Movement for the Actor

Catalog description

This course is designed to give the student /performer greater physical awareness and expanded range of expression. Students will learn to free their instruments from habitual body patterns that inhibit flow, find a dynamic neutral alignment, and discover the root of physical impulse. They will explore Experiential Anatomy, Ashaya Yoga, the Viewpoints, and Expressive Movement through solo, partner, and ensemble exercises. Through this practice they will become dynamic shape shifters and meaning makers with greater capacity for presence and expression. Engaging with the ground, ourselves, and each other on the level of bone, muscle, fascia, nervous system, carriage, release, imagination, and breath, we offer and receive simple nourishment and tools geared towards embodiment and expansion. In a spirit of play we cultivate the ability to respond. Counts as a Full-Semester Wellness/Movement course. Prereq: THTR 100 .