In this four-part series with Kristina Fluty, movers will learn to use some of the basic elements of Laban Movement Analysis to establish clarity of language in the practice of choreographing intimate movement and scenes. Students will also gain valuable insights in how to create a safer creative space through the establishment of boundaries and upholding a consent-based practice. This workshop is for dancers, actors, and anyone who engages in physical/touch-based creative processes. This time of online learning and diminished physical contact is actually perfect for exploring these theories and practices in a safe and low-stakes way. We will move, discuss, co-create, and innovate virtually together.
Artist Bio
Kristina Fluty is a Chicago-based dancer / choreographer / consultant / educator. She is an Assistant Professor at The Theatre School at DePaul University, where she teaches Contact Improvisation and Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis to actors in the performance conservatory. She is a former leader of the Chicago Contact Improvisation regular jam that has been meeting at Links Hall on Sundays for 43 years. Her primary creative/performance home is Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak (since 2003), and she has also presented her own works at Harvest Contemporary Dance Festival, Links Hall, Hamlin Park, Epiphany Church, and Stage 773. She holds her MA in Dance/Movement Therapy, a Graduate Certificate in Laban Movement Analysis, and a Movement Pattern Analysis Certificate, all from Columbia College Chicago, and her BA in Dance is from Point Park University. In the past couple of years, you may have seen Kristina's Intimacy Choreography in a variety of plays at Victory Gardens Theater, Remy Bumppo Theatre, TimeLine Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, and Center Theatre Group (Los Angeles).