Ithaca College

On The Floor Dance Company will be sponsoring a two day dance workshop on Contact Improv and Partnering with Karen Krolak!

Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011

            11am-1pm

            Fitness Center Aerobics Room

Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011

            10am-12pm

            Beeler Hall, Whalen School of Music

Participation Cost: $5

Please sign up ahead of time!

To reserve your space for this event, email Onthefloor.dance@gmail.com with “Dance Workshop” in the subject. Please provide your name and whether you will participate both days, or ONLY Saturday.

Workshop Description:

Improving Partnering: Are you a dancer, choreographer, actor, or director who would love to layer your work with lifts, leans, and drops? Leverage your movement vocabulary and learn how to build unique partnering phrases with Karen Krolak, Artistic Director of Monkeyhouse (Voted Best Dance Company in Boston 2010, 2007 & 2006). In this weekend workshop we will blend the basics of Pilobilous style partnering with contact improvisation techniques. Open to all levels of movers with or without previous dance training. Particpants will leave with the confidence and tools to continue exploring weight sharing on their own.

*Note: Sunday’s class is a continuation of the Saturday class.

Bio:

Karen Krolak has been the Founder/ Artistic Director of Monkeyhouse, an award-winning nonprofit that connect communities to choreography, since 2000. She also developed the Modern Dance curriculum at Impulse Dance Center in Natick, MA. In addition, her choreography has been presented in theater, film, and concert dance productions in Boston, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Winnipeg and Jackson Hole.

Company Website:  http://www.monkeyhouselovesme.com/

Company Blog:   http://conversingwithchoreographers.blogspot.com

**Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact On The Floor Dance Company at Onthefloor.dance@gmail.com. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.