Class Description: Class will begin with a short somatic and improvised warm-up, progressing to floor and standing exercises and finishing with standing phrasework. Pedagogical influences include improvisation, contemporary floorwork, Release Technique and Countertechnique. Phrasework is driven by detail, endurance, musicality, choice-making and joy. This class is well-suited for advanced/professional movers.

Emma Lawes (she/her) is a dancer, educator and producer based between Los Angeles and Seattle. Currently, she is exploring her own solo work, teaching on faculty at Orange County School of the Arts, and producing a series of performance/parties as one half of co—. She has presented work at Base: Experimental Arts + Space, 10 Degrees Arts + Events, and Atwater Village Theater. She is a graduate of the University of the Arts with a BFA in Dance Performance under the direction of Donna Faye Burchfield.