j.a.m. dance theatre workshop

As part of the company workshop series in the "Hot Summer in Kyoto," a 3-day class was given by j.a.m. dance theater. Led by Kinki University dance graduate Mayuko Aihara, j.a.m dance theatre is a contemporary dance company founded in Osaka in 2002.

I participated in the first two days of the class. It began with a basic contemporary warm up, maybe some relaxed plies and different series to get the body loose and moving. Then we did an across the floor section that used wide sashes, level changes, and whimsical turns. The center combination was from one of their pieces, and it was a syncopated, almost jazzy combination, that seemed to be investigating the relationship between the arms and legs.