Audio Somatics with Ellie Kusner

Length: 35 min. Level: Open Space: Small

Class Description:

This class will guide students through a simple series of movements with imagery and breath coordination. This class is not designed to necessarily enhance core strength, but rather to increase core awareness in order to achieve better stability of the spine and pelvis. When we dance we use a wide range of breathing patterns with a diversity of movements. This class suggests specific coordination of breath and movement, not to suggest that this is how you will always move, but rather to establish one clear pattern of support from which you can build more complex habits. Consider this a meditation on breath and core.

After this class, students should feel more centrally supported and integrated in mind and body. This class can be used before a more physical warm up, as a way to “reset” after a long and stressful day, or as part of an ongoing plan to improve breathing habits, core stability, and coordinated movement patterns.

About Ellie

Ellie Kusner is a teacher, writer, and Bessie Award-winning performer.  She began performing as a student of The Boston Ballet School, where she danced with the company in many large-scale productions. Realizing that a career in pointe shoes was not her destiny, Ellie went on to earn her BA from Barnard College before embarking on a freelance dance career. She worked with numerous choreographers including Mark Morris, Pam Tanowitz, Ellen Cornfield, Nilas Martins, and Patricia Hoffbauer, in venues ranging from warehouse rooftops to The Metropolitan Opera… Keep Reading