Balance Arts Center Movement Vocabulary Intensive
February 1st & 2nd, 2025
Online & In Person Study
Expand Your Movement Vocabulary!
In this weekend intensive you will learn and practice Laban's vocabulary in action. Participants will learn to describe movement in detail and lead students in a movement experience. We will explore systems of reference, spatial directions, actions, space measurement, paths, and dynamics. Having a full vocabulary at your fingertips will help to improve your observation and communication skills.
Reading will be assigned before the start of the course so that all participants begin with a fundamental understanding of the concepts of the workshop.
Daily Schedule:
10:00am-1:00pm: Morning Session
1:00pm-2:00pm: Break for Lunch
2:00pm-4:00pm: Afternoon Session
Through the weekend you will learn how to:
Increase your movement observation skills
Learn how to better describe movements using the Laban framework
Apply your new language skills to describing movement and in guiding people through movement
Learn at least 3 ways to describe the same movement
Registration & More Information
Online & In Person Workshop Fee: $300
Early Bird Discount: Register by Monday, January 6th for $50 off your workshop fee!
Use code MOVEMENT at checkout to receive the Early Bird Discount!
Locations
Online Track takes place on Zoom. In Person Track takes place at the Balance Arts Center in NYC.
Tuition Payment
Tuition must be paid upon registration. Use code MOVEMENT at checkout to receive the Early Bird Discount!
Cancellation Policy
Students can cancel their registrations through 1/22/25, 10 days prior to the Intensive. Refunds are available minus a $50 processing fee. Beyond 1/22/25 refunds are not available.
Discount & CTLE Credits Available for NY State Teachers!
The Balance Arts Center is an approved provider of Continuing Teacher & Leader Education Credits for NY State Teachers. School teachers receive 15% off their tuition!
Registration deadline is Tuesday, January 28th at 5pm ET
Use code MOVEMENT at checkout to receive the Early Bird Discount!
Participating Faculty
Ann Rodiger is the Founder and Director of the Balance Arts Center in New York City. She has nearly 40 years of teaching the Alexander Technique. Her teaching draws from her knowledge from teaching the BAC Teacher Training Course and private lessons in the US and abroad as well as her knowledge of Labanotation, Laban Movement Analysis, Bartenieff Fundamentals, Yoga, meditation and various dance techniques. She has developed the BAC Alexander Technique Teacher Training Program and substantial programming for performing artists. She has also adapted the Alexander principles to work for those with hypermobility and Ehlers Danlos Syndromes. Rodiger teaches internationally in Germany, Belgium, Greece, and Turkey. The Balance Arts Center is a NYC Women and Minority Owned Business and a thriving place for the community to teach, share knowledge, and perform.
Ann Rodiger
Founder & Director of the Balance Arts Center
Alexander Technique Teacher, Movement & Vocal Specialist
Lydia Chrisman is an educator, dancer and Alexander Technique teacher. She has been teaching music and dance in NYC public and private schools since 2012, primarily through Third Street Music School Settlement, where she also directs a children’s choir. Since 2016 Lydia has also been a teacher-trainer for the Department of Education’s professional development track Create, supporting kindergarten teachers to use more music and movement in their classrooms. Starting in the fall of 2020, in addition to teaching music she has worked as a classroom teacher at German School Manhattan, a bilingual elementary school.
Lydia is an AmSat certified Alexander Technique teacher, graduating from the Balance Arts Center in 2020. She also completed The Developing Self, a postgraduate training course for Alexander Technique teachers working in education.
Originally from Switzerland, Lydia moved to the USA to study dance at Bennington College. She speaks German, English, French and basic Hebrew.
Lydia Chrisman
Alexander Technique Teacher, Educator, Dancer
Takehiro is an Alexander Technique Teacher and teaches private lessons and group classes in NYC and Osaka (Japan). He graduated from the Balance Arts Center and also holds a bachelor degree in Human Science from Konan University in Kobe Japan. Takehiro also has been working as a jazz drummer for more than 20 years.
Takehiro Shimizu
Alexander Technique Teacher, Drummer