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PRO: Undercurrent
July 31, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
UNDERCURRENT
Location: 12th Ave Arts Mainstage
Drop-In: $20
Dive into the flow of getting low by unpacking the rigor, mechanics, and efficiency of floorwork with care, curiosity, and precision. These uptempo sessions offer a constant stream of movement to warm the body, juice the joints, discover new pathways, and cultivate both a personal and community practice. Learn how the natural architecture of your body can make challenging floorwork feel smooth, strategic, strengthening, and sustainable! As class progresses, the foundations offered grow into more complex sequences, inversions, and tricks, culminating in a choreographic phrase that incorporates the themes and tools of each session. *We recommend wearing soft layers that are comfortable to move in and cover your whole body.
HILARY GRUMMAN
Undercurrent is a Seattle-based dance company directed by Hilary Grummanthat nurtures floorwork technique, experiential design, multi-media performance, and care-centered community building.
Drawing on training with international practitioners, and 12 years of personal floorwork research, Hilary has been guiding Undercurrent classes since 2017. After earning her BFA from CalArts, mentored by writers Maggie Nelson and Anthony McCann along with a brilliant dance faculty, she pursued floorwork training in Piso Móvil, Flying Low, Psico-Físico, RUBBERBAND, Jorge Crecis, Ihsan Rustem, Moving Air, Duela-Cemento, A Surprised Body, CONTINUUM, and Bodyparkour. Weaving these methods into her own investigations, she has cultivated a cohesive and injury-preventative approach to fluid floorwork sequencing, challenging inversions, and an immersive class experience.
In addition to Velocity, Hilary has taught Undercurrent across the country at Mark Morris Dance Center, Peridance Center New York, the University of Washington, Cornish College of the Arts, The Dance Complex Boston, Fremont Abbey, Spectrum Dance Theater, and Bodies of Empowerment SF. She has also hosted workshops with Nicole von Arx, Ground Grooves, Lavinia Vago, Elia Mrak, RUBBERBAND dancers, et al. She has performed in Seattle, Mazatlan, London, Vienna, Tijuana, Montreal, Lewiston, Valencia, and Los Angeles and her choreographic commissions include new works for CO—, Sessions in Place, The Round, Ode at Mini Mart City Park, Kaylee Elizabeth, Studio Current Sessions, Starbucks, and many more.