement Analysis.
Her class aims to:
Develop a wide range of movement qualities, versatile movement language and full body awareness. Understand how we can partner with other bodies, the floor and space. Encourage individual movement language and a playful sense of exploration. Prepare for creative processes with choreographers and/or individual creative journeys. Exchange international perspectives on culture and creative processes in contemporary dance.
Julie’s classes aim to bring ease, flow and grounding to the body during complex movement pathways in and out of the floor.
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The class will include exploration of four types of focus in performance: the (i) outward focus of performing for and connecting with the audience, (ii) internal focus on presence, form and execution, (iii) one’s connection with others in the space and the space itself, and (iv) creative flow and groove. The class aims to motivate dancers to play with, probe and interpret given movement ideas individually and as a group.
The class may include listening to counts, rhythm & musicality. Partnering communication and physical intuition.
This class is suitable for trained/professional dancers.
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