sarAika Advanced Contemporary and Movement Research Class

Join sarAika co-directors Sara Pizzi & Aika Takeshima for one special evening of back-to-back classes — exploring the physical language, research, and choreographic process that define the collective’s work.

Advanced Contemporary - Isolation & Flow 5:30-7:00pm

• Long pants, socks and knee pads recommended for floor-work movements
• Expand your Range of Motion (ROM) and unlock Three-Dimensional Movement (3DM) in sarAika’s signature advanced contemporary practice.
• Experience the distinctive physical language that defines the company’s choreography —rooted in old-school hip-hop and urban styles, and refined through ballet, modern, and various contemporary techniques, sarAika’s movement language emphasizes isolation, groundedness, and pelvic freedom.
• This class guides dancers to move from the spine as a center of initiation, exploring joint mobility, efficiency, and continuous flow to generate powerful yet fluid transitions.
• Rather than relying on force, dancers learn to harness the body’s natural functions to move with greater clarity, expansion, and control.
• Through these principles, participants deepen body intelligence, refine articulation, and discover their own creative voice within sarAika’s evolving contemporary vocabulary.

Movement Research: Deconstruct to Construct 7:00~8:30pm

• Level: Open — All experiences welcome!
• Improvisation is not chaos—it’s awareness, imagination, and choice.
• sarAika’s Movement Research invites dancers to deconstruct their habitual patterns and rediscover movement from a blank slate.
• Starting from simple, pedestrian actions, participants gradually transform them into abstract, articulate, and intentional expressions. The class cultivates free-spirited imagination, adaptability, and playful discovery, helping dancers expand their creative potential and refine improvisational intelligence.
• Through principles of Visualization, Isolation, and Three-Dimensionality, dancers re-map their understanding of body placement and directionality.
• By breaking the pre-registered ideas of “how a dancer should move,” participants open new pathways of creation—developing a unique movement voice and a richer, more versatile performance presence.

FEE:
1 class $17
2 classes $30

After submitting this form, please complete the payment via Zelle to contact@saraikacreation.com or bring cash on the day.

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