Intro to Modern Dance: Swings with Sara Lavan

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Get ready to swing your body in lots of different ways with dance teaching artist Sara Lavan! Swinging is a fundamental concept in modern dance and Sara demonstrates how these expressive movements can be combined to create a choreographed dance.

Sara Lavan (she/her) is the founder and Co-Artistic Director of Local Motion Project, a dance organization in Alexandria, VA. She is passionate about teaching dance and somatic approaches to movement, as well as bringing a variety of collective movement experiences to her community.

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