Butoh is an avant-garde movement form first performed by Japanese artists Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno in 1959. Originally conceived as an iconoclastic rejection of contemporary western dance technique, butoh aims to strip away socially acceptable movements and gestures, and encourages students to find and embrace hidden movements that lie buried beneath years of conditioned behavior. In this Moving Target class we will incorporate fragile and vulnerable contexts of the body to explore the “materiality of being.” The class will begin with a somatics-based warm-up, partnering work to explore skeletal, muscular, and fascial layers of movement and energy exchange, and vigorous floor work. Finally, we will utilize butoh-fu, a method of choreography using image-based poetry as grounds for movement generation in brief witnessed improvisations. Dancers at all movement levels are welcome to participate. Email: [email protected] to sign up $10/class

Pasy Naay Leer Dance Company. technical. PPP Think Plastic Practical CLASS:1) THINKING PRACTICAL PLASTIC Think: What to do, the idea of ​​how to do it in the image of movement. Plastic: The body is the plastic material of the dancer they must know how to model it to better use this plastic material the dancer must know the components of his body that will allow him to make all kinds of movements a dancer must know his natural abilities and amplify his energy. Practice: Practice any dancer who is a professional must practice his body every day. practice equals rigor, endurance, energy, and perfection. TELIE :1) PENSER PLASTIQUE PRATIQUE Penser : A ce quon doit faire , a l'ide de comment le faire a l'image du mouvement . Plastique : Le corp est la matier plastique du danseur ils doit savoir comment le modeler pour mieux utiliser cette matiere plastique [...]

A Contemporary Dance class that brings community to the forefront while building a practice that encourages going beyond the threshold of a tired body. Excited to teach this class, as I bring movers to try from contemporary dance all the way to social dance styles. From sore bodies to sweaty bodies. All with community building in the forefront of it all. 📍SomArt The Hive 🗓️ Wednesdays, Sept 2- Dec 16 🕰️ 4:30-6pm 💵Sliding Scale $10-20

This contemporary technique class draws from modern and post-modern lineages (including Limon and ballet) while focusing on how you move, not just what you execute. Class begins on the floor to build awareness of weight, support, and connection within the body. As we move into standing and traveling through space, we explore alignment, physiology, rhythm, and dynamic flow. Improvisation and structured phrases are integrated throughout, offering space for curiosity, adaptability, and creative choice within a clear technical framework. This class is for dancers who want their training to feel more alive, responsive, and embodied, while still engaging rigor and form. This is a weekly contemporary practice held for artists ready to show up for themselves, take space, and engage without expectation—attendance is secondary to presence and integrity. Callie Chapman is a dancer and choreographer based in Somerville. She has performed and toured with Prometheus Dance for over 20 years and [...]

Butoh is an avant-garde movement form first performed by Japanese artists Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno in 1959. Originally conceived as an iconoclastic rejection of contemporary western dance technique, butoh aims to strip away socially acceptable movements and gestures, and encourages students to find and embrace hidden movements that lie buried beneath years of conditioned behavior. In this Moving Target class we will incorporate fragile and vulnerable contexts of the body to explore the “materiality of being.” The class will begin with a somatics-based warm-up, partnering work to explore skeletal, muscular, and fascial layers of movement and energy exchange, and vigorous floor work. Finally, we will utilize butoh-fu, a method of choreography using image-based poetry as grounds for movement generation in brief witnessed improvisations. Dancers at all movement levels are welcome to participate. Email: [email protected] to sign up $10/class

Pasy Naay Leer Dance Company. technical. PPP Think Plastic Practical CLASS:1) THINKING PRACTICAL PLASTIC Think: What to do, the idea of ​​how to do it in the image of movement. Plastic: The body is the plastic material of the dancer they must know how to model it to better use this plastic material the dancer must know the components of his body that will allow him to make all kinds of movements a dancer must know his natural abilities and amplify his energy. Practice: Practice any dancer who is a professional must practice his body every day. practice equals rigor, endurance, energy, and perfection. TELIE :1) PENSER PLASTIQUE PRATIQUE Penser : A ce quon doit faire , a l'ide de comment le faire a l'image du mouvement . Plastique : Le corp est la matier plastique du danseur ils doit savoir comment le modeler pour mieux utiliser cette matiere plastique [...]

A Contemporary Dance class that brings community to the forefront while building a practice that encourages going beyond the threshold of a tired body. Excited to teach this class, as I bring movers to try from contemporary dance all the way to social dance styles. From sore bodies to sweaty bodies. All with community building in the forefront of it all. 📍SomArt The Hive 🗓️ Wednesdays, Sept 2- Dec 16 🕰️ 4:30-6pm 💵Sliding Scale $10-20

This contemporary technique class draws from modern and post-modern lineages (including Limon and ballet) while focusing on how you move, not just what you execute. Class begins on the floor to build awareness of weight, support, and connection within the body. As we move into standing and traveling through space, we explore alignment, physiology, rhythm, and dynamic flow. Improvisation and structured phrases are integrated throughout, offering space for curiosity, adaptability, and creative choice within a clear technical framework. This class is for dancers who want their training to feel more alive, responsive, and embodied, while still engaging rigor and form. This is a weekly contemporary practice held for artists ready to show up for themselves, take space, and engage without expectation—attendance is secondary to presence and integrity. Callie Chapman is a dancer and choreographer based in Somerville. She has performed and toured with Prometheus Dance for over 20 years and [...]

Butoh is an avant-garde movement form first performed by Japanese artists Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno in 1959. Originally conceived as an iconoclastic rejection of contemporary western dance technique, butoh aims to strip away socially acceptable movements and gestures, and encourages students to find and embrace hidden movements that lie buried beneath years of conditioned behavior. In this Moving Target class we will incorporate fragile and vulnerable contexts of the body to explore the “materiality of being.” The class will begin with a somatics-based warm-up, partnering work to explore skeletal, muscular, and fascial layers of movement and energy exchange, and vigorous floor work. Finally, we will utilize butoh-fu, a method of choreography using image-based poetry as grounds for movement generation in brief witnessed improvisations. Dancers at all movement levels are welcome to participate. Email: [email protected] to sign up $10/class

Pasy Naay Leer Dance Company. technical. PPP Think Plastic Practical CLASS:1) THINKING PRACTICAL PLASTIC Think: What to do, the idea of ​​how to do it in the image of movement. Plastic: The body is the plastic material of the dancer they must know how to model it to better use this plastic material the dancer must know the components of his body that will allow him to make all kinds of movements a dancer must know his natural abilities and amplify his energy. Practice: Practice any dancer who is a professional must practice his body every day. practice equals rigor, endurance, energy, and perfection. TELIE :1) PENSER PLASTIQUE PRATIQUE Penser : A ce quon doit faire , a l'ide de comment le faire a l'image du mouvement . Plastique : Le corp est la matier plastique du danseur ils doit savoir comment le modeler pour mieux utiliser cette matiere plastique [...]