Introduction to Somatic Fundamentals. In-person & Online

Using the the principals of the Irmgard Bartenieff fundamentals, these somatic practices involve rediscovering the body’s movement patterns while also finding connections through the body. In this class you will experience the six basic patterns: thigh lift, forward and lateral pelvic shift, diagonal knee reach, body half, and arm circles, and you will be introduced to the six patterns of total body connectivity.

Emerge from this class feeling relaxed and revitalized! Although many of these explorations are experienced on a mat, a prerequisite is that students are able to get down and off the floor unassisted.

No prior experience necessary. Please dress comfortably

Georgia Ortega

Georgia Ortega is recognized for classes that build a solid technique while creating an atmosphere that allows dancers to explore personal expressivity.

The co-founder of En Avant Dance Collective, Dance Theatre Seven, and Chrysalis Contemporary Company, Georgia is a certified teacher of the Evans Somatic Modern dance technique, and a certified teacher of classical Ashtanga Yoga and Hatha Yoga. She has been a guest artist and choreographer at multiple studios, colleges, and universities, and was the director of the dance program at the Branson School in Ross, California for 20 years and has relocated to Oahu to be with her family. Georgia is excited to join the Still and Moving Center community. 

Katharine Harts

Katharine brings her bright smile and effervescent spirit to every class! She loves helping students find their connection to health and self-expression through these amazing human bodies we live in. Katharine’s background in movement runs deep and wide. As a dance and fitness educator, she is certified in aerial yoga, many somatic disciplines and the MELT Method Bodywork. She holds an MFA in Dance from the University of Arizona, is a graduate of the Tamalpa Institute where she studied with dance pioneer, Anna Halprin. She taught hundreds of aerial and dance students over a decade at her Center for Embodied Spirituality, LLC in Marin County, California. Utilizing various aerial props such as trapeze, hammock and lyra, she loves teaching dance and improvisation (See soullovesthebody.com). Some of Katharine’s professional performance experience includes Liz Lerman Hallelujah Project, ORTS Theater of Dance, Body Prints Theatre, Zenith Dance Collective, Anna Halprin’s “Spirit of Place” Stern Grove 2009 and UpSwing Aerial Dance Company National Dance Week Performance 2014-2018.