***This class is FREE and open to the public***
WHEN: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13th, 2024 2:00 - 5:00 PM
WHERE: IRVING PARK YMCA (4251 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60641)***
*** You will need to sign in at the front desk (this acts as a facility waiver) Please arrive by 1:45pm to give yourself ample time before the start of Lauren's workshop
Class Description:
This workshop is for curious people interested in unpacking their relationship to RIGOR within ballet, whether they are actively dancing, not dancing, mostly teaching, primarily practicing a different dance form, or anything in between. What does a “good”, “successful”, or “productive” ballet class look like and feel like? Where do we source our energy to train and how can we adjust the dials of our motivation as needed due to our circumstance, schedule, or physical health? The workshop will consist of facilitated discussion, some journaling, contemporary floor movement designed to make the body feel warm, loose, and joyful, and standing center ballet movement with a focus on expanding our curiosity and sensitivity within familiar steps.
About Lauren:
Lauren Reed bounces (often and quickly) between performing, teaching, choreographing, administration, and facilitating. She calls Chicago home but has developed a love for travel, especially when it puts her in the middle of live music and dance. She performs with Ishti Collective, Still Inspired, and the Windy City Lindy Hoppers. She has taught various dance styles in dance studios, colleges, and school-age programs for over 10 years, and loves expanding her teaching tools. In 2020, she completed the teacher certification for IMAGE TECH for Dancers™ (101 level), a weight-bearing somatic practice created by Alexandra Wells. In 2023 she completed the inaugural Spiral Body Techniques™ teacher certification with Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak. She is an enthusiastic educator who values imagination, presence, and play; she believes that dance is a thrilling way for children and adults alike to become more fully human. Lauren is a professional grant writer and arts administrator and has been running a youth development program called Teen Leaders Club since 2013.
Learn more about Lauren by visiting her profile.
If you have any specific questions (or anything you'd like to share) about the series please contact me (Tuli Bera).