Move often

Tasdance is a Tasmanian Contemporary Dance institution. I teach my yoga classes in their studio. The studio is beautiful; sunny, well-vibed, well-heated, great utilities and all tied up with a windowed garden aspect.

They have a really interesting adults dance class coming up in 2010. I’ve marked the details below.

Attending dance classes can be very daunting because they tend to strip you bare. I mean, who can hide while dancing, what happens to our rock solid social and personality masks while dancing? In my experience contemporary dance has a manner of peeling back your skin and bringing your inside out … if taught well.

FYI: Dance/Movement Therapy is a fascinating field.

“Dance-movement therapy emerged as a profession in the US in the 1960s. By the 1970s it had reached Australia, and is now an established vocation, combining the creative process and the study of human movement into a holistic approach that draws upon the elements inherent in dance. Programs are designed to meet specific goals and bring about therapeutic change.”

from the Dance Therapy Association of Australia

Trisha Dunn, a long time dancer with the company, is offering a wonderful class for people over 40. She’s the perfect teacher for a class like this: she’s humble, full of knowledge AND a sweet-heart to boot. This is not a dance therapy session, it’s purely dance for the sake of dance making and appreciation.

Dance FortyfFiedD Dates Tuesday Feb 23 – Tuesday 4 May
6.30 – 7.45pm 40 +

Cost $125 (10 weeks)
197 Wellington Street
Launceston
Tasmania

Contact

No classes on April 6 due to Easter.Teacher: Trisha Dunn
Dance FortyFied is specifically designed for students with over 40 years of life to express, share the fulfillment of being a dance maker, performer and appreciator. Half the class will focus on building strength, flexibility and fitness while the remainder will involve the formulation of ideas and modes of expression through creative tasks, improvisation and experimentation. This unique tuition drawn from contemporary dance, pilates and yoga techniques offers a collaborative experience in the making of dance that will energise and inspire!

Tasdance has a new news letter and it’s worth a read if you fancy looking into what they and their collaborating cohorts are fashioning these days.
If brief Tasdance info:
Tasdance School of Performing Arts offerings
Tasdance welcomes new dancers to the 2009 ensemble
One for Sorrow, Two for Joy Tasdance is on the road through regional Victoria
Bushfire Benefit Concert – 18 March
TAP Dance Symposium 2009
TAP Dance Performance program:

Thursday April 2

5pm Breakaway The Annex, UTAS (2 Hours) $20/$18
6pm Polytoxic – Teuila Postcards Earl Arts Centre $30/$20
8pm King Lear Princess Theatre $23-$65

Friday April 3
5pm Breakaway The Annex, UTAS (2 Hours) $20/$18
6pm Tasdance & Kabar-Louet Earl Arts Centre $20/$18
8pm Ngai Tahu, Atamira Dance Earl Arts Centre $30/$20

Saturday April 4
11am Tasdance & Kabar-Louet Earl Arts Centre $20/$18
1pm Ngai Tahu, Atamira Dance Earl Arts Centre $30/$20
4pm Breakaway The Annex, UTAS (2 Hours) $20/$18
6pm Daniel Yeung & Raka Maitra Earl Arts Centre $20/$18
8pm Blessing The Earth, Taikoz Princess Theatre $38/$32

Sunday April 5
1pm Daniel Yeung & Raka Maitra Earl Arts Centre $20/$18
2pm Breakaway The Annex, UTAS (2 Hours) $20/$18
6pm Ngai Tahu, Atamira Dance Earl Arts Centre $30/$20

Tickets to all shows can be booked at Service Tasmania or online at www.tendaysontheisland.com