Free Breaking Masterclass with Raphael Xavier
Schedule
Mon Apr 07 2025 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Tri-c Metro | Cleveland, OH
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Take a free Breaking class with Raphael Xavier! Raphael incorporates Ground-Core Technique within the class.
Class will run from 6:30 pm- 8 pm at the John P. Murphy Foundation Theatre at Tri-C Metro Campus located in downtown Cleveland, OH.
This class is designed for intermediate and advanced dancers ages 14 and up. Dancers should wear clean sneakers and comfortable clothes they can move in.
About Ground-Core Technique: Rooted in Xavier’s own Ground-Core technique (a somatic dance technique) this class allows each participant to identify and strengthen his/her own core, and gain an awareness of how it shifts and moves throughout space. Various breaking movements are deconstructed and then taught to participants.
Bio: Raphael Xavier (Choreographer, Breaker) Originally from Wilmington, Delaware, Raphael Xavier (pronounced ZAH-vee-ay) has been a Breaking practitioner since 1983. As he has forged an exceptional approach to improvisation, Brenda Dixon Gottschild deemed Xavier, ‘A fine rhythm technician who transforms a bravado dance style into an introspective meditation.’ Extensive research in the Breaking form has led to the creation of Ground-Core, a Somatic dance technique that gives the practitioner a better understanding of the body within all dance forms. His solo and ensemble choreographic dance works have been performed worldwide. XAVIER’S: The Musicians & The Mover is currently being developed as part of New York Live Arts’ Live Feed Artist Residency. Past works have been performed at REDCAT Los Angeles, Kennedy Center in Washington DC, ART (American Repertory Theatre in Boston), the Dance Center at Columbia College Chicago and Painted Bride in Philadelphia, PA among others. He currently lives in Philadelphia and is a Professor of dance at Princeton University. www.raphaelxavier.org.
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Where is it happening?
Tri-c Metro, Tri-C Trio Student Support Services, 2900 Community College Ave, Cleveland, OH 44115, United States,Cleveland, OhioEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
