Shadbolt Arts Guide Winter 2018

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Adult
Modern
These classes are contemporary and
release-based in approach. Dancers
begin with floor work to find a
relationship with gravity, breath support,
core support and body connectivity.
Students then move through space
focusing on the use of the spine and the
carving of 3-dimensional space. Each
class ends with expressive movement
sequences that travel through space.
Individuality, expressivity, and movement
invention through structured improvisation
is also explored in a supportive
environment to live accompaniment.
Beginner
For those with little or no modern
dance experience.
Instructor: Olivia Davies
$142.50, 10 sessions
Jan 9 Tu, 7:30-8:45pm
Intermediate
For those with two to three years of
modern dance experience.
Instructor: Michelle Olson
$171, 10 sessions
Jan 9 Tu, 7:30-9pm
Dance Creation Class
The focus is on the creative process,
building a dance together. The first part
begins with a focused warmup. From
there, students work together within a
creative process to create a dance. An
interdisciplinary approach to dance may
be explored in this open level class for
adult dancers with some previous dance
experience. Instructors rotate from session
to session and there may be opportunities
to perform during the year within a
studio showing.
Instructor: Michelle Olson
$158, 10 sessions
Jan 11 Th, 7:10-9:10pm
Dance Composition Workshop:
Sourcing from Impulse 21 yrs +
Building a contemporary dance
composition that communicates your
ideas in an abstract and meaningful way
is a skill to be developed. In this workshop,
students explore how to source movement
material from creative impulse and then
use that movement to begin to build a
composition through methods of dance
construction and Laban Movement
Analysis. Students must have some
previous experience in modern dance
to register.
Instructor: Donna Redlick
$185, 3 sessions
Jan 21 Su, 1-5pm
Photo by Tonya Ng of Continuum Dance Company