Flying and Falling: Investigating Improvisational Matters - A Modern Dance Workshop for everyone! - THIS Saturday

Flying and Falling: Investigating Improvisational Matters

A Modern Dance Workshop -
Part of our Winter Workshop Series for Adults

Using the support of the breath as the foundation for movement, students will access their strength, agility, balance, and flexibility
through invigorating, full bodied dancing. Drawing on contemporary improvisational practices, students will have the opportunity to
experience a sense of flight and momentum in their dancing. Students will learn to move in and out of the floor, and then up into the
air with power and grace. By investigating one's own movement potential, students will cultivate mindfulness, creative expression,
and spontaneity in their dancing. The development of individual presence and awareness of the dynamics of ensemble will be
emphasized throughout the class. This class will strive to build a community of dancers who celebrate taking risks, exploring the
unknown, and openly communicating with one another as we practice the various forms of improvisational dance in a physical,
creative, and fun environment that fosters self-expression through kinesthetic experience.

No previous experience in dance is necessary to join this class. All levels and abilities are welcome.

Feb. 25, 3:00 - 6:00
$50
At City In Motion
3925 Main
Kansas City, MO 64111

To Register Call 816-305-8188

Joanna Rotkin, M.F.A. in Dance and Performance, Bennington College.

After living in New York City for a number of years dancing and performing, Joanna moved to Jamestown, Colorado (pop. 312)
to form TinHouse Experimental Dance Theatre. TinHouse Experimental Dance Theatre has won numerous awards and grants for
it's innovative and cutting-edge work in performance, and was recently invited to perform in Puebla, Mexico as part of the
international dance festival, Performatica Mexico. In 2005, Joanna created the educationally based dance program, As the Crow
Flies, to bring together youth, older adults, and developmentally disabled adults to practice and perform improvisational dance
forms together. She is currently working with the locally based organization MESA (Moving to End Sexual Assault) to create a
movement based program that will emphasize improvisational dance forms as a source of support for healing, respect, health, and
delight in the body. She has taught at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, Prescott College, Bennington College. She currently
teaches improvisation, choreography, and post-modern dance technique at both Naropa University and the University of
Colorado.

----------------------------------------------------------
This message has been sent through KC Stage's Automated
Press Release System at http://www.kcstage.com/.

Any and all information listed in this e-mail is property
of the person sending this information and KC Stage
can not be held liable for the content.