Movement Improvisation Lab: A space to move and explore
Who: Curious movers, no dance training needed
When: Sundays 10am-12pm May 25-June 22nd
Where: Stone Valley Arts 145 E. Main St. Poultney, VT
Cost: $125/full 5 weeks, $30 per session
Description:
Through guided tasks and microscores, we prepare to move, witness, play, create, connect, express, write, share, listen, be curious, brave. Accessing structures from improvisation modalities with intention, a reason to act, in a practice to be present and aware during movement play and exploration.
Each session will start with movement that warms our bodies with attention to breath and focus. Continuing to explore concepts, imagery, writings, we will observe and articulate a perspective of body, space, time, emotion, story, that may develop into instant compositions. A reflection of time spent diving into the creative potential of body and movement.
Instructor Bio:
Melisa Clark is a dancer, choreographer and educator based in Bennington, VT. She is co-founder and artistic director of PIMA Group, a non-profit dance and music performance company founded in 2001 (www.pimagroup.org). She received dance training through the Professional Training Program at the Merce Cunningham Dance Studio in New York City and earned her MFA Degree in Dance/Choreography at Temple University. Melisa is a certified yoga instructor.
She has performed her work at venues nationally and internationally including the Painted Bride Art Center, the Performance Garage, Powel House Museum, Vox Populi Gallery, Mobius, The Cunningham Dance Studio, Joyce SOHO, 92nd St. Y, The Red Room, Mobius, Bucharest National Dance Center, Temple University, Flynn Space and the School for Contemporary Dance and Thought, among others. She has also been recognized with numerous grants and awards. Among them, the Leeway Foundation, a Rocky Dance Award, Puffin Foundation, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Project Stream, Philadelphia Cultural Fund, New Stages Fund from Dance/USA Philadelphia, Trust for Mutual Understanding, Dance Theater Workshop Suitcase Fund and Professional Development from Dance Advance and Dance/USA Philadelphia. Artist residencies include the Community Education Center, The Historic Powel House, Wilson College, Susan Hess Choreographer’s Project and The Iron Factory.
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