Core Class - Tuesday, November 4th, 10 am to 11:30 am

Tuesday, November 4th, 10 am to 11:30 am
Class Instructor: Marina Mezzogiorno-Brown and Collective

Class Description: I GOT YOUR BACK

I GOT YOUR BACK is a workshop that invites participants to explore the basics of group physical work and creative writing. It aims to nurture connections among participants whilst building trust and self-confidence. To begin, participants will be guided through gentle exercises to tune into their bodies and familiarize themselves with short writing exercises. They will learn how to lift and carry each other safely, play with balance and engage in creative group movements, adapted to the group’s abilities (static to more dynamic acrobatics moves). Between each section, short creative writing exercises will be led, taking the participants a little deeper into their imagination. At the end of the workshop, there will be a facilitated session for participants to share and exchange their writings or experiences.

There is no need to have any physical or acrobatic training to participate, we can adapt accordingly to anyone wanting to join.

Instructor Bio: Marina Mezzogiorno-Brown discovered circus in 2009 in the nightlife of New York. She began learning and performing aerial in classes and cabarets at The House of Yes and The Circus Warehouse while she was finishing her BA in Liberal Arts from The Evergreen State College. In 2011 she moved to Europe to deepen her circus studies, receiving her diploma in Aerial Rope from La Flic Scuola di Circo in Turin in 2013. Since then she has dedicated herself to artistic research, circus shows, visual art, travel, and sharing what she learns through workshops and teaching. She has a long creative collaboration with Natalie Oleinik and the collective Catalyst, with whom she created the show “Amygdala” (co-produced by Le Théâtre des Franciscains, Béziers, FR, and supported by MagdaClan Circo, IT). The contemporary chamber music festival “Sansusī” (Latvia) co-produced an in-situ ​version in collaboration with the composer Platons Buravickis in 2018. That year, “Dinamico Festival” (Reggio-Emilia, Italy) commissioned an in-situ performance for an oral-history collaboration with the residents of the post-industrial neighborhood Santa Croce. In 2019 Catalyst played the indoor version of “Amygdala” at the Avignon OFF theatre festival in France under the MadgaClan Circo chapiteau. She toured Italy with MagdaClan Circo in the show “È Un Attimo” for 4 years, and has collaborated with the prestigious company on multiple projects such as visual production for “Fantasy Festival” and numerous cabarets. Marina is also a visual artist. In 2014 she produced a series of drawings and paintings from the circus tent life with MagdaClan, which have been exhibited at the Experimental Jetlag Festival (Toulouse, Amsterdam) and in the MagdaClan Circo tent. In 2022 and 2023 she was commissioned by Tiny Tots Developmental Center to produce a series of murals for the Othello Building in Seattle, (USA). She was the set designer for the show “Cleolo” by Daniele Sorisi, and has been on the festival decor crews for Città di Circo in Bologna, SBAAM!! Festival in Italy, Experimental Jetlag Festival in Amsterdam and more. She currently works with Golden Hour on the project “Islands”, and with a range of collaborators on her solo work “Šrámy III: Closer”. She is additionally part of the site-specific shows “Philia” and “No Man’s Land”, and is a facilitator in the welding and circus project "TRANSFORMER".

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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.