About Emma:

Emma is an internationally-trained generative artist and movement director.  She has spent her life in the study and practice of physical expression.  Her work has brought her to India, Italy, Poland, Taiwan, and France, working with actors, singers, dancers, students, and puppets.  She has studied movement disciplines of all kinds including dance, acrobatics, aerial, tai chi and mime.  She performed from childhood with her father, acclaimed mime Mark Jaster and attended the Lecoq school for physical theatre in Paris.  She is currently an Associate Artist with Heartbeat Opera in NYC and the recipient of multiple fellowships and residencies in the U.S. and abroad.  When her child was 18 months, she founded an Artist Residency in Motherhood with an international collective of artist mothers - their work can be found on instagram under #mamaisamaker. (@notapapercrane)

Class goals:

For adults

- Develop a free, open, confident physicality with or without your child in tow
- Develop physical strength, dexterity, and agility
- Inspire yourself to move everyday with a sense of freedom and fun
- Learn some basic games to play with your child so you can engage in a safe and spirited way through the rough-house toddler years
- Quality time with your child away from other distractions

For children

- Witness adults having fun
- Learn how to participate in a group learning environment
- Quality time with a fully engaged parent detached from their phone/computer/kitchen/domestic/workspace
- Witness free, open, confident physicality
- Develop body awareness and coordination
- Get physically active time during the indoor winter months