Class Description:
Floorworkshops provide a space for us to use principles of momentum and counter-direction to safely and efficiently pour weight into the floor. This class combines elements from contemporary and modern dance forms, breakdance/breaking, and various somatic practices like Alexander Technique and yoga to introduce and build upon floorwork fundamentals. We’ll research how to fold and position our bodies to roll, slide, spill and sweep through space. We’ll use developmental movement pathways to become more comfortable with gravity. We will do a lot of falling (that’s a promise), and we’ll embrace the bumps and clunks that occur along the way.
Teacher Description:
Calder White is a freelance dance artist based on the unceded and stolen lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations ("Vancouver, BC, Canada"). He pulls heavily from his training in Limón, Bartenieff Fundamentals, and Countertechnique to inform his teachings of weight, fall and suspension, and compartmentalizing the body. Calder has shared his workshops with institutions across North America including the School of Toronto Dance Theatre, University of California Santa Barbara, Yukon Contemporary Training Community, Ottawa Dance Directive, and Hamilton College. Training and performing with Shay Kuebler since the summer of 2017, he brings Shay’s ideas surrounding floorwork into the studio and focuses on foundational movements/drills originating in breaking/break dance and martial arts to facilitate healthy relationships with gravity. Calder choreographs his own work and is a company member with Radical System Art, Josh Beamish/MOVE the company, and Santa Barbara Dance Theater.
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