The Newton Festival of the Arts, 2018
Is offering a Free Gaga Class
Gaga is a movement language and pedagogy developed by Batsheva Dance Company director and teacher Ohad Naharin. It is used in Israeli contemporary dance. Many dancers have stated that after taking Gaga classes, their passion for dance has been re-ignited; they have found new ways to connect and listen to their bodies/themselves without being self-conscious.
Gaga students improvise their movements based on imagery described by the teacher, which provides a framework that promotes unconventional movement.[3] The imagery is intended to guide the performer’s movement and expressivity by focusing attention on specific body regions. Mirrors are avoided in Gaga training to facilitate movement guided by sensing and imagining.