Movement Invitations that Sidestep Translation
Facilitated By: Lauren Mark
Fridays
5:00 - 6:30 PM
May 1st, 8th, 15th
What are the images or physical properties that guide how we move? In this class series, we will begin each class with a combination of guided improvisation and specific movement explorations using some of the metaphors of Gaga movement language and circular and spiraling patterns practiced in qigong and contemporary dance. The second half of class will be dedicated to experimenting with creating entryways into our unique and preferred styles of movement through the practice of scoring.
The culmination of each class will center its exploration around the questions: How can we convey the feeling of our movement not through prescriptions but through invitations, such as an initiation pattern or a suggested orientation to our surroundings? And how might prompts for others’ movement scores spark new discoveries in our own bodies? In short, how can we become more together?
Schedule:
Series (3 classes):
May 1
May 8
May 15
5:00pm – 6:30pm
Who is this for?
This class series is for “dancers” and “movers” who are comfortable with improvising, familiar with floorwork, and willing to move into their backspace. Having one or two years of dance or movement practice experience is helpful but not required.
It is also for movers who are open and willing to try on others’ movements styles and give some direction about their own.
“We become ONE with another – flowing together. Watching the improv of my partner was an intimate experience.”
– Kate, (improvisation workshop participant)
“Lauren’s activities allowed me to focus on FEELING and less on analysis, just flow with partner energy. Not fight…respond.”
– Matthew, (workshop participant, Taiqi and contact improvisation workshop to facilitate intercultural relating)
“I really connected through the sheer JOY of moving together. Being seen without words was powerful.”
– Margaux, (workshop participant, Taiqi and contact improvisation workshop to facilitate intercultural relating)
About Lauren Mark
Lauren Mark comes from a movement background that includes studies at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, the Alvin Ailey School, Washington University in St. Louis, and the Centre of Choreographic Development in Toulouse, France before earning her master’s in dance at The Ohio State University. Further movement studies include training in Ohad Naharin’s Gaga Movement Language through Gaga Movement Intensives in Tel Aviv and the Batsheva housed program Hasadna, featuring Israeli choreographers’ and companies’ work. Lauren has taught dance at The Ohio State University, Columbus Dance Theater, Yen-li Chen Ballet School (AZ), Bailalo Dance Studio (Taiwan), The Wexner Center (OH), Ripple Productions (Taiwan), and at the Taipei American School.
Lauren’s work has been shown at the School of Creative & Performing Arts at the University of Calgary, Taipei’s Tsai Jui Yueh Dance Research Institute, Taipei’s Thinker’s Theater, Columbus Ohio’s Sullivant Theater, and at various performance venues at Arizona State University. After earning her PhD in intercultural communication and performance studies, Lauren currently works as a professor of communication and culture at SUNY New Paltz.
As a critical intercultural communication scholar and dancer, Lauren frequently thinks about how embodied rhythms permeate our social lives across cultures and contexts, and how we can awaken a deeper awareness of our social environments from our embodied awareness as dancers. She has developed lesson plans, published research, and shared ideas through invited talks to bring somatic awareness to the larger public. Her work about this subject can be found in the journals: Communication Teacher; Capacious: Journal for emerging affect inquiry, and Teaching in Higher Education, and on the online websites: Canada’s National Academy of Dance Education and Conference on Movement and Computing (MOCO) 19 Provocations.
Instagram: lauren.r.mark
Location
This workshop will take place in the Barn. WildHeart has a long driveway. If you drive all the way to the end, you’ll be at the Barn. There are a few parking spaces right in front of the Barn. There are also two parking areas on the right side of the driveway before you reach the Barn.
If you’re coming to WildHeart for the first time, please visit our Directions page for arrival info.
Registration
Program Costs (Sliding Scale)
3 week series: $35-$55
- $55 – Supporter Rate: (Covers your spot and contributes to our scholarship fund)
- $45 – Sustainer Rate: (Standard cost for the 4-week series)
- $35 – Community Rate: (Discounted for those with limited financial flexibility)
Drop in rate: $15-$25 per class
By offering a sliding scale, and two free BIPOC spots, we hope to make this offering financially accessible. Paying at the higher end of the sliding scale MAKES IT POSSIBLE for us to offer a sliding scale and scholarship spots. Please pay at the highest level that you are able.
Refund policy
No refunds, no transfers
BIPOC spots
We are offering 2 free spots for BIPOC folx. Please select BIPOC Spot from the Pricing drop down to use one.
