Modern – Portier

This class thoroughly utilizes release-based and classical modern techniques as a basis to investigate agency, risk, freedom and joy. We will propel through space, with style challenging our stamina and creativity as we disrupt our upright-ness. Class will begin with an extended warm-up that is designed to anchor the core body, find clarity in the limbs and torso, and stretch the outer most points of the imagination all while we flip, tip and topple. This class culminates in highly physical set material that encourages artistic ownership, texture, specificity and community. We will work hard and have a great time doing so - we will dance.

Kendra Portier is a performer, teacher, and dance-maker based in NYC. Currently, she is performing with David Dorfman Dance, Vanessa Justice Dance, Alexandra Beller Dances, and Annie Kloppenberg & Co. She serves on the faculty at Dance New Amsterdam, and is creating under the moniker, BANDportier. Originally from Ohio, Kendra was born and raised commune style, trained and performed with BalletMet, and received a BFA in Dance from the Ohio State University. She has since had the fortune of working with brilliant beings such as Lisa Race, Jennifer Nugent, White Road Dance Media, Hoi Polloi, Nicole Wolcott Dance, and has created numerous collaborations with Launch Movement Experiment. Additionally, Kendra has been a guest artist at and/or commissioned by numerous colleges, universities, festivals, dance facilities, tattoo shops, and galleries for her creative works spanning from fine arts to choreography, the flesh to the canvas, tiny drawings to tiny dances. http://www.kendraportier.com/BAND/Home.html