5. Course Fundamentals

Fundamentals that characterize many forms of contemporary modern dance (remember it is very diverse!) include emphasizing:

• Level variability/floor work: Working in and out of the floor, learning how to fall, how to develop a yield and push relationship with the floor.
• Dynamic range: Creating diversity of one’s use of energy and timing, and force.
• Improvisation: Moving spontaneously without a preset plan. Improvisation often involves working from structures and constraints, but can also be completely free form.
• Off-verticality and inversions:
• Weight release: