Fundamentals of Modern Dance Bundle
Blakeley White-McGuire – critically acclaimed Martha Graham Dance Company Principal Dancer (2001–2017) and teacher extraordinaire – leads a four-part fundamentals of modern dance series. Learn to contract, release, spiral and deepen into your core as you dive into the basics of modern dance with this progressive series. The primary exercises learned across the four classes can be used to develop the skills necessary for more advanced modern dance and Graham technique classes.
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1: Beginner Graham Modern with Blakeley White-McGuire
The first of four classes in this Fundamentals of the Martha Graham Technique of Modern Dance will introduce you to the basic principles of movement necessary for learning and developing the work of modern dance. For the Graham technique especially, movement comes from the pelvis, from the torso,...
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2: Beginner Graham Modern with Blakeley White-McGuire
The second of four classes in this Fundamentals of the Martha Graham Technique of Modern Dance series will continue to build on the basic principles of modern dance introduced in class 1. Harnessing the energy of the pelvis and torso remain foundational as the exercises build deeper awareness and...
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3: Beginner Graham Modern with Blakeley White-McGuire
The third of four classes in this Fundamentals of the Martha Graham Technique of Modern Dance series will continue to dive deeper into the three principles of the Graham technique: breath through contraction and release, shift of weight or movement in space, and spiral -- the very DNA that we are...
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4: Beginner Graham Modern with Blakeley White-McGuire
The fourth and final class in this Fundamentals of the Martha Graham Technique of Modern Dance series encourages dancers to activate their artistry and go forward to develop their physical work in modern dance. Blakeley promises the primary exercises learned across the four classes are not exhaus...
