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Shifting Roots - AML dance class series #1 intermediate lvl
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Shifting Roots - AML dance class series #1 intermediate lvl

The class will connect all elements: the shifting pelvis, the coordination of arms, and the generous, open plié.
Created byJoe Alegado
Last updated 12/2020
English

What you'll learn

  • Dance training
  • Movement coordination
  • Musicality

Course content

10 sections32 lectures48m total length
  • Introduction1:14

    If at any point you feel you need more information, we invite you to please visit our beginner level class what is also available here on Udemy, where we discuss the basic principles and concepts which form the foundation of Shifting Roots – AML. For more details, please see the bonus lecture at the end, at Section 10 of this course.

    To join our amazing community, or for more details about our work, please visit our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/shiftingrootsAML

Requirements

  • Patience, openness and a passion for learning are the only requirements for this course.

Description

This Intermediate level course will take the student from the basic principles and concepts found in the Udemy Beginner level course, and will guide them through the next step in the evolutionary process of Shifting Roots – the Alegado Movement Language.

The main characteristics of each Shifting Roots class are the arms and hands working on top of a fluid and shifting pelvis. In the Beginner level class, the arms and the hands work symmetrically. In the Intermediate level, these same basic arm and hand gestures are taken to another level by applying the use of canon, whereby, one arm and hand will start, followed by the second.

The use of canon in the arms creates a physical cascading effect in the entire body. The separate timing of each arm movement, initiates different responses from the rest of the body.

This individual timing takes the body into a more three dimensional exploration of space which, in turn, requires a more advanced response from the foundation (the plié).

In the Beginner level course, the first exercise standing, happens within a relative stationary position in space. In the Intermediate level course, the use of canon of the arms and its resulting three dimensional exploration of space, takes the student into a study not limited to frontal movement. The use of canon in the arms initiates a wider scope of movement which takes the student into a 360 degree exploration of their bodies moving through space.

This new spectrum of movement possibilities creates a greater need for a more sensitive physical response to the body in motion yet, it must be said, this new awareness can best be applied by, first, going through the Beginner level course. In doing so, the body will be better equipped to deal with the new information coming to it from the Intermediate level.

Who this course is for:

  • This course is designed for anyone who is interested in the basic understanding of the natural, movement approach which is the guiding principle of Shifting Roots – AML.