HomeClasses and EventsAbout our Classes and WorkshopsWorkshopsDhatu/Anatomy/Dance: A Somatic Approach to Improvisation and Composition
  • Wednesdays, Mar 26-May 21, 2025 | 6-8PM
An Anatomy of the Human Arteries adapted from Diderot and d’Alembert (1762) from the Welcome Library, London
ID: An Anatomy of the Human Arteries adapted from Diderot and d’Alembert (1762) from the Welcome Library, London

This 8 session workshop is a collaboration between dance artist and teacher K.J. Holmes and neuroscientist and dance researcher Hossein Aleyasin.

Each session will focus on and utilize as a source for dance a specific dhatu, or element/tissue of the body, through experiential study and practice of anatomy, eastern and western theories, and movement principles.

What to Expect:
The workshop will be both laboratory and creative studio. We will explore the diverse material through lecture, slides, sounding, movement, writing and drawing, and embodying transitions as blueprints for improvising and composing dance.

Students must take the full workshop as the material will develop each week.

Open to all levels of experience.

Accessibility Notes

  • This workshop includes auditive guidance.
  • This workshop includes a projected images/video/text.
  • This workshop includes printed materials.
  • This workshop includes digital readings.

To request ASL interpretation or Audio Description, please email [email protected], subject line “ASL/Audio Description Request, Holmes, Aleyasin” at least three (3) weeks prior to the workshop start date.

For access-related questions and requests, please contact [email protected], subject line “Holmes, Aleyasin.”

Past workshop

Location

MR, 122CC – Ninth Street Studio
150 First Avenue
New York, NY 10009

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Artists

K.J. Holmes

K.J. Holmes

K.J. Holmes, independent dance artist, singer, poet, actor and teacher based in Brooklyn, N.Y., has helped to define, first as a student and now as a teacher and performer, many contemporary improvisational practices...

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Hossein Aleyasin

Hossein Aleyasin

With a PhD in neuroscience and a background in molecular biology and medicine, Hossein brings a unique perspective to dance.

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