Int/Advanced Contemporary @ London Nelson!

About this class

THIS CLASS IS HELD AT LONDON NELSON! 301 Center St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 We will slowly arrive into our bodies with a somatic warm up that will help us tune into sensation, soften and heighten awareness and presence. We will use improvisation to wake up our senses, imagination and curiosity while remembering the endlessness of possibilities. This class is heavily influenced by release technique - a movement style that connects gravity and the weight of our bodies to ride the waves of momentum - swinging, suspending, circling, flying all while feeling our fullness, vitality and three dimensionality. The rest of the class often includes a warm up in the center, across the floor movement and a phrase that is usually a thread of movements we’ve been learning throughout the class. This class is taught through a liberatory and Queer lens where you have complete agency over your body, can modify anything as needed, and are encouraged to show up exactly as you are. Some movement experience is recommended What to wear: Clothing that allows for a full range of movement, but that also feels affirming and expresses who you are. You can be barefoot, use dance footies or wear socks.