Expanse Lab - Contemporary dance technique and improvisation with Molly McDermott
Class begins with a simple, yet vigorous led warm-up designed to bring everyone into collective movement. This will lead into improvisations guided by imagery. We will continue by learning sequences of movement embracing the floor to start and ending in the air. Molly’s teaching is influenced by her training in Butoh, and a wide variety of contemporary and somatic techniques. Her class is built on the philosophy that dance class is a place to come together as a community while also a place to challenge and care for the body.
Clothes comfortable for moving in and knee pads are a nice option.
*Masks are encouraged but optional.
About Your Lab Instructor
Molly McDermott – Molly McDermott is a dance artist based in Amiskwaciwâskahikan. She has presented her own choreography at Vines Art Festival, 12 Minutes Max., Nextfest, Good Women’s Creative Incubator, Mile Zero Dance’s cabaret series and the Magpie Collection. She is the recipient of the Good Women New Work Award and is excited to premiere her newest work, in and out of dark, at Expanse. Molly is thrilled to recently join Good Women Dance Collective this season as a collective artist and looks forward to future collaboration and expanding her practice amongst other brilliant artists. Alongside dance, Molly is a mother of two small humans and welcomes the gentle chaos that comes with balancing motherhood and everything else.
Accessibility
ASL Interpretation by Lacey Hews and Gabby Frykberg
Festival Access Coordinator: Carly Neis
Find more information about Expanse 2024 here: https://azimuththeatre.com/expanse-2024/
