Free and open to the community. RSVP: motionstatearts@gmail.com

How we move is how our body speaks: person to person, thoughtful practice to intuitive response, spontaneous action to focused consideration to crafted, articulate dancing. We’ll investigate the creative potential when our weight is at risk, how our dance-making responds to others as well as our singular imaginations, building on tools and practices that support a safe, dynamic workspace. The class will begin with a somatics-based warm-up that tunes the body’s physical and expressive scale, and continue with phrases and improvisation scores drawn from repertory, working with full-bodied attention to detail, a range of dynamics and drive, finding the dance that’s ready to go. 

Bebe Miller first performed her work at Dance Theater Workshop in 1978 and formed Bebe Miller Company in 1985. She’s collaborated with artists, composers and writers along with the dancers who share her studio practice and from whom she’s learned what dancing can reveal. Her choreography has garnered four “Bessie” awards and been performed in the US, Europe, South America and Africa. Professor in Dance at Ohio State University from 2000 to 2016, she’s a United States Artists Ford Fellow, a Doris Duke Foundation Artist, and was honored by the Kennedy Center as one of the Masters of African American Choreography. Her latest ebook, How Dancing Is Built: The Making of In A Rhythm, is available online.

photo: Julieta Cervantes