Intensive Offerings

The Art of Simplexity
Fundamentals - Mixed Ability
Vitali Kononov Rosemary Hannon

5-day Fundamentals Intensive. Discovering simple principles that expand our choices, we will explore CI FUNdamentals for complex physical relationships and enjoyable dancing.

Prerequisites: None.

Explosive Cocktail: CI, Tango and Martial Arts
Intermediate
Javier Cura

Contact, Tango and Tai Chi are movement forms that focus on the relation to the other. Using the dynamics of fluids as an image metaphor, we will bring together common elements to create a richer and liberating form of physical expression.

Prerequisites: Participants should be comfortable with grounding (through one or both legs), basic lifts and falling skills. Have a prolonged regular CI practice, and be comfortable receiving observation and movement analysis from instructor.

Bodies that Speak: Activating the Embodied Mind
Advanced
Nita Little

When encouraged, the boundless mind enhances the bound body. How this explodes our CI possibilities has been my personal quest for 36 years. This performance oriented class bridges improv forms, language and materials.

Prerequisites: Participants should have a solid grasp of complex weight interactions and easily incorporate multiple forms of counterbalance. They should readily orient in any spatial direction, including in inversions. They are expected to fly and fall easily and safely and communicate non-verbally with their partners. Participants must be comfortable both creating and performing solo and duet work in front of peers in class. This is a performance oriented class.