Delsarte with Joe Williams: Full Weekend

Work with Master Delsarte Instructor, Joe Williams of New York, in a series of weekend workshops.  Learn the fundamentals of Delsarte in the Body Language and the Artist interactive seminar and move on to workshops focusing on everything from specific body parts to balance and the principles of music. 

Classes take place throughout the weekend of November 3 & 4, and will meet in the Gallery on the 3nd floor of the Memorial Union. This option gives you the full weekend of sessions for a disconted rate. Other options are signing up for individual sessions, or all day Saturday or all day Sunday for a discounted rate.

ISU $100
Public $125

Body Language and the Artist

This seminar is an introduction to some of the most basic elements of body language, as revealed by Delsarte. This is applicable not only to performance, but to all the arts, to business, communications, psychology, or any individual who would like to benefit from more knowledge of the self. We look at the common movement languages of forward and back, side to side, diagonals, curves, and some simple expressions of the angles of head movement. These are movements that we are using constantly. Do you know what they are communicating? Learn how to use them to fulfill your best intentions.     

This workshop is encouraged as a prerequisite for Delsarte workshops over the weekend as it provides students with a good foundation from which to move forward, but it is not required.

Saturday, November 3 from 9:30-11am

Dynamic Poses for the Camera

If we define dynamic as active and engaged, we would define a dynamic pose as a moment captured in the process of becoming. We will look at both standing and seated positions which show types of engagement, combined with expressive laws of motion, to create a process that can be frozen for a moment, in a pose that is both dynamic and revealing of intention and action. This can be used for camera work, stage picture for theater, or choreography.

Saturday, November 3 from 12:30-2:30pm

Delsarte Dance Traditions

It might be hard to believe, but with the exception of jumping, there are only three types of steps a bi-ped mammal (you) can do! Once you learn them, or how to recognize them, both learning and teaching steps becomes much easier! Everything from ballroom dancing to folk dancing to stage styles uses combinations and patterns of these three steps. Each of the three types of step has its own emotional range, so you can even use these steps to intentionally create drama. They are so universal that even seated, or with hands, shoulders or crutches, they can be shown and used with dramatic power.

Saturday, November 3 from 3-5pm

Three Pillars Arts ® Practical and Restorative Yoga

Following the fundamental principal of "Strength at the Center, Freedom at the Extremities," and after many years of teaching therapeutic yoga to students ranging from 6 to 91, a series of simple exercises have emerged, which prepare the empowerment and function of the body for the basic actions of life itself. You will find yourself using these movements as you go about your day, and your body will feel greater ease in every action.

Sunday, November 4 from 10-11am

Awakening Your Beauty, Power and Presence

Explore Delsarte's exercises in relaxation, and harmonic balance, revealing these three qualities in any person, regardless of age, size or gender. Beauty is harmonic movement, revealing the inner beauty in action. Power is strength and readiness made accessible by the leverage and relaxation of balanced movement. Presence is to be present in your entire body, cultivated by harmonic movement.

Sunday, November 4 from 11:30-1pm

Musicality Made Easy Through Movement

Gleaned from six summers of teaching for the Dalcroze Institute at Juilliard, where movement was used to teach musical interpretation to concert musicians, conductors, theater and opera performers, and music teachers from around the globe. The principles are so simple that they can be easily grasped by the least musically trained, while challenging the most advanced students that walked through the doors of Juilliard. This class includes the physical experiences of: the difference between rhythm and meter, the basic rhythmic patterns of musical structure, reading note values and tempo, and analysis of music brought in by the students. (Musicians and singers are encouraged to bring sheet music with them to class. Dancers are encouraged to bring recorded music. There will be a 3.5 mm connection available for music playback.)

Sunday, November 4 from 2:30-4:30pm

Classes meet in the Gallery, 3rd floor of the MU.

Registration Notes: A 3% processing fee is applied to online purchases. 
ISU price is available for students, staff and faculty.  Bring your ISU ID to the first class to avoid an upcharge to the public price.

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Class Cancellation Policy
Classes require a minimum number of participants. If the minimum enrollment is not met, classes are subject to cancellation. If a class is cancelled, registered participants will be notified and issued a refund. If you register for a class and cannot attend, you must notify us at least 1 week in advance of the start date of the class for a refund minus a $5 processing fee. No refunds will be given after the one week notice deadline.