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Buoyant Wait

Buoyancy is related to lightness, and the action of bouncing back instead of sinking. In dancing, buoyancy for me is deeply connected to the breath, and our constant calibration of the relationship between timing, momentum and weight.  In this class, we will build our intuitive reflexes and physical listening skills within the Gravity Lab of contact, while also finding room for buoyancy and play in our relationships. We’ll explore some useful material for achieving that bounce-back quality, fluidity, and confidence in our dance, and will work on getting into and out of the floor (and later, the air) with agility, safety and ease. The class will begin with bodywork.

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Bio

Choreographer and social practice artist Eryn Rosenthal examines the role of the body in building democracy and social fabric, dreams and meaning-making. Her ongoing series, The Doors Project, investigates transitions–political, social, intimate–through site-based performance in different doorways around the world. Eryn is a member of international Contact Improvisation research and teacher exchange networks, performing and teaching CI and other forms in the US, Chile, South Africa and Europe. She teaches Dance and Democracy: Movement Improvisation and Liberation Pedagogies and Making Performance on Socio-Political Questions at Yale University. www.erynrosenthal.com

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