Limón Modern with Kathryn Alter

Length: 82 min. Level: Advanced-Intermediate Space: Large

Class Description:

Using our relationship to gravity as a departure point, we will explore different ways to allow breath, weight, use of opposition, fall and recovery, isolation, and succession to enrich movement.  Consciousness and application of these principles will allow us to access specific qualitative shifts in the body.  We will explore how the manner in which we use the Humphrey/Limón principles constantly shifts the relationship between time, space, and energy.  We will also delve into the intrinsic physical metaphors that are born from the motivations inherent in this humanistic technique. To explore the concepts I will use a fusion of material from the repertory of José Limón and contemporary material of my own creation.  The class will consist of phrase work in the center and locomotion through the space that includes explorations on the floor, standing, and air-born moments.  

Music by John Lander

Featuring Dancers Ty Graynor, Victoria Strata, and Mark Willis

About Kathryn

KATHRYN ALTER attended Interlochen Arts Academy, graduated from Purchase Conservatory of Dance with the highest honors in 2001, and is currently pursuing her MFA at Hunter College. Her choreographic work has been shown across the United States and in Mexico. In 2011, Kathryn Alter and Dancers began with the presentation of three solos as a part of the Soliloquios y Dialogos Festival at Los Talleres de Coyoacán in Mexico City. Her most recent choreographic commissions were created in Kansas at Friends University, Arizona for Instinct Dance Corps, and at the Conservatorie A Rayonnement Regional in Reunion Island. Around New York, her work has been presented as part of MAD (Movement and Dance) Weekend at Nazareth College, Dance at Socrates in Queens, Spring Movement and Performance Studio Open House at Center for Performance Research in Brooklyn, and the American Dance Guild Festival… Keep Reading