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Workshops / Arts-in-Education Workshops with visiting artistes Movement Workshop in Modern Dance Jaan Freeman - dancer, choreographer, teacher, artistic director - Freeman Repertory Company, NY email: rep_jaan @yahoo.com Jaan R Freeman's choreography has been presented in India, Sri Lanka, Poland and the United States. He has also been a student of Bharatanatyam since 1995, studying both in New York and Chennai under Kamala Cesar and Nandini Ramani in the style of T Balasaraswati. In association with THEJAS, Arangham Trust organised a one week Movement Workshop in Modern Dance with Jaan Freeman from August 20 - 28, 2001 at Russian Cultural Centre, Chennai. The primary focus was on teaching different exercises to strengthen the body and how to avoid injury during dance. Most dancers complain of lower back pain and Freeman trained ADT dancers as well as showed them how to balance pressure while dancing. Modern Dance thro' Technique & Choreography Jaan R Freeman, a member of the Battery Dance Company since 1995, toured India, Sri Lanka, Poland and the United States with Battery Dance. He has also performed with the Murray Louis Dance Group, Martha Graham Ensemble and from 1992 - 1997 with the Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company. In the United States, he has performed at Lincoln Centre, Kennedy Centre, Brooklyn Academy of Music and Carnegie Hall. He has been studying Bharatanatyam in New York for 3 years under Kamala Cesar and is the Artistic Director of his own Freeman Dance Company.   In a three week extensive movement laboratory, in Chennai (Madras), for dancers from the ages of 8 to 40 in three different sections, Freeman converted modern dance vocabulary into technique and choreography. Classical dancers had the opportunity to have a 'hands on' experience on the choreographic process of the Graham and Norton techniques of American modern dance. The workshop culminated with a 12-minute dance called Episodes created by Freeman on ADT members. Click here for details on other Workshops with visiting artistes  |