Wesley Ensminger

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Wesley Ensminger, originally from Santa Cruz, CA, holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Dance Performance and Choreography from California Institute of the Arts. He has trained extensively in various modern dance techniques including Release, Countertechnique, and Limon, alongside Improvisation and Classical Ballet.

Wesley has had the privilege of being able to dance professionally with a vast range of dance companies and choreographers as well as teach all around t...read more

Class Descriptions

Class Description

An eclectic and full bodied style of contemporary/modern dance that focuses on using codified modern techniques, exploratory improvisational tasks, oppositional directions and energies and utilizing the floor as a partner instead of just a surface. Through various set exercises to warm up, explore weight transfers and find healthy pathways in an out of the floor as well as an open ended, adaptable phrase to research movement invention, each dancer will delve into their individuality and authentic voice as a mover.