Alex Schmidt’s Workshop
February 15th - February 17th
Austin, TX
DEADLINE TO REGISTER AND SUBMIT PAYMENT: FEBRUARY 12TH AT 11:59PM CT
Floorwork, Partnering and Improvisation
This workshop should feel like going downhill on a bike: freeing, exhilarating, and out of control yet in your full power. Together we will explore the fearless flow of movement fueled by daring physicality, vigorous floor work, and psychological improvisation. Following the body's natural momentum, we will move from high to low and everywhere in between. This class will unleash the power already existing in us and become a safe space for risk-taking and uncovering our personal unknowns.
The first part of this workshop will be highly physical floorwork inspired by breakdance capoeira, acrobatics, and contemporary. Bare feet, pants, and sleeves are recommended for optimal sliding, rolling, and flipping. We will warm up, move across the floor, break down floorwork pathways and mechanics, and end with an explosive big phrase. The second part of the workshop will be improvisational games inspired by my background in psychology, and will use our communal exhaustion to unearth new dimensions.
About
Alex
Alex Schmidt’s pursuit of dance began at an early age at a studio in Tampa, FL. She spent her first three years of high school attending Next Generation Ballet’s trainee program, under the direction of Peter Stark. During her senior year of high school, Alex moved to San Francisco where she graduated from the two-year Alonzo King LINES Ballet training program in 2017. She currently lives in New York where she is a dancer, choreographer, creator, and teacher. Alex is a dance artist with Michiyaya Dance Company and co-founder of TWO IN SEVEN BILLION. She also creates and produces her own work and performances. Alex graduated from the University of Florida in May of 2020, with degrees in Criminology and Psychology that she completed while in the LINES training program. Alex recently finished her Master’s in Forensic Psychology with certification in Victimology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York. She recently started working with Rehabilitation Through The Arts, where she will be teaching dance classes inside prisons in New York. Alex also volunteers at Covenant House in NY, where she teaches improv classes to homeless and trafficked youth.