Class Offerings
(scroll down for two NEW offerings “Dance Stands: Handstands” and “Befriending the Floor”)
Open Level Modern + Contemporary
Wednesday 6:30-8:00pm (see calendar or scheduler page for dates)
Studio 20, McGuffey
Teachers: Marge, Katy, Antonella, and Amanda.
Class runs solidly intermediate, with modifications provided for beginner and advanced level students. Warmup, technique and skills, traveling sequences and short center combination, sometimes will focus on a longer choreographic combo at the end of class.
Int/Adv Modern Technique
Monday 6:30-8:00pm (see calendar or scheduler page for dates)
Studio 20, McGuffey
Teachers: Olivia, and other guest instructors.
For practiced dancers with intermediate-to-advanced dance experience. Floor work to open and invigorate the body, standing warmup sequences to refine alignment and clarity of movement, traveling variations to explore spatial relationships and phrase work or choreography to expand our movement vocabulary.
NEW Classes
Dance Stands: handstands for dancers (and all kinds of movers)
Wednesday 6:00-6:45pm (see calendar or scheduler page for dates)
Studio 20, McGuffey
Teacher: Marge
Do you want to master a freestanding, balanced handstand? There’s a pathway and progression, but it’s hard work! Be ready for some conditioning. Commit to weekly class attendance and practicing a few short drills on your own outside of class to make progress towards your handstand goals.
Small group lesson with individual attention.
Usually available as a 3-week series only (no drop-ins). BUT: during our pilot “try it out” period Aug 13, 20, and 27 and on special “try it out” days Sept 22, Jan 7, and March 11 — come to one class and see if it’s for you!
Prerequisite: basic baseline of core integration, upper body strength, and overall flexibility. Familiarity with putting weight in to the hands in primal movement patterns, or dance/gymnastics/yoga, or other complimentary movement practices is helpful. Body awareness to make subtle adjustments in response to instructor feedback and cueing.
Unsure if you’re ready for Dance Stands? A good place to start is with Befriending the Floor series or come to one of our Modern classes so we can see you move. Or, email studio@cumulusdance.org and we’ll help match you to the class that’s the best fit.
Befriending the Floor
Wednesday 7:00-8:00pm (see calendar or scheduler page for dates)
Studio 20, McGuffey
Teacher: Marge
Slithers, inversions, and rolls - oh my! Come get down (literally) with Marge - an enthusiastic lifetime movement mutt whose offerings are informed by modern dance technique, yoga asana, and contemporary circus training. This class will be spent mostly (you guessed it) on the floor, where participants can expect to explore grounded movement vocabulary while drawing upon components of strength, mobility, proprioception, spatial awareness, and innate creativity. Class will culminate in with brief phrase work of skills accumulated throughout the hour. Come befriend the floor!
All Levels, Beginner-friendly. Challenging options will be provided for more Advanced movers. By the time we’re done, the floor will be your new BFF!
Beginners are strongly recommended to sign up for the whole 3-week series, as we’ll cover a different topic each night, and build on skills from the previous week.
Experienced movers with established floor skills may drop-in (if there’s space!).