<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4" color="#4c1130"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>CLEVELAND DANCE FEST PROFESSIONAL MASTER CLASSES</b></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#0c343d"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As you might know, Cleveland Dance Fest is November 8th and 9th and will be featuring 35 choreographers in 2 evening performances, an emerging works concert, a youth showcase, and a day of master classes for youth and professional/college dancers. We have some exciting master class artists teaching at the festival on Saturday, November 9th that I think</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></font><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#0c343d">you will enjoy. </font><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"><br></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#4c1130">Taylor Knight & Anna Thompson of slowdanger</font><font color="#000000"> </font></span><font color="#0c343d"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">will be presenting physical integration, a class that will integrate somatics practices, Laban Movement analysis & more into an exploration of the mind/body connection.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></font><span style="color:rgb(76,17,48);font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Kora Radella (Kenyon College)</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#0c343d">will present a momentum based floor work practiced rooted in release techniques and will explore the idea of riding the edge of control. </font></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#4c1130">Gina Hoch-Stall’s (MFA Ohio State University)</font></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#0c343d">class will invite dancers to have a more in depth conversation with their bodies through play, sweat, experiment & fly (with and away) from gravity. Contact improvisation with</font></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#4c1130">Kelly Hurlburt & Josh Hines directors of Seabus Dance Company, </font></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#0c343d">will focus on the tone of the body, how dancer’s give/share/pour weight into one another, ride momentum and other ways to move with contact. The class will conclude with a group contact improv jam. </font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"><br></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#0c343d">For class descriptions and other details, see our</font><font color="#000000"> </font></span><a href="http://www.themovementproject.org/cdf19" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">website</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"><br></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#0c343d">Feel free to spread the word! Cleveland Dance Fest is a great way to meet new people and have new movement experiences. </font></span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b>Irene Honora</b><div>Company Member</div><div>The Movement Project</div><div><a href="http://www.themovementproject.org/" target="_blank">http://www.themovementproject.org/</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>