Open Pro Class with Richard Chappell Dance

Richard Chappell's class starts with a focus on how to mobilise, expand and stretch the body through repetitive movement patterns and improvisational tasks, connecting to breath. After this, crossing exercises are looped across the studio, connecting dancers to the ground and encouraging continuous passing of weight. Spirals are used to build up momentum, coordination and precision and small phrases are built into this vocabulary to connect material together and introduce dynamic qualities and gravity to the content, before a full bodied and playful final phrase. Richard's class is a window into the vocabulary and practice of his ensemble and is designed to be energetic, whilst also being accessible and adaptable for dancers who need or want a softer experience that day.

Suitable for advanced and professional dancers.