PRODA

Welcome to a ballet class focused on technique and strength.

The goal of this class is to explore the human body and learn more about how its various parts and systems interact, and how this affects our presence, movement, and dance.

A gentle warm-up with deep stretches, followed by movements on the floor, and concluding with musical theater choreography.

In class, I’ll be combining exercises from various techniques that have influenced my practice. This includes everything from technical exercises in jazz dance, floor work, and improvisation to physical and vocal games that explore physicality, timbre, and textures in voice and movement. We explore our own bodies and voices, as well as harmony—in a body

In the heels classes, we’ll focus on basic techniques such as bevels, walks, and balance on the heels. We’ll continue practicing these in a “feel-good” choreography!

The class is based on contemporary dance techniques, floor work, and somatic practices, which influence my own practice as a dance artist.

The class will cover hip-hop fundamentals and technique, as well as how to apply them in freestyle.

In the classes, we’ll focus on flow, expressive movement, and use of space. The barre will consist of relatively “simple” exercises, so that we can quickly warm up and dance with big, technically precise movements in the center.