Sharon Mansur's classes draw on her dance training in post-modern dance, contact improvisation, ballet, yoga, tai chi, and her experience as a Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst and Reiki practitioner.  

Contact Sharon Mansur at sharonmansur@hotmail.com for more information.

The Body at Ease
Based on the principles of movement pioneers Rudolph Laban and Irmgard Bartenieff, this gentle yet enlivening class encourages ease and efficiency of movement through developmentally based principles and exercises that begin lying down and gradually progress to standing and moving through space.

The Body in Motion
Release into gravity, engage your core, and find your power moving through space and standing still. Drawing from modern dance, yoga and pedestrian movement, this class explores various exercises and sequences that engage the body in an active dialogue with gravity, dynamic alignment, breath support, and qualitative movement. The whole person is emphasized as we acknowledge that virtuosity exists in many forms, including the simple yet powerful act of bringing oneself to the movement as fully as possible in the present moment.

The Spontaneous Body
Improvisation occurs all around us in daily life and we are constantly “winging it” both internally and externally from one moment to the next. This class taps into the spontaneous mind and the playful body in a series of improvisation structures that focus on relationships to time, shape space, dynamics, self and one another as the imagination runs wild. Find and follow your impulse, and focus your intention both as an individual and in a group. Emphasis is placed on discovering form and meaning from the body's wisdom and by paying attention to the world around us, and shaping unplanned movement into a committed reality, in both studio exploration and performance.

The Energetic Body
Reiki is a Japanese-based natural form of relaxation and healing that taps into life-energy through a simple hands-on technique. This class introduces the history of reiki, some of the basic principles and hand positions, and work in pairs to encourage relaxation and inner calm.