Body Connections with Esther Palmer

Hi folks! I have to postpone this class until winter because I injured my knee. I will miss dancing with you this fall, but look for news about class in 2009!

DANCE IN ASTORIA/LIC!
Beginning level
a great class for movers new to modern dance

Classes are at Green Space Studio in Long Island City
N/W or 7 to Queensboro Plaza or F to 21st/Queensbridge.
Visit greenspacestudio.org for walking directions.
If coming from Astoria, the N/W 36th Ave stop is closest to the studio.

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My class focuses on exploring personal strengths and handicaps through movement exercises built from Bartenieff fundamentals, improvisation, and tai chi practices.
I emphasize finding and nurturing fluid connections throughout the body, as well as continuosly re-investigating strange and familiar pathways alike. Through improvisation and set phrases, I encourage students to access a range of movement control. We will begin class with a gentle warm up and build towards dynamic phrase work that focuses on inversions.

My dance training has been influenced by various dance and movement techniques, including Bartenieff, improvisation, Cunningham, yoga, pilates, and tai chi. I am interested in exploring connections through the body with students from a variety of movement and dance backgrounds. I received my MFA in Dance from The Ohio State University in 2006, and have since been making work and performing in New York.

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