ISADORA'S DANCE GIVES EXPRESSION TO THE SOUL THROUGH NATURAL MOVEMENT OF THE BODY.

THE WORKSHOP IS DESIGNED FOR ALL LEVELS. INSPIRATION FOR ISADORA'S DANCE IS TAKEN FROM NATURE, GREEK CLASSICAL ART AND MUSIC.

FIRST PART:

THE WARM UP WILL INCLUDE ISADORA'S TECHNIQUE, MOVING AND SWAYING FROM THE SOLAR PLEXUS, EMPHASIZING REACHING TOWARD THE HEAVENS, BEAUTIFUL ARM AND HAND GESTURES, DELICATE SPRINGING MOVEMENTS FOR THE FEET AND ANKLES, ROTATING TORSO MOVEMENT, BASED ON THE INDIVIDUALS OWN NATURAL BODY MOVEMENT.

SECOND PART:

ACROSS THE FLOOR MOVEMENT INCLUDES LEG SWINGS, WALTZES, WALKING, SMALL RUNS AND PARTNERING, ETC. ANCIENT ARCHETYPES WILL BE USED TO REPRESENT MOVEMENTS IN THE REPERTOIRE OF ISADORA DUNCAN.

THIRD PART:

A DANCE FORM ISADORA'S REPERTOIRE WILL BE TAUGHT, ALONG WITH ONE ORIGINAL PIECE OF CHOREOGRAPHY.

• A SHORT DISCUSSION WILL PROCEED THE WORKSHOP.
• A SHORT VIDEO OF ISADORA DANCING WILL BE SHOWN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WORKSHOP
• ALL DANCERS WILL BE GIVEN A TUNIC AND SCARF TO USE DURING CLASS.
• ALL WILL BE GIVE A CD OF SCHUBERT WALTZES.

THIS WORKSHOP IS EXPRESSIVE OF FEMININE STRENGTH AND CLASSICAL BEAUTY.

Duncan dances are not about form or line;they adhere instead to unfurling streams of energy, laws of nature, connectivity between individuals and are always about beauty!