Contemporary

Contemporary dance is a dance style in which a story or theme is explored and portrayed with the body. It involves contact work, improvisation, floor work, balance, travelling sequences and leaps. Contemporary dance also uses techniques from ballet, modern and jazz, as well as embracing dance and m...

Using dance techniques and methods found in ballet, modern dance and postmodern dance,it also draws from other philosophies of movement that are outside the realm of classical dance technique. Contemporary dance employs many modern dance techniques such as contact-release,fall and recovery, floor ...

Contemporary Classes are offered by Amy Greaves School of Dance. The ethos of the dance school is to create a safe, fun and nurturing environment where students can develop and make outstanding progress. We offer a wide range of dance styles and students can participate in regular show and exam wor...

This class will include a warmup, followed by a full Contemporary class (sometimes with a classical barre in the centre). There will be a focus on technique and moving past your extremities, incorporating floorwork and breath as well as a focus on the body moving and flowing in the space so you can

The Beginner’s Contemporary is all about learning the basics of Contemporary dance and getting to grips with the style. This class starts off with a warm up to increase the circulation around the body. We then move on to around 35 minutes of technical exercises that improve posture, core strength...