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  • Low-flying Trapeze
    Dance in Brooklyn
  • Trapeze at JCC
    in Manhattan
  • Skinner Releasing
    Technique
  • Modern Dance
    Technique
  • Improvisation &
    Composition Classes

low-flying trapeze dance with julie ludwick
in Brooklyn

WINTER 2013 CLASSES

SCHOLARSHIP CLASS FOR DANCERS OF COLOR
Each year Fly-by-Night offers scholarships to dancers of color who wish to study with the company. This year's scholarship class audition will be held Saturday, January 19 from 4:30-6:30 PM. For further information contact flybynightdance@gmail.com

Weekly low-flying trapeze dance classes are offered at the Soundance Studio in Williamsburg Brooklyn on Saturdays from 4:30-6:30 PM.
These workshops are geared for adults of all levels who are physically inclined. Low-Flying Trapeze is considered the best introduction to Aerial Dance.

INTERMEDIATE - ADVANCE WORKSHOP
There will be a 10 class workshop for intermediate to advanced skills that will deepen the explorations of the introductory work.  Students are advised to take at least one introductory workshop or take a series of private classes before registering for this longer workshop.  All classes incorporate Skinner Releasing Technique, a meditative dance technique that uses images from nature. These images can aid in letting go of tension and help free the body for creative impulses.
Dates: Saturdays, February 16-April 27 (no class March 30)
Time: 4:30-6:30 PM
Workshop fees:
$185 (if paid before Feb 2nd)
$195 (if $100 non-refundable deposit is paid by February 10th, the remainder due 1st day of class)
$225 (if paid on the first day of class)

BEGINNER'S MIND WORKSHOP
There will be a 3-class workshop for anyone who has not taken a previous workshop with us or would like to approach the work with a beginner's mindset.
Each class will be 2 hours long. This is a small class and individual attention will be given to each student.
Dates: Next Dates TBA
Time: Saturday from 4:30-6:30 PM
Workshop fees:
$75 (if paid in advance)
$100 (if paid on the first day of class)

Class philosophy:
These classes have been developed over 2 decades. They include both an introduction to Aerial work and an in-depth dance technique that can be applied to all types of dance (both a terre and in the air). Students learn from one another as well as the teacher and the improvisational approach increases the movement vocabulary that is explored.

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To pay via Paypal, email flybynightdance@gmail.com

Location: All classes are at Soundance Studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 281 N. 7th St., 2nd Floor. Ring Buzzer #7 Subway

Directions: L Train to Bedford,(1 stop in from Manhattan) walk east down 7th St. towards the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

All Workshops are aimed to increase students' trapeze-dance vocabularies through discovery of the dance in between tricks. Basic hangs and skills are introduced with an emphasis on proper body mechanics. These moves are then explored in improvisational structures. All classes incorporate Skinner Releasing Technique, a meditative dance technique that uses images from nature. These images can aid in letting go of tension and help free the body for creative impulses.

Private low-flying trapeze class with julie ludwick
in Brooklyn

Private Lessons can be scheduled for the Brooklyn Studio with Julie Ludwick as your Personal Trainer. These lessons can be geared for the type of workout you want including: A Meditative Workout, Core Strengthening, Increasing your Upper Body Strength, Adding Creativity to your weekly workout, etc. Times are available upon request.

Private Lesson Fees:
$100 for one hour with one person
$110 for semi-private hour with 2-4 people
$150 for semi-private 1 1/2 hours with 1-4 people
$175 for 2 hours

Pay via Paypal by directing payments to: julie@flybynightdance.org

Location: All of the above classes are at Soundance Studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 281 N. 7th St., 2nd Floor. Ring Buzzer #7 Subway

Directions: L Train to Bedford,(1 stop in from Manhattan) walk east down 7th St. towards the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
 

More about Julie Ludwick

All Workshops are aimed to increase students' trapeze-dance vocabularies through discovery of the dance in between tricks. Basic hangs and skills are introduced with an emphasis on proper body mechanics. These moves are then explored in improvisational structures. All classes incorporate Skinner Releasing Technique, a meditative dance technique that uses images from nature. These images can aid in letting go of tension and help free the body for creative impulses.

For more info call 212-304-3791 or write Fly-by-Night

skinner releasing technique classes

Ludwick is a ceRtified teacher of Skinner Releasing Technique (SRT) and aspects of the technique inform all of her teaching. SRT is an alternative improvisational technique that incorporates movement, touch and verbal imagery to allow students to let go of tension and release their creativity. It improves students' physical awareness and alignment, increases their range of motion and movement vocabulary, and gives them a basis from which to understand and gain from other alternative techniques such as yoga, Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais Technique and somatics. For further information on the technique see www.skinnerreleasing.com

modern dance classes

Ludwick teaches traditional modern dance with an emphasis on dropping the center of weight and movement that takes students off their vertical center to explore multiple spatial planes and levels. She incorporates her knowledge of Skinner Releasing Technique to enhance their understanding of proper alignment and performance presence.

improvisation classes

Ludwick has designed and taught college courses in Improvisation for both 2 and 4-year colleges as well as preprofessionals at private studios and summer dance programs. Students learn how to use improvisation to get in touch with their own movement impulses and to foster new movement vocabulary. Simple improvisation scores are introduced and explored through performance, viewing, and discussion as they gain in complexity. Discussions emphasize stating what the students see and how that connects with the movement score.

composition classes

Ludwick applies her training with Bessie Schoenberg, Nita Little, and Martha Meyers to her approach to composition. Students explore basic tools (theme and variation, time and music, space and effort) and apply them to short movement studies. They observe one another and learn how to discuss what they see. These classes often involve some aspects of improvisation in the beginning depending on the students' experience.