All movers welcome. Beginning with a juicy yoga inspired warm up and a meditative sound bath, this improvisation composition class will merge writing, improv, and community sharing. After warming up and within ourselves, each other, and the space, movers will complete a writing & movement meditation. Movers will exchange ideas, words, and movement phrases, leading … Continued
Samantha Jones (Harvard University) presents a colloquium in the Varis Lecture Hall focused on her research on musicality in percussive dance. Focusing on the non-competitive and social styles of Old-Style Irish Step and sean-nós dancing, she examines how musical and choreographic knowledge circulates through embodied modes of transmission. Oral mnemonics, hand gestures, notation –– these … Continued
Israel-based artist Ori Lenkinski leads a workshop that incorporates contemporary movement practices and work with text. “The workshop I teach incorporates contemporary movement practices and work with text. The practice of blending movement and words dates back as far as humans have had the ability to speak, as all verbal communication is an integration of … Continued