Fall 2019
Tuesdays at 7:30-9:00pm at the Scotiabank Dance Centre
Sept. 10, 17, 25 & Oct. 1, 8
professional morning contemporary technique class
10-11:30am at the Scotiabank Dance Centre
Sept 27, 30 & Oct 2, 4
Class description:
In this class we will warm our bodies from the inside out, awakening our senses, limbering our perception and relation to space. We will playfully explore the potential ways of inhabiting our bodies to find efficiency and dynamic range. We will work with our experience of the present moment, knowing that what we feel is everything we need.
Beginning with a structured improvisation to awaken our physical curiosities, we will progress through a set of simple exercises to more complex movement phrases. We will work with principles of release-based technique and floor work, slowly finding our feet with an emphasis on finding ease, functional movement mechanics and three-dimensional kinaesthetic awareness.
Photo by: Cara Tench
XXI is a group of dance teachers including Rianne Svelnis, Alexa Mardon, Lexi Vajda, Daisy Thompson, Emmalena Fredriksson and Francesca Frewer, who are questioning assumptions about professional dance training, pedagogy and class. with the support of MascallDance, together we are working on unlearning and unlearning, to become better facilitators and teachers for pre and professional level dancers.
no upcoming classes at this time
Lexi has been teaching contemporary, modern and improvisational technique to school aged pre professional students for over 10 years. She is passionate about educating within a framework of empowerment and liberation, instilling strong contemporary technique as well as fostering each student’s trust in their own impulses and creativity. Her choreography has been recognized in local festivals and competitions and her students have been awarded at the provincial level. She currently teaches at Central Dance Academy in Surrey, BC among others.
