Before we explore Salsa, Flamenco, Oriental and Different Folk dances, before we dance to a painting, a sculpture, a poem, a child or an idea or start other forms of interpretive and expressive movements, we have to reinforce the fundamentals—

Static and Dynamic Postural Control and Balance and Coordination integration

Fri, Feb 4th, from 9:30-10:30 am

bring a large towel, comfortable shoes

The class will include:

• Free Dance I (externalizing what arises in our bodies, at this moment, in a nonverbal form - body movements (with or without music)
• self-Breema exercises (for enhancing the kinestetic awareness) - www.breema.com
• static and dynamic ACTIVE stretching
• review of Tango walk
• stabilizing the trunk during walking and introduction to trunk-pelvis counter rotation (you'll be ready for salsa and Belly dancing)
• practicing various gait patterns at different tempos and music
• Free Dance II
• comparing the degree and quality of expression between the two Free Dances - at the beginning and at the end of class
• (the promised from last week) Focused Breath Meditation

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