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OPEN LEVEL MODERN
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Open to all who want to train together in a supportive environment.
This Modern dance class is oriented toward movers who are new or returning to dancing. Drawing from traditional and contemporary forms, dancers will expand their kinesthetic and proprioceptive awarenesses through practice of across the floor and center combinations, improvisation, and floor work. In an inclusive, body-positive atmosphere, we get suspend, release, sweat, and find the floor.
September
11 - Kat
18 - Kat
25 - NO CLASS
October
2 - Chloe
9 - Indigenous Peoples’ Day
16 - Chloe
23 - Chloe
30 - Jen
November
6 - Jen
13 - Kat
20 - NO CLASS
27 - Maya
December
4 - Jen
11 - Jen
18 - Maya
25 - NO CLASS
January
1 - NO CLASS
8 - Maya
15 - NO CLASS
22 - Maya
ADULT MODERN TEACHERS
Kat Adler (they/them) is a movement and performance artist whose work ranges from highly theatrical to intimately pedestrian using the body as a vessel for poetry. They self-produce work and engage with a wide range of interdisciplinary arts with the support of Eggtooth Productions and SCD&T. With a BFA in Modern Dance, their practice is guided by a variety of techniques from classical ballet to butoh. Their work in the field of food and fermentation informs their use of duration and time with improvisation as the heart of their artistry; a constant conversation with presence.
Maya LaLiberté she/they is a movement artist compelled by intimacy, risk, presence, and play. Maya graduated with a BA in Dance from Smith College in 2018, where she studied across multiple forms, including Countertechnique, contact improvisation, ballet, and house dance. Maya has had the honor of working with artists such as Jennifer Nugent, Bill T. Jones, Thryn Saxon, Bebe Miller, Dafi Altabeb, and Vanessa Anspaugh. She has presented her own work and collaborations at Smith College, ADF, BDF, and venues throughout NY and MA. As of 2022, Maya is a certified teacher of Countertechnique.
Chloe London (she/her) is a dance choreographer and performer from New York City. As a freelance performer, London has danced for Stefanie Nelson, Martha Tornay, Tammy Sugden-Carrasco, John Zullo, Elizabeth Furman, Lexie Thrash, Madeline Kurtz and Justin Bass. She has also performed in multiple Merce Cunningham works for The Cunningham Trust. Her choreography has been presented by East Village Dance Project/La MaMa Theatre, Split Bill Series at Triskelion Arts, Dixon Place, WestFest, Composers Concordance and Battery Park Dance Festival. She was a 2019/20 Triskelion Presents Artist and created an evening length show for their Muriel Schulman Theatre. London holds a BFA in Dance and an Honors College degree from SUNY Brockport. She was a 2020 Guest Choreographer at Lindenwood University and a Mentor for the Young Dancers Workshop at Bates Dance Festival from 2018-2020. She is currently pursuing her MFA in Performance and Choreography at Smith College.
Jen Polins (she/they) specializes in combining dance techniques and composition with rigorous improvisational practices, has been bridging somatics, performance practices, and contemporary dance techniques for over 25 years. Jen is certified in Pilates, Gyrotonic, Gyrokinesis, Yoga, and Massage and studied Body Mind Centering for over 10 years. Jen's ongoing somatic studies deeply affect her curation, teaching and making. She has danced professionally in America and Europe, starting with the Joffrey Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet and then the Zurich Operahouse Ballet companies before migrating to a professional career in contemporary performance art. She has been deeply influenced by many mentors, most notably- Thomas DeFrantz, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, Nancy Stark Smith, Steve Paxton, and Lisa Nelson. She has collaborated most recently with late and great Kathleen Hermesdorf and Nancy Stark Smith, Lisa Nelson, Jen Nugent, Wendy Woodson, Maurice Fraga, Joy Davis, Stephanie Maher, Peter Schmitz, Sarah Shelton Mann, Paul Matteson and James Morrow.
