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Strengthening class and accumulation exercises
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The strengthening class and accumulation exercises below were filmed as part of The Arts Unit's Hofesh masterclass in 2020. Held at the Sydney Opera House, students were given the opportunity to work with Associate Artistic Director, Hofesh Shechter Company, Bruno Guillore.
Strengthening class
Strengthening class
This video 'Strengthening class' led by Bruno will help your dancers to develop the strength and coordination to move in the style of the Hofesh Shechter Company.
These activations wake up the body and get the muscles engaged ready to move.
The exercises that are selected are devised to prepare the body for the style of movement explored in the accumulation exercises and the repertoire.
Strengthening class
Duration: 15:21
Accumulation exercises
Accumulation exercises
The accumulation exercises can be used as a pathway for students to develop personalised movement.
These exercises are designed to develop the skill to have several parts of the body moving at one time in a fluid yet stable way. It relies on understanding how to activate different areas of the body in opposition through experimentation and improvisation.
These tasks set the dancers up for understanding the repertoire by challenging the dancers to explore and soften in their execution while still maintaining core control.
Watch the following 3 videos to explore preparatory exercises to understand the movement language that can be used with your students. These exercises have been broken up into 3 parts:
Part 1 – floor
Part 2 – standing
Part 3 – standing to travelling.
Part 1 – floor
Part 1 – floor
Develop the skills to incorporate different parts of the body to move at the same time using the floor for stability.
Accumulation exercises – floor
Duration: 18:52Part 2 – standing
Part 2 – standing
Prepare the body to move organically using the plie, hip placement and the breath.
Accumulation exercises – standing
Duration: 10:29Part 3 – standing to travelling
Part 3 – standing to travelling
Use improvisation techniques to find complexity.
Experimenting with asymmetry and opposition when travelling.
Accumulation exercises – standing to travelling
Duration: 18:52
Further resources
Further resources
The following 2 videos 'Get Into Dance Workshop: Hofesh Shechter Company' and 'Shechter II 2020' can be used as additional resources to support your teaching.
Get Into Dance Workshop: Hofesh Shechter Company
Duration: 25:59Shechter II 2020
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