Movement is the medium of life—and our own, human movement the clearest means with which to question and to weave our life. Amerta movement is an approach for finding and making our place and our way in the home, in the village, in culture and cosmos. We practice in small urban parks, a nearby slatestone creekbed, at diverse spots in Taughannock, and at the studio. In movement, in a shared context, we can encounter the significance of taking a step, being in the flow of life, knowing and not knowing, and growing understanding through dialogue. Amerta is a practice developed by Suprapto Suryodarmo, from Java, evolving in conversation with Indonesian and other artists world-wide.

Releasing explores the rich, multidimensional dialogue of movement and imagination, specifically poetic imagery. The dancing is fostered in part through partnered work, in which specific touch and subtle movement suggest new kinetic and kinesthetic possibilities - opening, lengthening, widening, tipping, falling, more. Music is woven throughout the classes, lending texture, space, and provocation to the mix. Physical awareness, availability to impulse, and allowing movement to happen are central to this experiential, experimental and process-oriented practice. See Skinner Releasing Network for background.

Explore full-bodied dancing and rolling; become more sensitive to changing relationships to ground and one another; listen to, read, join, influence and be influenced in specific shared movement; find internal support and centers of gravity; learn to receive weight or support from others and the environment; play with the visual field while seeing from within our constellation. We work for about an hour with principles and light structures/ suggestions for improvising, followed by open time to dance with all that’s cooking.