Contemporary Introduction with James Muller
Spring 2025
About Contemporary Introduction with James Muller
Classes start on Tue 7th Jan and run until Tue 25th March 2025 (excluding Tue 18th Feb due to half term)
Spring, jump and move across the floor with contemporary dance.
This course is aimed at complete beginners and offers an introduction to contemporary dance in an encouraging and laid-back group setting, with opportunities for creative development of your own style. The live music by Oliver Davies will help inspire your movement throughout the class.
Our expert teacher James Muller will guide you through the basics of core contemporary dance vocabularies and techniques. Cunningham technique emphasises the movement of the spine through curves, tilts, twists, and arches. Incorporation of Release technique encourages flowing movements that focus on breath.
There will be opportunities to try out a range of contemporary dance skills from moving across the floor to simple springs and jumps. You will leave confident and ready to take your next step into contemporary dance.
class details
- Enrol on this course for £160.00 or try out a taster with the option to enrol on the full course afterwards (concessions available).
- We encourage you to get in touch with us if you have any access requirements to ensure our classes are delivered in the most inclusive way possible. You can find an outline of our access information here.
- Please arrive on time - unfortunately we are unable to accommodate participants who are more than 15 minutes late as the warm-up is an important part of the class.
- Unfortunately, we are unable to offer refunds or exchanges, unless there are extenuating circumstances. You can read our booking Terms & Conditions here.
about your teacher
James graduated from Central School of Ballet in 2006. After joining Northern Ballet that same year, he went on to work with Peter Schaufuss Ballet in Denmark and Theater Ulm in Germany. In 2013 James returned to the UK to join Richard Alston Dance Company. In 2018, having toured extensively in Europe and the USA with Alston, James transitioned into full time teaching. The following year, James served as interim Rehearsal Director for the company and began teaching at DanceEast in Ipswich. James currently lectures at Middlesex University and teaches regularly for English National Ballet.