This Countertechnique dance workshop is for dancers aged 16+. The workshop will take place on Sunday, November 10 at Southold Dance Theater in Studio D (3rd floor) from 11:00 AM - 3:30 PM. Please come at least 15 minutes early so you may sign important paperwork and be ready to dance at 11 AM.

About Countertechnique

Countertechnique provides tools for body and mind to deal with the deman­ding dance practice of the 21st century. It is a movement system to help the dancer think about the dancing body, focusing on the process of incorporating information into action. Within a clear structure of exercises, the Countertechnique class thoroughly prepares the body for rehearsal and performance, enabling dancers to move bigger, more fluidly and more spatially, while becoming stronger and more flexible.

By continuously and sequentially directing parts of the body away from each other in space, Countertechnique allows the moving dancer to work with an ever-changing dynamic balance. This dynamic balance reduces the pressure on the overall body structure and can be changed at any given moment. 

About the teacher, Kelsey Paschich

Kelsey Paschich is a versatile dance artist whose work integrates traditional dance with  emerging technologies, blending physicality with digital innovation to explore new  performance modes. Holding an MFA from the University of New Mexico and a BFA from  Point Park University, Paschich is also a certified Countertechnique® teacher and serves as  Assistant Professor of Innovation in Dance at Western Michigan University. Her 20-year  international performance career spans collaborations with The Moscow State Classical  Ballet, DCDC2, Thodos Dance Chicago, River North Chicago Dance Company, and the  Chicago Symphony Orchestra, among others. As a choreographer, she delves into the  synergy of dance with AI, motion capture, and film, presenting her interdisciplinary works  globally at festivals in Asia, Canada, Europe, and the U.S. Her innovative contributions have  earned her the WMU Presidential Innovation Professorship Award, invitations to the  Choreographic Coding Lab in Cologne and as an international “Distant Digital Dance  Maker” for Tanz mit dem Tiger in Ulm, Germany, as well as the Creative Living for Dancers  Award in Brussels and the Dancing Lab: Art Speaks 2.0 Residency in Akron. Her multimedia  live solo “Trio of Duality” was premiered at the Seoul International Dance Festival in Tank in  Seoul, Korea. Additionally, she has received the National Dizzy Feet Foundation Gene Kelly  Legacy Scholarship and shared her insights at conferences in Bandung, Indonesia, and  Seoul, Korea.