Dance & Performance · Part of Dancing
Modern Dance
No fixed vocabulary: weight and breath are the raw material
The inverse of ballet: there is no canon of positions to memorise, and what you train is the use of weight, floor and breath, which is why the work includes lying down, rolling and giving your body to the ground. With no standard to measure against, class feedback matters more than in codified forms. Floor work marks your skin.
First stepTake a beginner contemporary class in long sleeves and trousers, and learn one floor sequence where you give your weight to the ground and roll back up.
Barriers
Cost to start
Under $50
Going deep → $2k–10k
Alone or with people
On your own
Effort
Demanding
Without a teacher?
Best with a class
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One session takes
1–2 hours
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Where
A venue
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