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The aim of my class is to give you a sense of moving joyfully, expansively, musically, with nuance, eloquence, power. The movement is underpinned by contemporary ballet, but not in a scary way, the point is that contemporary dancers feel good using some ballet to shift across the space. The class moves from somatic/yogic warm up, a few basic warm up exercises for the legs and feet, lots of three dimensionality, and then quickly towards moving through the space - it's good if you've warmed up a bit. The emphasis is on dancing combinations - more moving than getting ready to move - and on respect for everyone in the room.

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Pip trained and danced with the Royal Ballet and went on to dance with Nederlands Dans Theater and Hofesh Shechter for The Place Prize in Cult. She taught at London Contemporary Dance School for several years and since becoming a mother, has freelanced as a teacher, rehearsal director, creative consultant for Lost Dog, mentor and performer. She is a qualified montessori teacher and life coach, and founded the space dancers-talking for dance artists in 2020.

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Aneta is a professional dancer, capoeira teacher and choreographer. She obtained a double MA degree at Anton Bruckner University in Austria studying movement research and dance pedagogy. She has trained and worked extensively in Brazil, Poland, Austria, Greece and the UK. She carried out her movement research in Brazil, exploring possibilities to exchange experience between contemporary dance and capoeira. Aneta performed with various dance companies and theaters in Europe and Brazil. She is currently working as a dancer/performer for Beatrice Allegranti Dance Company.

She teaches her unique combination of contemporary dance and capoeira in regular classes and workshops in the UK and internationally in places such as: Rambert, South East Dance, The Place, Dance Cultural Center Athens Danc.c.e, Trinity Laban, Pineapple Studio, London Studio Center, Royal Dance Academy, Trip Space, Rambert, Grotowski Institute, Escola de Danca Lieria, Centre des Arts et de la Dance France and Academy of Capoeira Barracão da Capoeira in Brazil.

In 2016, she was selected as the main choreographer for the opening ceremony of the European Capital of Culture in Poland.

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‘LOOKIN’ LIKE AN ICON’

This is a dance workshop in-between the commercial and the contemplative, one-part technical, one-part experiential—and is built around the practice of self-actualisation. Seeking to become iconography, something that stands tall in the crowd, this workshop will rely both on dancing as a meditative practice, but also as an engine to feeling fully formed in dance and movement practice. Workshop participants can expect to engage with meditative practices, physical training and conditioning, and complex choreographic repertory work.

Be your own icon. Inspire the person inside of yourself. Externalise your fears, and let them drip-drip-drip onto the ground. May it nourish your body-mind-soul. You will sweat. And it will feel good.

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Malik Nashad Sharpe is an award-winning choreographer and movement director known for his provocative and formally engaging performance works that address themes of violence, alienation, horror, melancholia, and the horizon. He frequently choreographs underneath his alias, Marikiscrycrycry.

He has received commissions and shown his work at venues and festivals across the U.K., Europe, and Canada, and is currently an Associate Artist at The Place and a studio resident of Somerset House Studios. He has held artistic residencies at Sadlers Wells, Barbican, Performance Situation Room, Dance4, Duckie, and Tate Modern.

He holds a BA in Experimental Dance with highest honours from Williams College and a certificate in Contemporary Dance from Trinity Laban Conservatoire for Music and Dance, where he won the Simone Michele Prize for Outstanding Choreography.

In 2019, he was named a Rising Star in Dance by Attitude Magazine and in 2022, he was featured on the Forbes 30 under 30 list for his unique and pervasive choreographic achievements.

He currently lives in London and is a guest professor in dance and performance at the Stockholm University of Arts in Sweden.

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Based on an experimental and physiological approach to flow and travel, his movement signature style often evolves and is inspired from Martial Arts, Breakin, Popping, Contemporary Release, Spirals, Yoga and various movement concepts.

The class is focused on dance (as opposed to just 'movement'), it will explore various topics like:
• Musicality - How to flow between Breakin (Breakdance) and other movement techniques.
• Refining extensions and 'released' versus 'dynamic' movement execution.
• Trending moves/ Soft-acro, Weight distribution and movement concepts through short improvisation, traveling sequences and technical drills.

The class is aimed to develop all professional dancers from those in professional training, through to Bboys/Bgirls/streetdancers wanting to develop their range of movement, or simply wanting to take part in a fun and physical dance class.

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Marso made his choreographic debuts in 2005 and whilst drawing inspiration from his pioneers (Robert Hylton, Victor Quijada) in hybrid movement genres and Hip Hop theatre, he developed his own language and methodology blurring the lines between Capoeira, Breaking and Contemporary Dance. Marso award winning and founder of Cie Decalage, is known for his unique style of movement, creative thinking and exciting collaborations with Jonzi D, Damien Jalet, Carlos Acosta, HK APA, Rambert Dance Company, The Ballet Boyz, The BBC and numerous venues in the UK. He delivers performance, visual and education work internationally.

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A guided improvisation class embraces the totality of movement infused and influenced by the vibrant rhythms of Afro-Cuban dance. The class aims to deepen the bond between your mind and body, allowing you to be playful, provoke creativity, sync with pulsating rhythms, find your inner groove, and experience a sense of liberation while revitalising your body and spirit.

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Miguel Altunaga trained at Cuba's National School of Contemporary, Modern and Folk Dance, performing as a principal dancer with the National Contemporary Dance Company of Cuba for six years. He joined Rambert in 2007, dancing in works by various esteemed choreographers. He has also performed with Hofesh Shechter Company, Akram Khan Company, and Lost Dog Company in collaboration with the Royal Opera House. As a choreographer, Miguel has created works for Danza Contemporánea de Cuba, Phoenix Dance Theatre, Birmingham Royal Ballet, and more. Notable accolades include the Cuban Best Male Solo Award and multiple Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards UK nominations.

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This class begins with a focus on structural alignment, helping dancers understand and engage their bodies with precision. The session progresses through a structured ballet class, approached through a contemporary lens, integrating traditional techniques with modern movement principles. Dancers will then transition to dynamic movement across the space, culminating in an across-the-floor phrase, and concluding with jumps and petit allegro. This methodical approach ensures a comprehensive development of both classical and contemporary dance skills.

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Julian Nichols, a dedicated Canadian-Italian choreographer and dancer, founded Bodies in Action in 2021. His mission is to create inclusive contemporary dance works that represent all identities. Julian's work has been recognized and supported by Arts Council England and the National Lottery Community Fund. Some of his notable works include Affirming Our Identity, The Problem, and the award-winning dance film Creature.

Julian has taught at prestigious institutions such as Rambert Dance Company and The Place. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Purchase College Conservatory of Dance, where he graduated cum laude, focusing on ballet, modern, and improvisation. His teaching experience spans company classes, professional workshops, and international festivals, emphasizing themes of identity and societal resistance.

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Richard's class will consist of structured and grounding movement practice based on principles of somatic practices, floorwork and physical touch. The class will evolve to an exploration of body and mind to also train, hone and develop personal performance practice. Most importantly its an opportunity to connect and create with others.

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After graduating from the The Place, Richard has performed nationally and internationally with James Cousins, Jose Limon Festival NYC, Wayne McGregor, Lea Anderson, Russel Maliphant Co, Rosemary Lee, Tim Casson, Stefano Poda, Gareth Chambers and more. Richard has also worked with Live Art, Fashion and Film collaborations with artists such as visual Artists Nina Davies, Afra Zamara, Sculpture Artist Eva Rothschild and Poet James Massiah. Richard has created works staged at RichMix, DanceEast, AutoItalia and toured internationally as well as created film works for Venice Bienale, Studio Wayne Mcgregor and Nowness and Music videos for Jon Bringwolves, Casswell and Juri Xi. Richard has also worked as a Movement Director for publications such as Vogue Italia and Gay Times and for brands such as Selfridges, Ice Watch and Stonewall.

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Attack Release - The center of the body as the origins of dynamics. Level: Suitable for professional and vocational level dancers. Jose’s technique class is fast paced and aims to improve stamina through precise and simple movement patterns. The principles of the class are influenced by a diversity of traditional forms such as Kathak, Flamenco and martial arts, which are brought into a contemporary dance context. The initial warm up is followed by more complex movement material with a dynamic focus on the concept of ‘attack and release’. With a passion for rhythm, Jose often uses counts to influence the dynamic of the movement and spinning to engage the core. All of this work prepares the body to travel - exploring the broadest movement in space, whilst making fast, clean transitions from large to detailed.

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Jose started his career in Andalusia where he began performing as a Flamenco dancer. Slowly the world of contemporary dance became more visible as he worked throughout Europe performing with Charleroi/Danses, Ballet de Marseille, T.R.A.S.H, Shobana Jeyasingh Dance and Akram Khan Company. As a rehearsal director and assistant choreographer Jose has worked on several creations for Akram Khan Company, including DESH, iTMOi, TOROBAKA, Until the Lions, Chotto Desh, London 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony, and Sylvie Guillem’s farewell tour Life in Progress. In 2011, Jose started to study Kathak under Akram’s guidance. Finding many parallels between this training and his early studies of Flamenco, Jose reconnected with his roots and began to explore traditional forms in a contemporary context. As a result he created Silk Road (2017), which has toured in 6 countries to date, and Carmen (2020). Jose’s independent choreographic commissions include, Ki for Phoenix Dance Theatre and English National Ballet School; Selah for ZfinMalta Dance Ensemble; A Thousand Shepherds for ACE Dance and Music, later restaged with Cape Dance Company; Arctic for LCDS; Regnum for Festival International de Music y Danza de Granada; Glansvit for Norrdans; Bhaj for SEAD/Bodhi Project; SAM for Area Jeune Ballet; and For You – a film collaboration with London Mozart Players. In 2019, Jose choreographed the opening ceremony of the Davis Cup by Rakuten in Madrid. He is listed in the new edition of 50 Contemporary Choreographers, an international publication by Routledge. His new production of Carmen will tour from autumn 2021. He is developing a new full length solo base in the Hero With A Thousand Faces. During 2022 and 2023 Jose embarked in a new adventure diving into the world of the musical theatre. First as an Associate Choreographer for Cabaret at the Kit Kat club. Then choreographing the flamenco scene and performing as the character of Rico at Strictly Ballroom the musical by Baz Lurhmann.

Bethany will teach on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday:

This class centres the unique joy that moving through space with others brings. Working with various tools we will explore physical specificity, technical proficiency and embodied imagination. This energetic class of floorwork and improvisation will hopefully have you sweating and smiling.

We will warm up with strength and technical exercises focused on moving across the floor, low to the ground and upside down, building up to longer sequences. Usually we will practice running to find pleasure in moving with power, speed and agility. Through improvisation tasks that respond to practical, physical provocations we start to open our awareness into performance.

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Bethany works across improvisation, performance, teaching and creative facilitation. She is a founding member of bad body chaos code (fka The Yonis), a pop-punk band creating euphoric, surreal, riot grrrl, witchy live experiences.

Bethany has toured across the UK and Europe with works by choreographers and companies including Becky Namgauds, Tim Casson, Hannes Langolf, Wired Aerial Theatre and Amy Toner.

She also regularly performs solo and ensemble improvisation. Most recently at Roadhouse in Leeds and Hidden Door Festival Edinburgh.

Vivian will teach on Thursday and Friday:

In the ‘Energy and Flow’ class we will start by discovering and developing our personal way of moving through improvisation and guided tasks and will then move onto set choreographic material based on floor work technique. We will work towards awaking body connections in order to play with the quantity and quality of our energy to find flow in our movement. We will practice body totality, presence as well as developing our strength. We will challenge the physicality of the body, as well as the exploration of rhythms and speed. We aim to find efficiency in movement, especially in moving in and out of the earth, clarity and details. Expression and creativity are key, as well as the connection with the group. And most of all we want to connect to the joy and passion of dance itself!

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Vivian is a freelance dance artist from Greece. She studied contemporary dance at Trinity Laban and then continue as a chosen member of the Akram Khan experiment program and JV2. She has performed for Bittersuite, Vinicius Salles, Jose Agudo and Theatre Rites, Ben Judd, Melanie Lomoff (Lowry and Rambert project) and others. Vivian has also been a performer and choreographer’s assistant for Hagit Yakira. She is a dance captain for Alleyne Dance. She has taught for Rambert, The Place, Laban, Greenwich Dance, Royal Academy of Dance, NDC Wales, Dancce Athens and others. She was the interim Artistic Director of Trinity Laban Youth Company in 2023. Vivian’s work as a choreographer has been supported by Tripspace, Laban, Arts Council England and she has choreographed also for youth groups and commissions.

Contemporary class is inspired by Cunningham Technique, infused with a groove and connecting to rhythm through music and flow. Sharp shifts of weight layered with dynamics and soul are used to awaken the interconnectivity of the body and our love for movement.

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Monique is a freelance contemporary dancer, choreographer, movement director and teacher based in London. She founded her company JONA DANCE, a project based dance company working fluidly across the live theatre, Tv & Film industries. Over the years, Monique has worked with Richard Alston Dance Company, New Adventures, Agudo Dance, Vidya Patel Clod Ensemble and commercially on the Brit Awards (2021) The Pursuit of Love (BBC, 2021), The Marvels (Disney, 2023), The REGIME (HBO, 2024) Jamie Cullum and Kylie Minogue. Monique is currently playing the role of Juliet in Mathew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet which is touring internationally in 2024.

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This class will feature elements of release and counterpoint techniques to utilise weight to move through space. We will warm up with a series of improvisation exercises to open our presence in the studio and tune our senses to connect internal to external, progressing to traveling across the space, challenging our balance, and finding ease in falling and recovery from the floor.

Improvisation underpins much of my practice and will, in these workshops, encourage spontaneity and curiosity. We will learn some set combinations, drawing upon my own movement interests, which are born out of a desire to move through space powerfully and joyfully.

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Anders is a Swedish/British non-binary, performer and choreographer. They graduated from London Contemporary Dance School and joined Maresa Von Stockert’s Tilted Productions for 5 years. They have also danced for choreographers including Lea Anderson, Kasia Witek, Opera North, Jose Agudo, Protein Dance and Requardt & Rosenberg, and in their own work. Their 2022 piece Mapping Gender, has been presented at The Place & The V & A among other venues. Little M is a trans retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid for ages 9+ and will premier at The Place in October 2025.

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Drawing on his years of experience with Richard Alston Dance Company, James uses his innate sense of musicality to explore phrasing through movement. This dynamic Cunningham influenced technique class will strengthen and increase awareness of the body. Starting with a series of simple back exercises, the class work then develops in to longer travelling sequences, exploring a fresh approach to direction and timing.

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James graduated from Central School of Ballet in 2006 and has since danced with Northern Ballet, Peter Schaufuss Ballet, Theater Ulm and Richard Alston Dance Company. Following his retirement from the stage in 2018, he continued to work closely with Alston and fulfilled the role of Rehearsal Director for the Company in 2019. James Currently works as a freelance teacher in both Contemporary and Ballet and delivers regular classes for The Place on their Adult courses. He also teaches at Middlesex University, DanceEast and English National Ballet.

DYNAMICS, RHYTHM & TEXTURE

This is a physical Contemporary Class, which will involve strong, complex and technical sequences in and out of the floor, focusing on quality, initiation, performance and stamina. Each session will begin with a different aspect of movement study, focusing on the articulation of hands, isolations, spirals, breath and flying. Improvisation will also be explored as part of self-development, stemming from a physical intention.

The desired outcomes for the workshop are to develop the dancers' creative mind, driven from passion, determination, strength, musicality and most importantly an intention and honesty in whatever choice they make during the session.

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Award-winning Alleyne Dance is a unique and powerful company that blends Caribbean, Hip Hop and Kathak, within a contemporary dance context. The choreographic language focuses on rhythms and textures with movement that is athletic, fast paced and dynamic, with infusions of lyrical and fluid motion. Founded in 2014 by award-winning sisters, Kristina and Sadé Alleyne, the company strives for high quality and excellence in our three main objectives: Performance: with productions made for the stage, outdoors and film. Participation: with bespoke training classes and workshops for community groups, youth groups, vocational institutions, professional companies, and dance festivals. Development: by nurturing the professional journey of dancers as they find their artistic voice and strengthen their skills. Alleyne Dance also receives commissions to create work on other professional companies that tour nationally and internationally. Some include: Martha Graham Dance Company (USA) Trioler Landstheater: Ballet Company (AT) Phoenix Dance (UK) 2Faced Dance Company (UK) Some of the awards received include: Best Independent Company – National Dance Awards (UK) Black Female Icons of Lewisham – Brockley Max and The Mayor of London (UK) Bench 2019 Women of Colour Commission (UK) Multiple Awards for of Dance Film, (Re)United from, Frostbite, National Dance Awards and more.

This contemporary class focuses on developing flow and communication throughout the body to increase awareness and expand movement quality. The class takes inspiration from martial arts, movement culture and floorwork practices; and uses familar forms to expand our creative reach.

Thoughout the class we will use set material, partner-based tasks, and improvisation to challenge and develop our physicality and creativity. The aim is to provide tools to expand individual movement vocabulary and enhance our physical awareness.

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Jannick is a contemporary dance artist based in London. He trained at Trinity Laban, graduating in 2015. He is a Senior Dance Artist with Stopgap Dance, performing internationally (Frock/Lived Fiction). He has also worked as a performer for Errant/Vinicius Salles (Ox, Glitch), Abbott Dance theatre (Launch Day, Deeds not Words) and Vivian Triantafyllopolou (Ego mas). He has worked as rehearsal director for Olga Spiraki and Vivian Triantafyllopolou; and as a movement director for Scrum Theatre. He has taught at Scottish Dance Theatre, Rambert Pro class and others. He is also a certified Gaga teacher, and teaches regularly across the UK.

Luke teaches a dynamic released based class which is informed by improvisation and somatic practices. The class will explore body patterns focused around energising the core of the body, and connecting to the ground with our weight. Usually beginning with improvisation/experiential anatomy, we will then explore set exercises and sequences to develop our bodily organisation and connectivity. As well as technical challenges, a sense of dynamic versatility, a playful questioning and finding both clarity and spontaneity are encouraged.

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Luke began training at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance and completed his BA Hons degree at Laban. In 2009 he joined post graduate dance company Edge at London Contemporary Dance School.
Professionally he has performed for a variety of companies (Punchdrunk, Flexer and Sandiland, Janine Harrington) internationally alongside working with visual artists performing in galleries (Tate, Hayward Gallery)
His choreographic work has been shown at Canterbury Festival, Saddlers Wells (Damn Fine Dance at Elixir Festival), The Place, Siobhan Davies Studios, Move it 2016 and Arts Depot. His most recent work commissioned by Loop Dance Company is currently touring the UK.
Luke also has a passion for teaching and has delivered classes and workshops with Greenwich Dance, The Place, Independent Dance, Laban, London Studio Centre, Salzburg Academy of Experimental Dance, Shobana Jeyasingh and Candoco.

This ballet class is tailored to contemporary dancers and starts with simple warm up barre exercises to establish clear placement, core stability and movement clarity. The material then progresses and builds up in pace and complexity to prepare the body and the mind for centre work. This consists of longer combinations with a particular emphasis on coordination, timing, use of space and dynamics. The main aim of the class is fluidity and flavour, with research and care for movement transitions as opposed to aesthetic forms.

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Beatrice is a London-based Italian teacher and dancer. In 2016 she completed her MA in Contemporary Dance at the LCDS. She has been teaching ballet and contemporary dance classes to young people and adults for the past 12 years in several vocational and community settings. She currently works for several organisations such as IRIE! dance theatre, Ballet4life and Move into Wellbeing. In 2018 she created with her colleague Orley Quick, BOTH Dance Classes, a company which offers adults dance classes in South East London. Alongside her teaching, Beatrice continues to perform for choreographers in projects and independent work.

Hannah's movement style is rooted in ground-based explorations, combining fundamental floorwork practices with fast-paced challenge and a work-hard-play-hard group energy. Hannah has spent a number of years researching her movement practice and enjoys sharing this with other passionate individuals. Expect a high energy class, a spicy playlist and a friendly space to discover, move and play.

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Hannah Thomas is a British movement artist, performer and teacher, currently performing with Joshua Monten Dance Company in Switzerland. Previously, Hannah has worked with Wee Dance Company and WomanEwer. In addition, she has performed under the direction of James Finnemore, Alison Curtis-Jones and Thomas Page. Hannah is an avid teacher, having shared her practice with a number of professional companies and groups across the globe, including St. Gallen Dance Company, Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève, and Sydney Dance Company. Hannah’s movement practice is driven by her love of climbing, play fighting and snowboarding.

This contemporary ballet class invites us to find our way of moving through a ballet technique. Marie-Astrid loves to use grounding techniques such as breathing, patting and setting an intention to start the class with a state of relaxation and slowly wake up the body by articulating the feet, turn out, etc. It is a journey to rediscover our body's ability, freedom and technique by softening our approach to ballet and deleting expectations.

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Marie-Astrid Mence is a performer with a decade of experience performing in the UK for esteemed companies such as Ballet Black, Phoenix Dance Theatre, and the West End, as well as in television productions. In 2016 she was promoted "dancer of the month" in February by the Magazine Dancing Times UK. From 2018 to 2022, Marie-Astrid was featured in a few dance series as a body double for lead actress for productions such as OCS, Disney and Hulu and also featured in Netflix's Queen Charlotte’ as a dancer. From 2019 to now, she has been commissioned by a few artists as a writer and dancer-choreographer with musician Fro. creating several films that delved into the relationship between improvisational electro/hip-hop music and dance as art forms. At the end of that year 2020, Marie-Astrid performed, wrote and shared her story in the Nowness short film 'The Truth of Being a black Ballerina' by Rebecca Murray. In November 2023, Marie-Astrid performed as a TEDX speaker in Paris. She discussed the notion of success and the courage to find our voice in an unfair and discriminatory environment. Throughout her career, she delivered several ballet classes and workshops to artists at all stages of their career and taught to established companies and schools in the UK such as Rambert, Wayne Mcgregor, New Adventure and lately at Laine Theatre Arts.

Gravity, release, falling, and suspension are key elements in my movement practice, shaping my dance classes. Integrating Gaga principles, we explore deep body awareness and the pleasure in subtle weight shifts. Beginning with yoga-like movements to connect with different states of awareness, we then move into Cunningham and ballet exercises to explore body alignment. This helps participants build strength for suspension and pulling. Cross-floor exercises, inspired by Counter and Release techniques, focus on falling. The class concludes with sequences that blend these elements, encouraging dancers to express their individual artistic style and rediscover the joy of movement.

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I’m Sam Vaherlehto, a dancer, choreographer, and educator based in London. I was a full-time dancer with the Finnish National Ballet and spent five years with Phoenix Dance Theatre. I have worked with independent contemporary dance companies around the world, most recently with SLATE in Shanghai. I hold a First Class Honours degree in Contemporary Performance from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and a Level 2 Qualification in Dance Leadership. Throughout my career, I have focused on blending performance, teaching, and choreography to create meaningful and innovative work.

In Flying Low and Passing Through we practice movement pathways from the ground to standing as effortlessly and smooth as possible. Originated by David Zambrano, the idea of spiral and curved pathways in the body and in space are paramount. We flow in and out of the earth, moving as one group together, using our eyes to connect to each other and the space equally. Amarnah’s work has emphasis on connecting to the community we are sharing the space with, practicing togetherness and cultivating joy in our dancing.

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Amarnah Ufuoma Cleopatra is a London born Nigerian Contemporary Dancer, Flying Low and Passing Through Teacher, Choreographer, Movement Facilitator, and Vocalist. Since completing a BA at LCDS in 2015, and PG Dip at NSCD in 2016, Amarnah has successfully built a career combining her passion for dance, music, teaching and performance. Her work has led her to appear on Stages, for T.V, Short Films, Music Videos, featured in Albums and Gallery spaces nationally and internationally. Amarnah’s work has emphasis on connection to we are sharing the space with, practicing togetherness and igniting that which inspires us to express ourselves.

We will start by developing our personal way of moving through guided tasks and then move onto set material based on floor work. We will work with body connections to play with our energy, qualities and find flow in movement. We challenge the physicality of the body , the speed and rhythmically. We aim to find efficiency in moving in and out of the earth, clarity and details. Expression and creativity are key points in our work, as well as the connection with the group and the ideas of self and togetherness. And most of all, in this workshop we want to rediscover the joy and passion of dance itself.

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Vivian Triantafyllopoulou comes from Greece and studied contemporary dance at Trinity Laban(2012-2015). Then was a member of Jasmin Vardimon 2 and Akram Khan experiment project. She has professionally performed for Jose Agudo/Theatre Rites, WenHsin Lee &Elgiva Field, Alleyne Dance (Dance Captain), Bittersuite, Emily Robinson, Hagit Yakira, Vinicius Salles , Museum of London and others. She also works as a rehearsal director. She teaches professionals, dance students and young people in places like Rambert, The Place, Laban, Tripspace, NDC Wales and others. She has her own dance company since 2019 that has also been supported by Arts Council and also choreographs for commissions and movement directs films.