Mastering Contemporary Dance

1. Blending Styles: Contemporary dance pulls from ballet, jazz, and more, focusing on freedom, emotion, and smooth, flowing movements. It uses gravity, improvisation, and floor work, giving dancers room for personal expression.

2. Core and Stability: You need a solid core and stable lower body to move with strength and fluidity. Adding yoga and stretching to your routine will help you stay flexible and ready for dynamic movement.

3. Movement Qualities: Contemporary dance explores different movement qualities—whether you’re moving lightly or heavily, fast or slow, and in a direct or more freeform way. Mastering these will unlock your creative potential.

4. Techniques: The dance styles you’ll focus on are Graham, Cunningham, and Release. These approaches help express emotions and creativity through movement, giving you a strong technical foundation.

5. Warm-Up and Flexibility: Always warm up before class to avoid injuries. A good stretch or yoga routine beforehand will help you increase your flexibility and make your movements smoother.

6. Creative Exploration: Contemporary dance is all about experimenting with different movement ideas. You’ll work with breath, opposition, and release, and learn how to use spirals, suspension, and space in your dance. It’s about breaking traditions, collaborating with others, and pushing your artistic boundaries.

List of Dance Moves:

Rolls:

1. Shoulder Roll
2. Fish Roll
3. Dead Fish Roll
4. Split Roll
5. Back Roll
6. Somersault Kinda
7. Suspended Back Roll
8. Penche Roll
9. Crescent Roll
10. Side Roll
11. X Roll
12. Dolphin Roll
13. Helicoptor Roll
14. Shoulder middle split roll

Different Dance Rolls- Demonstration and Tutorial
25 Dance and Gymnastics Rolls

Fish Flop:

1. Standard Fish Flop
2. Twisted Fish Flop
3. Windmill Fish Flop

Dynamic Acrobatics:

1. Cartwheel and Variations
2. Head Stand Cartwheel
3. Double Cartwheel
4. Flying Squirrels
5. Knee Spin

Floor Work & Slides:

1. Tornado
2. Remix coffee grinder
3. Dive and roll
4. Dragontail
5. Knee Slide
6. Swizzle
7. Shin Slide
8. Leg Swings1,2

Swing & Slide

Leaps, Lifts, and Splits

1. Floor Leap, Reverse Floor Leap, center leap
2. Arabesque Switch Leap
3. Bridge Thread the Needle
4. Dance Lift 1) Hip lift sideways 2) Cartwheel over legs 3) Peacock 4) Straddle over back 5) Front walkover with help (helper lying on floor) 6) Straddle press (above head) 7) Reversed split 8) Double cartwheel 9) Jackknife 10) Freeze in arms (upside down, holding hands) 11) Front walkover with help (helper standing) 12) Straddle over one leg (upside down)

Turns and Spins

1. Magic Wand
2. Second Turns
3. Leg Catch Turn

Ballet & Jazz Influences

1. Plie & Develop
2. Port de Bras
3. Calypso Jump & Leap
4. Hook Jump Jump Technique Jump Reel Jump Reel2 Showstopping Jump/Arabesque Switch Leap

Acrobatics

1. Cartwheel and Variations
2. Head Stand Cartwheel
3. Tilt and variations

Drill

1. Downward Dog 1,2
2. Routine