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| Faculty Bios & Class Descriptions |
A Partner Dance of Sensation in Action 2 Part Intensive: Sun, Oct 3, 11:45 - 1:45 & 1:45 - 3:45pm |
improvisation.
designed to expand the senses to include other dancers and the environment, and partner-work
designed to facilitate open and sponteneous exchange between dancers.
CI requires no previous dance training, only an interest in exploring movement with other people.
Participants will learn to safely give and support weight, fall, ride, push and yield. All levels from
beginner to advanced are welcome.
designed to expand the senses to include other dancers and the environment, and partner-work
designed to facilitate open and sponteneous exchange between dancers.
CI requires no previous dance training, only an interest in exploring movement with other people.
Participants will learn to safely give and support weight, fall, ride, push and yield. All levels from
beginner to advanced are welcome.
BIOGRAPHY:
Stephanie Nugent has been performing, creating and teaching dance since 1991, and improvising since
improvisation with Ishmeal Huston Jones and performing in work by Scott Wells, she took to CI like a
Stefan Fabry, Carmela Hermann, and Tom Young, and began to teach at the Santa Monica Contact Jam.
She has since taught master classes workshops and courses in CI at Universities including CSU Long
Beach, UC Santa Barbara, Brigham Young University, University of Minnesota, Ohio State University,
University of Illinois -Champaign Urbana, the LA ID Fest, and WCCIF. A graduate of North Carolina
School of the Arts and California State University -Long Beach, she currently teaches composition,
contact and ensemble improvisation, and contemporary dance at California Institute of the Arts.
improvisation with Ishmeal Huston Jones and performing in work by Scott Wells, she took to CI like a
Stefan Fabry, Carmela Hermann, and Tom Young, and began to teach at the Santa Monica Contact Jam.
She has since taught master classes workshops and courses in CI at Universities including CSU Long
Beach, UC Santa Barbara, Brigham Young University, University of Minnesota, Ohio State University,
University of Illinois -Champaign Urbana, the LA ID Fest, and WCCIF. A graduate of North Carolina
School of the Arts and California State University -Long Beach, she currently teaches composition,
contact and ensemble improvisation, and contemporary dance at California Institute of the Arts.
Stephanie Nugent
SOMA fest
dance studios throughout the LA area, Shel has taught contact courses at UCLA, and the Los Angeles
High School for the Performing Arts, and since 2002 has been a member of the West Coast Contact
Improv Festival teaching pool. Her scores and choreographies have been widely commissioned and in
1995 she received the Lester Horton Award for Excellence in Choreography. Shel produced the
Contact Improv Performance Festival “SCORE!” at Highways Performance Space in LA in 2002, and co-
produced “Opening Moves”, a quarterly movement theater performance series and improv JAM in Eagle
Rock, CA.
Shel has a private practice as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Alexander Technique teacher, and
Pilates instructor in Los Angeles .
High School for the Performing Arts, and since 2002 has been a member of the West Coast Contact
Improv Festival teaching pool. Her scores and choreographies have been widely commissioned and in
1995 she received the Lester Horton Award for Excellence in Choreography. Shel produced the
Contact Improv Performance Festival “SCORE!” at Highways Performance Space in LA in 2002, and co-
produced “Opening Moves”, a quarterly movement theater performance series and improv JAM in Eagle
Rock, CA.
Shel has a private practice as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Alexander Technique teacher, and
Pilates instructor in Los Angeles .
BIOGRAPHY:
