COVID-19 Protocols: TDT strongly encourages wearing a mask while at Winchester Street Theatre, but it is not required. Please do not attend in-person classes if you have a fever or are experiencing any other symptoms of COVID-19, have tested positive for COVID-19 within 10 days of the class, or have been in close contact with someone suspected or confirmed of having COVID-19.

About this Class
GYROKINESIS® is a practice to nourish, inspire, awaken, re-connect and re-align ourselves to a joyful, sensuous, undulating, flowing, empowering and grateful human experience. Images of nature and cosmos will support our journey as expansive, breathing, intentional, expressive and fun-loving, dancing beings. By moving in circling, spiraling and wave like pathways we will gently and rhythmically soften, support and open our bodies, stimulating the internal organs, improving muscle flexibility and articulation of joints and bones, reinforcing the neuromuscular system, oxygenating the blood, and cultivating wellbeing through the harmonization of body systems, sensations and energy channels. These sessions begin seated and evolve to some floor work and standing explorations. If you have a yoga mat please bring one along. “Andrea’s GYROKINESIS® classes are invigorating and inspiring. Her demonstrating is exquisite, her explanations clear and concise, her imagery fresh and cogent, and her coaching absolutely to the point. She attends to the exacting details of form in relation to movement pathways while sustaining an undercurrent of energetic flow.” ~ Peggy Baker, dance artist

 BIO
Andrea Nann (she/her/they) is a contemporary dance artist, founding artist of Dreamwalker Dance Company, certified GYROKINESIS® and GYROTONIC® Trainer, as well as co-creator of Conscious Bodies Methodology, an embodied community practice. A graduate of York University’s Fine Arts program, she has contributed to over 70 dance and theatre works across Turtle Island. Recognized for choreography, performance, and community action, Andrea’s practice celebrates possibility, plurality, and belonging, guided by a belief that embodied practice can transform how we experience ourselves and one another, deepening awareness of both our distinctiveness and shared humanity, and opening pathways toward wonderment, collective care and possibility.

COVID-19 Protocols: TDT strongly encourages wearing a mask while at Winchester Street Theatre, but it is not required. Please do not attend in-person classes if you have a fever or are experiencing any other symptoms of COVID-19, have tested positive for COVID-19 within 10 days of the class, or have been in close contact with someone suspected or confirmed of having COVID-19.

About the Class
Max's contemporary class is an upbeat space built around full-body connection. We'll kick off with guided improvisation and conditioning to get toasty, progress into center exercises, and close with a big ol' space-eating phrase. Expect a movement blend designed to get it all together (Bartenieff & Horton!), let it all go (release technique!), and groove it all out (disco tunes, of course). 

COVID-19 Protocols: TDT strongly encourages wearing a mask while at Winchester Street Theatre, but it is not required. Please do not attend in-person classes if you have a fever or are experiencing any other symptoms of COVID-19, have tested positive for COVID-19 within 10 days of the class, or have been in close contact with someone suspected or confirmed of having COVID-19.

About the Class
Drawing on both classical ballet and modern dance, this class explores total body movement. Classes begin with barre work, followed by centre, and ends with traveling work including jumps and across the floor sequences. It is a highly physical dance class.

COVID-19 Protocols: TDT strongly encourages wearing a mask while at Winchester Street Theatre, but it is not required. Please do not attend in-person classes if you have a fever or are experiencing any other symptoms of COVID-19, have tested positive for COVID-19 within 10 days of the class, or have been in close contact with someone suspected or confirmed of having COVID-19.

COVID-19 Protocols: TDT strongly encourages wearing a mask while at Winchester Street Theatre, but it is not required. Please do not attend in-person classes if you have a fever or are experiencing any other symptoms of COVID-19, have tested positive for COVID-19 within 10 days of the class, or have been in close contact with someone suspected or confirmed of having COVID-19.

About the Class
Cuban Modern and Contemporary Dance is characterized by the fusion with the Graham, Limon and Cunningham techniques, Ballet and traditional Cuban dance forms, including Afro Cuban rhythms with global contemporary techniques. Emerging in the 20th century, founded by Ramiro Guerra, it reflects a vibrant cultural heritage, emphasizing improvisation and individual expression. This dance is not only a performance art, but also a powerful medium for social and political expression, showcasing themes of identity, culture and history. Dancers will navigate complex combinations that weave together polyrhythms and off-axis movement, demanding both mental focus and physical agility and strength.

COVID-19 Protocols: TDT strongly encourages wearing a mask while at Winchester Street Theatre, but it is not required. Please do not attend in-person classes if you have a fever or are experiencing any other symptoms of COVID-19, have tested positive for COVID-19 within 10 days of the class, or have been in close contact with someone suspected or confirmed of having COVID-19.

About the Class
Drawing on both classical ballet and modern dance, this class explores total body movement. Classes begin with barre work, followed by centre, and ends with traveling work including jumps and across the floor sequences. It is a highly physical dance class.

COVID-19 Protocols: TDT strongly encourages wearing a mask while at Winchester Street Theatre, but it is not required. Please do not attend in-person classes if you have a fever or are experiencing any other symptoms of COVID-19, have tested positive for COVID-19 within 10 days of the class, or have been in close contact with someone suspected or confirmed of having COVID-19.

About the Class
Utilizing principles of human movement from the Alexander Technique combined with concepts from the Pilates Method, we will work through an anatomically sound movement sequence directed towards the specific requirements of the dancer. We will look at spinal sequencing, pelvis and spine stability, freedom and stability of the shoulder girdle, and freedom, stability and balance at the hip joint. Susan is happy to address any specific questions or issues.

Please have a mat, theraband and large towel for class.

COVID-19 Protocols: TDT strongly encourages wearing a mask while at Winchester Street Theatre, but it is not required. Please do not attend in-person classes if you have a fever or are experiencing any other symptoms of COVID-19, have tested positive for COVID-19 within 10 days of the class, or have been in close contact with someone suspected or confirmed of having COVID-19.

About the Class

I hope to help one feel they have both the ability and the capacity to draw upon all that their body knows, while remaining open to all that it does not. Wow! Fun.

We will begin with face yoga (please wash hands before class), self-massage, brain gym, visual gaze, rocking and bouncing.

Then to the barre for some pliés and tendus, followed by a combo.

Ending with some vocals.

We will work and witness and sweat. Pay attention to what we know, what we think we know, and perhaps the edges of something else.

Hopefully leaving with a little more availability for whatever the day might hold.

COVID-19 Protocols: TDT strongly encourages wearing a mask while at Winchester Street Theatre, but it is not required. Please do not attend in-person classes if you have a fever or are experiencing any other symptoms of COVID-19, have tested positive for COVID-19 within 10 days of the class, or have been in close contact with someone suspected or confirmed of having COVID-19.

About the Class
Drawing on both classical ballet and modern dance, this class explores total body movement. Classes begin with barre work, followed by centre, and ends with traveling work including jumps and across the floor sequences. It is a highly physical dance class.