Oct 17 2019
contemporaryTRAP Workshop with Jess Pretty

contemporaryTRAP Workshop with Jess Pretty

Presented by Indianapolis Movement Arts Collective at Phoenix Rising Dance Studios

This class is highly physical and highly sensational. I approach this class the same way I approach my research: How can we locate pleasure and euphoria in the body as we dance and carry with us the real stakes involved with being a part of our culture? Through looking at the multiple ways in which the body can process and produce movement influenced by an Africanist vernacular aesthetic we will investigate the ways in which we use the strength and agility of the body to push ourselves out of our comfort zones and into a deep questioning of our physical practice. This includes but is not limited to; falling into different rhythms and directions by utilizing movement that invites us to be off balance, constantly shifting our weight, challenging our musicality and creating space that allows us to feel the volume of our kinesphere so that we may build trust within our moving selves.

Jess Pretty is a New York based dance artist, choreographer and teacher. She received her MFA in Dance from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign with a Queer Studies minor. Pretty has performed in works by Will Rawls, Jennifer Monson, Niall Jones, Cynthia Oliver, Abby Zbikowski and more. She has presented work at panoply performance lab, the CURRENT SESSIONS, three ACDA conferences, the Emerging Artists Concert Series at Green Street Studios, and Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.

This residency is made possible through a Project Support Grant from the Arts Council of Indianapolis.

Admission Info

$20/Workshop

  • Use discount code “multiclass10discount” when registering for multiple Jess Pretty Workshops.
  • Discounts are available for current IU students for the contemporaryTRAP Workshop at IU Bloomington on Thursday, October 17th. Email IMAC at indymovementartscollective@gmail.com for the discount code.

The Full Jess Pretty Workshop Schedule:

  1. contemporaryTRAP Workshop from 3:30-5:00pm at IU Bloomington on Thursday, October 17th.
  2. contemporaryTRAP Workshop from 7:30-9:30pm at Phoenix Rising Dance Studios on Thursday, October 17th
  3. Hip Hop Workshop from 2:00-4:00pm at Indianapolis Movement Arts Collective on Saturday, October 19th
  4. Jazz Funk Workshop from 5:00-7:00pm at Indianapolis Movement Arts Collective on Saturday, October 19th

Phone: 6175012864

Email: indymovementartscollective@gmail.com

Dates & Times

2019/10/17 - 2019/10/17

Location Info

Phoenix Rising Dance Studios

5166 East 65th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46220