Aiken/Hauser Cotact & Improvisation Wkshp - - Dec 5 & 6 (Sat & Sun)

Reminder! Check it out. 

 

~~~~~~ $45 for both classes ~~~~~~~~~

Contact & Improvisation Workshop with

Chris Aiken & Angie Hauser

 

December 5 (Saturday) & 6 (Sunday)

1:00-4:00 PM both days

Price:  $45 for both, or $25 for single class.

at:

Baryshnikov Arts Centre, Studio 6A

450 West 37th St, Suite 501 (b/w 9th & 10th Aves)

 

SPACE IS LIMITED

To reserve your space, please:   

• RSVP at edwin.adkins@gmail.com soon

and

• send deposit of $10 *per class* you plan to attend to:

Edwin Adkins

PO Box 250051

NY, NY 10025

 

Directions by Mass Transit: [A, C, E to 34th St. & 8th Ave] or [1, 2, 3 to 24th St. & 7th Ave]

Please call 646-731-3200 for general information.

 

Workshop Description: 

Each of us has experienced heightened states of being through contact improvisation-times when we felt fearless and alive.  There are no recipes to create these moments, but training can lay the foundation for physical and emotional breakthroughs.  In this workshop we are specifically interested in developing our reflexes, our coordination, and the capacity to continually recycle our mental and physical energies back into the dancing.  At the core is the commitment to staying with the modulation of tone and weight in the body-so that the touch remains alive.  

The practice of contact improvisation includes the ability to move with ease and efficiency, the integration of the head, spine and limbs, and the ability to motivate movement from multiple centers within the body.  Students in the workshop will learn specific technical skills, somatic techniques, and principles of awareness and improvisation.

We are committed to individual coaching and group investigation of specific aspects of the work.  Come with questions, energy and commitment to serious training and playful, imaginative dancing.

Chris Aiken is a leading international teacher and performer in the field of dance improvisation and Contact Improvisation. His movement experience includes dance, theater, Contact Improvisation, compositional improvisation, Alexander Technique™, yoga, release techniques and athletic training. Chris has performed and collaborated with many renowned dance artists including Steve Paxton, Kirstie Simson, Nancy Stark Smith, Peter Bingham, Andrew Harwood and Angie Hauser. He has been presented the Walker Art Center, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, DTW and Bates Dance Festival, among others. He has received numerous awards including fellowships from the Guggenheim, Bush and Jerome foundations.  He has taught  Contact Improvisation and improvisation throughout North America, Europe and in Asia.  He is currently an assistant professor at Ursinus College (PA).

Angie Hauser is a dancer and teacher.  Her work is grounded in improvisation and performance reflecting the influences of contact improvisation, postmodern choreography, ballet and Butoh.  Since 2000, Angie has been a member of the Bebe Miller Company, where she contributes to the creation of award winning dance works that are performed throughout the United States. In 2006 Angie was awarded a BESSIE (N.Y. Dance and Performance Award) for Creation and Choreography for her work with Bebe Miller. As an improviser she collaborates with many gifted artists including Chris Aiken, Kirstie Simpson, K.J. Holmes, Darrell Jones, Andrew Harwood and Kathleen Hermesdorf.   She has also danced with the companies of Elizabeth Streb, Liz Lerman and Poppo Shiriashi.  She has taught improvisation, contact improvisation and dance throughout North America as well as Switzerland, Germany, France and Scotland.  Angie received her MFA in dance from the Ohio State University and holds a BA in Art History from University  of South  Carolina.