Utam Moses

Class Description

Our hands hold a high concentration of nerves, they are an acutely receptive, creative and discerning part of our body. And all too often they get avoided, limiting possibility in contact improvisation. This class explores ways to bring them into a contact duet, creating space for investigation rather than limiting possibility, imposing will or trapping our partner. We will explore the way the hands listen, offer responsive cues, create new possibility for tracking and keeping the dance traveling through space. We will delight in the freedom of clear emergent impulses and playful creative touch that connects into the fascia. We will investigate how specific placement of the hands allows for deep sensing into the ground and how the hands can unweight parts of the body, creating lighter more agile dances. Warm-ups will include specific hand orientations that offer the most possibility for sequential ripples of impulse, clear total body connection, and how to connect with the hands from one's center and ground.