More than Words (Improvisation Workshop) | May 18

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Instructors: Lee Edwards & Ayan Felix

Lee Edwards is an interdisciplinary movement artist who works in sound, dance, performance, poetry, and video. They recently graduated from Duke University with an MFA in Dance: Embodied Interdisciplinary Praxis and a Masters Certificate in African and African American Studies. Lee has been dancing professionally in Durham, Philly, and NYC for the last nine years.

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Tuition: $44

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Materials fee: $0

Materials fees are paid directly to the instructor to cover the cost of class materials.

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Meets: Wednesdays, 11:00am – 1:00pm for 1 week(s)

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Class date(s): June 14

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Class room: Dance Studio

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Class description: An invitation to explore movement via improvisational practice in an open level workshop. This space is open to all people, bodies, and experiences and will center BlaQueer & Trans realities of being and community. This class will be facilitated by Ayan Felix (they/them) & Lee Edwards (they/them) two graduates of Duke’s MFA in Dance. We are offering a space to dance in community and an introduction to improvisation. This could be a space to explore choreographic impulses or integrating movement into your current creative practice. We will not be instructing contact improvisation.

Questions:

How do we enter into improvisational movement (functionally, emotionally, socially)?

Where can pleasure lead us?

What does dancing in a group require of us?

Where is the beat? Where is the break?

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Materials needed: Students will be responsible for collecting and bringing their own materials to class

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Materials provided by: Paper to write on/notebook, writing utensil and comfortable clothing they can move in.

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Minimum enrollment: 6*

*Classes that do not meet their minimum enrollment within 3 business days of their start date will be cancelled, and any purchased tuition will be fully refunded.

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Maximum enrollment: 10*

*Class sold out? Add your name to our waitlist here.

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Age Range for this Class

All ArtSchool Classes are for 15 and up unless otherwise specified.

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Class Sold Out?

Add your name to our waitlist here.

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ArtSchool Class Enrollment Policy

Classes that do not meet the minimum enrollment within 3 business days of their start will be cancelled, and any purchased tuition will be fully refunded.

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Refund and Exchange Policy

You may request a full refund up to 5 business days prior to the start date of your course. You may request a transfer of your enrollment up to 5 business days prior to the start date of your course. We do not process requested refunds or transfers within 5 business days of the start of a class, nor after the class has begun.

Please submit cancellation requests via email to: amiller@artscenterlive.org.

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ArtsCenter COVID Safety Policy

Our community’s health and safety is important. At this time, masks and proof of vaccination are required for all ArtSchool teachers and students.

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Questions?

Email ArtSchool Director Anna Hewett at ahewett@artscenterlive.org.

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All ArtSchool registrations have a $3 processing fee added upon check-out.