Contemporary floorwork

Vecka 9 25 + 27/2 Tisdag & torsdag OBS TIME! 11.30-13.00

"Michael Langeneckert's contemporary training is based on 35 years of experience as a professional dancer, choreographer and teacher. 

It deals with floor work technique, researching and developing individual possibilities and the perception of body and space. 

The warm-up phase takes place in open structures and defined processes, which alternate with body work/partnering elements and the exploration of elementary movement possibilities. 

The goal of the training is to develop a constant flow of movement, making use of the body weight in a varies ways and use gravity and momentum to drive our movements.  In the end, the aim is to achieve a permeable, energetic and dynamic movement quality.

Each session concludes in various choreographies in which the experiences gained during the training are put to a complex application in space.

BIO:

Michael Langeneckert works freelance as a choreographer, teacher, professor and dancer and lives in Freiburg/Germany. 

Since October 2018 he has been working under his new label Moving Orchestra, developing free dance projects in Freiburg and working as a guest choreographer for companies as well as at universities/schools (E-Werk Freiburg, Theater Lucerne/CH, Theater Lüneburg/G, University of Amsterdam/ NL, Folkwang University Essen/G). 

He teaches contemporary dance at numerous locations across Europe, including Aterballetto/I, Skanes Dance Theater/S, Göteborg Opera Ballett/S, Theater Bern/St. Gallen/Luzern/CH, Staatstheater Mainz, Wiesbaden, Braunschweig, Kassel, Munich/G, Oper Graz/Tanz Linz/AU, Codarts Rotterdam/NL, Artez Arnheim/NL and as a guest professor at the Folkwang University Essen. 

He was rehearsal director at the Mainz State Theater (2015-2018, director Honne Dohrmann) and at the Kassel State Theater (2008-2012, director Johannes Wieland).  As a dancer, he worked freelance and under contract at various theaters in Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

Photo with arm & leg

Photo Credit Marc Doradzillo

Photo front

Photo Credit: Karl-Heinz Mierke. 

Balett 

Vecka 14. 2+4/4 Onsdag & fredag 9.15-10.45

"I mina klasser försöker jag lära ut teknik som först och främst bygger på idén om den klassisk baletten som jag tycker är användbar både för klassiskt utbildade dansare men också om man är mer intresserad av moderna / samtida dansverk.

Samtidigt som att arbeta igenom hela kroppen bör man också få ett ordentligt "träningspass" för uthållighet & kondition.

Fotarbete, andning, koordination och förmågan att röra sig snabbt med precision med både in & utåt rotation är för mig som yin & yang.

Helt olika muskelgrupper måste samarbeta för att kunna använda kroppen till sin fulla utsträckning. Att ta plats i rummet när man kommer till centrum & scenen. Det är snart 2022 & dansare bör vara utrustade med bra teknik ändå för att närma sig olika jobb som kräver teknisk kompetens men också för att skydda kroppen från skador.

-bäst beskrivning av min klass är "funky balett"

BIO:

Jag heter Pontus S. Granat, 46år.

Nu bosatt i Stockholm, utbildad vid Kungliga Svenska Balettskolan i Stockholm examensåret 1998, jag hat arbetat i kompanier som till exempel Norrdans Carte Blanche, Ballet Victor Ullate, Skånes Dansteater, BallettAmRhein & Royal Swedish Ballet. Nu frilansar jag och samarbetar ofta både konstnärligt och spirituellt med den finska koreografen Virpi Pahkinen.

Dynamic Expansion

Vecka 12. 18 + 19/3  Tisdag & onsdag  11.00-14.00

"Dynamic Expansion created by Shannon Cooney, is an embodiment approach to movement and dance inviting active sensing and connection to the Fluid Body. Tuning into the Craniosacral system fluid dynamics and it’s stillness phenomena grounds the practice.

It is a movement and performance enhancement that flows between deeper inner listening to the fluid dynamics in the body, allowing them to move us. 

There are guided movement meditations and improvisation scores inspired from water dynamics in Nature giving one space for movement discovery, new patterning, freedom through mobility and connectivity. 

These explorations are autonomous, in partnerships and group scored practices

Included in the work is visual sensing practice “Moveable Cinema” with expands and enhances one’s connection to the visual field while moving."

BIO:

Shannon Cooney; Berlin-based Canadian dance artist, choreographer, dance educator, creative facilitator and Craniosacral practitioner. She has been creating and touring her choreographic work since 1992 which encompasses stage work, performance installations and landscape art. 

She danced and toured with Toronto’s Dancemakers from 1994-2006 and worked with several international choreographers. 

Her teaching practice; Dynamic Expansion/Moveable Cinema are embodiment approaches that meld her experiences of contemporary dance,movement, research, performance, Craniosacral bodywork and Nature. 

Contemporary 

Vecka 16. 15/4 Tisdag 9.15-10.30

Vecka 17. 22 + 24/4 Tisdag & torsdag 9.15-10.30 

"The class is dedicated to technique training. It is built up by techniques such as floorwork, running, jumps, learning phrases and specific “moves” or acrobatic skills. Improvisation tasks and games are also part of the training in order to warm up the body and find a playful approach to dance." 

BIO:

Lotta Sandborgh is a dance artist from Sweden. She finished her studies in contemporary dance at Iwanson School of Contemporary Dance in 2018. She has worked as a dancer, dance teacher and choreographer in various contexts around Europe's international dance scene. 

She has worked with choreographers and companies such as Ultima Vez/Wim Vandekeybus, Staatstheater Braunschweig, Cooperativa Maura Morales, Bobbi Lo Produktion, Judith Sanchéz Ruíz, Cia. Nadine Gerspacher and others. 

Lotta is also active with her own work and has presented her own works on stages and festivals such as Hier ist Jetzt, HAUT Åben Dans Roskilde, Florence Dance Festival, Tanzzentrale Fürth, Sommarlund and others

Balett

Vecka 19. 9/5 Fredag 9.15-10.45

Vecka 20. 16/5 Fredag 9.15-10.45

"A culmination of his background in classical ballet and years of experience teaching ballet to contemporary dancers, Robert’s class focuses on working with ease of movement and efficiency, as well as understanding and incorporating healthy placement and alignment. The class also places special emphasis on musicality and expansive, joyous movement in a relaxed, welcoming and encouraging environment!

BIO:

Born in the UK and educated at the Royal Ballet School in London, Robert has been working as a freelance teacher in classical ballet since 2004, working regularly with such companies as Göteborg Danskompani, Skånes Dansteater, Norrdans, Carte Blanche Norway, Scottish Dance Theatre, Tanz Mainz, Tanz Linz, National Dance Company Wales, Gärtnerplatz Theater Munich and Theater Münster as well as many others. Robert has taught the open professional classes in Oslo, Vienna, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Amsterdam as well as at international summer festivals in Bolzano, Tromsø and Stockholm. He is also employed as a lecturer in ballet at the Institute for Dance Arts (IDA) in Linz, Austria.

Contemporary 

Vecka 20 

13 + 15/5 Tisdag & torsdag  9.15-10.45

"I like to give a dynamic class that is suitable for dancers with different backgrounds. I find important taking time for strengthening, and mobilizing exercises but rather blended into the flow of the class.

I emphasize musicality and dynamics as well as widening the qualities vocabulary. Choreographic phrase in the end of the class should help the dancers to test new technical and creative ideas."

BIO:

 I was formed as a dancer and later on as a teacher at Vaganova  Ballet Academy, in St-Petersburg. 

I have also studied at Rudra Bejart Ballet and had the honor to work with Maurice Bejart. 

Later  on I've met and performed in works by Jiri Kylian, Ohad Naharin,  Alexander Ekman, Örjan Andersson, Paul Lightfoot and Saul Leon, Tim  Rushton, Itzik Galili, Cathy Marston and other wonderful  choreographers while working at Netherlands Dance Theatre 2, Danish  Dance Theatre and freelancing. 

As a teacher I am influenced by great  masters like Irina Chistiakova, Laura Bernasconi, Kevin Cregan, Yannick Sempey, Amy Raymond, Allyson Way and many others. I also  like to apply methods of William Forsythe and principles from Gaga. Keeping the general structure of a ballet class I focus on body  placement: neutral position of the pelvis, active shoulder blades,  coordination of the arms, freedom in the hip joints ect . 

I also like to pay attention to musicality and dynamics to help achieve better results in the center and in jumps, also to fully enjoy the  flow of the class.

Photo by Lukas Hartvig-Moeller 

Vecka 21. 20 +22/5 Tisdag & torsdag 9.15-10.30

Vecka 22. 27/5 Tisdag 9.15-10.30

EMR_Sensory Training

"In essence we will play. I will be there to guide and promote a skin-felt environment to tune into, and research. To enable movement I will propose simple tasks. The complexity generally appears when the thoughts and the sensations begin to dissociate. We will explore mass concepts (bidirectionality, malleability, anchoring structures, collaboratory forces, tissue memory, connecting elastics, intensity, energy) and cultivate compositional interest (space, sound, presence, interpretation).

In essence we will connect with our senses, breath, feel, perceive, recognise, acknowledge and register. Careful attention will be placed when testing the mechanics of the joints and the functional capacities of the muscles. 

We will welcome new entries of movement by enriching the power in observation, analysis, integration, and by cultivating awareness, self reliance and curiosity. We will study the self, the room, and the collective.

In essence we will meet horizontally as one more example in the room. ‘There we will dare’ to find our own truth. From an open stand I invite you to play, connect and meet."

BIO:

EMR_practitioner & developer / Performer / Collaborator / Mentor

Carolina is an Argentinean born artist with more than 22 years of experience in the professional art field. As a dancer she has worked with the Hamburg Ballet of John Neumeier, Nederlands Dans Theater (1&2) and Korzo Productions (NL), among others. She was part in many creations of

highly renowned choreographers : Marina Mascarell, Crystal Pite, Jiří Kylián, Ohad Naharin, Astrid Boons, Jasper van Luijk, Marco Goecke, Stijn Celis, Johan Inger, Alexander Ekman, Paul Lightfoot and Sol Leon, Jiří Pokorný, Antonin Comestaz, Joeri Alexander Dubbe, Kristian Lever among

others. Back in 2013 Carolina began with studying closely the mechanics of the joints, muscle capacities and functions, emotional embodiment, and the game theory. To free-up coordination she placed careful attention in the process of tissue contraction and relaxation (fascia training), sensory perception, and body - mind dissociation training.

 In the quest for finding a broader view, she continues to place interest in other holistic practices such as Body-Mind Centering®, Mindfulness, Yoga, and explores thesis about the natural evolution in humans, animals and in Mother Earth. Her work has grounded in a day to day practice: Entropy Movement Research.  For more than a decade she facilitates her training method. 

International organization where she has taught :

GöteborgsOperans Danskompani (SE), Skånes Dansteater (SE), Dance Theater Heidelberg (GER), Summer Intensive of NDT (NL), Scapino Ballet Rotterdam (NL), Artez University of the Arts (NL), Codarts - University for the Arts (NL), Tsoying Senior High School’ (Taiwan), The School of Dance in Taipei National University of The Arts (Taiwan), Le Conservatoire National Supérieur de

Musique et de Danse de Paris (France), Cobos Mika (Spain), NOD Nuova Officina della Danza (IT), Milano Contemporary Ballet (IT), Fondazione Nazionalle della Danza Aterballetto (IT), Ballet Contemporáneo de Tucumán (ARG), Flora - Movimiento Contemporáneo (ARG).

Carolina also shares her knowledge in festivals and organises EMR_educational programs:

''Intensive Seminars'' will focus on sensory training, emotional embodiment and movement biomechanics. While ''Labs'' will focus in exploring performative practices. Since 2024 Carolina open a 1-on-1 personalised session ( ‘la sabia’ aka 'the wise one). This tailored program invites

humans to dive in a process of individuation and intuitive recovery. She also takes part in artistic projects as a collaborator, choreographers assistante, mentor, performer or costume designer. Since 5 years Carolina lives surrounded by nature, basing her home in the mountain valley of

Traslasierra (Córdoba, Argentina).

For more information please visit :

artist > www.carolinamancuso.com and @CARO_MANCUSO (ig).

Photo Credits:

@nicoquijanoph :: EMR_practice :: Carolina Mancuso

Black and white photos:  Alejandro Carmona

Contact Improvisation

Vecka 6.

4 + 6/2 Tisdag & torsdag 9.15-10.30

"Weaving together a diverse spectrum of movement practices these morning classes shares techniques on how to listen and fall into the body, mastering level shifts, entering point of contact and managing ways to share weight in movement and how to travel together. "

Bio:

Anna Vilhelmine Wallin is a  multidisciplinary artist, researcher and teacher. Working with dance within somatic movement practices, performance, poetry and visual installations. Born and based in Malmö. Founder of the movement research collective VENTiL8. Freelance teaching the postmodern dance Contact Improvisation at various institutions.

In her teaching she applies tools from working with the body, dancing for over thirty years. Movement practises beyond her formal training that informs her classes are Axis Syllabus, BodyMind Centering, Breathwork, Feldenkrais, Mindfulness, Physical Theatre and Shiatsu Method. Her work shares techniques on how to build awareness, presence and softness. How to understand the bodys’ layers, axis and physical directions, how to handle weight, build ergonomic work flow and momentous confidence. Her intention is to cultivate a safe space for exploration, a “yes and… / no but….” energy through attentive listening letting curiosity and joy lead the way. Through her material she wish to inspire and liberate creativity in the space of improvisation and composition. 

With the love to make others move she is today enrolled in the Master program of Contemporary Dance Didactics | Choreographic Practices through Stockholms University of the Arts. In a constant state of reflection about the science and future of dance and movement.

Somatic movement 

Denna morgonklass är avsedd för både skådespelare och dansare.

This morning class is intended for actors and dancers together.

A collaboration between Dansalliansen, Teateralliansen and Danscentrum Syd.

Vecka 4 - 16  Måndagar 9.00-10.15. 

13/1, 27/1, 3/2, 10/2, 17/2, 24/2, 3/3, 10/3, 17/3, 24/3, 31/3 & 7/4.

"I den här klassen kommer vi att använda vår fantasi, beröring och improvisation för att få tillgång till frihet och spontanitet i hur vi dansar, rör oss och relaterar till våra kroppar. Jag kommer att guida er genom djup vila, praktiskt arbete med partner, upplevelsebaserad anatomi, poetiska bilder och improvisationsövningar som skapar ett utrymme för er fysiska kropp att stämma in på en djupare känsla av självet, släppa onödig spänning, bryta vanor och öka er förmåga att lyssna på er själva och er omgivning. Under denna timme övar vi på att släppa behovet av att prestera på ett specifikt sätt och lita på kroppens inneboende intelligens. I vissa klasser kommer vi att röra oss långsammare och djupare, och i andra med mer lekfullhet och intensitet.

Att öppna upp vår förmåga att röra oss och tänka med öppenhet, lätthet och lekfullhet, samt med intensitet på ett hållbart sätt, kan tillämpas på hur ni använder er röst i en pjäs, vid genomförandet av en koreografi, när ni improviserar eller skapar självständiga konstnärliga verk; det kan låta er närvaro blomstra och kreativiteten flöda.

Materialet i klassen är influerat av somatiska tekniker såsom Skinner Releasing Technique, Alexander Technique, BodyMind Centering, Ideokinesis, Eva Karczags arbete och improvisationsmetoder från post-Judson danskonstnärer i New York, såsom K.J. Holmes, Stephanie Skura och Deborah Hay."

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“In this class we will use our imagination, touch and improvisation to access freedom and spontaneity in how we dance, move and relate to our body. I will guide you through deep rest, hands-on partner graphics, experiential anatomy, poetic imagery and improvisational scores which creates a space for your physical self to tune into a deeper felt sense of self, to let go of unnecessary tension, to break habits and heighten your ability to listen to yourself and your environment. In this hour we practice letting go of having to perform in a specific way and trust the innate intelligence of your body. In some classes we will move slower and deeper, and in some we will move with more play and rigor.

To open up our ability to move and think with openness, ease and play, as well as rigor in a sustainable way can be applied to how you use your voice in a play, in the execution of a choreography, when improvising or when creating independent artistic work; it may allow your presence to flourish and creativity to flow.

The material in the class is influenced by somatic techniques such as Skinner Releasing Technique, Alexander Technique, BodyMind Centering, Ideokinesis, the work of Eva Karczag and improvisational methods from post-Judson dance artists in New York, such as K.J. Holmes, Stephanie Skura and Deborah Hay.”

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BIO:

Tuva Hildebrand är en koreograf, performer och pedagog från Skåne med omfattande erfarenhet av somatiska dansmoduler såsom Skinner Releasing Technique, Alexander Technique, BodyMind Centering och Eva Karczags arbete (pionjär inom Release-teknik och somatisk danspraktik). Sedan 2018 har hon arkiverat Eva Karczags pedagogiska metoder genom en MFA-forskning, där hon även undersökt arbetet ur ett socio-politiskt perspektiv. Under åren 2011-2018 bodde Hildebrand i New York och arbetade med koreografer som Stacy Grossfield och Heather Kravas, men ägnade mestadels sin tid åt improvisations- och releasebaserade praktiker genom nära samarbete med pionjärer inom NY

downtown-scen, såsom K.J. Holmes, Stephanie Skura, Eva Karczag och många andra under sin tid på Movement Research 2013-2016.  http://tuvahildebrand.com

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BIO:

Tuva Hildebrand is a choreographer, performer and pedagogue from Skåne with extensive experience somatic dance modules such as Skinner Releasing Technique, Alexander Technique, BodyMind Centering and the work of Eva Karczag (pioneer within Release technique and somatic dance practice). During 2018-now she has been archiving the pedagogical methods of Eva Karczag through an MFA research, by also examining the work from a socio-political perspective. In 2011-2018 Hildebrand lived in New York and worked with choreographers such as Stacy Grossfield and Heather Kravas, but mostly dedicated her time to improvisational and release based practices through working closely with pioneers in the NY downtown scene such as K.J. Holmes, Stephanie Skura, Eva Karczag and many others through her time at Movement Research 2013-2016. http://tuvahildebrand.com

Contemporary

Vecka 18. 29/4 Tisdag 9.15-10.30

""We will go through different exercises starting gently on the floor, landing and visualizing the body in a state of rest. Using this perceptive and physical state as a reference, I will guide you through a floorwork exercise, smoothening all the edges of the body and getting in close contact with the floor. The idea is to do it few times so the body and mind get more familiar with it, slowly warming up.

After that, we will get into a higher level from the ground, not yet standing. A layer where we can work on the core of the body while travelling across the space in groups. We will make sure that the articulations of the body slowly get lubricated before getting into the next exercise standing.

In the standing exercise we will test the balance, creating a strong connection and base with the souls of our feet. We will plant them so we can find the off balance with other limbs. How much can we still find a place of release in this dialogue with our bodies? The idea is to play with the axis of our bodies.

And finally as the final exercise, we will make sure we use the space and all the tools we have gained during the whole class. A smooth, yet explosive phrase where we can work in different levels."

BIO:

Joseba was born in Pamplona, Spain. He graduated in contemporary dance at the Institut del Teatre in Barcelona. After that, he has worked as a professional dancer in  companies such as: IT Dansa, National Dance Company Wales and GöteborgsOperans Danskompani.

He is now a freelance artist based in Gothenburg, a new chapter in his life where he can explore his craft through performing, teaching and creating. He created a movement practice based on improvisation, an ongoing research method that keeps on evolving over the years, both as a class in companies such as GöteborgsOperans Danskompani, Cullberg Balleten or Regionteater Väst but also as a base to create his own artistic work.

Flying low -technical class

Vecka 43. 21 - 25/10 Måndag - fredag 9.15-10.30

Horacio Macuacua håller även hel workshops vecka! Info och anmälan här! 

"This work focuses mainly on the dancer’s relationship with the floor. The class consists in partnering work and movement phrases, which explore the primary laws of physics: cohesion and expansion.

Simple movement patterns that involve breathing, speed and the release of energy throughout the body activate the relationship between the center and the joints, moving in and out of the ground more efficiently

maintaining a centered state. 

The focus on the skeletal structure helps to improve the dancers’ physical

perception and alertness. The technique was developped by David Zambrano, with whom Horacio has been working for more than 19 years. 

They continue to develop it and to exchange on all levels of dance work."

BIO:

The Mozambican dancer and choreographer is the artistic director of the dance company which bears his name. Horacio Macuacua develops projects that aim to go beyond established forms. 

Flexibility of mind and availability to catch the moment translate movement instantly into compositions that are complex and elaborated, displaying depth and playfulness, darkness and light. Each composition is a journey to reinvent and transform within the parameters of meaning.

He has carried out his projects: COMUM, Canais, Orobroy, Stop! (1st Prize and Puma Creative Prize at Danse l’Afrique Danse Festival 2010), Smile If You Can!, Fighting room, Convoy, Paradise is not in the sky! and Theka.

Horacio has collaborated with choreographers Cristina Moura, Thomas Hauert, George Khumalo, Wim Vandekeybus/Última Vez ... and David Zambrano, considering him his maestro and mentor.

As a teacher he has given classes and workshops in France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Holland, Cyprus, USA, South Korea, Brazil, South Africa, Mozambique, etc....

www.horaciomacuacua.com

Contemporary

Vecka 45, 5-8/11 Tisdag - torsdag 10.00-11.15 Fredag 11.00-12.15 

OBS! SE även under Workshops!

Morning class 

What is there, already?

Rosalind will share her processes for remembering the materiality of the body, with helpful ways to be with the flesh, weight, breath, edges, contents... 

How to stay interested? 

From the beginning, a raft of compositional tools will be drawn on - simple, playful ways to respond to this materiality such as: following one piece of flesh at a time, prolonging/inhibiting, accelerating/decelerating, thickening/weakening, etc.. and combinations of contrasting/complimentary tools.

BIO:

Rosalind Crisp is an Australian dancer-choreographer and Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. 

She founded Omeo Dance studio, Sydney in 1996, was Associate Artist at Atelier de Paris - Carolyn Carlson 2004-2013, and co-founded Orbost Studio for Dance Research in 2021. Her solo and group works have been presented in 100's of festivals throughout Europe, Australia and Asia, including, Zodiak Helsinki, Zurich theatre Spektakel, Taichung Cultural Centre, Sydney Opera House.. and she has taught thousands of dancers (DOCH, Dans Centrums Sweden, HZT Berlin, Trinity Laban, The Place London, VCA Uni Melbourne, Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company...)

https://www.omeodance.com

Rosalind Crisp has formed, reformed, accumulated and questioned her dancing knowledge over 40-years of studio research and live performance work. She has developed a method to undo those habits left by training and those that continually re-emerge from repetitive practices. The foundational terrain of her work is her aesthetic and technical preference for a 'released' body and her plethora of standard, bent and invented compositional tools. 

Photo credits: Patrick Berger ( red picture) 

Anna Solé (in movement) 

Contemporary

Vecka 45. 5, 7/11 Tisdag & torsdag 9.00-10.30 i mellanstudion

Anna Borras och Alma Steiner håller i träningen tillsammans 5, 7, 12/11.

Vecka 46. 12, 14/11 Tisdag & torsdag 9.15-10.45 i stora studion

Dessa träningar är baserade på olika skapelseövningar som vi använder för att bygga dansstycket "The Void".

"Det handlar om att träna kroppen för att vara medveten om allt som omger den och så att ingentng förbises. En kropp som kanaliserar i 360 grader, som inte lämnar någonting att uttrycka och som talar om allt genom den samtida dansens språk. Tränar med hög fysisk intensitet, men samtdigt med enorm lyhördhet och forskning kring rörelsekvalitet. 

Vi kommer att upptäcka hur kroppen förhåller sig till arkitekturen i rummet som omger oss med dockor och hur lukt kan förvandla rörelsetätheten och till och med ge oss minnen och känslor. Vi kommer också att arbeta med hur rösten styr det vi sänder med kroppen och skillnaden mellan den och ordet, som redan har en mening och därför en symbolik. 

Vi kommer att arbeta i lyssnarpar, där två personer blir en, i samma kanal och kommunicera genom vad som händer runt dem."

BIO: 

Anna Borràs är en spansk född konstnär med bas i Malmö, Sverige. Hon tog examen i samtida

dans vid Institut del Teatre från Barcelona 2010. Anna har arbetat tillsammans med olika

koreografer och danskompanier för att låta hennes sinne och kropp expandera och vara i

samklang med den faktiska samtida dansscenen. Kompanier och koreografer som Alexander

Ekman, Akram Khan, IT Dansa, Verve12, Retina Dance Company, Jasmin Vardimon, Nicolas

Ricchini Company, Jorge Crecis SQx, Simba Dance Ensemble, Kernel Dance Theatre, Skånes

Dansteater, 99 Art Company med flera.

Anna har deltagit i flera danstävlingar, de mest anmärkningsvärda kan vara: 1:a solopris på II

Certamen Mujer Contemporanea (Almeria, Spanien), 1:a solopris Premi Beca Roseta Mauri

(Reus, Spanien), belönad med ett koreografiskt uppdrag av T.H.E Second Company kl. M1

Contact Contemporary Festival i Singapore (Asien), Avayava Contemporary Dance Festival,

Pune (Indien), I Festival Internacional de Danza Contemporánea de la Ciudad de México,

México, finalist vid X Certamen de Danza Burgos-Nueva York, The Holland Dance Festival,

semifinalist vid den 18:e Internatonal Solo-Tanz Festival i Stuttgart (Tyskland), Kalamata

Dance Festival, Oriente Occidente Festival, Idartes Festival i Colombia, Festival Sin Limites

en Uruguay, 24ena Quinzena de Dança de Almada, Lisboa, (Portugal), bl.a. andra.

Anna började sitt koreografiska projekt Indra Dance Company 2010 tillsammans med sin

kollega. När hon efter några år 2014 även började driva egna verk och samarbeten med

internationella konstnärer runt om i världen, institutioner och forskarföretag under Anna Borràs

Companys tecken.

Anna Borràs närmar sig sina danser med en djup nyfikenhet att ta dem till den största skalan

och har talang i att vägleda andra såväl som i koreografi med ett öga för starka och meningsfulla

berättelser som rör henne. Hon är nu öppen för utbyten och samarbeten för sina kommande

projekt, baserade på sanningsenliga och robusta idéer.

 ”Dance is our urge to experience human nature and its multiple manifestations – strength and spirit. With our dance we want to reach the unspoken, the inexplicable. 

We believe in dance that touches, in dance that speaks for itself and the one is stronger than anything.” Anna Borràs.

JAZZ

Vecka 35. 26-28/8

Måndag: 11.00-12.30 Repertoar 13.00-15.00

Tisdag: 10.45-12.45

Onsdag: 12.30-14.00

"Med en stark bas i jazzens dynamiska grunder: låg tyngdpunkt, suspension, musikalitet och form har jag byggt upp en klass där du som deltagare ska få möjlighet att arbeta igenom kroppen och få med dig inspiration in i din egen verksamhet, vare sig du undervisar eller är dansare. Klassen innehåller en gedigen uppvärmning med fokus på att bygga upp styrka och flås. Detta följs av förflyttningar över golvet och avslutas med en längre koreografi. Ibland väver jag även in improvisation i klassen med utgångspunkt i ett fysiskt eller musikaliskt utforskande.

Jag är starkt influerad av min samtid och försöker inkorporera flera av jazzens olika stilar och uttryck – utan att för den skull släppa dess tradition."

BIO:

Clara Björck är utbildad Jazzdanspedagog på Dans och Cirkushögskolan i Stockholm och arbetar numera som frilansande pedagog, koreograf och dansare.I sin undervisning har hon mött både barn och vuxna, professionella och nybörjare och har ett stort intresse för hur man kan utveckla jazzdansen både konstnärligt och i undervisningssituationer. 

Contemporary

Vecka 23 4 juni Tisdag 9.30-11.00 

" I will share a released based class that draws inspiration from the tools I have been exposed too from my performance career, and my current Somatic Movement studies with the school of Body Mind Centering. Through movement, touch and sensing, we will become familiar with the different structures of the body, cultivating a deep and subtle somatic awareness. We will move collectively, giving space to encounter relationship to self, others and attending to the space that supports us. We will dive into short materials and explore improvisations to integrate the bodies connective tissues, working with elasticity, condensing and expansion. "

BIO:

Samuel is a British dancer living and working in Sweden. His practice spans between performance, teaching, rehearsal directing and pod cast producing. Samuel is currently dancing in the ensemble of Skånes Dansteater, where he has worked and collaborated with numerous choreographers such as Tilman O’Donnell, Marina Mascarel, Marcos Morau, Anouk Van Dijk and Rachel Tess. As a freelance dancer he has worked with choreographers such as Felix Landerer, Martin Forsberg, Tina Tarpgaard, Ben Wright and Theo Clinkard. Samuel trained at London Contemporary School and was an apprentice within Dance Apprentice Network aCross Europe, working with William Forsythe, Wayne Mcgregor, Frederic Flamand and Angelin Preljocaj. He is currently studying a Somatic Movement Education at the School of Body Mind Centering. 

Detta är ett samarbete mellan Teateralliansen, Dansalliansen,  Danscentrum Syd och ILDance.

Gaga People - för alla inom scenkonst området.

Vecka 33 Måndag, tisdag & onsdag kl. 9.15 - 10.15.

Gaga Dancers - för prof.dansare.

Vecka 33 Torsdag & fredag 9.15 - 10.30.

About Gaga

Gaga is the movement language developed by Ohad Naharin throughout many years, parallel to his work as a choreographer and artistic director (1990-2018) of Batsheva Dance Company. 

Gaga classes are predicated on a deep listening to the body and to physical sensations. The instructions are deployed to increase awareness of and further amplify sensation, information is layered, building into a multisensory, physically challenging experience. While many instructions are imbued with rich imagery, the research of Gaga is fundamentally physical, insisting on a specific process of embodiment. Gaga provides a framework for discovering and strengthening the body and adding flexibility, stamina, agility, and skills including coordination and efficiency while stimulating the senses and imagination. 

Gaga/people classes offer a framework for users to connect to their bodies and imaginations, experience physical sensations, improve their flexibility and stamina, exercise their agility and explosive power, and enjoy the pleasure of movement in a welcoming, accepting atmosphere.

Gaga/people classes are open to people ages 16+, regardless of their background in dance or movement. No previous dance experience is needed.

BIO

Elena Bolelli is an artist in the field of performing arts (movement/dance) and a certified Gaga teacher the movement language developed by Ohad Naharin. 

As a dancer, she has had the opportunity to perform works by: Lee Brummer,Jason Mabana, Stephanie Thomasen, Thomas Bentin, Marie BrolinTani, Tim Rushton, Matthew Robinson, Ihsan Rustem, Hannes Langolf, Lenka Vagnerova, Sita Ostheimer, . She graduated from the Northern School of Contemporary Dance and in 2018 earned a Master's in Performing Arts from NSCD.

Currently, she is pursuing a Master's in Performing Arts Entrepreneurship at the University of Bologna (2023/2024) and has participated in the "Dancing Age" project at the National Dance Foundation Aterballetto (ITALY) .

“Mina dansklasser är starkt präglade av rytm, musikalitet, kraft och lekfullhet. Teknik varvas med improvisation och utforskande av jazzdansens kvalitéer och karaktärsdrag, rörelsesekvenser över golvet samt fartfylld koreografi med fokus på dynamik och uttryck. Jag utgår ofta från en grundad- och låg tyngdpunkt, snabba fötter och uppmuntrar till att ta plats och dansa fullt ut.”

BIO:

Lisa är utbildad dansare och pedagog på Dans- och Cirkushögskolan i Stockholm med jazzdans som främsta inriktning. Hon har efter sin examen vidareutbildat sig genom kurser i bl.a. Mattoxteknik, Dansterapins grunder och är utbildad instruktör i metoden Dans för Hälsa med fokus på att öka den psykiska hälsan bland ungdomar via dans och rörelse.

 Hon har undervisat många olika åldrar, nivåer och målgrupper i Stockholm, Uppsala, Eskilstuna, Malmö och Trelleborg samt frilansar som dansare och koreograf, bl.a. i Danskollektivet Jazzfåglar som producerar scenkonst med jazzdans som utgångspunkt.

Stream-Flow 

Vecka 50. 10, 11, 12/12 Tisdag - torsdag 11.30-14.30

Stream-Flow Method Classes

"Heidi’s inspiration for Stream Flow came from very different angles. It is the starting point for all of her teaching and choreographic work, and is integrated into both Contemporary and Ballet classes for professional dance companies and dance institutions internationally. These include :

Gothenburg DansKompani, Carte Blanche, Skånes Danstheater, Dansalliansen, The Netherlands Dans Theater summer intensive, Johannes Wieland Dance Company and many more. 

Please check: www.heidivierthaler.com for a full list.

A unique and constantly evolving tool for dancers and non dancers alike, using visual imagery and tactile exercises to help release the body and heighten awareness on many levels. From simple ball imagery exploring inner and outer body, to delicate touch guidance, causing an array of dynamics, from extremely fragile to surprisingly powerful. Ideal for braking habitual movement

patterns. Her Stream-Flow method has been recognized as an effective somatic movement method that focuses on developing the individual. It has been featured in a recent publication for dance practices amongst dance institutions throughout Europe. 

Practicing Dance, A Somatic orientation:

http://www.logos-verlag.de/cgi-bin/engbuchmid?isbn=4213&lng=deu&id= How the pursuit of

Accessing the individual led me to Stream-Flow: Heidi Vierthaler

Heidi’s interest lies in discovering a deeper knowledge of the body’s possibilities for the benefit of others and to continue developing her own distinctive movement language. Stream-Flow is an effective and creative approach to bridging different dance forms. The focus of the classes will be on integrating heightened inner and outer awareness as the foundation of endless initiations and physical organisations. We will work on separating the body into small sections from joint to joint and space to space. We’ll also work on movement phrases that will allow for surprising initiations,

and a richer result with less effort and a rich pallet of dynamics."

Instagram: Heidi Vierthaler 

Photo credits: portrait -Florian Hetz.

Regnbågs Yoga / Rainbow Yoga

Vecka 20. 17/5 Fredag 9.00-10.00 i mellanstudion

I samband med IDAHOBIT dagen 17 maj erbjuder Danscentrum Syd yoga - ett tryggt rum för queera personer. 

"Så som jag ser det har Indien varit queert långt innan västvärlden ens visste om ordet queer."

International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia är en internationell temadag vars syfte är att öka medvetande om HBTQ-rättigheter. Den firas årligen den 17 maj. Datumet valdes eftersom WHO slutade klassa homosexualitet som en psykisk sjukdom 17 maj 1990. Wikipedia

"Den yoga jag delar är skapad av ett långt liv inom scenkonst; som koreograf och professionell dansare i över 30 år, med kunskap om mental träning, hur vi kan förbereda kroppen och det helande, läkande. Mina klasser innehåller meditation, mudras, andningsövningar och asanas.

Jag har rötter ifrån Indien. Min första yogaklass tog jag i London 1996 men redan som liten fick jag uppleva hur min farmor utövade pranayama och sedan dess har yoga varit en del av mitt liv, via iyengar yoga, ashtanga yoga, kampsporten kalarippayatu, jin yoga, gravid yoga, bikram yoga, hot yoga och ayurveda."

Utbildad yogalärare @innergurutraining, Sri Lanka.

Klasserna kan hållas på engelska.

# soft yoga, #vinyasaflow inspirerad #queeryoga

Rani Nair instagram

www.raninair.se

Jazz

Vecka 22 27/5 -31/5 

Daily training Monday & Friday 11.15-12.45 Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 10.00-11.30

Workshop i samarbete med Dansalliansen. 27 -30/5 Måndag- torsdag 11.45-16.30

OBS! Se under fliken WORKSHOP för mera information.See our workshop page for more info.

"Full BOP Jazz technical warm-up, floor exercises, across the floor and choreographies of different characters but all in the line within the roots of jazz, where you are inspired to develop the expression adding your unique flavour into the dance. 

In the workshop we will work with pieces from selected BOP repertoire and creating of jazz dance narratives, inviting also an improvisational creative mindset. 

The BOP Jazz workshop is aimed to inspire, yet challenge. “Come As You Are” is the BOP Mantra, allowing everyone to develop and achieve their own potential as jazz dance performers.  "

The BOP Jazz Mission is to share and pass on the artistic and creative aesthetic of the jazz dance art form, bringing a realistic and relevant appreciation and exploration of creative Jazz dance theatre, techniques, skills and individual expression that are at the heart of the Jazz dance genre. 

All this and more within the highly energised and nurturing environment, that is BOP Jazz Theatre Company. 

Every day is a full day of BOP Jazz learning, sharing and being part of a community - You are in for a TREAT Dancers!! "

BIO:

Body of People Jazz Theatre Company aka BOP is a truly unique UK based Jazz Dance, Music and Theatre Company. Founded in 1996 by Jazz Artist and Choreographer - Dollie Henry MBE and Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Music Producer - Paul Jenkins. 

BOP Company through the guidance of Dollie and Paul, continue to develop and produce works in collaboration with other established artistic and commercial organisations both here in the UK and internationally. Through the many strands of BOP, the company bring their feisty energy, creative flair and business sensibility to lead a diverse company that encompasses all aspects of dance, music and theatre making and media presentations.

BOP have produced, created and staged an array of theatrical jazz including - Touches of Miles, Trumpet Trilogy, A Journey of Jazz, Dizzy Heights, Duke’s Place, Echoes of Ellington, Footprints in Jazz and most recently Miles Ahead and Up Close & Personal.  

The company has performed at The South Bank Centre, The Place, Bloomsbury Theatre, Emma Cons Hall, The Cochrane Theatre, Blackpool’s Opera House, The Point Theatre, Litchfield Theatre, Tyne Theatre-Newcastle, Pavilion Theatre-Exmouth, Wilde Theatre - South Hill Park Arts Centre- Berkshire, Croydon Fairfield Halls, Sadler’s Wells and Lillian Baylis Theatre & Cadogan Hall. 

More recently performances at Battersea Arts and Richmix Theatre in London and the Curve Theatre, Leicester with their BOP Theatre productions – Through The Eyes of Woman and The Spirit of Jazz .

Internationally the company works have been commissioned and performed in Austria, China, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Lithuania, Lebanon, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, The Caribbean and USA. Dollie and Paul also produce and devise commercial productions that include, Musical Theatre, Cabaret, Concert Dance, Film and Video productions.

BOP as a artistic company, is dedicated to the ongoing legacy, artistic development and creative practices of the Jazz Theatre Art Form. Realised through exciting and innovative Jazz theatre performances, educational, mentoring programs and professional development for the UK Jazz Dance, Music and Theatre Community. 

Together, Dollie and Paul are pushing through to provide an essential platform that facilitates the true practice and realisation of the Jazz expression and artistic delivery within a diverse and inclusive Jazz company. BOP are the catalysts for driving the UK Jazz theatre narrative forward into the 21st century. 

The vision and mission of BOP is to Enlighten, Educate and Entertain through the pure essence and expression of the Jazz Art Form.

For further information about BOP follow and connect.

BOP website: www.bop.org.uk

Email: bopjazzuk@gmail.com

BOP Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BOPJAZZTHEATRECOMPANYUK

FB/IG/Twitter: @bopjazzuk |Dollie @dolliehenry

Linkedin: @BOP Jazz Theatre Company

Jazz Theatre Arts UK (Our Member Led Network in Partnership with One Dance UK for UK Jazz Arts & Artists)

www.jazztheatreartsuk.org  | FB/IG: @jazztheatreartsuk

Contemporary

Vecka 5. 29, 30/1, 1/2 Tisdag & torsdag 9.30-11.00 Onsdag  11.15-12.45.

Vecka 6. 6, 7,  8/2  Tisdag & torsdag 9.30-11.00 Onsdag  11.15-12.45.

"Sharing of physicality and explanation of ideas.

How to connect ideas hidden in daily life to creation. How to extend the idea and physicality. How to seamlessly change situations and physical ideas?

How do you weave relationships in improvisation? Create inevitability in the movement and in the relationship. By doing so, the relationship is made visible and people find a story in it.

We will expand the possibilities of the body from three perspectives: task, situation, and purpose."

BIO:

Takuya Fujisawa (Dancer/Choreographer) has been based in Göteborg, Sweden since 2015. In 2020 he started working as a freelancer. 

Since then he has hosted the research platform CRAFT and developed his own work based in Gothenburg.

Diversity and mutual understanding are increasingly important themes. While language barriers often prevent us from understanding others, I am interested in exploring and creating work that reaches beyond these boundaries. I am interested in the use of movement as a means of consent and disagreement, the effort to listen with one's own voice without resorting to vocabulary, or the use of language as a physical tool.

He incorporates a cultural anthropological perspective into his work, looking at things from a point of view that is different to the norm, rather than criticizing issues.

Previous Company Experience

2015-2020: Göteborgsoperans Danskompani

2014-2015: The Forsythe Company (Guest artist)

2008-2014: Noism

Photo by Mikaela Kelly

Modern balett

Vecka 9 26/2 - 1/3 Måndag till fredag 9.30-11.00

OBS! Se under fliken WORKSHOP Tisdag-torsdag  kl. 11.15-16.00 i samarbete med Dansalliansen. Anmäl dig här! Sista anmälningsdag: 20240211

"During daily modern ballet class participants will go through the full range of typical ballet exercises but the strong focus will be directed to movement quality, personal interpretation, musicality and fluidity of the movement. 

Allowing greater freedom and flexibility necessary for the preparation of the body for further work."

BIO:

Anton Valdbauer is a contemporary dancer, choreographer and dance teacher. His prolific dancing career has taken him all over the world.

High points include dancing with the NDT, Cullberg Ballet, and the Royal Swedish Ballet.

He was awarded a fellowship during the first edition of the Pina Bausch Fellowship Program in 2016.

Anton has had the privilege to dance and co-create with names such as Jiri Kylian, Ohad Naharin, Mats Ek, Crystal Pite, Johan Inger, Marco Goecke, Sharon Eyal, Alexander Ekman,Wim Vandekeybus, and Sasha Waltz.

As a choreographer, Anton Valdbauer has created more than 40 small and medium size work. And his choreography were performed in several countries in Europe.

In 2005, his piece “6 Seconds” won a Diploma at the 10th International Ballet Competition in Moscow. With “Lemniscate” he won Best Performance at the Burgos-New York Contemporary Dance Competition.

In 2019, his first short film “33 Questions” was chosen for the official programming of the Stockholm Dance Film Festival. His choreography was presented in Russia, the Netherlands, Germany, France and Spain.

In 2020 Anton founded Deep Dive Dance, his own non-profit Arts Association. He will create and develop original projects, guiding them all the way from the initial idea to the stage. Anton’s goal is to bring dance and movement to wider audiences across Europe, making this art form relatable and accessible to all kinds of viewers. By organizing workshops, intensives and educational

programs, Deep Dive Dance will be actively engaged in educating the next generation of artists/dancers. Firmly rooted in dance and movement based art forms (physical theatre, circus,immersive theatre), the association is open to all kinds of collaborations with other art forms.

Anton has extensive experience teaching Ballet, Contemporary Dance and improvisation. He has been sharing his physical knowledge with various dance training centres and schools throughout Europe. He is currently a visiting teacher at Cullberg Ballet (Stockholm), SEAD (Salzburg) , Iwanson (Munich),  DansCentrum and DOCH (Stockholm), Dance Area (Geneva),

Marameo Studio and DOCK 11 (Berlin), Russian Ballet Camp (Alicante)

He teaches a wide range of people including professional dancers and companies, dance students, and stage actors and performers.

Apart from his regular teaching Anton also works on setting up choreographies by Mats Ek and Johan Inger.

In 2021 Anton was an assistant choreographer in the new creation for Royal Swedish Ballet by Hlin Hjalmarsdottir “Riptide” which became international success. Since 2020 Anton holds position of Co-Director at The Elephant in the Black Box Madrid.

Embodied movement 

This morning class is intended for actors and dancers together.

A collaboration between Dansalliansen, Teateralliansen and Danscentrum Syd.

Obs! Måndagen den 22/1 är inställd pga sjukdom. Start: 29/1.

Vecka 5 - 16 Måndagar 9.00-10.00. Uppehåll: v.7 +14

"Embodied movement is about exploring, sensing and listening. An embodied and explorative improvisation based practice, bringing in elements from yoga, authentic movement, Breath work and the felt experience of being a human body. 

In this series of morning practice you are invited to journey into the rhythm of your own body. Allow yourself to explore and play and allow the practice to become a call to come home to yourself.

Breathing is of great importance for our ability to feel our body and our inner emotional life. It is the gateway to our emotions and the connection between body and mind that connects the conscious and the unconscious in us.

Movement nourishes our entire system, our muscles and our skeleton. Movement nourishes our emotions and helps what is stagnant to move.

Movement creates life, flow and joy. From our feet, to our organs, to our nervous system, to the soul and to the brain and all the way back"

“Our bodies are amazing, and I believe in healing and health through movement, stillness, laughter, curiosity and love. Resources that are within all of us. ”

Kirstine Ilum

BIO:

Dancing, movement and meditation have always been a big part of my life. For more than 15 years, with the whole of Europe as my workplace, I have worked as a professional dancer, project manager, choreographer and educator.

Since my body has always been my primary work tool, and that I as a dance artist have often been drawn to more extreme physical expressions. I started practicing Yoga in the late 90’s. I quickly developed a loving and profound relationship with Yoga, meditation and Breathwork. 

In 2015 I went through a major burnout.  I ended up in an emotional limbo, somewhere where I no longer recognized myself. I was no longer true to myself and I ignored both my body's physical and mental warning signals. I lost my passion, my creative urge, my sense of humor. I was depressed. There was a turmoil of thoughts spinning SO fast that I could not hold on to any of them, nor could I just let them pass. 

For me, movement (Yoga included), Breathwork, meditation, Body therapy and lots of support and love from family became my way back. However, it was not the way back to my previous, max-performing self. Today I feel that I have found balanced self that takes into account and prioritizes my body and my soul. Life is supposed to be felt and today I can allow my feelings to flow much better. 

Today I have my own clinic and studio in Malmö - Balance Room where I work with Body therapy and embodiment (thought various disciplines)  In addition to this - I am also part of the teaching team at TOTUM - The School of Body Therapy in Copenhagen and Malmö.

Contemporary/Motion Qualia 

Vecka 16 16 + 18/4 Tisdag & torsdag 12.00-15.00

"The aim is to encourage participants to rediscover their sense of off-balance, and thereby expand their range of movement. By playing with balance primarily in partnering, participants acquire the ability to respond sensitively by delicate movements. Movements created using this method have the potential to evoke emotions not only in the viewer, but also in the person making the move."

Bio:

Satoshi Kudo is a choreographer and dancer, based in Stockholm. He has danced for Ohad Naharin, Danish Dance Theatre, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and various artists. He also worked as a rehearsal director for numbers of works of Cherkaoui, Royal Swedish Ballet including the works of Mats Ek, Johan Ingar, Alexander Ekman and Sharon Eyal. Kudo has been working as a choreographer since 2002 and creating work for worldwide. 

Photo by Takeshi Matsumoto

Contemporary - Dynamic Scanning 

Vecka 17 23, 24, 25/4 Tisdag, onsdag & torsdag 9.30-11.00

Workshop i samarbete med Dansalliansen. 23, 24, 25/4 Tisdag, onsdag & torsdag 11.15-16.15 

OBS! Se under fliken WORKSHOP för mera information.

"The classes are using the Feldenkrais method for approaching dance with ease, simplicity, pleasure, eliminating access effort and parasitic movement.

The classes are composed by three sections:

1. Extendedshakingpractice

A guided shaking practice simultaneously serves a dynamic body scanning and a gentle warm up. Over the course of 20 minutes a constantly transforming shaking raises the body temperature and enhances the blood flow, resulting in an increased flow of synovial fluid which allows the joints to move freely. Repetitiveness paired with dynamic scanning invites to let go of unrelated thought activity and to transition into a state of openness, calmness and readiness

2. StrengthandLengththroughcoordination

A sequence of simple and functional movement patterns (borrowed from for example yoga practice and Feldenkrais) alternates between and combines lengthening and strengthening. Combined with playful explorations of unusual and functional ways of coordinating.

3. PhraseWorkonthefloor

 Short sequences explore functional ways of entering the floor, moving across the floor and moving out of the floor. This section works with fixed movement material, using the Feldenkrais method to become aware of details, habits and use of energy. Looking for freedom and creativity within a defined framework."

BIO:

Antoinette Helbing is choreographer, dancer and member of the artist-run platform Dance CooperativE. She divides her time between creating works, performing, teaching and her practice within the Feldenkrais method.

Her choreographic work is driven by her wish to create art that evokes the viewer's sense of belonging, of togetherness and empathy. Reminding the viewer that we, beyond our instagram handles, are actual living and breathing beings, Antoinette creates experiences within and across bodies. Working towards connection, she addresses the empathic through the confrontation with the sensual force of the moment. Allowing the audience to become

aware by their own sensual experience of themselves as spectators.

Since 2017 she is researching laughter as choreographic material and somatic practice facilitating human connection. This practice is a point of departure for a series of works that circulate around laughter as for instance the solo The Laughing Game, the walk Landscapes of Laughter, the movies AFTERLAUGHTER and the group piece The Laughing Crowd which exists in a site-specific version as well as in a stage version.

Leviathan Flow/house

Vecka 20. 16/5 Torsdag 11.15-12.45

Vecka 21. 23/5 Torsdag 11.15-12.45

Vecka 22. 30/5 Torsdag 11.15-12.45

"In these classes we will dive into House dance as well as it acts as an introduction to my movement language called Leviathan Flow. These classes are Open to All, but previous dance experience is required. 

House dance, which can be characterized by the emphasis on footwork, is a style that came out of the House music that was blossoming in Chicago in the 1980’s. The dancers that shaped House dance to the style we know today are the many dancers in the dance crew Dance Fusion from New York.

Leviathan Flow is, in short, a collection of interests in dance/movement and improvisation that has shaped the way I dance. This is a practice that works as an improvisational tool that can be applied to any dance form where the aim is to find freedom in movement with our body. "

Bio:

Kaide Gonzalez is a Swedish/Chilean dancer, who specialises in House and Hip Hop dance. He started his professional training at Åsa Folkhögskola in Sweden and this is where he deepened his knowledge of the different street dance styles and later moved to Amsterdam (The Netherlands) to study a Dance Teacher education at the Academy of Theatre and Dance. Alongside this he frequently participates in battles internationally and has been teaching at various places in Sweden and The Netherlands. 

Most recently, he has been working with the french company CCNRB/Black Sheep as a dancer in the performance ‘Earthbound’ which is still active. And he was also co-choreographer of a performance called ’Striving to be(come)’ which was performed during Malmö Dance Week '22.

Both as a dancer and choreographer, Kaide aims to be free from labels while being mindful of, but not limited by the Hip Hop dance experience that he has gathered in his career. He is intrigued by the notion of an ‘’in-between’’ and wants to invite his audience to experience something that disregards genres. He is currently developing his own movement practice that lays the foundation for his dance, which he calls ‘Leviathan Flow’. 

Photo credits: Alessio Reedijk (IG: @alessioreedijk) samt The Movers Amsterdam (IG: @themover.amsterdam) 

Contemporary

Vecka 39. 26/9 Tisdag kl. 9.30-11.00

Vecka 42. 17 + 19/10 Tisdag och torsdag kl. 9.30-11.00

"My contemporary class is influenced by Cunningham and Limón techniques, also utilize release technique to find dynamics in the movement.

The class starts slowly with a simple series of exercises to warm up all the muscles and joints and aim to find articulations of the back as well as an organic way of moving.

Continue with floor exercises, which will strengthen core and right coordination of the body. Through the class I will guide to build up awareness of space and directions.

Class finishes with longer dance sequence to challenge dancers to find musicality, dynamics and individuality."

BIO:

After Rumiko Otsuka graduated Arnhem Dans Academie in Holland 2001, she started her professional career as a dancer in Norrdans(SE).

She joined Skånes dans teater(SE) in 2005. She also worked different choreographers among, Recoil Dance Group/Tina Tarpgaard(DK), Zappala Danza(IT), Khamlane Halsackda(SE/UK), Somatic Noise(SE/DK), Camilla Stage(DK). She is a member of Nya Rörelsen and produces her own dance productions since 2013.

Zero Space - Contemporary

Vecka 48. 28 -30 /11 Tisdag, onsdag och fredag 9.30-11.00

Workshop - se under fliken workshops! 

"Zero Space is a method developed around combining different ideas and techniques to harness the body's energy and use it to its full potential.

It revolves around the idea connected to both floor work and partnering - Generating energy by dropping your weight.

The main objective of the method is to multiply the body's energy with this principle and use that energy to amplify slides, jumps, tricks, etc., and at the same time to be able to land as smoothly as possible no matter the situation.

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To execute these things Zero Space method also includes a collection of exercises based on a range of training methods and techniques. Such as animal-based movement training, capoeira, yoga, kung-fu, breakdance, judo, and more. To increase the overall body strength, build stamina, diversify movement articulations, expand the mind-muscle connectivity, and prevent injuries.

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An important part of Beno's teaching is the transposition of the ideas that we as dancers apply while being vertical and use them also when we go into the floor.

How to maintain the axis? How to counter direct energy? An how to train our body, to be able to receive the floor as well as the soles of our feet.

The workshop is a combination of movement exploration, physical training, studying principles and moves, improvisation, and learning dance phrases"

BIO:

Beno's work is a constant exploration of personal experiences expressed through a strong physicality, mixed with sensitivity, fragility, power, and exhaustion.

Beno graduated from the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance in 2016 and was later invited to upgrade his knowledge at the Tisch Dance Department (New York University) and at The Place Dance Academy (London).

He has danced for many different companies and with many renowned artists. In London, he has danced for the Gary Clarke Company, Jason Mabana Dance, and James Wilton Dance Company.

He has danced for choreographers like Matej Kejžar, Alix Eynaudi, Paul Blackman & Christine Gouzelis, Ricardo Ambrozio, Zsuzsa Rozsavolgyi, Etienne Guilloteau, and others.

Much of his work is done in collaboration with other artists such as the duet "400 Rabbits" with Marina Abib, the solo "Owe" by Junior Mufutau Jussuf, "::Narava::Dialog::" with Dragana Alfirovič, "Body Concert" with Ana Romih, and others.

He is the artistic and executive director of the Summer Intensive Festival Portugal as well as the Kolejdoskop festival in Slovenia.

One of his main commitments is the sharing/teaching and the development of his Zero Space method.

African Contemporary - Rooting. Gert Pedersen will accompany the classes with live music

Vecka 37: 12 +14/9 Tisdag och torsdag kl.9.30-11.00

Vecka 38: 19+21/9 Tisdag och torsdag kl.9.30-11.00

"In these classes, we will focus on the rooting principle, which enables us to be centred, connected with ourselves and our surroundings. We will look into some specific movement dynamics such as ripple, momentum, weight shift and foot action."

Bio: 

Julienne Doko is a French dance performer, teacher and choreographer with roots in the Central African Republic, currently based in Denmark. In her dance practice, Julienne explores connections between different dance styles and uses contemporary dance as a space of hybridisation, a vehicle for synergy between dance techniques and expressions. Her movement and dramaturgical line take inspiration from her homelands and the journeys she has taken in between. Julienne has performed internationally with a number of companies, in festivals, TV shows and in musicals.

Improv and sequencing hybrid class 

Week 27 Wednesday and Friday , 5 and 7 July kl. 9.30-11.00

Week 34 Tuesday and Thursday, 22 + 23 August kl. 9.30-11.00

Week 36 Tuesday and Thursday, 5 + 7 September kl. 9.30-11.00

"Contemporary classes are a blend of improvisation and led-sequencing to a killer

soundtrack and sometimes the odd pop song. The first part of class focuses on exploring

and developing qualities and sensations to reach a full bodied, dynamic flow through

improvisational tasks. These are interspersed with explorations of technical tools and forms

aimed at unlocking their potential to aid our dancing. Classes end with a deep-dive with the

knowledge of the improvisations into longer, complex sequences that also hone memory,

picking-up and performance presence skills."

BIO:

Gwyn has been working as a performer, choreographer, teacher and dramaturg for over 20 years.

Coming from Wales, UK, he has been living in Malmö since early 2020. Gwyn is the Artistic Director

of Jones the Dance, and recently has been freelance rehearsal director at Skånes Dansteater.

He has taught for companies such as National Dance Company of Wales, Russell Maliphant Company, Scottish Dance Theatre and Inbal Pinto in Israel, and at many international schools, for example The Place (London Contemporary Dance School), Suzanne Dellal Centre in Tel Aviv, Hong Kong Contemporary Dance Centre, and Balettakademier in Gothenburg and Stockholm as part of the collaborations with Swedish company ilDance. 

In 2013, Gwyn created his own company which has since toured his mid-scale dance-theatre works across the UK. Through his choreography, he explores how to make socially and culturally conscious work that draws from the mixed heritage, culture and languages of his home country.  His solo work has toured as part of the European dance network Dance Roads and he has choreographed for many cross disciplinary projects in Wales. Since 2014, Gwyn has also been an artist, dramaturg and producer for iCoDaCo (International Contemporary Dance Collective).

Gwyn continues to perform with the collaborative dance collective Light, Ladd and Emberton, creating and co-directing sited and site-responsive work that has a strong participatory edge. Gwyn has danced with choreographers/companies such as Akram Khan, Matthew Bourne, and Scottish Dance Theatre in the UK, and with Inbal Pinto in Tel Aviv, Israel, and worked with Russell Maliphant and a range of early-years choreographers as a rehearsal director and dramaturg.

Contemporary- Dynamic Mixture

V.29 17 + 19 juli Måndag och onsdag 9.30-11.00

“In “Dynamic Mixture”, I draw inspiration from a variety of techniques such as Release-, Floorwork-, Body Weather and embodiment of voice. The structure combines set material/phrases alongside complex frameworks in which the dancers work through their bodies in togetherness and through individual pathways. I work from a direction of trust for the physical body and urgency to move, in order to move past our initial expectations of our capacity. The aim of the class is for the dancers to leave warmer, lighter and stronger with a sense of play resonating.” 

BIO:

Daniel Jeremiah Persson is a danceartist who attained his BA (Hons) at London Contemporary Dance School in 2014. He has since worked internationally and nationally with choreographers/companies such as: MYKA, Khamlane Halsackda, AdeY,  KASPERSOPHIE & Martin Forsberg, Gracefool Collective, Joan Jonas, Martin Creed to mention a few, embodying a wide variety of physical and performative contexts, rooms and themes. 

Daniels’ drive as a maker comes from the need to explore the personal which often touch issues on gender, identity, (inter)culturality and “in-betweeness”, whom have been presented within various choreographic landscapes and contexts. He has shown work in Sweden, Luxembourg, UK, Spain and South Korea - New Diorama Theatre, The Robin Howard Theatre, Kivik Art Centre, Dansstationen at Palladium, Asia Culture Centre and more - as a solomaker and in collaboration with other artists/choreographers.

Vecka 47, 21-24/11 Måndag till torsdag  9.30-11.00 

Modern träning - And then what?

”Klassen består av övningar vid väggen enligt klasstrukturen av balett men med alternativa principer och utgångspunkter, samt av korta fraser i centrum. Klassen tar utgångspunkt i principerna fall, tryck och skruv och handskas genom dessa med viktfördelning, rytm och organisation ”

BIO: 

Anna Grip har under 30 års tid undervisat inom institutioner, utbildningar samt inom det utominstitutionella dansområdet.

Hon har varit chef för den Skolen for Moderne Dans i Danmark 2000-2004 och konstnärlig ledare och ensemblechef för Cullbergbaletten 2006 till 2013.

Förutom det institutionella arbetet har Anna Grip arbetat som koreografassistent, danstränare och har också varit medlem i flera styrelser inom kultursektorn.

Anna Grip arbetar sedan 1 jan 2014 med organisationen ccap under ledning av Cristina Caprioli samt på Dans och Cirkushögskolan i Stockholm.

Modern Balett

Vecka 7 13/2 + 16/2 Måndag & torsdag kl. 9.30-11.00. 

Vecka 8   21/2 + 23/2 Tisdag & torsdag kl. 9.30-11.00.

Vecka 11 14/3 + 16/3 Tisdag och torsdag kl. 9.30-11.00

"Jag erbjuder en klassisk balettklass där det finns ett bra flöde i övningarna och där vi arbetar organiskt med hela kroppen. Jag fokuserar mycket på kvaliteten i varje enskild rörelse. Musikalitet, energi och rörelseglädje är betydelsefulla komponenter. En viktig aspekt med klassen är att vi ska bli uppvärmda och redo för resten av dagens övningar"

BIO:

Lidia Woś är en frilansande dansare och koreograf med över 25 års erfarenhet från olika danskompanier och institutioner i bland annat Sverige, Polen, Tjeckien, Nederländerna och USA. Under sin karriär har hon mött ett mycket stort antal koreografer, dansare, pedagoger och klasslärare. Hon har arbetat med allt från klassisk balett och dramatisk teater till modern konceptuell dans och samtida dansteater. Baserat på sina erfarenheter har hon utvecklat en egen arbetsmetod och stil som bygger på ett organiskt rörelsespråk, lustfylld uppfinningsrikedom och respekt för sin omgivning. Detta är något som genomsyrar såväl hennes eget skapande som hennes undervisning. 

Balett 

Vecka 22 - 29/5 - 2/6 kl. 9.30-11.00

BIO: 

Tilman O’Donnell (German/U.S.) received his training at the National Ballet School in Toronto,

Canada. He joined The Göteborg Ballet in 2001 Staatstheater Saarbrücken (2002) Cullberg Ballet

(2003-2007) The Forsythe Company (2007-2012, guest artist 2012- 2015). He has been freelancing as a choreographer, dancer and teacher since 2010. Tilman made his debut as a choreographer in 2002 with Del A, receiving first prize in t wo major international choreographic competitions. In2005 he was nominated both ”Dancer To Watch” and “Choreographer To Watch” by the magazine Tanz, and as “Hoffnungsträger” in 2015 by thesame publication. In 2017 he was once againnamed “Dancer to Watch” for his performance of

Whatever Singularity #453: Solo for Tilman / Dancing with Alain.

He has made works for Cullberg, SPIRA Jönköping/Cullberg To Come, Staatstheater Graz, The Göteborgs Operans Danskompani, University of Dance Stockholm, Corpus Copenhagen/ The Royal Danish Opera House, The Danish University of Dance, Weld Theater Stockholm, Skånes Dansteater, Dansens Hus Stockholm as well as producing his own works. Recent works include: This Is (2010), August did not have what is commonly considered good taste as far as furniture is concerned.. (2012) The Disambiguation Project (2013), Whatever Singularity #453: Solo For Maxime / Dancing With Alain (2014), In Life & Love & So On (2015), These & Those &

Upon Us (2016) In Some Sense (2016-2018), Corpus Dogme: On The One Hand (2019) History Was Written ByThe Losers: Hoedown / Showdown (2020) The View From Here (2021) and Et udes I & II (2023). In 2023, the work Etudes I & II will be presented by Dansens Hus, Stockholm, supported by Kulturådet /Swedish Arts Council.

JAZZ 

kl. 11.15-12.45  

Vecka 41 Måndag & fredag  10, 14 oktober

Vecka 42 Måndag & fredag 17, 21 oktober

"Jag ger en väldigt fysisk jazz klass med fokus på hela kroppen, hela tiden.  Jag gillar att leka med musiken och uttrycket och kombinerar många stilarter. Lovar svett, hopp, snurr, spark och kul!"

BIO: 

Marie Sol är utbildad modern- och jazzdansare från IWANSON i München. Sen hon blev klar i 2003 har hon jobbat i Danmark, Tyskland, Barcelona, Norge och Sverige med allt från musikal, show och tv till moderna produktioner. Senast dansade hon tillsammans med Matthew Bade i Jeanette Gostomskis Dansinstallation, Nya Vinklar, koreograferat av Kirstine Ilum. Marie Sol har även varit koreografisk assistent och rehearsal director hos Somatic Noise och Gazart.

Street / House

Torsdagar 11.15-12.45 (lilla studion) 

24/11, 8/12, 15/12.

"På daglig träning klasserna med Viktor jobbar vi rytmiskt och polorytmiskt genom drills, footwork, grooves och freestyle" 

Klasserna är öppna för alla dansare, med eller utan house vana. Alla kommer att utgå ifrån sina kvaliteter och erfarenheter.

BIO:

Viktor Fröjd har varit verksam i streetdancefältet i över 15 år genom att både delta i och arrangera jams och battles, koreografera, dansa och undervisa. 

Utbildad på streetdancelinjen på Åsa Folkhögskola och har en kandidat i danspedagogik från Stockholms konstnärliga högskola. De senaste 10 åren har ett flertal verk skapats och turnérat och den konstnärliga inriktningen har de senaste åren kretsat kring ärlighet, improvisation och den sociala aspekten av dansupplevelsen. Verk i urval Tugg (2014), Ett slags Mellan (2015), Var dag (2017), Tillvaron (2020) Festen (2021). Han har medverkat som dansare i ett flertal verk bland annat Sandbox (2016) av Lucas Carlsson, Iceolo (2018) av Brian Madika och Solitud av Anna Öbergs (2019). Undervisning har följt Viktor som en röd tråd genom det konstnärliga utforskandet och har bland annat undervisat på Stockholm konstnärliga högskola och gett workshops runt om i norden. 

Groove & Rhythm

Vecka 34, 45

Torsdagar kl.11.15-12.45

"With a strong interest in body mechanics, motor skills and rhythms I like to break down movements and challenge my body control. With the help of different styles, exercises and concepts focusing on "groove" - the relation between head, chest and hips, "rhythm" - in footwork and body poly-rhythmics, we will challenge our motor skills and body control to strive for a stronger movement freedom and understanding. Welcome!" - Theresa

BIO:

Theresa is a versatile dancer who has worked in the street dance scene since 2005. Her main focus has been within the streetdance styles; Hiphop, House, Locking & Popping, however her versatility stretches beyond these. She has a strong interest in cultural dances and she has spent a lot of time on research travels learning different African and afro diasporan dances. In addition, she has been teaching at Stockholm University of the Arts, Ballet Academy Sthlm, Danscentrum and giving national and international workshops. Theresa is a active member of the streetdance community, traveling and participating in battles and events around the world, she also works hard for the Swedish scene and has been organizing over 40 events. Since 2019, she has been based in Malmö, you can find here drop-in classes on Mondays at DCS. Besides her classes she is currently working with the Non-profit organization and company AFIA, which will premier and tour with their first production called "YEBO YES!"  with Dansnet Sweden March 2021. 

Vecka 39

26-29 september Måndag till torsdag 9.30-11.00

Contemporary

"Daily class would systemathicaly guid you through several movement

excercises, developed from basic principles into the very complex ones

which we will develop smoothly and logically. Step by step we would build

movement qualities, use set principles, work with coordination, dynamics,

musicality and imagination. From the floor to standing. The method „Body

as an puppet" would be a system which would guid us and teaches u show

to work with the body the most economic way."

BIO: