• Mixed Modern - Olson, Location: George 102

Focuses on the development of modern and contemporary movement focusing on body form, physical dynamics, and performative awareness. Intermediate Modern technique required

• Pilates Mat Full Body with Foam Roller - Rodriguez, Location: Live on Zoom!

• Mixed Modern - Olson, Location: George 102

Focuses on the development of modern and contemporary movement focusing on body form, physical dynamics, and performative awareness. Intermediate Modern technique required

• Anatomy for Movement Artists - Wiegand, Location: George 102

I would like to teach a movement-based class to survey topics in human anatomy that are interesting and relevant to dancers. During an active warm-up, I will assess the general knowledge of the students in the realm of anatomy. I propose that this class would begin by practicing safely and accurately taking our own pulses; second, using Therabands to gain an awareness of the movement of the ribcage to assess the rate, depth, and quality of the breath. Moving on, I will lead the students through a guided self-palpation of select prominent and relevant bony landmarks. I will provide an overview of how joints and muscles work, and then lead an improvisational exercise to help the students grasp (through movement) concepts of origin and insertion, as well concentric, isometric, and eccentric muscle contractions. To conclude the lesson, we will move through a short improvisational exercise with the prompt of "Choose one joint in your body and pretend it is immobilized", to show the students how lack of movement in a body part due to pain or injury can drastically alter your movement patterns. As we cool down, I will ask the students questions to review the information I have shared with them.

• Performance Technique - Olson, Location: George 154

An excellent course for choreographers and performers alike. The focus is on the power of performance, the techniques that allow the choreographic and performative voice to resonate. We work with a piece of repertoire to explore performance quality and how to direct performance.

• Fringe Festival Performance - Location: Off-Campus

• Improvisation - Olson, Location: George 154

This class explores the body as an investigative tool. We work on connecting our dancing form to our internal drives, exploring space, rhythm, and our five senses. 

• NDO Hosted Discussion (PIZZA PROVIDED) -  Location: George 154

• Musical Theatre Jazz - Olson, Location: George 154

Rooted in storytelling, this class focuses on the narrative aspects of dance using classic Broadway repertoire.

• Jazz with Linnae - Corgan, Location: George 154

The class will begin with warm up exercises in the center including isolations, upbeat warmups to increase the heart rate, and stretching. This portion will last approximately 15-20 minutes. We will do a few short exercises to warm up pirouettes, battements, and jumps. This section will last approximately 10-15 minutes. We will then move on to learning a jazz combination, approximately 30-60 seconds in length. It will be a fun and upbeat combination. I want people to have fun with it and show off their personalities! The combination and class itself will be aimed at a more advanced level, but I am more than willing to provide modifications for the more challenging moves so that those with less experience can still take my class. Participants will need to be able to pick up choreography quickly. We will spend around 30-40 minutes learning the combination. Then we will perform it in smaller groups so dancers can work on projecting and performing it to each other. This will also provide an opportunity for dancers to take videos of themselves dancing the combination if they would like to. The class atmosphere will be very positive and uplifting and we will have a lot of fun dancing together!

• Choreography: Accumulation & Variation - Francisco, Location: George 154

This class will focus on reimagining phrase work using 5 basic elements of dance, inspired by Laban’s movement analysis, of Time, Space, Effort, Body, and Locomotion. The class will begin within a group discussion describing the subsections of each of these elements (for example, breaking time down into duration, tempo, rhythm, etc.) Then, movement will begin with 5 individual improvisation prompts centered around the vocabulary words, each acting as a refresher of how to move through each of these elements of dance. Then, the class will collaborate to create a phrase using an accumulation technique, with students adding their own movements one by one. The class will then be split into groups, ideally 3 to 4 dancers per group, to work on creating their own variation of the phrase. Each group will then show their creation, and their peers will provide feedback, mostly revolving around the elements discussed in class and what they observed. Each group will then have time to continue to workshop and layer their phrase into a mini-performance, and the class will end with one final showing of the works created. This class is aimed at teaching dancers to rethink the movements that come naturally to their bodies, observe other choreography and think critically about dance, and work collaboratively with other dancers. The class will be a safe space to try ideas and work differently. 

• Careers in Dance Panel Discussion - Location: George 154

With Cat Olsen, Yoshito Sakurab, Sarah Carlton, & Gierre Godley

• Group Trip to a Fringe Festival Performance - Off-Campus

Sign-up for transportation off-campus

• Core-Distal Contemporary Exploration (Open) - Davis, Location: George 154

This contemporary class will be focused on the core-distal Bartenieff pattern- teaching the dancers to consciously move through space with their breath, and feeling how wide and expansive movements are still connected to the rest of their body. Class will begin with a center floor cardio and kinetic stretching warm up, and a brief introduction to the topic and its fundamentals. Followed by a basic series of 3 Bartenieff floor patterns. Break for a discussion of how this translates to standing and locomotive movement. Across the floor with two choreographed movement phrases, and two guided-improvisation passes. End with a culminated
combination with phrase work from class and new material, and a final discussion/cool down.

• Intermediate Modern: In the Air, Upside Down, and Sideways - Francisco, Location: George 154

This class will be full of energetic movement meant to get the blood pumping and the sweat flying. This modern class will have a classic structure of a warm-up, across the floor (covid allowing), and phrase work. However, the goal of this class will be to push our vestibular senses and our body’s capabilities. I will be inviting each student to test their sense of release, “How far can I actually go before I need to catch myself?”, their orientation, “How can I make this move upside down or sideways?”, and their stamina “How long can I dance at this level and when do I need to rein it in?”. The class will aim to allow students to safely test their limits after over a year of covid limited dancing, with a clear understanding that it is okay to modify, stop, or start doing something entirely different. The class will be full of floor work, jumps, inversions, and off-balance fun while we explore the various ways our bodies can still move in a space together. The goal is fun, sweat, and exploration in a safe and inviting space to try new things and push ourselves! 

• Fringe Festival Performance - Location: Off-Campus

• Tech for MAD Showcase - Location: George 154
• Dancer Injury Prevention Workshop - Carlton - Location: George 102

• MAD Artists Showcase & Post-Show Artist Talk-Back - Location: George 154

An informal showing of choreographic pieces from guest artists. Dancers may observe and participate in a talk-back with the artists about the pieces after the performances!