CLASS DESCRIPTION:

This class utilizes contact improvisation as a tool for influencing solo body movement. Using touch and guided partnering scores we will delve into the “What If?” of technical phrases and how dancers can shift the attention of their body to encourage the multitudes of initiation points and textures of a given phrase.

Kara Beadle (they/them) is a movement artist, dance educator, and massage therapist based in Seattle, WA. Kara has performed in works by Badmarmar, Gender Tender, PRICEArts’ N.E.W. Dance Company, Stasia Coup, and others. Kara is currently a company member of Kinesis Project. Their own work has been shown in Next Fest Northwest: Rupture/Reverence, Show 5 Co- Performance and a Party, Georgetown’s Art Attack, The Shed’s Being Mode Residency Showing: Character Arc, Open Flight Studio’s Flight Deck Residency Showing, 18th and Union’s Portable Performance Festival, Velocity Dance Center’s Fall Kick-off: Portals, and The Seattle International Dance Festival.

photo by Dominique See