As part of the Stephen Petronio Company’s final season, the Company will be offering monthly open rehearsals and free classes this spring and summer. Rehearsal showings will feature excerpts of some of Petronio’s choreographic highlights, including Lareigne, Full Half Wrong (his take on Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring), and from his Bloodlines initiative, Yvonne Rainer’s Chair Pillow.

Class is a rigorous movement practice that begins with a warm-up that guides participants through an intimate connection to their unique physicality. Emphasis is placed on the articulation of the spine, the opening of the joints, and the direction and flow of energy throughout the body and into space. This preparation is followed by learning phrase material from the Company’s repertory that embodies dynamic sequencing and polyrhythmic initiation within complex architectural forms. Recommended for professional dancers.
Schedule

Thursdays: May 1, May 29, and June 26
Open Class: 1:00-2:30pm
Open Rehearsal: 2:45-3:45pm
The open rehearsal on May 1 will include Yvonne Rainer’s Chair Pillow. Information about future open rehearsals will be posted on the Company’s website.

Classes and open rehearsals will take place at New York Center for Creativity & Dance, 287 East 10th Street, NY, NY 10009.

Space is limited. Advanced registration recommended. Registration will open two weeks prior to each class/rehearsal.