Elegant Arms: Beyond Technique
There is no question that arms and hands can serve to enhance a dancer’s performance, and expressive abilities. But just how can we develop these skills?
In this 3 week course, you’ll learn tips and exercises that will elevate your ability to connect to and energize the upper limbs as you create beautiful and elegant frames and pathways. Stepping away from improving your technical skills, this course instead focuses on increasing awareness of your arms as we examine intentional placement, variations and moving pathways.
These skills can be easily implemented into your personal practice, and with a little time and care, your arms will become graceful and a nature extension of your dancing self.
Included are the 3 one hour class recordings as well as 3 one hour bonus classes where I incorporate the concepts into phrases and combinations (Fluid & Funky class), where we explore options using Organic Arms (Creative Movement class) and where we incorporate arms and belly dance movement (Boot Camp). Also included are 3 short practice sessions in Week 1 where you can follow along to integrate the foundational concepts.
Course 1 of 3 in the Performance Level Up Bundle (sign up for all 3 below).
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Practice video 1
Working simultaneously and sequentially moving directly into the same line, weight centered and with weight shifts and steps.
Working simultaneously and sequentially moving directly into the same line, weight centered and with weight shifts and steps.
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Practice video 2
Working sequentially (one arm at a time) moving into different lines with weight shift.
Working sequentially (one arm at a time) moving into different lines with weight shift.
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Working with gathering as we move the arms into the same line.
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Class 2 Recording
Adding more options for our lines, and thinking more about weight shift, and facing changes.
Adding more options for our lines, and thinking more about weight shift, and facing changes.
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Bonus Class - Fluid & Funky Phrases
I used some of the elements from Weeks 1 & 2 in the Fluid and Funky Phrases class. The phrases are also fast and super fun if you’d like to give them a try!
I used some of the elements from Weeks 1 & 2 in the Fluid and Funky Phrases class. The phrases are also fast and super fun if you’d like to give them a try!
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Bonus Class - Creative Movement
In Creative Movement we played with actions and gestures our arms make (pull, dab, grab, punch…), as well as trying different ways to embody those movement qualities and to work with those ideas to give our arms intention and expression. I’ve called this way of working Organic Arms.
In Creative Movement we played with actions and gestures our arms make (pull, dab, grab, punch…), as well as trying different ways to embody those movement qualities and to work with those ideas to give our arms intention and expression. I’ve called this way of working Organic Arms.
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A 3 course package that includes Elegant Arms: Beyond Technique (3 hours), Preparing Your Improvisation (8 hours) and Final Touches (1 hour). Total value $360.