CLASS DESCRIPTIONS

Alternative Technique

Led by Ann Tutt

In this class participants will

• gain skills in the Mitzvah Technique and other alternative movement, release and sensory work … that can extend artistic scope of both music and dance practices

• receive assistance with overcoming the physical challenges of music and dance performance

• learn a more facile approach to physical work in order to optimize physical function for playing and dancing

• learn fluidity and clarity of physicality to enhance artistic capabilities

• some of this time may be reserved for musicians to spend additional time working with John Gzowski

Contemporary Dance Technique

Led by Julia Aplin

In this class musicians will

• Apply skills and ideas from the alternative technique class to improvised playing

• Develop skills related to playing for dance class

• Gain a further understanding of the musical language used by dancer and choreographers In this class dancers will

• Apply skills and ideas learned in the alternative technique class to contemporary dance technique

• Develop technical skills of Contemporary dance such as connection to ground, articulation, focus/intention and breath

• Develop and refine artistry through movement

Creation

Led by Julia Aplin, John Gzowski and Ann Tutt

In this class participants will collaborate to

• Develop improvisational tools and skills for creation and performance

• Explore the relationships between movement, sound and imagery

• Develop relationships with collaboraters of both genres

• Practice listening and acting with intuition

• Develop skills for learning movement and musical phrases

• Develop a communal score for improvisation

• Practice skills and techniques from the morning classes