Jody Sperling presents a workshop as part of Historical Dance at Play conference from August 23 and 24, 2025 on Zoom presented by the New York Baroque Dance Co.

“What comes first, style, steps, or spirit?” Join eight embodied dance historians to find out as we uncover the dynamic and delicate process of discovery! Our presenters will share their strategies, success and, sometimes failures, to transform mere steps into powerfully expressed, even sublime, action. Faculty includes: Lori Belilove/ The Isadora Duncan Dance Company, Bruno Benne/  la compagnie Beaux-Champs,  Caroline Copeland/ The New York Baroque Dance Company, Shireen Dickson/ My Work  Jim May/ Lifetime Achievement Award, Nancy Reynolds link to interview , Jody Sperling/ Time Lapse Dance, and JoDe Romano Bio.

Sunday, August 24 from 11am-noon
Expanding the Kinosphere à La Loïe Fuller

Loïe Fuller (1862-1928), one of the "mothers" of modern dance, performed in enormous silk that allowed her to expand and abstract movement to suggest elemental and organic forces. In this experiential workshop, participants play with inhabiting a larger-than-life kinesphere to sense a permeable relationship to the world around them. The workshop will encourage participants to imagine an embodied space-time connection with Loïe's fin de siècle. Bring a pillowcase!