Classes

“I seek ways to integrate the full person and body within my technique class - I focus on alignment, breathing, musicality, rhythmic clarity, dynamic expression, the body’s relationship to the space, and the affect our emotions have on our energy circuitry.”     Ellen Cornfield


Ellen Cornfield’s class builds greater strength and resilience in the whole body.  She begins on the floor with breathing exercises, followed by standing exercises that train and strengthen the back and the legs, interspersing the movement warm-up with phrases both stationary and traveling. While drawing upon classical ballet and modern forms, her class sustains an overall pacing and movement flow that transcends those forms, transporting the dancers to new energy connections and sensations within their bodies, culminating in full-throttle dance phrases.

CORNFIELD HAS TAUGHT WORLDWIDE

    • The Place, London
    • The Rotterdamse Dansacademie, Holland
    • Ballet Rambert, London
    • Companie Emile Dubois, France
    • Charlesleroi Danses, Belgium
    • Studio Session House, Tokyo
• North Carolina School of the Arts
    • SUNY Purchase
    • UC Berkeley
    • Cunningham Studio, NYC
    • Darmouth University, New Hampshire

 
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