Saturday, January 11th, 2:30pm-4:00pm
Joy Prendergast
Join us for the first Dance Lab of the year in a somatic movement Jam class with Joy Prendergast on Saturday, January 11th, 2:30PM-4:00PM! Jam operates by listening to and following the rhythms and the textures of soul, groove, and funk in the body. By accessing our history, our experience, and the memories of our insides, we come upon many shades of joy and meaning that influence how we move.
Jam classes ride along the arc of a playlist, moving from slow to upbeat, gentle to ecstatic. The body simultaneously finds itself both old and young, wise and experienced, as it delves into the essence of jamming at any age. Jam was created and developed by Malinda LaVelle, founder of the dance theatre company “Project Thrust,” of which Joy has been a long-standing company member.
Joy Prendergast is a movement artist, choreographer, and educator who trained at San Francisco Conservatory of Dance and has a degree in Dance from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. She has worked and performed for Bay Area companies and choreographers such as The Foundry, Alyce Finwall Dance Theater, Project Thrust, Katie Faulkner, Amelia Rudolph, Robert Moses, Eric Kupers and Dandelion Dance Theater, and Woodminster Theater. Joy has performed in San Francisco, New York, Tel Aviv, and Jerusalem. Her choreography has been presented both in the USA and abroad. In recent years, Joy has relocated to her home state of Colorado. She currently teaches dance at Colorado State University and in the Colorado community.