Nagare Technique

Contemporary Floorwork and Repertory
A Workshop with Cameron McKinney

About the Workshop

February 21, 2026
9AM-5PM
📍CHI Movement Arts Center (Philadelphia, PA)
Sliding Scale: $75-$150

One day workshop,
intensive format!

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from $75.00

Find out more information below about Cameron, this offering, and how to register!

Meet the Teacher

With more than 20 years of Japanese language study, Cameron McKinney founded Kizuna Dance to create dance works that connect the American and Japanese cultures. He has received fellowships from the U.S.-Japan Friendship Commission, The School at Jacob’s Pillow, Princeton University, the Alvin Ailey New Directions Lab, and the Asian Cultural Council. He has presented work and taught in over 20 states and in Mexico, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Japan, France, Ireland, and the UK. In 2020, Cameron performed his original choreography alongside Sayo Homma (Dance Barbizon) in Tokyo, Japan in the U.S. Ambassador's Residence. In 2024, his company Kizuna Dance celebrated its 10th anniversary season with the world premiere of the evening-length work FATHER ABSENCE | MOTHER MA. He also co-choreographed SAFE HARBOR, a performance collaboration between five American dancers, Toru Shimazaki, and five Japanese dancers from Kobe College in Japan. He has received over 30 commissions from institutions across the U.S. and abroad, including The Ailey School, Princeton University, Montclair University, three times from the Let’s Dance International Frontiers Festival (UK), and Vivo Center (Italy), among numerous others. He currently teaches on faculty at NYU Tisch.

About the Offering

Level: Intermediate / Advanced

Session 1: 9AM-12PM
Nagare Technique: Contemporary Floorwork

This contemporary floorwork-based workshop combines contemporary with the speed and fluidity of streetdance, capoeira, and house dance. This class activates oppositional forces and contrasting sensations to achieve fluid transitions in and out of the floor. Phrases involve every body part—whether in the air or on the ground. By shifting the focus from an internal dialogue to creating movement that, in its own physicality, can tell a story by itself, the class will delve deeper into the cathartic potential of sweat and exhaustion, while offering a new and active method of expression.

Session 2: 1-5PM
Choreographic Devices & Repertory

Continuing with concepts from the first class, this class focuses on the choreographic devices behind some of Kizuna Dance’s works, including exercises in translating the Japanese language into movement, and teaching excerpts from Kizuna Dance’s repertory.

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