Dawn Pratson (USA) "Virtual Dance with Dawn: Series 4"
Plastique: Dalcroze-inspired movement practice, grounding, alignment, rhythm and phrasing, somatics, creative movement, teaching applications
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"Virtual Dance with Dawn: Series 4 - A Joyful, Expressive Work-Out"
A six-session short course with Dawn Pratson (USA)
Staying expressively and functionally "fit" requires practice. In this class we will spend an hour tuning up our functional and expressive movement, i.e., staying present in our bodies, keeping alignment, releasing extraneous tension, keeping or enhancing range of motion in our joints (functional); refining our use of Laban efforts and spatial dynamics (expressive). With music and in silence, this class will get your day started in the right way!
The class will include mindfulness practice, somatic awareness, movement phrases, guided movement improvisation, and choreographed movement phrases linked with music. Through this class, participants will take away movement practices to use in their own creative expression and self-care as well as ideas for teaching children and adults.
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Dawn Pratson has an extensive background in music, dance and movement. She earned her Dalcroze license from the Longy School of Music of Bard College in 2004, where she was on faculty in the Dalcroze and preparatory programs for over 15 years. She has a BA in music and dance and a master’s degree in creative arts in therapy. Her primary instrument is the flute. Secondary instruments are voice and piano. She has a certificate in Orff-Schulwerk.
Dawn was the founding music specialist at the FACT – Folk Arts-Cultural Treasures Charter –School in Philadelphia and taught there from 2005 to 20016; she was on the faculty of the Dalcroze School of Music and Movement summer training program from 2020-2024. Dawn is a founding member of the Dalcroze Society of America’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee.
This short course was originally given September 17-October 22, 2025.
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