Core Class - Monday, Oct 16, 10 AM

Monday, Oct 16th, 10 am to 11:30 class instructor: Jacqui Hinkson

Class will begin with a guided warm up to prepare the body and quiet the mind. In this 90 minute class, we will focus on exploring sensations associated with soft belly vs. armor through improvisational prompts, partnering, and phrase work. We will aim to approach these two extremes with curiosity — noticing how our bodies and minds feel in the various phases within and between. This is an all levels class. There will be contact and partnering.

Instructor Bio:
Jacqui Hinkson is the founder and artistic director of EXCAVATE BODY. She is a dancer, multidisciplinary artist, and choreographer originally from Rochester, Michigan. She attended the Savannah College of Art and Design from 2016-2018 before shifting gears to dig into movement practices and pursue further training. Since making the move to Atlanta in 2020, Jacqui spent a season as a movement artist with ImmerseATL, and has had the great pleasure of working with and performing works by George Staib, Sarah Hillmer, Anna Bracewell Crowder, Darian Kane, Austyn Rich, and Leo Briggs. Jacqui has produced two original movement films, You Can Be Seated, and How to Drown a House-Spider, and has collaborated with UNCG Dance Master’s students, Makayla Ferrick and Allison Beatty to create experimental projections for their thesis works. In the Summer of 2022, she spent a month at Oriantheatre’s Paris Summer Academy where she had the honor of learning from, and performing works by, Miguel Pereira, Toula Limnaios, Volmir Cordeiro, Olivier Gemser, and Mehdi Farajpour. In the Fall of 2022, Jacqui debuted her first duet, Inner-Soil: TILL/HARVEST at the Fall for Fall Dance Festival.
Jacqui was the recipient of Rise City Dance’s Atlanta Rising Artists' Residency for the Summer 2023 term. Following her residency, she premiered AVALANCHE, her debut evening length work at the Windmill Arts Center — thus officially forming EXCAVATE BODY.

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Core Dance opens its doors to the public every morning. Spanning multiple disciplines, morning class is led by a variety of teachers and provides a space for growth, conditioning, and exploration. Take a class with Core Dance and learn from Atlanta's best.

Directions: Our back entrance is accessible by way of North McDonough Street, at the intersection of Trinity Avenue and the Decatur Square. Look for the narrow driveway just past Waffle House. The Core Dance logo is painted on the wall in our parking lot and visible from North McDonough.

Parking: The parking lot is a paid lot belonging to Refined Parking. Scanning the QR codes on the signs will take you to a payment page. Core Dance does subsidize some of the parking fee. Instructions are inside the studio on the wall leading up the stairs. Free on-street parking is available on Electric Ave and MARTA’s Decatur Station is right next to us in the Decatur Square. Visit itsmarta.com for details on Decatur Station and for train and bus schedules.

NOTICE: In light of COVID-19, each instructor has been given an opportunity to define their own class size restrictions and mask use guidelines. Hand sanitizer is also available in several places around the building.

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