Dancing Through the Floor with Erik Elizondo
Six Thursdays, Oct 30-Dec 11 (no class on Nov 27), 7:15-8:45pm
Cost: $125-$250 sliding scale*
ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUIRED, CLASS IS LIMITED TO 12 PARTICIPANTS
Dancing Through the Floor is a new class series focused on the delights and challenges of floorwork! These classes will increase your comfort on the floor level through technical movement patterns, slides, rolls, impulses, and jumps. Movement improvisation on the floor will awaken more flow in the body, while movement phrases and choreography will challenge and grow coordination and memory. This is an intermediate/advanced class in a contemporary modern style. Students should have experience in modern dance, though newcomers to floorwork are very welcome, along with those looking to deepen their floorwork skills.
To register, please email programs@nohoarts.org with your name, address, and phone number. Payment can be made via PayPal here, or by mailing a check made out to NCFA to PO Box 366, Northampton, MA 01061.
*Payments on the upper end of the sliding scale help support our continued commitment to accessibility, including sliding scale models and the NCFA Community Fund.
Erik Elizondo is a dance artist from Monterrey, Mexico. He began his career in 2009 with the company Teoría de Gravedad and co-founding Colectivo la Aurora in 2010. In 2012, he joined Inside the Body Performing Arts, directed by Aladino Rivera. His professional collaborations include work with Ruby Gámez, Gavin Webber, Cinthya Dueñas, Francisco Córdova, João Cidade, Barnaby Booth, Marion Sparber, Milla Koistinen, Nadia Lartigue, among others. Erik graduated from SEAD Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance in 2017, majoring in Performance in Contemporary Dance. In 2017, he co-founded Los Little Guys with Dimitri Kalaitzidis, developing their own movement improvisation methodology. His projects have led to collaborations, workshops, and residencies at venues such as NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Iceland Dance Company, b12, Gibney Dance, and Boston Conservatory, among others. Erik and Dimitri have also showed their choreographic work in Mexico, USA, Canada, Malaysia, and India.