:: workshops at conduit dance, inc.

Conduit is pleased to announce the return of guest artists Ben Asriel and James Healey who will each be teaching contemporary technique for Winter Session I (November 9 - December 19, 2009). Welcome back!

Int/Advanced Contemporary Technique
w/ former Shen Wei dancer James Healey
Tuesdays 5:30-7:30 PM
$14/class drop in or $72/six class card

Conduit Guest Teacher, James Healey brings his experience as a former rehearsal director and dancer with Shen Wei Dance Arts, as well as his own movement research to his teaching. Class will include a warm-up following a loose technique class structure, developing into and out of floor work and standing phrase work, and the beauty of transitioning from one to the other. The class will also focus on how the architecture of the space, and dancers within it, relate and contribute to the movement of each individual.

Harnessing Gravity for Movement
Int/Advanced Contemporary Technique
w/ Benjamin Ford Asriel
Thursdays 9:30-11:30 AM
$14/class drop in or $72/six class card

Though this class is appropriate for the advanced dancer, most material will be simple (and as a result, challenging and engaging). Thus, investigative movers at any level are encouraged to attend!

Class will begin with simple exercises that warm the muscles, lubricate the joints, and hone the senses. Warm-up utilizes inversion (legs up the wall, or constructive rest position) to release weight-bearing joints and muscles, re-centering the body’s orientation to gravity and creating space for movement. Floor and standing exercises allow time for our bodies to re-learn simple movement attentively and re-pattern inefficient habits. Building to a warm, sensitive, strong, mobile, and grounded standing state, we will learn to move in and out of the floor with ease, explore energetic connections within the body, and progress to more daring, sweaty, and sophisticated play that incorporates swing, torque, suspension, collapse, sequence, and counterbalance. While aiming to challenge the mind and body, class will emphasize enjoyment, observing the power, ease, and beauty revealed by a joyful, aware, and moving body.

class schedule :: descriptions :: workshops :: faculty ::		upcoming workshops at conduit dance Conduit is pleased to announce the return of guest artists Ben Asriel and James Healey who will each be teaching contemporary technique for Winter Session I (November 9 - December 19, 2009). Welcome back! Int/Advanced Contemporary Technique w/ former Shen Wei dancer James Healey Tuesdays 5:30-7:30 PM $14/class drop in or $72/six class card Conduit Guest Teacher, James Healey brings his experience as a former rehearsal director and dancer with Shen Wei Dance Arts, as well as his own movement research to his teaching. Class will include a warm-up following a loose technique class structure, developing into and out of floor work and standing phrase work, and the beauty of transitioning from one to the other. The class will also focus on how the architecture of the space, and dancers within it, relate and contribute to the movement of each individual. Harnessing Gravity for Movement Int/Advanced Contemporary Technique w/ Benjamin Ford Asriel Thursdays 9:30-11:30 AM $14/class drop in or $72/six class card Though this class is appropriate for the advanced dancer, most material will be simple (and as a result, challenging and engaging). Thus, investigative movers at any level are encouraged to attend! Class will begin with simple exercises that warm the muscles, lubricate the joints, and hone the senses. Warm-up utilizes inversion (legs up the wall, or constructive rest position) to release weight-bearing joints and muscles, re-centering the body’s orientation to gravity and creating space for movement. Floor and standing exercises allow time for our bodies to re-learn simple movement attentively and re-pattern inefficient habits. Building to a warm, sensitive, strong, mobile, and grounded standing state, we will learn to move in and out of the floor with ease, explore energetic connections within the body, and progress to more daring, sweaty, and sophisticated play that incorporates swing, torque, suspension, collapse, sequence, and counterbalance. While aiming to challenge the mind and body, class will emphasize enjoyment, observing the power, ease, and beauty revealed by a joyful, aware, and moving body.