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Shaina Branfman-Baira
Contemporary / Floorwork / Improvisation
Biography:
Shaina Branfman is Co-Artistic Director of BS Movement. Shaina was born and raised in Victoria, Texas and received her BFA in Dance at the University of Iowa. She completed her certification as a Movement Analyst at the Laban Institute of Movement Studies, and completed studies in religion and philosophy at the New York All Faiths Seminary International where she was ordained as an Interfaith Minister. Shaina is a member of The Feath3r Theory and has been performing and sharing her work in NYC since 2014. www.bsmovement.coClass Description
Movement Philosophy -- In this class we will use improvisation, partnering, floor work and meditation practices to exercise the most efficient and alive versions of ourselves. Through acute specificity and focus we will find freedom and cultivate power inside our body. We will exercise choice and free will, playfully practicing the law of causation. We will understand that dance practice and life practice are one in the same, and how our time in the studio is preparation for the moment we leave.
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