Dance to the People curates this donation-based class series, hosted by BAX | Brooklyn Arts Exchange

Class with Alvaro Gonzalez:

"Shifting through" is a contemporary dance class that mixes elements coming from floorwork, momentum based movement, Laban/Leeder technique with a focus in to grow an awareness of the movement from perception, identifying the sensation of the movement according to the tone, rhythm, and the relationship with the space. This class propose an understanding of the dynamic of the body not just as a finished structure on the limbs but also as a structure that prolongs in infinity through the environment.
The approachment to momentum will come from letting the energy travel through the expansion and reduction of the space of the body in parts and as a whole; Understanding the dance movement not just as an action of the body but also as an expression of the space that it reveals.
The class starts with a warm up with breathing and mobility exercises to get a sense of groundness, activating de body and perception of it in the space, followed with improvisational exercises to start moving the fluids of the body release the joints and activate internal muscles.
In the middle part of the class, we will go through short phrases through the floor, middle level and high level, allowing an understanding of the movement vocabulary to facilitate the learning of a physically dynamic final Phrase that collects the elements explored in the class and fully engage with the “Shifting through” Dance Movement.

Experience required for the participants 
interm/advanced
 

a??Alvaro Gonzalez Dupuy is a Chilean Dance Artist based in Brooklyn. He holds a BA in Dance with a concentration in Performance and Pedagogy (based in Laban/Leeder Technique) from the Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano (Chile). In Chile, he performed for, Patricio Bunster, Sergio Valenzuela, Isabel Croxatto, Christophe Haleb, among others. He has produced and performed at Triple-Pack Produciones. He was teacher for movement expression at Universidad de Santiago de Chile, and NIMIKU Art Space for contemporary dance. He was performer at Danza en Cruz Company and at different festivals in Chile, Mexico and Bolivia.
In his arrival to NYC, he was student at Dance New Amsterdam, performed for Indie Ballet Collaborative, Proyect.eli Imagery, Martita Abril, Mei Yamanaka, Not For ReTale, and was administrative intern for Stephen Petronio Company. He currently performs for Antonio Ramos, Elizabeth Motley and experiments in NYC as a dance artist through his platform “EstadoFlotante”.