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Club Culture and Joyful Dancing




Remi Harris & Mark Schmidt will kick off Brockport Summer Dance 2021 in just a few days. We couldn't be more excited to have 5 days of opportunity to soak in their approaches to Improvisation, Community, and Collaboration.


In that spirit, we wanted to share and highlight one of their more recent collaborations as part of a split bill at Triskelion Arts in New York City. Yes! Yes! Yes! seeks to explore "notions of democratic dance space, the ethic of freedom, and the club as an adult playground," according to Remi & Mark.




"The work finds a play between camp, performance and joy in movement while attempting to capture the parallel and intersecting paths of a dynamic creative process that includes going out to the club and creating in the studio. We value the ephemeral, social interactions that emerge on the dance floor and view that physical space as a site where dancing bodies re(produce) cultural knowledge and values."


 

Enjoy their unique approaches and so so much more with dedicated HOUSE CLASSES:


House dance is an improvisational social dance form with roots   in African American vernacular jazz. Stylistically it combines short footwork   phrases (often resembling swing or tap) with large, athletically challenging   movements emphasizing grace and control. This class covers the foundational   movement vocabulary in house, footwork, floorwork, turning, and transitions   to the floor. As a group we will look at the concept of play as it relates to   music, movement and exchanges between dancers.
                                --Mark & Remi--

Monday, 8/16 3pm

Tuesday, 8/17 3pm

Wed, 8/18 1:30pm


Friday, 8/20 1pm special elongated class with

Outdoor Community Dance Jam



Contact Professor Stevie Oakes (soakes@brockport.edu) to talk about a special registration for these classes, or head to the link at the top of our page to join the entire two weeks of fun!

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