Diane McCarthy Simonson Technique

Diane McCarthy has been performing, teaching and choreographing throughout the U.S. and Europe for the past twenty years. Her work has been presented in Holland, Spain, Canada, New York and Seattle, Washington. She gives workshops in Canada and Spain yearly and has been on faculty at various colleges and universities around the States including Manhattanville College, Hofstra University, MaryMount College, the Spence School, the Mark Morris Dance School in Brooklyn and Bates College in Maine. Diane has been on faculty at Dance New Amsterdam teaching Simonson technique for twenty years.

Class Description: Slow Intermediate, Intermediate & Advanced

Diane McCarthy has been a teacher of Contemporary Simonson Technique since 1988. Simonson Technique, developed by Lynn Simonson, is a comprehensive and anatomically based technique that prepares the body to dance with awareness and safety.

Diane’s full movement phrases teach dancers to apply technique, explore musicality and work on performance qualities. Diane encourages students to make personal choices about dynamics and phrasing, both in movement and stillness. Her classroom is a place for all dancers to find their inner strength, remember the passion to move-and then, “let go”.