Intermediate/Advanced Jazz Technique

This class will blend aspects of both contemporary and jazz technique through the incorporation of a full warm-up and technique building exercises with across the floor progressions and an extended combination in the center.

Christie Zimmerman is a contemporary choreographer, performer, and educator.  Her dance theatre works have been performed in cities around the country on both theatrical and concert stages.  Christie is currently an Assistant Professor of Dance at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana where she teaches ballet, jazz, and tap technique and serves as coordinator of the dance program.  She received her early dance training in New Orleans before relocating to the west coast, where she completed her Master of Fine Arts in Dance Choreography from the University of California, Irvine.  While there, Christie was one of three students in the School of the Arts to receive a Chancellor’s Fellowship.  She also had the privilege of assisting and working under the guidance of Tony Award nominee and modern dance extraordinaire Donald McKayle.

Christie has worked extensively with both developing and professional dancers, teaching master classes nationally, and serving on the faculties of the University of Minnesota, Duluth, and the Columbia Gorge Schools of Theatre.  She recently established z3movement project, a Mid-west/Chicago based dance theatre collaborative whose recent projects include appearances at the DUMBO Dance Festival (New York, NY) and Harvest Chicago Contemporary Dance Festival (Chicago, IL).  Christie is a proud member of Dance Masters of America, as well as an Associate Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.

Hubbard Street 2 Master Class

Chicago’s acclaimed contemporary dance company brings an exuberant, athletic and innovative presentation to the Indiana Dance Festival.  This 70 minute participatory, intermediate to advanced level workshop will focus on Hubbard Street 2 repertoire, signature to the company’s diverse influences from ballet to cutting-edge choreography. The workshop will include a warm-up, followed by material from HS2’s current repertoire.  Please come dressed to move in ballet shoes or socks.

Taryn Kaschock Russell,?Director of Hubbard Street 2 and Artistic Associate, was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She joined the Joffrey Ballet in 1995 and spent seven years performing and touring extensively with the company. During that time, she expanded her artistry by dancing the principal roles in classic works by Agnes DeMille, George Balanchine, Martha Graham and John Cranko. She was also the first woman outside of David Parsons company to dance his signature solo Caught. Kaschock joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in 2002 and the following January was named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch.” Her repertoire, while dancing with HSDC, included master works by Jirí Kylián, Nacho Duato, William Forsythe and Ohad Naharin. Kaschock also found much growth and inspiration participating in numerous original creations while a member of the company.

In 2007, Kaschock became a member of HSDC’s artistic staff and began teaching company class, conducting rehearsals and re-setting choreography. Recently named the Director of Hubbard Street 2, she also now coordinates HSDC’s National Choreographic Competition as well as nurtures the growth of promising young artists.

The Art of Shimmies: Seven Different Shimmies

This workshop will introduce you to the movement that defines belly dance: shimmies!  This type of study is belly dance from the inside out.  Katya will teach seven different shimmies, and layer them with other movements in combinations to music to show how they are danced.  There will be a short warm up, but please come to class partially warm so as to begin work right away.

Katya Faris is a Master’s student in the Ethnomusicology program at the prestigious Folklore Institute of Indiana University, where she studies Arabic music and dance.  She has taught and performed at a variety of venues in the United States and internationally such as the Indianapolis Museum of Art and the Great Lakes Belly Dance Convention, as well as at private and corporate fundraising events in London and Gothenburg, Sweden.

Katya is also a sought after choreographer and coach, and is working in liaison with Muhammad Shahin of Egypt.  Katya is the artistic director of the Saffron Café in Indianapolis, where she performs weekly, head of the Mosaic Dance Studio, in Bloomington, and director of the Bloomington Belly Dance Coalition.  See her website at www.katyafaris.com.

Grant Seeking Basics for Dancers and Dance Organizations

Learn the process and resources for finding grant funding for dance.  This class will cover the general concepts, definitions and contents of the grant proposal writing process.  The class will target individual dancers seeking grants as well as nonprofit dance organizations.

Lettie Haver joined the Paul Clarke Nonprofit Resource Center at the Allen County Public Library as a librarian in February 2008.  She began her nonprofit career in the University of Southern Indiana’s Athletic Department and prior to her work in the PCNRC she worked as a Teen Librarian.  Lettie holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Saint Francis and a Masters in Library Science from Indiana University.  Lettie’s enthusiasm for serving nonprofits is topped only by her thrill at the reference hunt.

Taiko Drumming

Drummers will learn basic rhythm fundamentals with sticks using choreographed arm movements and/or while dancing from drum to drum.  This workshop will also offer some of the history and culture involved in this ancient Japanese tradition.

Allison Ballard received a Master of Arts in Dance/Movement Therapy from Columbia College Chicago in January 2003. She is now one of 2,000 movement therapists nationwide and one of only a few in the state of Indiana.  She has 16 years experience teaching creative movement and rhythm programs to children, youth, adults and people with special needs. She is the Director of the Jesters, a performing group of people with special needs administered through the University of St. Francis. In this position, she is responsible for creating/directing/staging an original musical production and facilitating visual arts activities. Allison is also a certified Music Together® teacher and teaches these classes at the Fort Wayne Dance Collective.

Allison is also trained as a Drum Circle Facilitator by Arthur Hull and HealthRhythms?. She is also the founder/Director of Fort Wayne Taiko, a local drumming and movement ensemble based on Japanese tradition. Sponsored by the Fort Wayne Dance Collective, Fort Wayne Taiko provides Northeast Indiana with Taiko classes, workshops, lecture-demonstrations and performances, and is one of a few Taiko-drumming ensembles in the Midwest.

Move and Groove: Teaching Creative Movement to Children

This workshop will develop teaching skills aimed at working with preschool to school age children.  The class will work on developing the young child’s creative abilities while learning basic elements of dance including use of body parts, shape, space and locomotion combined with stories and feelings, all while having fun!

Instructor Bio for Allison Ballard: See bio for Taiko Drumming workshop

Restorative Yoga

Restorative yoga is designed to be a nurturing session to release and heal the effects of everyday stresses with very gentle stretching and restful poses.  This workshop will help start the day off in a mindful way, to help in becoming more receptive and calm, which will enable the student to soak up all of the experiences to follow.

Pamela Steinbach has a B.A. in Human Development and certification as a training consultant.  She has studied t’ai chi privately with Grand Master T. T. Liang for four years and is a certified Restorative Yoga Instructor by world-renowned kinesiology and yoga therapeutics teacher, Dr. Judith Lasater.  Pamela also has yoga teacher training in both Anusara and Iyengar yoga. She has taught exercise and stress management since 1986, and her special interest is the emotional benefits of yoga and t’ai chi. She currently teaches yoga in small groups through Appreciateyourlife.  Pamela also leads workshops in creativity, gratitude, as well as other wellness related topics and is typically accompanied by Jane Heald on cello for her classes.

Jenbe Afrikan Drumming

This workshop is designed as a beginning lesson in Afrikan drumming.  Jenbe Afrikan drumming basics will focus on appropriate sound production, proper handling technique for 4/4 accompaniment, and a basic solo pattern.

Ketu Oladuwa began drumming in 1979 with New York’s legendary Chief James Hawthorne Béy.  Today, he studies, teaches, and plays the music of the traditional village-style Mandé drum ensemble of Guinea, Mali, Senegal and the Mandé Diaspora with JATA.  His teachers have included Famoudou Konaté, Mamady Keïta, and Bolokada Condé. Ketu is the co-founder of the Three Rivers Jenbé Ensemble, a traditional West Afrikan drumming ensemble for 9-to-18-year olds, and its parent organization the Three Rivers Institute of Afrikan Art & Culture.

The Feldenkrais Method® Awareness through Movement® Lessons

This workshop will explore movement from a somatic perspective, which involves the whole being.  These gentle effortless movement sequences enhance students’ awareness of muscular holding and other habitual patterns.  This increased awareness allows you to discover easier, more effortless movement choices and improves function in many aspects of daily life.

Denise Deig has her undergraduate degree in psychology from Indiana University and her professional training in physical therapy from the University of California, San Francisco.  She also has her MS degree from the University of Indianapolis.  Denise completed the Feldenkrais® professional training program in 1992 and is a member of the Feldenkrais Guild.  She became a Bones for Life® trainer in June 2006 and teaches this through the Integrative Learning Center of Mid-America on a national basis.

Denise has extensive postgraduate training in orthopedic physical therapy, osteopathy, and other bodyworks.  She became an Ortho-Bionomy instructor in 1980 and has been developing and teaching the Deig Method of Positional Release nationally since 1986.  She currently teaches this approach through the University of Indianapolis.  She also authored the book, “Positional Release Techniques, from a Dynamic Systems Perspective”, originally published in 2000, with a revised edition in August 2006.  Denise currently has a physical therapy private practice, Somatic Therapy Services Inc, in Fishers, Indiana, where she sees individual clients, teaches movement work, Ortho-Bionomy and Positional Release Techniques.

Introducing Bones for Life®

Created by Ruthy Alon, Bones for Life (BFL) is the next generation of somatic learning, inspired from the teachings of Feldenkrais.  These processes are designed to promote optimum health and well being through skeletal alignment, anti-gravity challenges, weight bearing, and transmission of forces through the skeleton.  The integration of these specific organizational changes with motor activities provides a profound carry over in to daily life.

Instructor Bio for Denise Dieg: See Feldenkrais workshop

Rhythm Tap

This style of tap dancing is focused on the movement of the legs and feet, and concentrates on the syncopation and creation of rhythms, with or without music.  In this workshop, students will focus on the musicality, creation, and improvisational techniques of this style.  This high-energy form of tap dancing is for all ages and abilities.

Nikki Prichard is a graduate of Ball State University, with a BA in Musical Theatre.  She has been dancing since the age of three and teaching since she was a teenager.  As a pre-professional dancer, she has tap danced with the Duke Ellington Orchestra in New York City, and has studied under some of the best tap dance teachers in NYC.  Nikki has also performed with Carnival Cruise Lines, the Isle of Capri Casino’s, and in Branson, Missouri.

Presently,  Nikki is a choreographer for such amusement parks as King’s Dominion, VA, Carowinds, NC, and Dorney Park, PA.  She has also previously choreographed for Cedar Point, Geauga Lake and King’s Island.  Nikki has won five international choreography awards for her work on sixty different shows in the past ten years.  Nikki also choreographs for local and out of state show choirs and dance teams, along with her state champion winning dance team at McCutcheon High School in West Lafayette, Indiana.  Nikki also teaches at a local dance studio in Fort Wayne.

Enhance Your Artistry on Stage and in Life: The Mind/Body Connection

Pam Holt

Kelly Holt

Mindfulness, relaxation, breath and myofascial release techniques will be used in this workshop to bring the student to higher levels of body awareness.  These mind/body techniques will benefit anyone who wants to live a more joy-filled, relaxed life.  The dance student, artist, and teacher will learn creative and mindful cueing to enhance aesthetic performance and body awareness.  The wellness enthusiast and relaxation seeker will use the techniques as a source of healing the mind, body and spirit.

With over 20 years of experience in the field, Pam Holt is recognized as one of the area’s foremost fitness and wellness experts.  Holt designs personalized exercise programs for individuals who need to reduce specific health risks and for risk-free individuals who recognize the preventative aspect of a properly designed exercise plan.  As a certified wellness coach, Holt partners with clients to set better goals and reach them faster to make positive lifestyle changes that last.  Wellness coaching provides guidance in areas such as stress management, weight loss, nutrition behaviors and exercise adherence.

Kelly Holt is a dance and wellness professional.  She received her Bachelor of Arts in Dance with a concentration in Dance and Visual Media from Marymount College in New York City.  Holt is a dance teacher, choreographer, and group fitness instructor.  She is a creative movement and mindful movement specialist with One-To-One Personal Training and Wellness Coaching, writes wellness articles, and develops and teaches mind/body wellness workshops.

Advanced Modern Dance Technique

This class will explore the tenants inherent to all modern dance styles, while focusing more specifically on breath-related principles of movement.  Somatic approaches and awareness through strength will be emphasized.

Elizabeth Shea, Clinical Associate Professor and Director of Contemporary Dance at Indiana University, has received numerous grants and commissions to create dance works.  Her choreography has been chosen for performance by the World Dance Alliance, the National Dance Association, the American College Dance Festival Association, the International Computer Music Association, Regional Dance America and for other national and international venues. Most recently, her work was shown at Dance Theatre Workshop in NYC, NY.  She has served as faculty and as a guest artist at many American universities, dance companies, and dance schools. Liz was also an Artist-in-Residence for the State of Florida, and in May of 2006, traveled to China, teaching master classes and presenting choreography.  She also sits on the national board of directors for the American College Dance Festival Association and earned the 2009 School of HPER Teaching Award at Indiana University.  Liz recently received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to direct the reconstruction of Bella Lewitzky’s Suite Satie at Indiana University and served as a guest artist at New Mexico State University, setting her work Taking Flight on the Contemporary Dance Theatre.  She has also just been awarded a fellowship from the Indiana University Institute for Digital Arts and Humanities for 2011-2012.

Social Media for Arts Organizations

These days, it’s pretty much a given that your arts organization has a Facebook page to update fans on your activities. But what about Twitter? What about a blog? Go beyond the basics as we explore how to use social media wisely to attract audiences, build a rapport with patrons, and otherwise bring the conversation about your organization to a whole new level. Please come with at least a cursory knowledge of Facebook and basic Internet usage. Wi-fi enabled laptops welcome, but not necessary.

Andy Welfle graduated from Indiana University in 2006 with the intention of becoming a journalist. When that didn’t work out, he turned to his other love — the arts. As the managing director of the Fort Wayne Dance Collective from 2007 to 2010, he overhauled the communications of the organization, and built a social media presence from scratch. He is currently the marketing and promotions coordinator for an online pencil retailer, Pencils.com.

Ballet Pedagogy

From etiquette to epaulement, this class will include movement and discussion on best practices for students to learn and teachers to teach the art of classical ballet.  Discussion will be encouraged regarding classroom expectations and challenges of the learning process.

Karen Gibbons-Brown began her early training in Columbia, South Carolina.  She studied with some of the world’s master teachers including Maria Swoboda, Patricia Wilde, Aldolphina Suarez-More, David Howard and Jeremy Blanton.  Her professional career took her coast to coast, and she was fortunate to have performed title and leading roles as well as have pieces specifically choreographed for her.  As a master teacher, she has taught for many programs in the United States and Europe.  She is currently the Executive/Artistic Director of Fort Wayne Ballet and was recently featured as one of the eighteen top pedagogues in the world in the book On Technique.

Dance Making: When Everything is Available

This choreography workshop explores the array of dance making methods available from the origins of modern dance to the post-modern era and beyond.  A collage of procedures and a collaborative system of feedback will allow for immediate creation and performance of new dances.

Selene Carter is Visiting Lecturer at Indiana University in the Contemporary Dance Program. She has an MFA in dance from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. As a Chicago dance artist she received a Ruth Page Award, the city’s highest honor in dance, for her improvisational work. She was co-director of Links Hall, producing workshops in alternative dance and improvisation, and creating a forum for post-modern and experimental dance in Chicago. She taught improvisation and dance studies at the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, the University of Chicago, and the Chicago Academy of the Arts. In 2009 she presented her research on Lester Horton at the Society of Dance History Scholars Annual Conference, and is currently working towards her certification in Bill Evans’ Laban Based Modern Dance Technique.

Lyrical Hip Hop

Lyrical Hip Hop is a fusion of both fluid and sharp staccato movements.  This style is a new form of hip hop currently growing to be the most popular form.  It is often danced to down tempo R&B music and is danced with emotion. Open to all skill levels.

Britney Tun is currently completing her last year at Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne, with a major in Elementary Education and a minor in Dance.  She has been a dancer from a young age, and has over five years of dance teaching experience.  She is a teacher of all styles, with a main focus on hip hop.  Britney has choreographed hip hop routines for various high school dance programs and dance teams and teaches many different hip hop master classes in and around the Fort Wayne area, and is currently an instructor at Steppin’ Out Studio of Dance.

Organizing the Non-Studio Environments for Effective Workshops: Strategies to Address Varied Learners

This workshop is great for dancers that are teaching in non-studio spaces such as school classrooms and community centers.  Theater of Inclusion artists will guide participants through a process that allows each individual to reflect upon, clarify, and strengthen his/her own approach to organizing the visual and acoustic cues in a non-studio space.

Theater of Inclusion® (TOI) is an Indianapolis-based company that has been providing high-quality programming throughout the United States for more than 10 years.  TOI designs workshops for grades K-12 around critical issues including bullying prevention, conflict resolution, and legacy making.  TOI also provides dynamic workshops to preschoolers, elders, people with disabilities, youth in detention centers, teachers, and business professionals.

An Introduction to Engagement Strategies: Working with Individuals with Developmental Delays

This workshop is great for dancers that are working with individuals with developmental delays.  Theater of Inclusion artists will share effective engagement strategies from their inclusion practice.  Participants will also be guided through a process that allows each individual to develop his/her own strategies for offering multiple points of engagement within a workshop.

Instructor bio for Theater of Inclusion: See bio for workshop, “Organizing the Non-Studio Environments for Effective Workshops”

Dance Injury Prevention and Recovery

Dance injury prevention and recovery is an educational class geared towards preventing and correcting the most common dance related injuries and imbalances.  This class will consist of a lecture and a hand’s on corrective exercise demonstration.

Dr. Jason Russell is the founder and director of Optimum Performance.  He received his B.S. in Kinesiology from Indiana University and his Doctorate from National University of Health Sciences.  While in school, Dr. Russell received extra training in the field of biomechanics, gait analysis, gait therapy, and training with complicated movement disorders.  Dr. Russell has ten years of experience with resistance and aerobic exercise adaptations and speed development.  He lectures regularly on the treatment and prevention of athletic injuries, and on speed development in athletes.  He currently consults for many local high school track and cross-country teams and many dance studios throughout Northeast Indiana.  His clinical interests are conservative musculoskeletal medicine with particular emphasis on running; overuse injuries, and participation in strength training.

Voice for the Dancer

This workshop will help the dancer with the basic elements of voice for the stage.  These elements include projection, diction, and breathing.  Learn to embrace the spoken word and feel more confident with your own voice.

Jane R. Frazier has an MFA in Theatre Pedagogy from Virginia Commonwealth University.  She has performed on several Fort Wayne stages over the last 25 years and was most recently seen as April in “The Hot L Baltimore” at IPFW.  She is the Director of Theatre at Manchester College; Associate Faculty at IPFW, and a private acting/public speaking coach.  Jane has lead workshops in both acting and voice for the Allen County Probation System; 21st Century Scholars program; North Side High School; and has taught ages 3 – 75 across Northeast Indiana.

Dances of Universal Peace

Dances of Universal Peace bring beings together in joyous and deeply meditative interfaith circle dances.  Easy to learn and open to all, they combine simple folk dance movements and walks with sacred songs and chants drawn from the Earth’s many spiritual traditions.  No experience necessary to participate.  New arrivals and old hands form the circle anew each time.

Naomi Wilansky is a clinical social worker in private practice, trained especially in Gestalt Therapy and Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy (DNMS). She is also a certified second-level Reiki practitioner. Drawn to the Dances of Universal Peace in the early ’90s, Naomi has been a certified DUP leader since 1994.

Soulfully Salsa

Soulfully Salsa is a chance for you to step beyond your traditional dance parameters to experience and ultimately embody rhythms of Afro-Latin origins.  A brief intro on salsa origins will lead to a lively warm-up, followed by basic steps and funky choreography, incorporating technique, style, and a meaningful connection with the music.

Known for his infectious and engaging teaching style, David Seymour became passionate about Latin music and dance in college during his study abroad in Columbia, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Brazil, and Spain.  Initially, David seamlessly fused Latin dance with aerobics at various athletic clubs in the South Bend area.  This led to classes at dance studios, schools, festivals, clubs and company parties where he has grooved with students of all races, ages, and persuasions.  David is an adjunct professor for the Raclin School of Arts at Indiana University South Bend (IUSB), where he recently choreographed a portion of West Side Story.  David graduated from Earlham College with a B.A. in Spanish and Latin American Studies and received a Master’s in Public Affairs from IUSB.

Slow Flow Yoga

This workshop is for any level of student who wants to learn the art of a flowing yoga practice.  These creative flow sequences will unleash hidden potential in the physical body, as well as remove mental blockages and release hidden tension that hold us back in our practice and our lives.

Dani McGuire (E-RYT500, Yoga Therapist, IAYT) has practiced yoga for over 12 years, with a foundation in Hatha, Iyengar and Creative Movement.  She has studied with many inspirational teachers and in many different styles that have caused her to create her own unique blend. Dani’s fluid, creative, and intuitive style of teaching will unleash hidden potential and awaken the student to experience their inner child and contentment. She currently teaches 200 and 500 hr yoga teacher trainings as well as traveling workshops, to spread the art and science of yoga and the joy of living a great life.

Dani is also dedicated to teaching yoga to people with cancer and chronic pain. She is a certified Yoga Therapist and is registered with the International Association of Yoga Therapists.  She is also the founder and owner of Prana Yoga Studios in Fort Wayne.

Ballet for All Dancers

Ballet for all dancers includes fundamentals of ballet, intermediate through advanced combinations geared to the class level, and aspects of anatomy and physics for use in dance.  This is an all-around technical ballet class, which will make the student think about how they move their body in ballet.  Open to all levels.

Roberta Wong, originally from Davis, CA, has danced with the Boston Ballet, Indianapolis Ballet Theatre, Indianapolis Dance Company, the Green Show of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Dance Kaleidoscope, where she was also company teacher and rehearsal director, “Yuletide Celebration” with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and Indy Convergence, as well as various projects around Indianapolis.  She is currently adjunct professor at Butler University Dance Department and IU Contemporary Dance Program, as well as faculty at Stage I Dance Academy.  She has taught at Anderson University (where she was dance coordinator), Jordan College Academy of Dance, Indiana Repertory Theater’s Summer Conservatory, and Mid-States Regional Dance Festival, as well as various schools in the Indianapolis area.

She is the recipient of two Creative Renewal Fellowships from the Arts Council of Indianapolis and a grant from the Indiana Arts Commission.  She was featured in Indianapolis Woman magazine and holds a B.S. in Biology from Butler University.  She is Stott pilates trained by Pilates on Fifth in New York and by Elizabeth Larkham in the San Francisco area and has premiered many different Graham workshops.  She was recently interviewed for the magazine Dance Studio Life.

African Dance

West African dance is a powerful dance form filled with energy and grace. Every rhythm and movement has its own meaning which makes this dance form more unique than others. In this class students can expect instruction and breakdowns of the West African Rhythm Sorsorne, across-the floor movement, and dance and movement explanation sandwiched by an active warm-up and cool down. Come prepared to have a great time dancing to amazing African rhythms.

Kenyetta Abdul-Azeez has been dancing for seventeen years and is a student of Master Dancer Mustapha Bangoura, with whom she has been training with for the past six years.  She is most known for her involvement in The Three Rivers Jenbe Ensemble, and Jata groups led by Ketu Oladuwa and has occasionally performed with Tamafoli, led by Abass Camara. She has been featured in many local publications. Today, you can find Kenyetta teaching Zumba at local dance studios and fitness clubs.

Authentic Movement as Artistic Resource

The practice of Authentic Movement can provide a rich path to original creative insights and movement material.  Also known as Contemplative Dance, this simple yet profound movement form involves the interplay of the body and psyche in an expression of active imagination.  In this class you will have an opportunity to explore your inner impulses, to move or be still, and a quiet space to allow your creativity to find fresh expressions.  All experience levels are welcomed.  Bringing a journal or notebook to record or reflect on your experiences is encouraged.

Andrew Brightman is a contemporary dancer, improviser and educator. Andrew’s movement training is in Hawkins’-based Modern Dance and Improvisational Movement Theatre.  He has danced with the Purdue Contemporary Dance Company and is currently training in Authentic Movement/Contemplative Dance with Alton Wasson and Daphne Lowell. Andrew’s favorite movement form is Contact Improvisation and he is a Faculty Advisor for the student group, Contact Improvisation at Purdue. Andrew also is the Assistant Head of the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University and he lives in Battle Ground, Indiana.

Exploring Dynamic Partnering Through Contact Improvisation

Dynamic partnering involves the sensitive balancing of timing and momentum, while sharing weight, to allow dancers to move together with ease and fluidity.  The contemporary dance form of Contact Improvisation explores the anatomical integration and deep listening skills that support dynamic partnering.  In this class you will be led into a discovery of partnering pathways and into a deeper awareness of your connection with others while dancing.  All experience levels are welcomed.  Come ready to have fun!

Instructor bio for Andrew Brightman: See workshop bio for Authentic Movement.

The Mindful Plate: Managing Nutrition And Wellness On The Go And At Home

Mindfulness is not a new concept, but is often disregarded when it comes to our own health.  Learning how and why we do things allows us to become closely in touch with our center, both physically and mentally.  By tuning into this awareness, we gain insight to how we are directly affected by the quality of food we intake and how that equates to our overall wellness. Explore options on how to incorporate nutrition and wellness both on the go and at home in everyday life.

Growing up, Jina Lauer’s family had always encouraged an active lifestyle and after trying different careers out, Jina found herself on the path of yoga, fitness, and nutrition.  Jina is now a full time certified Personal Trainer and a 200 Hour Registered Yoga Teacher.   In her passion for learning, she has also completed certifications in Primary Nutrition and Senior Fitness and plans to continue on to more.  Her holistic approach to wellness offers a unique experience for every individual.  Learn more about Jina on her blog at www.jinalauer.com.