Movement Alchemy Contemporary Dance Class
System of movement exploration
If you love to dance or would like to begin your dancing journey this is for you. Subtable for beginners to advanced practitioners.
Transform your relationship with your body, heart and spirit.
Exploration of the relationship of life through movement.
5.30pm-6.30pm @TheElmGroveChurch
£14 Drop-In, £12 Concession, £55 for 5 Classes -£11 a session. 1 hour sessions, scheduled weekly on a Monday evening.
Movement Alchemy is a programme I have created consolidating my experience in dance. It's inspired by improvisation techniques creating rich bodymaps or frameworks that honour the body physically but also with a psychodynamic exploration. There will be simplistic sequencing and repetition at points to explore the fluidity of the body, and efficiency of movement through space.
Body-Maps we work within can vary from Earth, Water, Fire, Air, Aether, Ancestor, Creator to Dissolution. These classes aim to give you a rich framework and vocabulary of movement language, improvisation skills and therefore freedom, through form.
Great for anyone looking to re-discover the simplicity of movement, its origins, or to re-find the love for dance without a competitive element but rather a inspiration intention. This class will build gentle cardiovascular health, flexibility, fitness on par with grace and power with awareness of subtlety of sensation, feeling and movement.
Movement Alchemy
One of My inspirations!
Release Technique
This technique was developed in the 1980s by Joan Skinner and others. It emphasised the use of breath and the release of tension in movement. The dancer must use their body to explore the different possibilities of movement in space, such as levels, directions, and shapes. Release technique is focused on the principles of “ease of movement” and “fluidity”. Dancers learn to minimise tension in the body to create freedom of movement. The release of body weight into the floor and the use of breath to instigate movement is part of the learning process. Release technique focuses on breathing, muscle relaxation, anatomical considerations, and the use of gravity and momentum to facilitate efficient movement.
REVIEWS FROM fELLOW DANCERS
“Attending Fay's contemporary dance classes has become one of the highlights of my week. It's a time when I can truly focus on myself, my body, and how it needs to move. I learn new movements and ways to express myself, while also having time to practice the beautiful sequences Fay teaches. The space itself is absolutely stunning, with perfect lighting that creates a dream-like atmosphere for letting go of anything within and simply expressing. Fay is such a kind and inspiring teacher, and the music she selects is always so immersive. The class is an uplifting, peaceful experience that allows me to rediscover the joy of movement without pressure or competition, only a genuine intention to explore.”
“I absolutely love the class. It’s become a regular self care embodied creative practice that sorts me out from niggles and keeps me feeling alive and connected. This particular style of dancing is also my favourite thing. Fay is such a gorgeous curator of offerings. Her style is inspiring, she always plays great music and the class flys by. I'd love more!”
“I love your class because of the freedom it’s given me to express myself through movement in a way that feels so authentic and elemental. I love the invitations, themes and limitations you offer us so that we have boundaries and container to create from. I didn’t expect this from them, but I have found your class to be a very supportive place for processing and re-visioning events and scenarios playing out in my life. I always leave feeling calm, connected, joyful and full of life. Thank you”
Movement Alchemy Contemporary Dance Class
Monday 5.30pm - 6.30pm @The ElmGrove Church
