Contemporary Forms - a movement workshop with Nicole Von Arx
About this Event
WHEN: Saturday August 29, 2026 | 10:00am - 11:30am
WHERE: Tenaska Center for Arts Engagement, Slosburg Hall
WHAT IS THE WORKSHOP + WHO IS IT FOR: an open level movement workshop led by Nicole Von Arx. For individuals ages 18 and up.
Led by choreographer and artistic director Nicole von Arx, this all level Contemporary Forms class combines floorwork, improvisation, and phrase work. It encourages you to embrace physical and emotional effort and explore the extent of your body and mind’s capacity. The warm-up is a series of challenging exercises focusing on isolating, strengthening, aligning, and balancing the body. This leads into improvisation tasks emphasizing sensation, timing, and space. The class culminates in a complex phrase work allowing dancers to discover NVA’s movement vocabulary.
COST: $20
PARKING: Street parking is available as well as garage parking. 12th & Dodge is the closest available parking garage for this event.
WHERE TO ENTER: Enter through the main entrance of Tenaska on 12th and Dodge Street, you will enter through security and an O-pa staff member will guide you to Slosburg Hall.
ABOUT NICOLE VON ARX: Nicole von Arx is a Swiss-British dance-theatre artist based in Brooklyn. Born outside London and raised in Hong Kong and Switzerland, she moved to the US in 2008 to train at The Ailey School, where she graduated in 2011.
Her work has been presented at The Joyce Theater (New York, NY), The New Victory Theater (New York, NY), Joe’s Pub (New York, NY), Triskelion Arts (Brooklyn, NY), the Center for Performance Research (Brooklyn, NY), Stanford Live (Stanford, CA), The Westside Theatre (Missoula, MT), and internationally at venues including Bâtiment des Forces Motrices (Switzerland), Théâtre Nuithonie (Switzerland), and the Luminato Festival (Toronto).
Nicole has been commissioned to choreograph for NW Dance Project, Whim W’Him, Brooklyn Ballet, Edmonton Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Limón2, BYU, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, and D.A.F Dance Arts Faculty (Rome), among others.
She is a recipient of the Ann & Weston Hicks Choreography Fellowship at Jacob’s Pillow (2020) and has been nominated for the Princess Grace Award in Choreography (2024-2026). Her work has been supported by the Danse Mirage Foundation, NYSCA, the Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Brooklyn Arts Council, and Gland Culture.
Since 2014, she has created work under the name, NVA & Guests.
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