Kara Hunsinger
Contemporary
Alternating Wednesdays 11:45am-1:15pm
This class begins with a somatic warm up to awaken breath, sensation, and full-body awareness. We’ll transition into guided improvisation, using clear compositional tools to explore impulse, choice, and dynamic range.
We’ll finish with a phrase that serves as a flexible framework, inviting dancers to reshape and personalize the material through improvisational tools.
The focus is on strengthening confidence in decision-making and deepening trust in intuition—supporting each dancer in discovering and embodying their unique artistic voice.
Kara Hunsinger grew up in Modesto, California dancing at Juline’s School of Dance under the direction of David Arce. Post high school Kara attended the University of Arizona where she performed works by George Balanchine, Nacho Duato, Autumn Eckman, Ohad Naharin, Alexei Ratmansky, and Christopher Wheeldon. Upon graduating magna cum laude, Kara joined DanceWorks Chicago and spent 3 years with the company. Since the completion of her time with DanceWorks Chicago, Kara has worked with Brendan Fernandes, Visceral Dance Chicago, New Dances, PARA.MAR Dance Theater, and the Lyric Opera in the productions Carmen and Janüfa. Kara is currently a dancer and Artistic Associate with Boykin Dance as well as a member with Little Fire Artist Collective. Kara’s supplemental training includes Alonzo King LINES Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Ballet West, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Ate9,Share Dance Intensive, and San Francisco Conservatory of Dance.