Play between mammals can incorporate movement, facial expressions, sound—and with humans—music. Play is based on shared mutually delightful agreements and if set to rhythm, you get dance. In this course we’ll play a wide variety of movement games. Some will look like dance, and others more like martial arts. Might your life be more fun with a little more play and laughter in it? This class will challenge your balance and coordination, your perceptions of and sensitivity to others, and tendencies you may have to be dour or handicapped by self-consciousness. It will also teach you how to dance to any music with anyone, even if you’re clueless about the steps! Sounds a little edgy...and intriguing, doesn’t it? Join us if you’re ready to not take yourself too seriously, make some discoveries, and have fun with other human primates! Partner exercises will be presented as a metaphor of relationship issues. Great for life-long dancers as well as those with two left feet!
NOTE: Students will be asked to sign a waiver before the first class. You will be moving the whole time in this class, and some of it will be energetic, some to music, some not. You will be asked to partner with a variety of people.