​Dance Core is an ongoing series of dance technique classes and unique movement approaches dedicated to professional development. Cultivate your unique approach through a mix of somatic practices and contemporary dance techniques. Participants should have a background in dance at an intermediate to advanced level and/or get permission from the teacher. ​

​Instructors: Caitlin Coflin, Dianne Fraser, Connie Moker Wernikowski, and Kathryn Ricketts

​Where:
​New Dance Horizons
2207 Harvey Street

​When:
Tuesdays and Thursdays
January 7th - April 2nd
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
No class February 18th and 20th

​Registration Fees:
$20 Drop in
​$270 for bundle of 15
​$440 for full bundle (24 classes)

Please call the office (306) 525-5393, email events@newdancehorizons.ca, or visit our Eventbrite page to register!

** Drop ins are first come first serve basis with reservations made by contacting the office or at the beginning of class. Classes purchased are non transferable and must be used by the final week of class.

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Photo Credit: Richard Avram

​Caitlin Coflin is a dancer, dance teacher, and soon to be somatic practitioner. She is currently training in Laban Movement Analysis and Bartenieff Fundamentals and holds a BA Honours in Dance from the University of Winnipeg in affiliation with the Senior Professional Program of the School of Contemporary Dancers. Caitlin teaches at Youth Ballet of Saskatchewan where she blends modern dance technique and somatic practices to help dancers find the duality between function and expression in their dance training.

Dianne Fraser developed an early interest in dance and spent much of her first three decades studying and working professionally in the dance world. She spent several years in the Professional Programs of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet and Toronto Dance Theatre before becoming a member of Sundance Repertoire Company, directed by Odette Heyn, in Winnipeg. She subsequently acted as an independent dance artist, dividing her energies between studies, choreography, performance, and teaching. In 1986 Dianne co-founded New Dance Horizons and was co-artistic director until 1991, while continuing to perform. For twelve years, she taught a variety of ages and dance styles at local facilities such as Regina Dance Works, Youth Ballet & Contemporary Dance of Sask, and Class Act Studios, in addition to teaching in Winnipeg and Toronto. Her approach to working with the body in motion has been shaped from the anatomical knowledge and hands on experience she’s gained by working as a Registered Massage Therapist for the past 30 years.

Kathryn has been working for the past 35 years in the field of dance, theatre and visual arts, performing and teaching throughout Europe, South America, Africa, Australia and Canada. Her work in studios, galleries, theatres and environmental sites focuses on social/political issues through dance, theatre, text, technology and visual art as the languages. Her Doctoral research furthered this into areas of literacy, embodiment and cultural studies with a method she has coined Embodied Poetic Narrative.  She is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education in the University of Regina as the chair of the Dance area. She runs The Listening Lab, a visual and performing arts ‘incubator’ and presents exhibitions and performances in her loft in the John Deere Tractor Building. Kathryn is also the current Coordinator of the Centre for Teaching and Learning at the University of Regina.

​Connie Moker Wernikowski holds an Honours BA in Dance and a Masters in Education. She has been working as a professional dance artist (dancer, teacher and choreographer) for over 40 years. She danced in Saskatchewan’s first professional contemporary dance company and was Artistic Director of Youth Ballet of Saskatchewan. She continues to teach and choreograph and enjoys offering technique classes focusing on flow, release, and the enjoyment of movement, as part of New Dance Horizons’ Dance Core.