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"Through contemporary dance you learn that everything has the potential to become dance."
Contemporary dance is the freedom of movement, where movements are born from freedom.
It can be beautiful and awkward at the same time.
It helps you reconnect with your body and the world around you.It builds up a technique, yet so rebellious that bends the rules.
There is space in it for your history and beliefs. You learn to care with your body - to listen to it - to use it's full maximum. Yet, you will learn how to decide on the volume ( you will realize you always have a choice to go on 2% or 120% ).
Contemporary dance is the understanding that there are many choices you can choose from - it welcomes all your movement experience (running, ballet, hip-hop, skiing, hiking, your everyday gestures).
contemporary drop-in dance classes
Tuesday mornings + Thursday evenings
🗓️ 24 June - 24 July
📌 The Booster, 533 Baker street, Nelson, BC
If your body needs moving and your soul craves recharging, then you are meant to be HERE!
LÉLEKBUGI is a journey in textures, qualities and body sensations. We discover the possibilities of our own movements attempting to reach places where we have never been before.
Class structure is different on every session - as it is uniquely designed for the participants.
Some main components that you will surely meet:
-textures, qualities by guided improvisation
-elements from ballet and modern dance
-short sequences of movement - choreography
-self discovery by creative exercises
-playful partnering exercises
-stretching and relaxation
Goal of our dance courses: learn to listen to our bodies while connecting to pleasure through dancing.
You have the opportunity to find and get to know your own groove and improve it. This is a safe space where we can test the limits of our comfort zones together, while becoming members of a supportive and accepting community.
We are going on a journey where we are discovering the world of textures and qualities through choreographies and improvisation.
Our course is mainly built around contemporary, but we explore various other dance styles, so you can truly expand your repertoire.
We also play with directions, levels and the diameters of space, using special techniques ranging from floorwork to acrobatics.
All of us come from different places with different backgrounds. We bring our own emotions, experiences with us on this journey, but as the weeks go by we become a part of a bigger something and we, together create a special story, where every voice counts. So, to end on a high note, we can tell this story that we've written together in the form of a performance that we can share with our loved ones and anyone else who is interested. Participation is not mandatory, however it is highly encouraged as the magic that happens on stage is a one-time-only experience that creates an atmosphere that you wouldn't want to miss out on.
I would like to invite you to crush the old myths that you cannot dance.
If you have a human body - you are already dancing.
On my classes we use ideas, images to understand the many ways your body can move - even if you've never danced before. Inside your body there are a lot of different qualities that you unconsciously use every day.
During the class we attempt to discover these qualities and learn to use them for so called dance.
If you are an advanced dancer - learned modern/contemporary/ballet before - you probably master a lot of shapes and figures.
On these classes you are going to find the secret spice for becoming a unique dancer.
To grow into the most elegant animalistic creature that impresses the audience.
By becoming an expert in different qualities and textures - you will start to enjoy more to tell your stories through your dance.
Maybe you've already learned shapes and techniques - on my class you will learn that you can decide how are you going to do them - there are hundreds of options for qualities for the same element.
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