SADC Master Classes: Week of April 2nd

We have amazing classes in store for the Second Avenue Dance Company this coming week!

Ryan Mason: Contemporary, improvisation

I am a choreographer and teacher. My work in both spheres is based on sharing and collaboration. I like to take things apart and look at them-for their absurdity, as well as for their sensory possibilities.

I danced with the José Limón company and Johannes Wieland, where I also served as rehearsal director. I stopped performing and started teaching and choreographing, before returning to performing. A graduate of CalArts, I am currently based in Munich, Germany.

My classes are an evolving and ongoing form of research. I incorporate specific physical task work, guided improvisation and choreographic material into my classes as a platform for you to develop movement and performative skills. Dancers are encouraged to take risks and observe their methods of learning and expression.

Scott Fraser: Feldenkrais Master Class

Scott Fraser, is a Guild Certified Feldenkrais practitioner on staff at Equinox Fitness Clubs and the Feldenkrais Learning Center where he teaches both group classes and private hands on sessions. His comprehensive understanding of the Method and insight into how people learn allows him to facilitate and cultivate long-lasting relief strategies for his clients.
His performing background in classical music uniquely qualifies him to understand and effectively respond to the needs of his many drama, voice, music and dance clients. Scott has worked extensively with dancers from the NYC Ballet, American Ballet Theater, Stephen Petronio Company, musicians and performers from the group Steely Dan and string quartet Ethel to Broadway musicals such as On Your Feet, In The Heights and Frozen. 

Scott is also a countertenor singer specializing in Renaissance and Baroque music, and has performed with numerous groups in the United States and Canada including The New York Ensemble for Early Music, Concert Royal, Anonymous 4, Le Studio Musique Ancienne de Montreal and Opera Atelier Toronto. He is currently a member of the resident ensemble of Music Before 1800 Productions, and joined the Hilliard Ensemble to perform Arvo Part’s Passio  at Lincoln Center.

Class Description

During class we will explore an Awareness Through Movement lesson -- a sequence of movements designed to utilize our nervous system and our ability to recognize and create movement patterns that are more efficient, optimal and with less discomfort. The class emphasizes pattern awareness, distribution of effort/action through the whole skeleton leading to more skeletol articulation, better coordination and is ideal for injury prevention and rehabilitation.