Instructor:
Sarah Pope
Date:
Sep 14, 2020 - Feb 7, 2021
This class will offer a fun and dynamic mixture of both set material and improvisation as students build their technical skills and versatility. Classes will most often begin with a warm-up in the center, followed by traveling movements across the floor, and then we will build phrases together. Emphasis will be on learning smart practices for developing articulate footwork, solid balances, easy ways into and out of the floor and navigating the many ways to leap and land. Emphasis will also be on cultivating a positive sense of self-image and a collaborative, supportive, creative environment.
Sarah Pope
Sarah Pope is originally from Southern California and holds a BFA in Ballet and Modern Dance from Texas Christian University. She is proud to have been singing, dancing and making believe at Spoke with Park Slope’s tiniest dancers for over a decade! Teaching not only at Spoke, Sarah is also a ballet and fitness instructor for all ages at the Prospect Park YMCA, and a teaching artist in NY public schools with Together in Dance. Sarah has performed with numerous contemporary dance companies in NYC including Mark Lamb Dance, Renee Gerardo Dances, Sarah Council Dance Projects, Catey Ott Dance Collective, Daniela Hoff Dance Company, HT Chen & Dancers, and Beth Leonard/The Construction Company. Most recently Sarah has been performing as SarahBesque the clown, whose work converges Sarah’s love of dance, humor, theater, and above all, the audience. She is grateful to Spoke the Hub for fostering her creative pursuits and her teaching practice, and for helping her share her love of dance with so many young dancers over the years.