Welcome to IntelliDANCE
Offering a mind and body approach to dance training, our workshops can be structured as a one-day master class or, a week-long intensive. Programs can be tailored for students ages 13 and up, professional-level dancers, or dance educators.
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Dancers are the hardest working people in the world, but sometimes working harder is not the answer—working smarter is. In this class you will feel how quickly your body can learn and your movement quality can improve when you train your kinesthetic awareness, your ability to sense your whole self as you move. It is the combination of movement and awareness that teaches your body and mind to work together. For dancers, this leads to a movement quality that is more fluid and integrated, and which reduces the kinds of strain that can lead to discomfort and injury.
Benefits to the Dancer
- Reduction in chronic pain and injury
- Improved self and body image
- Stronger analytic thinking
- Improved concentration and visualization skills
- Easier, more fluid movement quality
| Background
There is a special form of movement training that focuses specifically on helping us to develop our kinesthetic awareness; it is called Awareness Through Movement. A man named Moshe Feldenkrais developed this method of training; he was not a dancer, but he understood the body and the relationship between moving and learning. You too can understand this relationship and apply what you learn in Awareness Through Movement to any dance class; IntelliDANCE workshops and master classes will show you how. By infusing typical dance exercises with movement exercises and concepts drawn form Awareness Through Movement, you will learn how to take a more active role in your own learning process and make positive changes in your dancing by working smarter.
Ages and Levels
IntelliDANCE programs are designed for dancers ages 13 and up, and can be geared towards a variety of levels, ranging from intermediate to professional or, for your dance faculty. For more information or to schedule a workshop at your studio, contact Andrea Higgins at 508-446-5538.
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