4-Day Contemporary Workshop

July 31-August 3, 2017
6:30-9 pm
DancEast 
Pre-registration required.

Register at: https://www.erinkouwe.com/summer-2017-workshop/summer-workshop-2017

This summer, Erin Kouwe is offering a 4-day workshop is designed for dancers at an intermediate/advanced thru professional level. Dive into improvisation and contemporary technique with fresh ideas on foundational concepts in a fun environment. 

Improvisation study is dancers' chance to play and push their limits. Cues based in anatomy, limitation and imagery inspire dancers to research and explore new texture, subtlety and freedom in their own movement pathways.

Contemporary class uses phrase work to challenge specificity and body awareness, and expand dancers' movement vocabularies. We will investigate the use of ease to facilitate greater range of motion, simplify weight transfer, and clarify movement. Inspired by the intricate phrase work of Gustavo Ramirez Sansano Erin seeks to research and renew the basic concepts of grounding, widening and working from a neutral place inside contemporary movement.

SCHEDULE
6:30-7:30 Improvisation
7:30-9 Contemporary Technique

FEES
Tuition: $150

Class space is limited - register early to guarantee your place. Pre-registration is required. https://www.erinkouwe.com/summer-2017-workshop/summer-workshop-2017

Erin Kouwe is a dancer, choreographer and educator based in Nashville, TN. Throughout her career, Erin has had the pleasure of working with choreographers like Banning Bouldin, Gustavo Ramirez Sansano, Danielle Agami, Yin Yue, Bryan Arias, Joy Davis, Nick Pupillo, Idan Sherabi and others.

From 2015 to 2017, Erin worked as a company member with New Dialect, under the direction of Banning Bouldin. She has also worked with Visceral Dance Chicago, and as an apprentice with Luna Negra Dance Theater, under the direction of Gustavo Ramirez Sansano. In 2011, Erin graduated magna cum laude from Point Park University's Conservatory of Performing Arts with a B.A. in dance. She has trained with other prestigious institutions, including Springboard Danse Montreal, Northwest Dance Project and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago.

Erin has taught open classes, master classes, and workshops at pre-professional training programs, professional companies, and studios alike. She teaches all levels of dancers ranging from young children to adults. She is currently a teaching artist at the Nashville Ballet and teaches regularly for New Dialect, as well as at many local studios. Erin travels to teach workshops and choreograph.