A performance study class for professional and advanced dancers
Fridays, 10 am to 12 pm
115 Wooster Street, NYC (ring the “Dance Studio” buzzer)
Fee: $10
THERE WILL BE NO CLASS ON NOVEMBER 27
How do you acquire stage presence? What is the difference between emoting and feeling? And how do you accept the vulnerability of performing? Beyond Technique addresses those questions and more.
Beyond Technique returns for its third year, led by Samantha Géracht, Artistic Director of the Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble. Using movement as the foundation of emotional projection, a method Anna Sokolow developed while teaching at Juilliard, the class aims to help dancers deepen their performance with nuance and authenticity. In addition to ST/DE faculty, guest teachers from a variety of modern dance traditions—Graham, Horton, Nikolais/Louis, and Humphrey/Weidman/Limón—will periodically offer their perspectives, providing participants breadth in their practice of performing.
October 30, November 6 & 13, December 4
Guest teacher Gail Corbin
Gail Corbin graduated from Hartford Conservatory of Music and is a leading exponent and Master teacher/director in the technique and repertory of Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman. Her longtime association with Ernestine Stodelle, an original member of the Humphrey/Weidman Company, began with Ernestine’s reconstructions of two of Doris Humphrey’s early works – “Two Ecstatic Themes” and “Air for the G String” for the Jose Limon Company. Gail assisted her in these early Humphrey reconstructions and served as a model for the solo roles. She possesses a rich and vast knowledge of the works and a deep understanding of the technique. Under the direction of Beatrice Seckler, also an original member of the Humphrey/Weidman group and Deborah Carr, who worked with Charles Weidman, Gail learned many Weidman dances and was a featured dancer/soloist in The Deborah Carr Theatre Dance Ensemble. She is a featured dancer in two films – “The Technique of Doris Humphrey” and “Charles Weidman- On his Own. Gail is a frequent guest teacher for the Sokolow Theatre Dance Ensemble and recently staged and directed the Limon Dance Company in “Air for the G String” as part of their 75th anniversary celebration. Most recently, she has been the guest artist in residence at University of Michigan and Goucher College where she taught technique and staged Humphrey works.
In response to the increasing economic challenges facing performing artists, and with thanks to generous donors, we are able to offer classes for $10.
Beyond Technique Class
Fridays, 10 am – 12 pm
Starting September 11, 2026
Warshaw Dance Studio
115 Wooster St. (ring the “Dance Studio” buzzer)
New York, NY 10012
Fee: $10
Register online (with Ubindi). You may also pay at the door.
