In this class we will move in and out of physical contact with other dancers and objects. As a foundation for the partnering, we will work on proprioception, an awareness of one’s own body, and how this is communicated to a partner.

In turn, each person needs to develop skills in receiving information from the partner, without necessarily seeing them.

With others, we will explore weight sharing, center sharing, and counter balancing, to give ourselves a broad understanding of different pathways, ideas, and how to use them. Standing up, sitting down, or upside down we will learn to process and direct the information our bodies are sending and receiving. We will work with technical exercises, choreographies, and improvisational scores.

Co-requisite: Dance or Drama lab assignment if students sign up for 4 or more credits in dance.