Contact Improv Basics: Sharing Weight

Join Henry for Contact Improv Basics: Sharing Weight

Explore how to give and receive weight comfortably in a dance. How do I know if my weight is too much for my partner? How can I be a good base to support my partner’s weight? How can I feel light on my partner? We will be learning approaches for navigating these scenarios and more. Come and play!

Please arrive by 5pm for opening circle
Come prepared with loose easy-to-move-in clothing and knee pads if you have them
About your instructor:
Henry Jorgensen is a curious naturalist and has experience mentoring teens in wilderness therapy in the Blue Ridge mountains, trip leading in Maine, snorkel guiding in Hawaii, and mushroom production work. He fell in love with contact improv in Asheville, NC, and has been “hooked” ever since. He teaches using the concept of play, with a purpose to pass on the profound growth and healing he’s experienced from the dance form. His passions are sculpture, clowning, pretending he’s a squirrel in the woods, climbing, skiing, and mountain biking. With a Bachelor’s in Service Design from Savannah College of Art and Design he applies design thinking to experimental chapters of his life. He is currently in a movement-arts skill acquisition chapter, studying contact improv, yoga, and circus arts in Portland, Maine.

This class is open to the public, but pre-registration is required.