WEDNESDAY APPOINTMENTS AT SPAZIO VOLL in VICENZA
CONTEMPORARY DANCE_IMPROVISATION_COMPOSITION
Wednesdays 23 and 30 October 2024
Wednesday 08 January 2025
Wednesday 05 Febuary 2025
Wednesdays 16 and 23 April 2025
Wednesday 28 May 2025
Wednesday 04 Juny 2025
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Spazio VOLL
via Luca Della Robbia 19
36100 Vicenza (S.Pio X area) Italy
For participants in the DEVIAZIONI LAB _ Padua
Friday, 01/10/2025
Friday, 02/07/2025
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
EX SCUDERIE
Mezzanine Room
Piazza Napoli 41
35142 Padua, Italy
Exclusive to members of the RIZOMA DANZE school (Este).
Open to external participants only if there are remaining spots available.
Sunday, February 2, 2025
4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
RIZOMA DANZE
Via Borgofuro, 1a
35042 Este, Padova, Italy
Technique
The first part of the class focuses on warming up the body, beginning on the floor, then transitioning to verticality and moving through space. This draws from various contemporary dance techniques encountered over the years (Joss-Laban, Nikolais, Limón, Cunningham, Floorwork) combined with somatic practices such as Feldenkrais and Yoga.
All of this is integrated through a personal exploration of movement, guided by observation, experience, and research.
Rootedness and lightness, energy, and quality of movement form the foundation of the technical work.
Lab
The second part delves into the unknown territory of improvisation and (almost) instantaneous composition. Participants will train their focus and listening—to themselves and others—to cultivate the essential openness required for theatrical creation.
Participants will be introduced to “tools” that enable them to find their own danced and compositional language through a personal movement poetics.
In this phase, guided improvisation and perception play fundamental roles. Movement becomes a means of expression, exploration, and discovery, while listening and attention are practiced both inwardly and outwardly, in connection with the stage space.
WORKSHOP
CONTEMPORARY DANCE
IMPROVISATION AND COMPOSITION
CASALE SUL SILE - TREVISO
for ARTE STUDIO NEXTAGE
2 NEW SESSIONS
Saturday, April 12, 2025
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
and
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Address:
Via Isonzo 27
Casale sul Sile, Treviso, Italy
DESCRIPTION
This workshop comprises two separate sessions.
Both will include a technical section and a lab section.
In the afternoon session, which is 30 minutes longer than the morning one, we’ll delve deeper into the laboratory component.
The first part of the session is dedicated to warming up the body—starting on the floor, then moving upright and through the space. It draws from various contemporary dance techniques encountered over the years (Joss-Laban, Nikolais, Limón, Cunningham, Floorwork), enriched by somatic practices such as Feldenkrais and yoga.
This practice is filtered through a lens of personal movement research and experience, emphasizing grounding and lightness, energy, and the quality of movement.
In the second part, we step into the unknown realm of improvisation and (almost) instant composition. Participants will train their attention and listening skills—to themselves and others—to foster the essential openness required for theatrical expression.
Specific “tools” will be introduced, allowing participants to develop a personal poetic approach to movement and a unique danced and compositional language.
In this phase, guided improvisation and heightened perception take center stage. Movement becomes both a medium for expression, exploration, and discovery and a practice of listening and attentiveness toward oneself, others, and the scenic space.
WORKSHOP
CONTEMPORARY DANCE,
IMPROVISATION & COMPOSITION
PADUA
Sunday, 13.04.2025
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Casa di Quartiere Arcella
Marchesi Living Lab
Viale Arcella, 23
35132 Padua
Technique
The first part of the lesson is dedicated to warming up the body—first on the floor, then vertically and in space—drawing inspiration from various contemporary dance techniques explored over the years (Joss-Laban, Nikolais, Limón, Cunningham, Floorwork), combined with somatic practices such as Feldenkrais and Yoga.
All of this is approached through personal experience, observation, and movement research.
Grounding and lightness, energy, and movement quality form the foundation of the technical work.
Lab
The second part of the session delves into the unknown territory of improvisation and (almost) instant composition. Participants will train their awareness and ability to listen to themselves and others, fostering the essential openness needed for "making theatre."
Specific “tools” will be introduced to help each participant discover a personal poetic approach to movement, allowing them to develop their own dance and compositional language.
At this stage, guided improvisation and perception play a key role:
- On one side, movement as a means of expression, research, and exploration.
- On the other, the practice of deep listening and attentiveness—both towards oneself and others—in relation to the performance space.
SATURDAY, 05.07.25
01:45 pm - 05:00 pm
VHS_ Volkshochschule Tempelhof-Schöneberg
Barbarossa Platz 5 10781 Berlin
The first part of the warm-up phase consists of floor exercises based on the Pilates method to activate and strengthen the core – the abdominal and trunk muscles, also known as the powerhouse.
This is followed by contemporary dance exercises performed while standing, and finally, dance sequences in the space, allowing us to fully enjoy creativity and the joy of movement in harmony with the music.
Previous knowledge and experience required?
A certain familiarity with bodywork is welcome, but even more important is the willingness to engage, experiment, and dance!
Please wear two pairs of non-slip socks, ballet slippers, or lightweight sneakers.
INFO:
tty.cb.info@gmail.com
0152.21931157
REGISTRATIONS OPEN FROM 12.04.25
WEDNESDAY EVENTS AT SPAZIO VOLL IN VICENZA
CONTEMPORARY DANCE_IMPROVISATION_COMPOSITION
- Wednesday, October 23, 2024
- Wednesday, October 30, 2024
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Spazio VOLL
Via Luca Della Robbia 19
36100 Vicenza (S.Pio X area) Italy
Friday, 25 October 2024
17:30 - 18:30
18:40 - 20:40
Saturday, 26 October 2024
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
10:40 a.m. - 12:40 p.m.
MUSIC PROJECT - DANCE SECTION
at PROJECT ARTEM MODUS Asd
Via Monte Orrtigara 75
CORNAREDO VICENTIVO - VICENZA
Saturday, 19.10.2024 14:30 - 16:30
Sunday, 20.10.2024 10:30 - 12:30
Via Isonzo 27
Casale sul Sile, Treviso, Italy
for the laboratory DEVIAZIONI _ Padua
Friday, 18.10.2024
Friday, 10.01.2025
Friday, 07.02.2025
8.00pm - 10.00pm
EX SCUDERIE
Sala soppalco/ Mezzanine room
Piazza Napoli 41
35142 Padua_Italy
«[... ] improvisation is already a form of creation: the "unconscious creation".
It is the moment in which the dancer-actor places himself as he is within the theatrical act, puts his being alive in the theatre: to live is to improvise, just as to improvise by doing theatre is to live the action that is being performed.»
From "L' essere scenico" by Valeria Morselli on M.Abbondanza and A. Bertoni
COST:
45,-€
40,-€ reduced for students, unemployed or Early bird discount for bookings and payments until 2.09.2023.
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Dance and theatre lovers who, through the exploration of movement, wish to deepen their work with their bodies as a means of expression and creative communication.
Necessary skills?
A certain familiarity of working with the body is welcome combined with the desire to get involved, experiment and dance!
Key words in Cristiana's classes are rootedness and lightness, energy and quality of movement, play and creativity.
In the first part of the class, we will warm up the body with exercises derived from contemporary dance, yoga, qi gong, and feldenkrais, both on the floor and standing, putting us in relation to space and others from the very beginning.
In the second part we will enter the unknown territory that is improvisation and (almost) instantaneous composition.
We will train attention and listening to ourselves and others, in order to achieve that essential openness of doing theatre.
Tools" will be proposed that will allow participants to experiment, through a personal poetics of movement, their own language of dance and composition.
Voice work can also be integrated into the classes from time to time.
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