BEYOND TECHNIQUE

Join choreographer and performer Sonia Plumb for a two-hour master class - Beyond Technique. The class begins with a technical warm up centered around years of study infusing rhythm, syncopation and play into a strong base of lines, spirals and gravitational pull. Participants then travel through center combinations while playing off of who is in the space. The class culminates in phrase work generated from the bodies, minds and souls in the room.

This is the first in a series of workshops geared towards a performance in the Spring/Summer of 2025. Jump in at the beginning!! Class is recommended for intermediate/advanced dancers with improvisational and partnering experience. 

 

About Sonia Plumb

In a nutshell...

I grew up in rural Central Vermont, migrating to Connecticut to attend Trinity College receiving a B.A. in Theater and Dance. I launched Sonia Plumb Dance Company in 1990 as a 501c(3). For over 35 years I traveled between Hartford and New York performing, choreographing and teaching and then tackling the international dance scene. I have collaborated with puppeteers, actors, musicians, singers, composers, videographers, photographers, digital artists, scientists educators, and dancers nationally and abroad. I look outside the arts to discover where dance intersects with science, math, humanities, language arts, sociology, health, wellness and technology. In 2023 I returned to Vermont to assist my aging parents.

 

APPROACH TO CHOREOGRAPHY -  Collaboration, Cohesion and Direction

 

I take a collaborative approach for both group and solo work. Assessing the unique capabilities of each dancer while pushing artistic boundaries. I build choreography through tasks before adding the music, whether the music has been pre-chosen or in the process of being created. Refining and editing along the way. I am inspired by the individual dancer often casting according to how a dancer moves…as a means of collaboration…both a learning experience and an exciting endeavor. 

VDA Partner
WHAT
Master Class
Contemporary
Modern
WHEN
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Event Location

Dance and Movement Center
162 North Main Street
Barre, VT 05641
United States

COST
$50