January 6-8, 2012 | 3-6pm
WHAT THE F*CK
Three-hour classes for three days in a row
With Choreographer and tEEth Company Member Shannon Stewart
What keeps the love of dance training alive? What keeps it novel, what keeps it fulfilling?
I'm on a quest to create opportunities to explore the highly PHYSICAL part of dancing that dives deep into sensation, imagination and intellect. I want to both soften and sharpen my inner dialogue in order to move without inhibition and with precision. I have a picture of a bridge going between my brain and my body that I’m making stronger and more responsive with wide open lanes for many layers of information to travel through. I want to trust this bridge and continually take care of it. I want to let go of self-sabotage and experience CLASS as the place to take the most risks, to fall, to fail even. And also, not get hurt.
WHAT THE F*CK is an exercise in making a mini-commitment to yourself. It’s three hour classes, three days in a row to explore informed and uninhibited physicality.
INFORMED – Expanding the spine, articulating the joints, and harnessing the breath through GYROKINESIS®.
UNINHIBITED – Letting go of the mirror, the steps, the obedience to “what it should look like,” to see what unfolds.
What will we do?
Gyrokinesis® - Cultivating awareness, joint articulation and expansive strength through a set Gyrokinesis class, repeated everyday. More about Gyrokinesis is here.
Break & Breakdown – We will pause and study a Gyrokinesis practice in detail or have a short discussion while allowing our bodies to regenerate energy.
Improvisation - We will practice a one-hour continual improvisation, being guided through imagery, texture, and possibly stumbling upon some more technical aspect of dance, partnering, and spontaneous composition.
WTF #1
Demystifying GYROKINESIS® - What is it? what does it do? what is it for? Learning the system well enough to make it really work for you.
WTF #2
Taking Risks. Being Challenged. Surprising yourself with what is possible.
WTF #3
Kicking our overactive self-critics out the door.
NINETY BUCKS FOR THE WHOLE THING
$75 IF REGISTERED BY 12/24
If you have schedule conflicts or economic restrictions, please get in touch to discuss dropping in. Repetitive practice is part of WTF, but access is equally important!
shannonkstewart(at)gmail.com
