Flock Together

An Open Level Contemporary Dance Workshop

Flock Together is an open-level contemporary dance workshop for participants of all ages, with a duration of one hour and fifteen minutes. Toward the end of the workshop, participants will learn and develop a movement phrase set to Unchained Melody by The Righteous Brothers, which will later evolve into a performance of a co-choreographed solo by Oh Augustine and Ana Sosa. The intention is to bridge the solo with the workshop material, offering participants the opportunity to perform and become part of a contemporary dance work.

Professional Contemporary Workshops

1.5-3 hour workshops with contemporary dancers with professional experience and ballet backgrounds.

Class structure:

1. Grounding: Connecting the body and mind with breathing exercises involving spine movement, along with some Chinese medicine acupressure exercises such as shaking, massaging along the stomach meridian, and exercises from Baduanjin.

2. Warm up with elements of Gyrokinesis, pilates, PBT, & yoga followed by a classic ballet barre.

3. Improvisation techniques across the floor to reinforce the mind body connections made during warm up, exploring dynamics, timing, & physicality. During this section we place heavy emphasis on discovering new pathways & different points of momentum.

4. Combination, meant to be dissected, workshopped, & danced as a group.