Week 1 was a success! For those who missed it, check out what happened. If you still haven't got a chance to come down to MMAC, you still have 2 weeks left!
Here is what happened!
Alex( Ketley) lead us through a beautiful complex phrase full of gesture and sweeping fluidity that inspired the entire room. He also introduced us to a great movement game he plays called "hot mess" where each dancer shows the ugliest and most beautiful versions of their individual dancing.
Co-founder Loni (Landon) began her session with improvisational duets that traveled through the space and focused on inventive ways to manipulate one another. She then shared a piece of phrase work from her vocabulary that challenged and excited the room. Everyone wanted more.
Francesca Harper took a very original approach and began her session with a tool called "auto-dramas", where the dancer compresses their life story into a two minute monologue using text and movement and sound. It was amazing to see what people came up with and how brave everyone was in their stories. We then made those stories interact with each other in larger improvs. It was a very uplifting day.
Harumi Terayama, was able to get away from her rehearsal schedule at Cedar Lake to come play with us for a day. She used the time to teach two small, wonderfully organic phrases in her style, then she immediately began to structure a formal dance, using everyone in the session to build a big, fun ensemble piece. Her work is fun, challenging and fulfilling to do.
Emery Lecrone closed out the week with a great session involving incredibly fluid phrase work that felt so good on your body. She then guided us through an improv where we had to sing our favorite song while we explored our own movement through improv. We worked with her phrase trying it with many different qualities and tempos. It was a great end to an awesome week!
On Monday, Alex started the week off right by leading us through a beautiful complex phrase full of gestures and sweeping fluidity that inspired the entire room. He also introduced us to a great movement game called "hot mess," where each dancer contrasts their most "ugliest" and most "beautiful" versions of their individual dancing.On Monday, Alex started the week off right by leading us through a beautiful complex phrase full of gestures and sweeping fluidity that inspired the entire room. He also introduced us to a great movement game called "hot mess," where each dancer contrasts their most "ugliest" and most "beautiful" versions of their individual dancing
On Monday, Alex started the week off right by leading us through a beautiful complex phrase full of gestures and sweeping fluidity that inspired the entire room. He also introduced us to a great movement game called "hot mess," where each dancer contrasts their most "ugliest" and most "beautiful" versions of their in
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