Improvising Dance

The music is playing and you want to go out on the floor and dance. Unfortunately, you realize you have no idea what the steps are. You could sit this dance out, or, instead, improvise your way through it! With just a basic knowledge of Italian and English Country steps, in this class you will learn how to maneuver your way through the dance using your own steps and style. Instruction will include how to start, how to lead and follow (and switch who does what during the dance!), and additional flourishes to make the dance your own.

Other classes by the teacher(s) listed above are highlighted yellow below.

Schedule for KWDS IX

Deadline for Class Submissions: May 20, 2012

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Day 1: Thursday

TIME
 9:00
 10:00
 11:00
 12:00
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 2:00
 3:00
 4:00
 5:00

Day 2: Friday

TIME
 9:00
 10:00
 11:00
 12:00
 1:00
 2:00
 3:00
 4:00
 5:00
Barbie Tootle Room
1:00PM Approaching Dance Documentation and Presentation
3:00PM Introduction to Kalaripayattu
Cartoon Room
11:00AM Sword & Floor Work for Bellydancers
9:00AM Yoga for the Dancer
3:00PM Dances of the Turkic Nomads
1:00PM Single & Double Veil
Creative Arts Room
9:00AM Dancing And Fighting
10:30AM Two 15th-c. Italian Balli
1:30PM Beginner Gresley Dances
3:00PM Improvising Dance
Dance Room 1
9:00AM Almans & Courantes
10:30AM Introduction to Galliards
1:30PM Learn to Dance Gracefully
3:00PM Sing Your Bransles
Dance Room 2
9:00AM 16th Century Italian Step Practice
10:30AM Basa Toscana
1:30PM Noblita d’Amore
3:00PM Two Cascarde
Grand Ballroom East
1:30PM Presenting: The Lovelace Manuscript
Grand Ballroom West
9:00AM Inns of Court Dances
10:30AM Four Couple English Country Dances
1:30PM 15th-c. Bassedanse: Big Picture and Interesting Ch
3:00PM Inns of Court Dances Choreographies
Interfaith and Prayer Room
10:00AM Bhangra Breakdown!
2:00PM Intro to Bharata Natyam
Ohio Staters Tradition
9:00AM How to Make Your Dance Master Love You: Learning How to Partner w/Dance Masters while Running a Pit
10:30AM Introduction and/or Continuing Pipe and Tabor
1:30PM Playing and Dancing at the Same Time
3:00PM Tambourine Practicum
Performance Hall
10:30AM A Prelude to Playford: Easy English Country Dances
1:30PM Contradances from Playford 1651
3:00PM Intermediate English Country Dances
Round Meeting Room
1:00PM Introduction to Central Asian Music, Dance, and Po
11:00AM The Aesthetics of Music & Dance
Senate Chamber
10:30AM Ladies and Gentlemen of Honour: Courtesy in Dance
Student-Alumni Council Room
9:00AM Boost Your Sight-Reading Skills for Dance Music
10:30AM Ornamenting Dance Music
1:30PM Intermediate Recorder Technique
3:00PM Arranging Polyphonic Dance Music from Lute Tablatu

Day 3: Saturday

TIME
 9:00
 10:00
 11:00
 12:00
 1:00
 2:00
 3:00
 4:00
 5:00
Barbie Tootle Room
9:00AM Bharata Natyam Choreography
1:00PM Beginning Bellydance
3:00PM Jazzy Jewels
Cartoon Room
3:00PM The Dance and Music of Bihu: Music, Gender and Sex
10:00AM Persian Classical Dance
1:00PM Persian Folklore Dance
Creative Arts Room
9:00AM Amoroso, Revisited
10:30AM Easy 15th-c. Italian
1:30PM Dance Interaction
3:00PM Intermediate Gresley Dances
Dance Room 1
9:00AM Improvisation and Galliards Choreographies
10:30AM Bransles Featured in the Masque
1:30PM I Salti del Fiocco
3:00PM All the Bransles!
Dance Room 2
9:00AM Torneo Amoroso
1:30PM Bizzaria d’Amore
3:00PM Il Contro del Orco
10:30AM Happy Dancing Feet in the 16th Century
Grand Ballroom West
9:00AM Advanced English Country Dance
10:30AM Bassedanse
1:30PM Inns of Court Dances
Hayes Cape Room
9:00AM Yoga for the Dancer
1:00PM Introduction to Carnatic Dance Music
Interfaith and Prayer Room
1:00PM Port Said — A Fisherman's Dance from Egypt
9:00AM Zill, Baby, Zill!
11:00AM Variations in Bharata Natyam
2:30PM Bellydancer's Survival Guide
Ohio Staters Tradition
9:00AM Playing for Dancing
10:30AM Dance Music in Central Europe 1480-1680
3:00PM Dance Music in the Vocal Realm
Performance Hall
10:30AM Progressive Dances in Playford 1651
1:30PM Two More Lovelace MS Dances
3:00PM Three-Couple English Dances
Round Meeting Room
9:00AM Raag and Taal: Music and Court Culture in Mughal Empire
1:00PM Middle Eastern Percussion
11:00AM Social Status of Musicians & the Role of Women in
Senate Chamber
9:00AM Introduction to Early Modern Dance
10:30AM 16th-c. Step Reconstructions Discussion
4:00PM Natural Adornment: Henna traditions from Africa to
Student-Alumni Council Room
9:00AM Morley Consort
10:30AM Bowed Strings
1:30PM Recorders
3:00PM Crumhorns

Day 4: Sunday

TIME
 9:00
 10:00
 11:00
 12:00
 1:00
 2:00
 3:00
 4:00
 5:00
Barbie Tootle Room
11:00AM Dance Sculpture in Shiva Temples
1:00PM 16th Century Persian Dance
Cartoon Room
9:00AM Yoga for the Dancer
10:00AM Uzbek Dance - Ferghana style
1:00PM Tahtiib - Men's Stick Dance from Egypt
Creative Arts Room
10:30AM Intermediate 15th-c. Italian
Dance Room 1
9:00AM Branles, Revisited
10:30AM Doppie Mutanze: Double Galliard Variations
Dance Room 2
9:00AM Cascarde “Chiara Stella”
10:30AM Easy 16th-c. Italian Dances
Interfaith and Prayer Room
3:00PM Teacher's Toolkit
11:00AM Intermediate/Advanced Rom/Gypsy Choreography
1:00PM Classical Indian Dance – The Next Step
10:00AM Kalari Drills
Performance Hall
9:00AM Two-Couple English Country Dances
Round Meeting Room
3:00PM Khyal and Dhrupad: Hindustani Vocal Music
11:00AM Medieval Arabic Music Theory and Paradigms
Student-Alumni Council Room
9:00AM Modal Improvisation
10:30AM Music for Improvised 16th Century Dance

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Unscheduled Classes

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