Modern Dance Fundamentals

Class Description

Modern Dance Fundamentals is designed for dedicated young dancers looking to deepen their technical skills and expand their dance tool-kit. Students engage in traditional modern dance techniques through challenging combinations, locomotive movements, strengthening, and conditioning exercises. Emphasis is placed on developing proper alignment, strength, flexibility, coordination, and musicality, drawing from the foundational principles of Graham, Ailey, Barténieff, and Horton techniques. Improvisational skills are nurtured with exercises that cultivate inner body awareness and fosters connections that are necessary for freedom and ease in expressive movement. MDF I is a non-performing class. Junior Company dancers are required to take MDF and one additional technique class of their choosing to support their artistic development.