Learn Classical Modern Dance

What you'll learn
Understand the foundational elements of the Limón dance technique.
Learn to move organically and understand Limón's unique use of space, weight, and music.
Improve your coordination significantly by; working off-balance, with multiple layers of gestures.
Enhance your body's flexibility and strength.
Requirements
There is no experience necessary. This is an excellent course for non-dancers interested in learning Modern Dance, beginner dancers wanting to improve their abilities, or seasoned dancers who've never studied this particular style but wish to understand the different use or bodyweight, fall, suspension, and coordination that the Limón Technique offers.
Description
About the CourseJose Limón & the Limón TechniqueJosé Limón can be added to the list of choreographers who developed their own signature training styles. In the dance world today, it is typical within professional training programs for students to be trained in both the Graham Technique and Limón Technique styles of Modern Dance.​Modern Dance has evolved with each subsequent generation of participating artists. Artistic content has morphed and shifted from one choreographer to another, as have styles and techniques. Even elements of urban dance have become well represented in this genre.​In this course, we will focus on the basics of the Limón style whose technique was informed by Humphrey's ideas about the dynamics of body weight as the body rose, fell, and remained in suspension during a dance. This technique improves a dancer's quality of movement and adds strength while developing dynamic and exciting movement qualities.​Because of Limón's unique use of space, weight, and music, it's an excellent introduction to dance in general. It can be broken down into simple exercises that can be later enhanced to challenge more seasoned dancers. Limón Technique improves one's coordination significantly. The style differs from other techniques often by; working off-balance, with multiple layers of movements, and with the body in an inverted position. Thus, making; turns, jumps, and extensions more difficult.After this course you will be able to:​● use dance vocabulary to describe movement;● understand the foundational steps within the Limón Technique;● be able to join a recreational modern dance class;● apply this movement vocabulary to other dance forms.In addition, you will have improved your:​● body's strength and flexibility;● coordination● musical understanding;● movement vocabularyThis is an excellent course for non-dancers interested in learning Modern Dance, beginner dancers wanting to improve their abilities, or seasoned dancers who've never studied this particular style but wish to understand the different use of body weight, fall, suspension, and coordination that the Limón Technique offers.
Overview
Section 1: Introduction
Lecture 1 Welcome
Lecture 2 Introduction
Lecture 3 Arm Articulation
Lecture 4 Bounces With Release
Lecture 5 Fours on the Floor
Lecture 6 Circular Stretches in Second
Lecture 7 Swings in Second
Lecture 8 Swings Lying Side & Rise Variation
Lecture 9 Standing Bounces with High Release
Lecture 10 Tendus to the Side
Lecture 11 Degagé Side and Pasé series
Lecture 12 Tendu & Degagé Combination with Lunge
Lecture 13 Plié Series
Lecture 14 Body Swings in Second
Lecture 15 Rebounds in Three Parts
Lecture 16 Slow Twos
Lecture 17 Fast Threes
Lecture 18 Parallel Swing Combination
Lecture 19 Swings in Attitude With Gallop Variation
Lecture 20 Developé Series
Lecture 21 Body is Orchestra
Lecture 22 Piqué Series
Lecture 23 Triplets
Lecture 24 Triplet Combination
Lecture 25 Grand Battement Across the Floor
Lecture 26 Preparations for Jumps
Lecture 27 Jumps Across the Floor
Lecture 28 Jump Combinations
Lecture 29 Cool Down, Forward Bends & Improvisation
Lecture 30 Body Conditioning
Lecture 31 Full Limón Class
This course is suitable for first-time dancers as well as seasoned dancers who've never studied the Limón technique and wish to experience a full Limón class and implement the organic movement into their dance vocabulary. In this course, we will focus on the basics of the Limón style whose technique was informed by Humphrey's ideas about the dynamics of body weight as the body rose, fell, and remained in suspension during a dance. This technique improves a dancer's quality of movement and adds strength while developing dynamic and exciting movement qualities. Because of Limón's unique use of space, weight, and music, it's an excellent introduction to dance in general. It can be broken down into simple exercises that can be later enhanced to challenge more seasoned dancers. Limón Technique improves one's coordination significantly. The style differs from other techniques often by; working off-balance, with multiple layers of movements, and with the body in an inverted position. Thus, making; turns, jumps, and extensions more difficult.
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