Dance Art Group / Movement Arts Research (DAG/MAR)
DAG presents a series of weekly classes at Velocity Dance Center. DAG/MAR features research into improvisation, performance, creative process and composition, contact improvisation, somatic education, New Dance techniques, and other dance realms with a different local teacher/topic each month.
Thursdays, 6:15-8:15pm
Velocity Dance Center, 1621 12th Avenue, Seattle
$15/class; series discounts.
All classes are drop-in and all-levels; no pre-registration necessary.
More information:
September 9-23 (no class 9/30):
NATE DRYDEN / INNER STATES & OUTER BODIES
How does a dancer negotiate moving from an inner poetic state into physical and energetic partnering with other dancers negotiating the same? These classes will present participants with different releasing practices that may be taken into experimental partnering and/or contact improvisation. Image-guided floor work and hands-on partner studies assist in the easing of tension and energy blockages in the physical self while catalyzing creativity and spontaneous movement. Continuing to cultivate this releasing state, dancers are then guided to shift into forms of improvised partnering. Afterwards, we can open up discussion of the various successes and challenges within such practice. Classes will be facilitated to include varying levels of releasing and partnering experience.
Nathan Dryden is an independent choreographer, director, performer and teacher working in dance, theatre, aerial arts, improvisation and releasing. He is a certified Skinner Releasing Technique instructor and teaches at institutes and festivals in the USA and internationally.
October 7-28: TONYA LOCKYER / TBA
November 4-18: JEAN HINDLE / SOMATIC RESOURCING
Exploring the amazing capacity of our nervous system for somatic releasing, Resourcing and re-education through somatic movement meditations inspired by Hanna Somatics, BioSomatics, Somatic Unwinding, Feldenkrais and Skinner Releasing. Yum. Yum. Yum. Please bring two blankets and a yoga mat; I will provide you a mat if you don't have one.
Jean Hindle has been dancing and teaching Hatha Yoga and somatic education for over 17 years. She is the founder of Soma Yoga and Soma Yoga Studio in Seattle.
December 2-16: TBA