Program Overview

This program provides training in dance improvisation, durational time-based art, film, site-specific work, and environmental installation. Led by movement artist and educator Alia Swersky, the program combines practical instruction with a focus on vulnerability, fierceness, and deep connections with people and places. Students will develop skills in a variety of dance styles, including full audience participation, One-to-One performances, and site-specific dances. The program also emphasizes endurance, repetition, stillness, and other elements of time-based art.