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Humphrey/limón technique
with
clarisse roud
November 30 2015, 6:30-8:30pm
SUGGESTED DONATION $8 OR PAY WHAT YOU CAN
Brooklyn Arts Exchange

Class Description
​Contemporary technique class based on the key elements of the Humphrey/Limón technique. Students will explore and experience concepts including breath and its influence on movement, the impact of weight on individual body parts, body-part isolations, the dynamism between fall and recovery,and  the natural movement patterns of the body and its relation to gravity. Students are working through the exercises focusing on the feeling and quality of the movement instead of getting bogged down in the steps and exact forms. Clarisse’s commitment is to share a humanistic approach to movement, give a sense of freedom and challenge  to each dancer, whatever their level of expertise, through direct feedback and supportive encouragement. 

Experience required of participants
​Any level of experience

Goals for participants
I want people to discover more about themselves, being able to try and dare to really fall or really feel their weight. 

Goals for the teacher
Get more confidence in my teaching and find the good image for people to get to point expected, I want to share my knowledge about this wonderful technique, and also get feedback from my students in order to improve my teaching.

About Clarisse
Clarisse Roud is originally from Switzerland. She started dancing seriously at the age of 15 in the pre-professional training program of Dance Area (Geneva, Switzerland). She then choose to dedicate her artistic training  to her passion within the London Studio Centre Foundation Course (London, UK), and finally arrived in New York two years ago to really focus her dance training on some of the most famous modern technic, contracting and releasing within the Martha Graham School of contemporary dance, falling and recovering within the Limón Institute, finishing that year long program with a teaching Limón’s principles attestation by NYU Steinhardt and the Limón Institute. She keeps living her American Dream studying Pilates along Teri Steel and will be soon certified Teacher, answering only a single desire, to complete still more her thirst to learn, explore and share. Clarisse got the chance to work with choreographer such as Buddy Watkins, Kathryn Alter, Etienne Frey, Jacqulyn Buglisi, and Diego Funes. She performed some Limon’s repertory, and saw herself designated to perform There is a Time for War as a Soloist while her time in the program.

about this series
We've asked teachers to bring something that they're working on, something they're intrigued about, to present it to the community and see how can we make it work together. At the end of every class there will be a time to debrief and discuss the material and strategies used to present it.

​This series is a part of the CREATING SPACE Program. Funded in large part by the Lambert Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation, the CREATING SPACE Program provides opportunities to support and develop artists of all races, backgrounds, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and aesthetic traditions.