Susan Murphy holds a Master’s degree in modern dance from Mills College in Oakland, CA and is a Certified Movement Analyst from the Laban Institute for Movement Studies in New York City. She taught modern dance and aerial dance at the U. of GA from 1999-2002. In 2002, Susan and her husband Don Carson, envisioned and built Canopy Studio, a community aerial arts center in Athens, GA. Susan served as Executive Director of Canopy until she moved to the Georgia coast in 2009, where she and Don have built The Marsh Studio, a state-of-the-art aerial dance center where she is now holding weekend aerial retreats and performances. She has performed at Lincoln Center and the Skirball Center of the Performing Arts in New York City, Frequent Flyers’ Aerial Dance Festival in Boulder, Colorado and the New England Center of Circus Arts.
Learn from Susan at ADF 2018 – Register Here
All classes run Monday-Friday. Week A: July 31-August 5. Week B: August 6-10.
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Immersion – The Body Poetic: Wedding Technique & Emotion in Aerial Dance
Week A: 9am-12pm
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What compels us to make dances, inspires and moves us in the process of dance-making? How can authentic emotions be shaped and wedded with technique so that our audience leaves with the lingering images of our dance? What to do with our hands to enhance the creation of these images? How can transitions be felt and seen as part of the flow of the dance? What is the importance of “phrasing” in our dances and how can we have more dynamic phrasing? In this Immersion, through Laban Movement Analysis, poetry, music and structured improvisation (on the floor and in the air), you will be invited to bring forth your feeling/imagery life, planting the seeds of new dance-thoughts. Through confident technique, intention, connection with our breath and feelings, nuanced authentic gestures and stillness, our performance presence is both refined and animated.
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Utilizing Laban Movement Analysis in Aerial Choreography
Week B: 1-2:30pm
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The basic Effort (Space, Flow, Time and Weight) and Shape concepts of Rudolf Laban and its application to aerial composition will be explored through structured improvisation and spoken word, on the floor and in the air! Effort (the inner impulse to move) and Shape (inner shaping and shaping to equipment) are principles that we can apply to our dance as we build a shared vocabulary on dance trapezes, crafting our own pieces as well as developing skills to observe others’ dances. A variety of music will be intentionally used throughout.
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