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Master Class with guest artist David Appel at Children's Dance Foundation Oct.10

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  • Oct 10, 2009 from 9:00am to 11:00am
  • Location: Children's Dance Foundation
  • Latest Activity: Oct 22, 2020
Saturday, October 10th2:00-4:00pmChildren's Dance Foundation1715 27th Court SouthBirmingham, AL 35209205-870-0073Everyone is invited$12Class description:Inhabiting a Moving UniverseLet’s start by envisioning dancing as an act of acute engagement—moving comfortably and decisively, solo and with others. Using a primarily improvisational lens, we will explore: articulating specific movement choices while maintaining a fluid capacity for change; some of the many possibilities that can arise by focusing on weight flow, breath, and subtle neuro-muscular activity; and drawing upon the linkage between our internal world and our external environment, as reciprocal sources and mutual support structures. Embracing confusion and clarity, encountering the simple and the not-so-simple, we can hone our ability to wield both active and receptive powers of attention. In the end, it’s about finding greater substance, inviting nuance, and gathering presence—however you choose to move.Also, don't miss the opportunity to see David in performance!He will perform in Sanspointe Dance Company's "Dances Fall" Friday and Sunday performances.About David:About David:David Appel is a choreographer, performer, and teacher whose work has been presented to acclaim throughout North America, Europe, and in Mexico since 1973. What he does arises from (and asks) recurring questions about the options at our disposal, and how we make choices from them. Over the past 15 years he has been active primarily as a solo artist, doggedly seeking to uncover what might be revealed through more intimate and detailed dancing, and how this can function as either a metaphor for and/or a means of directly addressing aspects of our daily lives. His performances—often blending improvised and set material in intricate and unusual fashion—invariably celebrate the body’s innate and quirky musicality, an ever more subtle yet expansive quality of articulation, and a movement language that is paradoxically singular and familiar, idiosyncratic yet somehow connects.David has also performed with Simone Forti, City Dance Theater of Boston (a company touring innovative pieces during the early 1970s), several dance/music collaborative groups, and with many other individual artists in a variety of media. He has received a number of grants and awards for his choreography, including three Choreographers’ Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, and has been invited to festivals in both the U.S. and abroad.This is his first return to Birmingham since 1989.
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