MOTION STATE ARTS AT FRINGE PVD — COME TAKE CLASS!

Saturday & Sunday, July 20 & 21, Motion State Arts Stage @ WaterFire Arts Center
Space is limited; email us to register.
Classes are pay-what-you-can, $10 suggested special Fringe price!
Open to all experiences and abilities (except where noted). Recommended for ages 16+.

Saturday, July 20

11:30am–12:30pm: PILATES MAT FOR MOVERS / MARIA ANDRESINO: A 60-minute flow focused on the mat exercises created by Joe Pilates. A classical approach with a contemporary flair—you’ll get a full-body workout focused on strengthening the core; stretching tight muscles; and finding uniform alignment of the spine, shoulder, pelvis and more.

Maria Andresino is owner of Mind 2 Body Fitness Pilates and Personal Training studio in Providence. She’s been working as a movement specialist in the fitness industry for over 30 years in multiple settings and with a wide range of clients. She holds over 10 certifications in both Pilates and Personal Training and is a self-proclaimed “anatomy junkie.” Maria strives to successfully integrate her brand of Pilates, Personal Training, and anatomical function into every workout! In addition to running a busy studio and teaching her long-time clients, Maria directs the M2Btt—a 500-hour comprehensive Pilates Teacher Training Certification. Movement specialists, both new and experienced, seek her out to pass on her unique skills to them. Prior to this career, Maria was a dancer and performer (while working in Corporate Training)—most notably with an Aerial Dance Company. She is often happiest when defying gravity either on the Pilates apparatus or suspended from ropes.

1–2:30pm: MODERN/CONTEMPORARY DANCE TECHNIQUE / COLIN STILLWELL: Focusing on directing the body’s energy, weight and momentum to move and dance while attaining clarity and release in the upper and lower body. Movement phrases emphasize spatial awareness, dynamics, level changes, balance, coordination and focus on various body systems to deepen artistry, alignment and range of motion. This class engages in community-building, maintains a fun, positive learning environment, and supports your whole being.

Colin Stilwell is a former Doug Varone and Dancers company member. In NYC, he worked with multiple esteemed choreographers, including Dance by Neil Greenberg, Roseanne Spradlin and others. He had the honor to work with Trisha Brown in developing dance material for the opera Da Gelo a Gelo, and danced in the Metropolitan Opera’s Les Troyens and Le Sacre du Printemps. Colin is an adjunct professor at Salve Regina University and a faculty member at Newport Contemporary Ballet, teaching both students and the company. He has guest-taught and presented choreography and dance films for numerous colleges and universities in the U.S. and NYC performance venues. Recently, his dance film Remerge was part of the Ecoperformance Film Festival and received a Brown Arts Institute IGNITE Selection Award. Colin has an MFA in Dance from Hunter College and a BFA in Dance from Purchase College and is a certified massage/bodywork therapist.

3–4:30pm: PELVIC POWER FOR CORE INTEGRATION / KATIE MCNAMARA: This workshop will begin with an introduction to the Franklin Method, which improves the interplay between mind and body to create better movement function. We will use imagery, movement and touch to have a clarified sense of pelvis and apply that to effective movement and posture. To finish we will use Franklin balls to mobilize, train and release around the pelvis.

Katie McNamara has been a passionate movement educator for 25 years. She has taught dance, Pilates, yoga and the Franklin Method, currently at Metamorphosis Dance, Providence Pilates, JMW School for the Arts and more.