Dance Against the Dark Arts: Dumbledore's Army Edition

It’s no secret that Harry Potter fans are a creative and inventive bunch. As avid fans who are also life-long dancers, we feel that dance is an underutilized storytelling medium. We therefore propose a workshop very similar to the one that two of us co-presented last year. This program would emphasize using movement to develop characters, as well as effective ways to employ improvisation, tying these topics into the theme of resistance against Voldemort. The workshop would consist of activities to explore characters’ physical characteristics and movement, a guided improv exercise (possibly in relation to dueling), and teaching a brief but awesome piece of choreography.