Cunningham Intermediate Modern Dance Class – Boulder Ballet
These classes have a 40-50 minute Cunningham warmup then Adagio.. across the floor and then jumps…
We then go into clear ways of Dance Indeterminacy and exploration through Mindful movement, Rhythm, space, flow, direction, stillness, change in dynamics, change in levels, standing, 3 point balance to the floor, moving, leaping turning, and triplets.
Registration
To register, please contact Sumi: komo.sumi@gmail.com
About Cunningham Intermediate Modern Dance Technique
Cunningham Intermediate Modern Dance Technique is a dance technique developed by the legendary choreographer Merce Cunningham. It is a highly sophisticated and demanding movement vocabulary that emphasizes the use of the whole body, with particular focus on the articulation of the spine, the limbs, and the joints. The technique is characterized by its fluidity, precision, and economy of movement, as well as its emphasis on the use of space, time, and energy. Cunningham Intermediate Modern Dance Technique has been highly influential in the development of modern and contemporary dance, and continues to be taught and practiced by dancers and choreographers around the world.
Dance Demonstration
Date
- Dec 12 2024
Time
all proceeds will be donated to Boulder Ballet- 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Cost
- $15.00
Location
- 2590 Walnut St, Boulder, CO 80302
Instructor
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Sumi KomoSumi started studying Ballet as a young girl. She had a teacher who had been in Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.
Sumi danced through high school.social dancing of time…and started opening up to broader views of consciousness and Movement.
When she was 16 she went to Sarah Lawrence College where she trained in Modern and Composition and Choreography….and Philosophy and Psychology.Bessie Schornberg told her to go to Merce when she graduated! And of course she did.
She danced in New York with various people in Cunningham lineage…including Carolyn Brown, Mel Wong and others.
She has taught Cunninghàm technique and Indeterminancy for decades ..and her Choreography won awards in Boulder 30 years ago.
SHE has an MFA in Dance, Psychology and Sports Medicine…
And created workshops for dancers called Alexander technique for the Conscious Dancer..which she taught at Colorado Dance Festival in the 1990s.She has had her company:
Komo Danceworks starting in Boulder in 1990.
in 1998 she want to Austin and started all over.!
In 2018 she came back here to Boulder to begin yet again and be inspired by mountains and sky and the openness of Boulder Consciousness and Dance..Sumi is thrilled to be offering teachings of Cunningham Dance and Alexander at Block 1750!
