Dance

Close-up of Grisha Coleman, a a light skinned Black woman with short hair. She looks up at an angle with a soft smile.

Grisha Coleman

Embodiment Practices Teaching Artist

Grisha Coleman is a certified Awareness Through Movement/ The Feldenkrais Method™ practitioner studying with David Zemach-Bersin, Denis Leri, Carole...

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Embodiment Practices: Awareness Through Movement, The Feldenkrais Method™

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2024

Level

All levels

Instructor

Grisha Coleman

Class Description

During a training session in Amherst in 1980, Moshe Feldenkrais put a question to the students in his course, he asked them, what is the definition of health? 

This short course presents students with a series of Awareness Through Movement (ATM) lessons within The Feldenkrais Method™. This repertoire of kinesthetic study will provide students a way to...

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Embodiment Practices: Healing through Expressive Flamenco

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2024

Level

All levels

Instructor

Laura Sánchez

Class Description

Expressive Flamenco is a holistic, embodied, and therapeutic practice that combines the rhythms and movements of flamenco dance with multiple arts-based elements including free writing, creative movement, storytelling, and drawings for self-expression. The practice offers ways to build connection with oneself and others in order...

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Gaga

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2024

Level

All levels

Instructor

Ana Harmon

Class Description

An all-levels class where evocative instructions are offered to movers in a welcoming, accepting atmosphere. Gaga classes support a creative framework in which participants can reconnect with their bodies, explore their imaginations, increase their stamina, and experience the pleasure of movement. The exploration of form, speed, and effort is accompanied by the...

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Kathak

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2024

Level

All levels

Instructor

Anjali Nath

Class Description

An all-levels class introducing students to the rhythms, movements, melodies, and stories of Kathak, North Indian classical dance. Kathak brings together dance, music, history, philosophy, math, physical and mental well-being, and so much more. Through a series of focused sessions, students will have the opportunity to experience and learn the fundamentals of Kathak...

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Aaron Jensen

Ballet Accompanist

Aaron Jensen is a pianist and principal accompanist for the dance division of Boston Conservatory at Berklee. He has played for institutions...

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Headshot of Soumya Rajarim, an Indian woman with long brown hair, dangly earrings, and tear drop bindi. She is smiling subtly.

Soumya Rajaram

Bharatanatyam Teaching Artist

Soumya Rajaram is an exponent of Bharatanatyam with over two decades of performance experience. She started training at the Kalakshetra Foundation, a...

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Ballet III

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2024

Level

Advanced

Instructor

John Lam 

Accompanist 

Emi Okumura

Class Description

An advanced level ballet class focusing on developing integrated, coordinative skills and dynamics. Each class will be accompanied by live piano, developing musicality, and fostering a diverse vocabulary for dancing in the spirit of rigor, curiosity, and individual artistry. At...

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