CONTEMPORARY CLASSES

BEGINNER

Objective: Build foundational skills, body awareness, and creativity in movement.

  • Key principles: breath, flow, gravity, space.

  • Body Awareness and Conditioning: Posture and alignment.

  • Basic strength and flexibility exercises: Core stability and breath connection.

  • Fundamental Techniques :Contraction and release,fall and recovery, basic floorwork: rolls, slides, planks.

  • Movement Vocabulary: Locomotor movements: walks, runs, jumps, turns. Non-locomotor movements: bends, twists, swings.

  • Spatial Awareness and Musicality.

dancing woman on stageb
dancing woman on stageb

INTERMEDIATE

Objective: Deepen technical skill, enhance creative expression, and explore choreographic structure.

  • Spirals, swings, and grounded movement.

  • Floor-to-standing transitions.

  • Control in dynamic and off-balance moves

  • Graham, Cunningham, Limon principles.

  • Introduction to Release Technique and Flying Low.

  • Improvisation and Movement Exploration.

  • Partnering and Group Work

  • Motif, retrograde, repetition, contrast.

group of people performing on stage
group of people performing on stage

ADVANCED

Objective: Refine technique, develop a unique choreographic voice, and perform with artistry.

  • Inversions and complex transition

  • Core-driven movement with flow and speed

  • Multidirectional travel and movement efficiency

  • Abstract vs narrative-driven choreography

  • Spontaneous composition

  • Group improvisation with structure and scoring

  • Use of props, voice, and site-specific spaces

  • Advanced lifts, swings, and shared momentum

  • Ensemble partnering work

A woman flipping over a man, back to back.
A woman flipping over a man, back to back.