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  • Wednesday, March 13th, 10 am to 11:30 am
    Class Instructor: Nuno Veiga

    Class Description: Embark on a dynamic exploration of movement and spontaneity in this Improvisation Lab. This unique experience combines the fluidity of dance with the freedom of improvisation, inviting participants to discover their authentic movement language through sound and music, developing improvisation skills. Guided by the multidisciplinary artist Nuno Veiga and accompanied by live music, this workshop fosters a vibrant space where participants can unleash their creativity, respond to the present moment, and collectively shape a dance narrative that transcends the boundaries of traditional choreography.

    Instructor Bio: Nuno Veiga, born in Viseu, Portugal is a multidisciplinary artist and teacher whose practice includes sound art, acting, theater direction, video art, installations, teaching, and arts facilitation. Veiga has been working in professional arts contexts since 2001 and graduated in Theater Studies from the University of Évora in Portugal in 2006.

    Moving to London in 2011, Veiga continued to work as an actor, audiovisual designer, and arts facilitator, collaborating with various companies and institutions, including Rambert Dance Company’s The Playground, Soho Theater, Knot Theory, Hide Tide, Spare Tire, Battersea Arts Center, Rare Salt and Edinburgh International Festival. As an arts facilitator, Veiga worked with community groups including at-risk youth, the elderly, and people with learning difficulties. As an Associate Artist at Spare Tire, Veiga developed several projects with voiceless communities.

    In the last decade, Veiga has worked as a sound artist for dance, film, and installations with choreographers including Yola Pinto, Amélia Bentes, Silvia Pinto Ferreira, Romulus Neagu, Miguel Altunaga Verdecia, Jordan Bridge, Luca Bracia, Zjana Muraro, Darren Ellis, Susan Kempster, Anastasia Papaeleftheriadou, and Robert MacNeill.

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    Core Dance opens its doors to the public every weekday. 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 from North McDonough Street, at the intersection of Trinity Avenue and the Decatur Square. Look for the entrance between Waffle House and DeWoskin Law Firm.

    Parking: The Core Dance parking lot is a paid lot. Proceeds benefit Core Dance and help to keep class fees low. If the lot is full, please find on-street parking or take MARTA when attending class. (Free on-street parking is available on Electric Ave.) MARTA’s Decatur Station will plop you down right next to us in the Decatur Square. Visit itsmarta.com for details on Decatur Station and for train and bus schedules.

    NOTICE: Advance registration is required. All attendees must follow the instructions of the class leader with regards to masking. Hand sanitizer is available in the studio and each studio is equipped with a high-powered air cleaner. wear a mask in the building at all times, check temperature upon arrival, and utilize hand sanitizer. The HVAC system has also been upgraded to clean and sanitize the air.
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In Support of Core Dance
For four decades, Core Dance has supported innovation, collaboration, artistic risk-taking and sustainable art-making in dance. An award-winning contemporary dance organization with global reach, Core Dance creates, performs, and produces compelling original dance that ignites the creative spirit and actively encourages participation and conversation with the community. In 1980, Core Dance was co-founded in Houston, Texas by dancer and choreographer Sue Schroeder and her sister, Kathy Russell.  Five years later, the organization added Atlanta, Georgia as a second home base, creating a platform for dance that is relevant in both cities and around the globe. Core Dance uses dance to educate, question and illuminate, and is internationally recognized for its artistically driven research practices, cross-cultural and multi-disciplinary collaborations, the humanity of the individual Dance Artists, and its rigorous physicality. (coredance.org)