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Modern Dance for the Older Dancer
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Created for the dancer coming back to the studio. Moving through a combination of traditional modern dance and contemporary release techniques, the class builds articulation and strength through adaptable phrase movement. Please note full semester registration is required. Students may make-up missed classes in a different class within the semester.
African Dance: From the Continent to the Classroom
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
This celebratory workshop explores the transformational movement vocabulary and dynamic cultural contexts of African Dance forms. Investigate effective teaching practices that inspire students to develop their personal creativity, cross cultural communication and respectful perspectives of the vast, diverse world around them.
Art and the American Identity
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Art historian Rena Tobey gives a six-week interactive lecture series on American art, placing various artists and styles in the complex narrative of what it means to be an American. Clothes Make the Country: Colonial Portraiture and Separating from England The Land: Landscape Paintings and Emblems of the American Dream The People: Genre Paintings and the Emergence of American Archetypes The City: Urban Realism and America's Evolving Identity...
Alexander Technique
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
This dynamic method of movement re-education provides the tools for reducing everyday stress through more efficient use of the body. What students have said about learning Alexander Technique: “I had a great learning experience in this class. It brought an amazing awareness to my dancing and everyday activities. Thanks for such a great class! “an excellent experience and an eye opener beyond my own verbal ability to explain…” “I learned...
Calligraphy II
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Building on the alphabets covered in Calligraphy for Beginners, we explore color, composition and design while working on a short poem or quote. Q&A Q: Can I make up a class if I miss one? A: No, make-up classes are not allowed since other classes may be full. Further, instructors are paid based on the number of students within their own classes, so attending a class outside your own is not allowed. Q: Are materials provided and included...
Foreign Accent Reduction (Vowels)
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Minimize your accent and maximize your effectiveness as a communicator. Focus on clarity, your unique pronunciation, speech rhythms and voice. Placement interviews are not required. Required Text: Speaking Clearly: Improving Voice & Diction – 6th Edition by Jeffrey Hahner, Martin Sokoloff & Sandra Salisch Publisher: McGraw Hill ISBN: 007-239726-8 OR Waveland Press, Inc. ISBN: 1-4786-0094-2 Please note that topics...
Foreign Accent Reduction (Consonants)
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Minimize your accent and maximize your effectiveness as a communicator. Focus on clarity, your unique pronunciation, speech rhythms and voice. Placement interviews are not required. Required Text: Speaking Clearly: Improving Voice & Diction – 6th Edition by Jeffrey Hahner, Martin Sokoloff & Sandra Salisch Publisher: McGraw Hill ISBN: 007-239726-8 OR Waveland Press, Inc. ISBN: 1-4786-0094-2 Please note that topics...
Introduction to Dance/Movement Therapy
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Explore nonverbal expression and communication through movement and discover how this can transform our emotional experience.
$75
Illustration: Word and Image
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Discover the relationship between words and images! Create drawings based on stories, novels, folklore, or your own favorite songs, using pencil, pen, ink, washes and more to unlock your own inspiration. In this class, we'll use a variety of drawing materials to create illustrated works based on the words of favorite songwriters,novelists, and poets---as well as our own written ideas, fantasies and dreams. In the adventurous pursuit of that "Eureka!"...
From Couple(d) to Uncoupled
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Life during or immediately following a divorce/separation is a transitional phase unlike any other. This workshop will teach participants the skills needed to make the transition from being a couple to being single again. Through structured exercises and group discussion, we will explore common emotional reactions to divorce: rebuilding self-worth, letting go of the past and setting the course for a new life.
Coping with Adult Children Estrangement
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Being estranged from your adult children can be a confusing and painful experience. Don’t suffer in isolation. Join psychotherapist Deborah Green as she facilitates a homogeneous support group of estranged parents and grandparents. Here’s what to expect: Share your feelings, experiences and effects of being estranged from your children. Get empathic feedback from like-minded parents. Learn coping tactics for healing emotional wounds and navigating...
Stand-Up Comedy Workshop 101
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Through informed, practical lectures; fun, challenging writing exercises; and encouraging, constructive critiques, learn how to write and revise material, acquire performance techniques, obtain stage time and use audience response to determine the effectiveness of your act. Create five minutes of strong stand-up comedy material, then try it out at a major NYC comedy club.
Reclaiming Your Bucket List
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Are you achieving your bucket list? New Year’s resolutions, goals, and promises are incredible to make … yet equally hard to manifest and keep up with. What if you could find a way to revamp your bucket list so that you were actually living it? How would your life be different if you had the ability to redirect your promises, resolutions, and goals so that you could actually RECLAIM and refine your own legacy as a power tool for change TODAY?...
Shakespeare and the Battle of the Sexes
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Shakespeare’s female characters often challenge the 16th century patriarchal ideal of silent and subservient womanhood. Women of the time were expected to be chaste, silent and obedient, yet many of Shakespeare’s heroines push back against attempts to silence them. This course will include discussion of Kate and The Taming of the Shrew, the “merry war” of wits between Beatrice and Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, and the conflicted,...
Illustration & Vector Graphics with Adobe Illustrator
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Create and manipulate vector images to make logos, illustrations and other images with a professional edge. Q&A Q: Can I make up a class if I miss one? A: No, make-up classes are not allowed since other classes may be full. Further, instructors are paid based on the number of students within their own classes, so attending a class outside your own is not allowed.
Dante's Divine Comedy: Purgatorio
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
The course focuses on Purgatorio, the second of the three cantiche of Dante’s the Divine Comedy. Having been led through Hell by his poetic idol Virgil, through whom Dante has learned in the most graphic fashion the true nature of sin, Virgil now guides Dante on the arduous climb up the mount of Purgatory on which the potentially saved soul is cleansed of sin in preparation for the soul's reconciliation with God in Paradise. The Purgatorio's...
Have More by Doing Less
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Learn how to tap into a cyclical framework for energy management, project management, and creative and productive flow that's running within and around you. Develop the skills to harness this energy so that you can increase your efficiency, increase your effectiveness, and most importantly, increase your joy. This workshop will teach you how to: Use biomimicry, essentially looking to nature as our guide to solve our human problems Unlock a treasure...
$160
Image Processing & Editing with Adobe Photoshop CC
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Layer, edit and manipulate images with text to create stunning images for print or the web. Q&A Q: Can I make up a class if I miss one? A: No, make-up classes are not allowed since other classes may be full. Further, instructors are paid based on the number of students within their own classes, so attending a class outside your own is not allowed. Q: Are materials provided and included in cost of the class? A: Yes,...
Jazz Funk (Beginner)
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Exciting, fast, rhythmic and hot! Learn to move to funky music from the '70s through the present and get in shape with this sexy dance. Learn the fundamentals and get your body moving in a safe encouraging and supportive atmosphere. Bring a leotard or fitted tee shirt, footless tights or jazz pants, rubber-soled jazz shoes or jazz sneakers. Note: Please refrain from wearing heavy perfumes in the studio that may adversely...
$18
Isadora for Adults
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Isadora Duncan’s rich legacy at the roots of Modern Dance encompasses formal technical training, while tapping students’ own creative resources for performance and the creation of new works. Please wear solid color leotard and flowing silk skirt, or silk tunic (consult teacher) Note: Please refrain from wearing heavy perfumes in the studio that may adversely affect students with allergies Please refrain from using hair products that leave...
$18
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