This August, as part of the Bessie Schönberg Choreographers’ Residency 2011 at The Yard in Martha’s Vineyard, Kai Kleinbard and I have been invited to create a community project with kids and adults – leading classes that focus our research on forms of emergent learning.  Emergent learning practices use adaptive, self-organizing methods that stimulate what it means to learn.  These practices are experiential in nature, utilizing both creative and physical components to integrate self-awareness, creativity and health.

It is our goal to create an open-ended learning process where students learn through creating and create through learning.  This method allows for a feedback loop in which students can build bridges between ideas, implement their own strengths, and harness reflective practices that foster their own self-development.