Ongoing classes, private lessons, and performances for the stage and for specific sites.  I am available for choreographic commissions and collaborations with artists, scientists, businesses, and community organizations.  Contact me if you have an idea! 

CURRENT CLASSES

Modern Dance:

INT/ADV MODERN Thursdays, 5:30-7pm
Refine your technique, build strength, expand your awareness, express yourself through form.

Aug 26 - Sept 16 (4 classes)
Studio 213, 213 N Aurora St, Ithaca
Per class: $15
Series: $55
Pay at the door (check, cash) or online (paypal)

Sept 30 - Oct 28 (5 classes)
Community School of Music and Arts, 330 E State St, Ithaca
Per class: $14 members, $18 non-members
Series: $65 members, $87 non-members*
Register through CSMA

Nov 4 - Dec 9 (no class on Thanksgiving, 5 classes)
Community School of Music and Arts, 330 E State St, Ithaca
Per class: $14 members, $18 non-members
Series: $65 members, $87 non-members*
Register through CSMA

Note: Each series will be unique, yet connected within consistent dance technique.  Exercises build within each session. Dancers will benefit most from ongoing, regular study. In other words - take the series, series, series!

*some scholarships are available through the CSMA scholarship fund

ABSOLUTE BEGINNER MODERN: STAY TUNED
For the ABSOLUTE beginner.   No dance or movement experience necessary.   Safe, supportive environment to overcome fears and give form to your dance dreams.

AVAILABLE PRIVATELY (Details below)
West Coast Swing
East Coast Swing
Stretching
Modern Dance

CLASS DESCRIPTIONS

Modern Dance In class we play with dance technique, improvisation, body awareness, and choreography. Breath, coordination, rhythm, & musicality invites creativity, expression, and fun! Warm-ups build organically on principles of anatomy, preparing the body to move safely and freely. Movement phrases and choreography draw on a variety of modern dance principles, often incorporating themes from jazz and social dances. World music, jazz, and popular music provide our inspiring soundtrack.

West Coast Swing It’s hot.  It’s funky. It’s smooth, West Coast Swing has earned fame when featured on So You Think You Can Dance.  Detailed beginning instruction builds the groundwork for becoming a powerful partner dancer.  If you really want to be a dancer, or already are and want to try something new – this dance is for you. We dance to blues, pop, funk, R&B and hip-hop and we move!   Watch this dance.

Perfect for: High School students ·  College students · Social groups looking for a fun activity · Dancers looking for a new dance , Ages 16 and up

Private, Semi-private, or small groups. Contact Maren to schedule.

East Coast Swing Learn the most simple and popular swing dance of all!  Fun, jazzy East Coast Swing, a.k.a. Jitterbug, has a bouncy, playful style and is danced to a swingin' beat. You will learn basic steps, partnering skills essential for all social dances, and fundamental movement technique.  A great dance for beginning dancers.   Watch this dance.

Perfect for: High School students · College students · Social groups looking for a fun activity
Ages 16 and up

Private, Semi-private, small groups, parties. Contact Maren to schedule.

CHOREOGRAPHY

Maren’s choreography has been performed on stages including Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) & Loop Dance Festival (Kent, England), as part of community events including Rochester’s ArtWalk (Rochester, NY) and Art in the Heart (Ithaca, NY). She has collaborated with chamber musicians, visual artists, and is currently developing a project on the intersection of dance and physics.

Maren is accepting new commissions for choreography.  If you have ideas for collaboration that are not listed below, please contact Maren with your ideas!

Current Dances Available:

Presence/Opening (solo) 3:30
Suite: I-How to Watch Dance 10:00 
         II-Untitled  6:00 
        (4 dancers, Tango-infused music)
Dance of Scales: Dance & Physics collaboration (3 dancers, 1 physicist) 60 minutes

Areas of interest for collaboration:

PERFORMANCES 

Upcoming:

Contact me with your ideas! 

Recent Performances

June 25-26, 2010
Michael Jackson Tribute Flash Mob!
various surprise locations around Ithaca

June 11, 2010
Informal Student Showing, 6pm
Community School of Music and Arts, Ithaca, NY 

January 23, 2010
Dance of Scales at Light in Winter, 2:30-3:30pm
Statler Auditorum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 

November 22, 2009, 2pm
Rhythm in Dance and Music with Music's Recreation
CSMA, 3rd Floor
330 E. State Street/Martin Luther King Jr St.
Ithaca, NY 14850

September 14-16, 2009
Dance of Scales
NISEnet Informal Science Educators Annual Meeting,
San Francisco, CA    

July 2009
Suite: How to Watch Dance & Untitled
LoveShoe III Summer Dance Festival
Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

Suite: How to Watch Dance & Untitled
Moving Landscapes II
CRS Barn Studio
Ithaca, NY