Morning Courses
Somatics – Tristan Koepke
In this morning practice, we will explore foundational concepts of embodiment, alignment, rhythm, community and sustainability as preparation and education for rigorous dancing. We will warm up for the day with a focus on line, flexibility, extension, and strength. This class combines yoga, ballet, breath work, martial arts, contact improvisation, and movement integration. Additionally, we will learn tools for recovery and injury prevention, and most importantly, wake up to the vast potential our dancing bodies hold.
Contemporary Practice – Alfonso Cervera
Poc-Chuc Danza Contemporanea: A Mexican American hybrid movement dance form that exchanges knowledge between Ballet Folklorico, Afro-Latine social dances, and release technique, to experiment with the possibilities of how these forms intersect, challenge, and collaborate with one another. The practice of Poc-Chuc intentionally works to offer new choreographic methods, techniques, and perspectives in theory and physical embodiment. This class will be a fusion of these various techniques that will ask us to learn various diasporic sequences, rhythms, and intentionality’s of how and why we dance these forms. Be ready to sweat and to offer your full self to the community that is embodying this practice.
Contemporary Practice – Kristin O’Neal
Considering the weight of our bones to activate deep core muscles, we will invite ease and efficiency into our movement while conditioning thoughtfully and readying the body for the myriad physical relationships that contemporary modern dance asks of us. We will sense all surfaces of our bodies in contact with the floor, noticing anchor points of stability to find freedom of movement in our joints and in space with others, while sliding, swinging, suspending, falling, pouring, gliding and all the things that inspire us along the way.
Street Styles – Brandon Allen Juezan-Williams, Allie James
Street Dance is a cultural art form with a rich history. In this class, students will learn the vocabulary techniques of various street styles including Hip Hop, House, and Krump along with their associated historical contexts. Additionally, students will explore street dance composition through choreography, as well as express their individuality and creative freedom through the art of freestyle dance.