Introduction
Hilary Easton is a master teacher who has worked with a truly wide range of students, from professional dancers to elementary-high school students in New York City and elsewhere. She has taught at universities and colleges including Connecticut College, New York University Tisch School of the Arts, the University of Montana, and Princeton University. From 1989-1997, she was a teaching artist for Lincoln Center Institute for the Arts in Education, leading aesthetic education workshops for students in NYC public schools. From 1997-2006, she was a staff developer at Lincoln Center Institute. She is an educational consultant and program evaluator for education programs such as the New York Philharmonic Education Department, the 92nd Street Y Educational Outreach Program, VSA arts, and the Delaware Institute for the Arts in Education.

Dance Making/Composition
For dancers, choreographers, and others who are interested in developing tools for choreographic investigation. The goal is to enhance and clarify each participant’s vision, and to facilitate a better articulation of individual choreographic rationale. Students are asked to experiment with compositional problems, then to expand upon the studies created through a process of guided inquiry and personal reflection. Individual work acts as a springboard for group discussion, affording the class an opportunity to look at a wide range of kinesthetic solutions as our “texts” for study. Larger aesthetic questions are also the topic of dialogue, such as: what is the relationship of artistic intent to audience interpretation?, and what is the role of specific movement vocabularies in the communication of individual ideas?

Aesthetic Education-Movement based workshops
For students in local schools, classroom teachers, or artists interested in learning about the practice of aesthetic education. Based on the model developed at Lincoln Center Institute and other programs of aesthetic education, participants are invited to actively experiment with and reflect upon the kinds of choice-making made by professional artists. Through this process of doing and discussing, we see both our own artistic endeavors more clearly, as well as the ideas embedded in works of art.
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Technique
For dancers or non-professionals. Taught by Hilary Easton + Company. Based upon Ms. Easton’s repertory and the particular buoyant, physically challenging qualities of her work.

Repertory/New Dance Development
Ms. Easton works with students in the development of new dances in much the same manner that she works with her company: by taking an idea and exploring it through many kinesthetic possibilities. In new work, sometimes the movement is created and taught by Ms. Easton, sometimes it is generated by the group. Repertory is taught by Ms. Easton and her company, with variations/adaptations created to suit the dancers learning the material.