Modern dance workshop

[ash_is_scarlett]

I'm teaching a modern dance intro class at an anarchist skillshare at MIT in Boston in a couple of weeks, and I just wanted to run the rough draft of my "syllabus" by you guys and get some suggestions. I've only taken modern for a year-ish, but I've done several years of ballet/pointe, and hip hop

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[kittydahlerina]

Modern dance has a lot of floor work. I teach it to kids and teens and beginning adults. I usually spend some time with X-rolls across the floor, leading with the arms, then leading with the legs. It's a good warm-up for hips and shoulders and rolling through your spine. We also do things that get you into the floor and then back up, like a lunge that turns to a fankick that you step up out of. Inversions, small handstands, are also good for upper body strength and balance. Remember that modern dance has a lot of weight, so use gravity to your advantage!

Good luck!!!

[ash_is_scarlett]

Yeah that's a good idea! I planned on doing x rolls but didn't think of fan kicks etc.