Community Contemporary is an opportunity for all levels of movers to dive into improvisation, technique, and play while fostering relationships new and old, thus creating and/or expanding their creative community. If you are looking for a supportive environment to animate and excite the tiny inner child dancer within you: this class is it, regardless of your prior experience with dance.

This class series will be taught by Angelina Benitez. Angie’s class is equal parts technical and improvisational exploration. Class will often begin with a guided warm up designed to loosen up the body and the creative juices. Participants will generate movement through games and exercises while questioning: how can we value “play” in our training? We’ll move individually and as a group as we navigate a variety of exercises, creative prompts, and choreographic phrase materials. All levels & all bodies are welcome.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/community-contemporary-with-the-click-tickets-980395879467?aff=oddtdtcreator

$0 Card to Culture Admission

$12 Professional Rate

$17 Community Rate

(5 or 10 class card discount available by emailing [email protected])

Classes are paid via Credit Card through Eventbrite registration

While each of the Click teachers lead a different class, at our core we are deeply rooted in post-modern/contemporary dance. Some of our instructors specialize in floorwork, some in release-based techniques, and others in improvisation and contact improv. Individual class descriptions can be found for each of our teaching artists on our website: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/classes-with-the-click-tickets-980389951737?aff=oddtdtcreator

Angelina Benitez graduated from Salem State University with a B.A in both Modern/Contemporary Dance and has since studied at Bates Dance Festival and continues to study with local Boston-based artists. Her choreography at Salem State was presented at Boston’s American College Dance Association Conference and earned her a Presidential Arts Scholarship and a Creativity Award in Dance. Angie has immersed herself in teaching dance in the Greater Boston area at local studios, schools, and residencies. Her recent performance experience includes local arts festivals and events such as Verse / Visual, 24 Hour ChoreoFest, Salem Arts Festival, Art Walk with Luminarium, and more. Much of her work is focused on collaboration. When she’s not teaching dance, you can find her working as a social media strategist, creating fiber art, and taking pole dance classes.

The Click is a collaborative group of professional dance artists living, making, teaching, and studying in the Greater Boston area. We are a group of professional contemporary dancers creating and presenting meaningful and accessible arts experiences. The Click offers Contemporary advanced/professional level contemporary classes as well as community-based classes taught by our founding members who have studied and taught contemporary dance and movement across the country and internationally. Our mission is to contribute to the consistent creation, performance, and growth of contemporary dance in both professional and educational spaces across Massachusetts.

…Community Contemporary is rooted in The Click’s mission to redefine rigor. Yes: dance can be highly technical and physically demanding. And yes: art can be very intellectual and nuanced. But most importantly: contemporary forms can be all of this, and more… and we can have FUN while we explore all of it. That is the type of rigor we are looking for.

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Website: www.theclickboston.com

Contact: [email protected]