MOVE WITH BLiPSWiTCH
Weekly Thursday Class
Thursdays, 10:00-11:30AM
First Street Studio | 701 Tillery St. Austin, TX
$10 Pre-registration
We are proud to offer the most financially accessible year-round weekly dance class in Austin.
Class will begin with a mix of familiar, functional movement patterns exploring body availability, human relation, space occupied, and space created through improvisation and set ideas. After generating muscular warmth through improvisational games and isometric ideas, we will continue on to technical phrase work, both standing and floor-centric, drawing attention to momentum, efficiency, and body awareness. We work to expand our limits through a wide range of largely locomotive and athletic movements, involving weight shifts, directional changes, and exploring the body’s relationship to gravity.
Together we will create a shared experimental space where figuring shit out, mistakes, and individuality are welcome. You will sweat!
Taught by co-director Alex Miller
GUEST ARTISTS
Emily Rushing
Thursday, April 18
About Emily’s Class:
”Currently, my contemporary class is infused with improvisational explorations propelled by sensation within, consent, and connection to our surroundings and each other. Utilizing a little bit of Pilates, improvisational games, floor work and contemporary/modern technique across the floor will prepare our bodies to learn more intricate phrases with the intention of finding fluidity and ease while staying grounded.”
Emily Rushing holds a BA in dance from UT Austin, is a fully certified STOTT Pilates instructor and has been a part of the Austin dance scene since 2008. Past collaborations have included co-producing the Seam Project - a community oriented collective which gave many Austin artists a platform to show their work, multimedia collaborations with Dadalab, performing with BLiPSWiTCH, Rosalyn Nasky, Carissa Topham Fisher, Ellen Bartel Dance Collective and Blue Lapis Light to name a few. Most recently, she is a co-producer for Dance Carousel alongside Rosalyn Nasky, Lisa Kobdish and Alexa Capareda and continues to make new dance works with old dance pals and new.
www.emily-rushing.com