Thu, Mar 12
|Peridance Center
Guest Class: Contemporary with Roya Carreras
This advanced contemporary class begins with sensory-based improvisation that activates awareness of scale, temperature, texture, and relational space. Through guided exploration, dancers attune to sensation as a catalyst for movement, expanding range, specificity, and responsiveness within the body
Time & Location
Mar 12, 2026, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Peridance Center, 126 E 13th St, New York, NY 10003, USA
About the event
ADVANCED CONTEMPORARY
This advanced contemporary class begins with sensory-based improvisation that activates awareness of scale, temperature, texture, and relational space. Through guided exploration, dancers attune to sensation as a catalyst for movement, expanding range, specificity, and responsiveness within the body.
As the practice progresses, we move through technically grounded movement pathways that emphasize alignment, coordination, and dynamic clarity, preparing dancers to enter extended phrase work. Long-form movement material integrates gesture, rhythm, and narrative impulse, inviting dancers to move between precision and instinct, structure and personal storytelling. Emphasis is placed on embodiment, musicality, and the cultivation of individual artistic voice within a shared physical practice.