In this course, students will cultivate greater kinesthetic awareness and learn to master dynamic and stylistic shifts through a series of exercises in the center and traveling across the floor. Drawing on a number of different modern techniques, students will work through a series of fundamental concepts of modern dance, including fall and recovery, contraction and release, and musicality, eventually applying these ideas to longer choreographed combinations. An emphasis will be placed on risk-taking, moving fluidly into, out of, and across the floor, and developing a sense of artistic freedom through movement. Some movement experience preferred, but not strictly necessary. Ages 12 and up. Tuition $235 (April to June). Drop-ins welcome @ $18/hr.