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 and inversion techniques, contact partner work, rhythm and sound, body conditioning, and elements from Irmgard Bartenieff’s Fundamentals: Total Body Connectivity and Laban’s Movement Analysis.
Her classes aim to:
- Explore 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. Dancers will play with, probe and interpret given movement ideas individually and as a group.
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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 may include listening to counts, rhythm and musicality. Partnering communication and physical intuition.
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This class is suitable for trained/professional dancers.
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