Find New Ways Of Dancing | SEED | Home Practice (Inclusive Contemporary Dance Class with Stopgap)

Home Practice is a self-guided programme of inclusive contemporary dance class and workshop that introduce a variety approaches to inclusive dance practice. As the name suggests, all sessions are suitable to practice at home, wherever that may be.

Seed is a series of videos within Home Practice. They are bite-sized dance workshops that explore a variety of key subjects in inclusive contemporary dance practice. They give deeper contexts to our weekly dance class materials (see our Home Practice Playlist on YouTube Channel for these weekly videos).

In this video, Christian encourages us to embrace our own dancing and the way in which we move. We then look at how we can discover more movement possibilities through multi-tasking with the body and learning material in order to layer a task on top.

What is Home Practice?
Home Practice is not about imitating what happens in the studio during a typical contemporary dance class but aims to support dancers' continued process of learning whilst at home. All content is intended to be inclusive whether you are disabled or non-disabled.

Home Practice highlights the solo experience in a class context, encouraging participants to own their own contemporary dance practice - free of over-critical comparison to others. It aims to build confidence for individual dancers to return to the studio when the time is right.

For more information about Home Practice and our inclusive dance methodologies, visit our website: http://bit.ly/StopgapHomePractice

We are delivering Home Practice free of charge during the difficult times of Covid-19 pandemic, but if you are able to donate however small, please click here. Thank you: https://bit.ly/SgDCDonate

Information about this video:
Film made by Floyd Kondé
Logo sting music by Jim Pinchen
Supported by Arts Council England and Farnham Maltings

Music:
'Howlers', 'World 31' and 'Final fight' all by Tom Austin

References:
Lucy Bennett's Home Practice class, 'Spontaneity'

DISCLAIMER:
We advise that you clear enough space so that you can move and focus. Although Home Practice sessions often start gradually and build, you may want to warm yourself up so that you are fully prepared for the session.

Home Practice is a chance to develop your individual dance style, so please personalise the class to your needs. If you need any clarification on instructions or intentions please send us a comment. Stopgap Dance Company and the Home Practice Team regularly organise webinars to share ideas, translations and feedback - if you feel this would be valuable for your practice please contact us.

Please be aware that if you engage in Home Practice, you agree that you do so at your own risk and therefore release Stopgap Dance Company from any claims known or unknown, arising out of negligence.