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Max Stone
Contemporary
Biography:
A respected and sought-out teacher/choreographer, Max is Artistic Director of the New York based dance company, Sexy Beast NYC. He holds an MFA in dance and served as Senior Lecturer on the faculty at Southern Methodist University. He was with the original Broadway cast of the Neil Simon/Marvin Hamlisch musical/play, They're Playing Our Song. He has guest taught at the Juilliard Conservatory, Complexions Summer/Winter Intensives, Bates and Joffrey Summer Dance Intensives, and conducted choreography seminars for Cirque du Soleil’s Mystère. During their NY City Center season in 2010, Max was invited to give company classes for Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake. He was Artistic Director of The New York Dance Exchange, an international intensive workshop series, and he continues to work throughout Europe and Japan. Currently, Max is on faculty at Steps on Broadway, Dance New Amsterdam (DNA), and Peridance Capezio Center. In May 2013, Max’s choreography was featured in the upcoming Noah Baumbach/Greta Gerwig film titled, Frances Ha.
Class Description:
Merging basic ballet vernacular with certain
free-
flowing,
boneless movement vocabulary, this class
demonstrates that space, itself, is a support
mechanism that
can
be utilized to attain particular movement
objectives. The conservation of muscle strength is
preserved,
enabling the dancer to have more stamina. The
aim is to create familiar and focused pathways to an
effortless
expression of lyrical and percussive disciplines.
By understanding and applying the particular
dynamics of
fall and
rebound, momentum and flow, dancers
discover a certain freedom, quality and kinetic
range they
never
knew they possessed. The desire is to instigate
and initiate the body’s creative impulse, which is
innate
within
every person. The encouragement of individual
traits that challenge both body and mind is of
utmost
importance
and the unique qualities that each possess will
be nurtured to full expression.