Tanzquartier Wien

The class begins with a simple, slow, warm-up focusing on breathing, internal structure, weight, and the body’s articulations. Directed exercises and suggested improvisations will contribute to expanding the dancers’ physical practice and give them a deeper awareness of their own physical uniqueness. By providing an understanding of how somatic practices can be applied to dance and movement, it will offer the opportunity for the participants to deepen their perceptual abilities, to advance their sensory awareness, and to approach technical challenges with increased movement capability. As the class progresses, we look to integrate the parts of the body and the use of the floor and finishing sometimes with an open improvisation or an individual manipulation of a provided phrase. This class is the result of personal investigations and by my many years of studying different somatic practices, particularly Klein Technique and the Feldenkrais Method. As a brown, queer, and immigrant artist, I have approached my study of these techniques as de-colonizing practices.