September 26, October 3, 10
Saturdays, 11 - 1
Roxanne Steinberg
Introduction to Body Weather Laboratory
Body Weather Laboratory is a research forum open to anyone interested in investigating the body within different environments. Just like the weather, our bodies are constantly changing and our relationship to the environment is in a state of interactive flux. Through a thorough reexamination of the body and movement, the training supports work in various practices and disciplines by developing presence and deeper connectivity to the world around us. It consists of: M.B. - Rigorous mind/body, muscle/bone training, Rhythmical and dynamic, it develops coordination and endurance. Manipulations - A series of specific stretching and relaxation exercises concerned with breathing and alignment. The work is done in couples, exchanging passive and active roles. Laboratory Explorations - designed to sharpen focus and extend the scope of awareness through the body. The work encompasses sensitivity training, discovery of movement from images and working with partners to deepen investigation and develop understanding. Roxanne Steinberg discovered Body Weather Laboratory at Bennington College while training in dance and improvisation and went on to study in Paris, New York and Japan. She began teaching Body Weather in L.A. in 1988 and has worked and performed with Oguri since 1990. Roxanne’s choreography and dance has been presented worldwide with composers and musicians Yas Kaz, Paul Chavez, Kenta Nagai, Tatsuya Nakatani, Leon Mobley, Myra Melford & Alex Cline and dancers Min Tanaka and Amagatsu of Sankai Juku. She was presented in Flower of the Season, a performance series and mentorship program she now co-directs at the Electric Lodge in Venice. She received a Durfee Arts grant, 2006 for her piece at Dance Conversations at the Flea in New York where she has presented her work each year since. Her performance with Oguri in a major production, Caddy! Caddy! Caddy! William Faulkner Dance Project premiered at the REDCAT and will be performed at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, November 2009. Working at the Metabolic Studio in Los Angeles, dance is her language to coordinate space and community. She is an artist-in-residence at the Electric Lodge in Venice where she continues to teach Body Weather Laboratory.
Body Weather Laboratory is a research forum open to anyone interested in investigating the body within different environments. Just like the weather, our bodies are constantly changing and our relationship to the environment is in a state of interactive flux. Through a thorough reexamination of the body and movement, the training supports work in various practices and disciplines by developing presence and deeper connectivity to the world around us. It consists of: M.B. - Rigorous mind/body, muscle/bone training, Rhythmical and dynamic, it develops coordination and endurance. Manipulations - A series of specific stretching and relaxation exercises concerned with breathing and alignment. The work is done in couples, exchanging passive and active roles. Laboratory Explorations - designed to sharpen focus and extend the scope of awareness through the body. The work encompasses sensitivity training, discovery of movement from images and working with partners to deepen investigation and develop understanding. Roxanne Steinberg discovered Body Weather Laboratory at Bennington College while training in dance and improvisation and went on to study in Paris, New York and Japan. She began teaching Body Weather in L.A. in 1988 and has worked and performed with Oguri since 1990. Roxanne’s choreography and dance has been presented worldwide with composers and musicians Yas Kaz, Paul Chavez, Kenta Nagai, Tatsuya Nakatani, Leon Mobley, Myra Melford & Alex Cline and dancers Min Tanaka and Amagatsu of Sankai Juku. She was presented in Flower of the Season, a performance series and mentorship program she now co-directs at the Electric Lodge in Venice. She received a Durfee Arts grant, 2006 for her piece at Dance Conversations at the Flea in New York where she has presented her work each year since. Her performance with Oguri in a major production, Caddy! Caddy! Caddy! William Faulkner Dance Project premiered at the REDCAT and will be performed at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, November 2009. Working at the Metabolic Studio in Los Angeles, dance is her language to coordinate space and community. She is an artist-in-residence at the Electric Lodge in Venice where she continues to teach Body Weather Laboratory.
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