Dig Together: weekly classes hosted by Windmill Arts Resident Artist, EXCAVATE BODY

Contemporary Ballet with Sarah Hillmer

This class is a sensory-based exploration of one’s body and its relation to the world around it.

Using the structure of a ballet barre, we soften the muscles and bones to open up space in the body, space for textures, more availability and greater possibility. We research line and form to find length and definition, and we investigate different qualities in the body to guide and inform the transitions. Moving into center, I let the sensory ideas become the base for movement, referencing ballet steps, but using them as a launching pad instead of an anchor. We play with our limits, our sense of risk and sensitivity.