Dancers are storytellers
acting dynamics
for dancers
teaching dancers how to emotionally connect to
choreography and use it to CREATE dynamic stories.
how
acting dynamics for dancers begaN…
Athleticism and technique are vital to any performance however just as crucial is the emotional engagement a dancer has with the story they’re telling through the choreography. But understanding how to execute that can be a tough nut to crack.
After a two-decade career as a dancer, I used my subsequent training as a writer and theater artist during my undergraduate degree at UCLA to develop a technique that teaches dancers how to create both character and story, and to emotionally connect with choreography so they can live confidently in the moment onstage and deliver more dynamic performances.
workshop At A Glance...
Combining traditional theatre techniques to build character and find story, breathwork to connect to emotions as well as specialized movement exercises born from Mary Overlie’s Viewpoints and Laban Movement Analysis, students of Acting Dynamics for Dancers learn the art of embodied storytelling, a dancer-specific technique that allows them to use the instrument with which they’re most familiar – the body – to connect deeply and emotionally to the choreography.
workshop in detail…
A two-day intensive during which students to take a deep dive into storytelling through…
