DANCE VANGUARD SERIES

AVA HELLER

PERFORMANCE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH @ 8PM

BEACON FEED STUDIO

Ava Heller is a New York-based artist and teacher investigating the layered and inter-changeable dynamics between movement, music/sound, audience, and performers. She holds a BA from Bennington College and an MA in Dance Education (New York State Certification, Teaching Dance Grades PreK-12) from New York University. Ava works with multi-media choreographer Koosil-ja and collaborates with dancer Keren Ganin-Pinto and musician Westbrook Johnson to develop ensemble-based improvisation for performance. She has studied with and performed in the works of Dana Reitz, Susan Sgorbati, Terry Creach, Susan Rethorst, Jennifer Nugent, Paul Matteson, and the Batsheva Dance Company. Ava has performed at the Figment Festival (New York), The Tank (New York), Danspace Project at the St. Mark’s Church, and in the 2005 d.u.m.b.o. dance festival (Brooklyn, NY).
As a teacher, Ava facilitates the creative ambitions of her students through standards-based curricula. Students actively engage in the dance-making process and develop decision-making skills through the study of compositional improvisation. Ava is a 200-hour certified yoga teacher through Yoga Works and an avid student of contact improvisation.

CLASS: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH @ 10am

BEACON FEED STUDIO

Contact Improvisation for all levels. Contact Improvisation is a partnering form of dance. Skills such as falling, rolling, following and leading, and giving and supporting weight will be explored through a series of fun and refreshing activities. Spend this Valentines Day dancing with a partner or best friend. Come as a pair or just bring yourself!