Rebecca Bryant’s contemporary technique classes are formed around the idea that dance technique is fundamentally about increasing perception and awareness. We will use bodywork and exercises from release technique to drop into our bodies, find efficient alignment and free up our movement artistry… allowing us to prepare for performing. Participants are invited to wear comfortable dance/yoga clothes, that cover ones’ arms and legs, as we will be spending time on the floor.
Rebecca Bryant is an Assistant Professor of Dance at Purdue University. She is an active performer and educator specializing in dance and interdisciplinary performance. Her recent projects include collaborations with visual artists, poets, actors and musicians as well as solo works that combine text, technology and dance. Bryant’s research includes investigations in ensemble improvisation; she is interested in ensemble interaction as a training method, a performance practice and a model of collective action and consensus-building. She also researches the applications of Alexander Technique in dance training and dance making. She is a member of the Lower Left Performance Collective (dance/performance art) and co-founder of the Past Modern Performance Duo (music/dance/theater). She holds an MFA in Dance from UCLA, a BA in Visual Art from the University of California at San Diego and comes to Purdue from Missouri State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance.