Alicia Ocadiz & Rodrigo Acevedo & Jerónimo Zoé: CONTEMPORARY DANCE AND POLYRHYTHMS
(workshop & creative process with live music), level ll

Delavnica bo potekala v angleščini in zato opisa ne prevajamo. / The workshop is going to be in English.

Contemporary Dance and Polyrhythms (workshop & creative process)

This worshop explors the relationship between polyrhythms sounds and body movement.We create dance by making a physical interpretation of the rhythm score:we apply a specific rhythm to a body part that will perform a simple movement to represent it ,this process repeats in the entire body with a variation of the rhythm that in the end will move simultaneously.
The participants of the workshop will also be part of a creative process:
Combining live music inspired on the work of the great Chilenian folklorist Violeta Parra and Contemporary Dance, based on the study of polyrhytms, we aim to address the creation of a masive dance piece named "EL Gavilan" .

Alicia Ocadiz (Mexico)

M.A Alicia Ocadiz received her Masters degree in Dance and Motion Arts in 2015 Graduated in Contemporary Dance from the National School of Classical and Contemporary Dance of Mexico and certified dancer of the prestigious schools Rotterdam Dance Academy, CODARTS, in Rotterdam Holland and the Beijing International Arts School in Beijing, China. She has performed as a choreographer, dancer and circus artist in various stages, theaters and festivals in countries such as Mexico, Holland, France, Costa Rica, Panama, Spain, Slovenia and China.

Rodrigo Acevedo (Chile)

Bass player and composer with a wide range of styles ranging from latin american folklore,cuban son, progressive rock, eastern rhythms, jazz and free improvisation.Has performed in several stages and festivals such as :Huaso de Olmue Festival,Teatro de la Ciudad de México,Lunario del Auditorio Nacional,Mexico, Palacio de Bellas Artes,México, Cumbre Tajín 2014, Festival Revueltas 2014,Son festival for Milo,Theater Festival of Manizales,Colombia.  

Jerónimo Zoé (Mexico)

He began his formal studies of music studying piano at Escuela Libre de Música From 2002 to 2005.Later I study composition and Ethnomusicology in the National School of Music From 2004 to 2010.
Since 2006 he began his training as a tabla player taking classes and sporadic courses with masters such as Francisco Bringas, Akram Khan, Heiko Dijker, Abijhit Banerjee, Shashankar Bakshi, Uday Karpoor, Arup Chattopadyha.He has been dissipulo of Ilyas Hussein Khan (lowknow garana)and he is currently studying the pakawaj (ancestor instrument of the table) with the master Pandit Radeshyam Sharma

More: https://vimeo.com/281387277

Ana Klašnja: BALET / BALLET (10 - 14), level l

Delavnica bo potekala v slovenščini. / The workshop is going to be in Slovenian.

Baletni klas s priznano solistko SNG Opera in balet Ljubljana je namenjen učencem baleta, ki imajo baletno osnovo in poznajo osnovne baletne pojme. Klas je sestavljen iz baletnih vaj ob drogu in na sredini s poudarkom na baletni tehniki osnovnem nivoju v povezavi s plesnostjo. 
Potek klasa in težavnost bo prilagojena prijavljenim kandidatom.
Pri baletni plesalki Ani Klašnja je v okviru Poletne plesne šole v dopoldanskem času možnost individualnih baletnih ur, po dogovoru s pedagoginjo.

Ana Klašnja: BALETNA DELAVNICA / BALLET WORKSHOP (10 - 16), level l

Delavnica bo potekala v slovenščini. / The workshop is going to be in Slovenian.
Na baletni delavnici bo pedagoginja in baletna plesalka Ana Klašnja nadaljevala zastavljeno delo baletnega klasa, kjer se bodo utrjeni elementi nadgradili z baletno koreografijo in popestrili z elementi jazz tehnike, piruet ter plesno izraznostjo.  

Ana Klašnja

Asaf Bachrach: CONTACT IMPROVISATION - TECHNIQUES FOR WAITING (18+), level ll

Delavnica bo potekala v angleščini in zato opisa ne prevajamo. / The workshop is going to be in English.

TECHNIQUES FOR WAITING / MATSU GIJUTSU

What does it mean to improvise?
For many people (and dictionaries) to improvise means something like “do or perform on the spur of the moment”. However, the latin origin of the word is in-provisus or unforseen.
So rather than focus on the doing, improvisation invites us to attend to what is yet unexpected or unknown...
In other words, as improvisers we ask how to wait for the un-waited for (French: attendre l’inattendu, Slovenian: čakati nepričakovano).
We will spend our time together collectively contemplating this koan like Proposition.
The French verb ‘attendre’ can be translated in English as ‘wait’ or ‘expect’.
The verb ‘wait’ comes  from Anglo-French and Old North French waitier "to watch".
The verb ‘expect’ comes from the latin   ex- "thoroughly" + spectare "to look".
Unlike the two English verbs that are associated with vision, ‘attendre’ comes from the latin a-”towards’ + tendere ‘stretch’. A kinesthetic, haptic stance.
So how can we wait for, or stretch ourselves towards something if there is nothing there?
In this series of workshops we will develop and share our techniques for waiting together. The work will be inspired by the teachings of Steve Paxton (Contact Improvisation), Lisa Nelson (the Tuning score), Min Tanaka (body weather) and the somatic philosophy of Hubert Godard (Rolfing).

Asaf Bachrach

Asaf has practiced contact improvisation (CI, a contemporary dance technique) as well as other improvisation techniques (Butoh, release, tuning score) since 1994. He Studied in Tel Aviv, New York, Paris and Boston. Among his most influential professors are Steve Paxton, Kirstie Simson, Lisa Nelson, Min Tanaka. Since 2000, he has taught in Europe, in the USA, in Buenos Aires and in Israel. In 2012, he organized an international conference in Paris around CI and ‘mindfulness’ (http://mindthepoint.wordpress.com/). He is the co-founder of the ME-lieu collective (2015). Since 2016 he is a certified Rolfing® practitioner. Asaf has been co-leading with Matthieu Gaudeau, since 2016 the F.A.R. nomadic somatics school, a
trans-somatic (Feldenkrais, Alexander, Rolfing and CI) experiential research group. He is also a practicing cognitive neuroscientist at the CNRS where he has been studying language and dance (labodanse.org).

More:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WwtRM04zyY
https://vimeo.com/66725428

Darko Dragičević: VIDEO DANCE DELAVNICA/VIDEO DANCE WORKSHOP-‘Quota Expansions’ (18+), level lll

Delavnica bo potekala v angleščini in zato opisa ne prevajamo. / The workshop is going to be in English.

 Aim of the Video Dance Workshop ‘Quota Expansions’ is to capture thinking and creation of the body in movement. Proposed practices will look into the movement materials as formats of archived knowledge and will document their transformative potentials into various ways of improvised and/or choreographed thinking. Every day the participants of the workshop will work with different tasks in order to observe these various perspectives. We will closely look at how the processes of capturing dance are not only about the body in movement but also about getting to know about the general settup and alos about one’s own or collaborative processes through the use of text, language, sound, space and use of objects. Furthermore we will explore how these editing tools can be installed in space in relation to the other bodies.
The number of the participants of the Workshop is maximum 12 and the format is open for anyone who is interested in transdisciplinary approaches between different artistic practices.
Participants of the Workshop should bring their own equipment containing: laptop (obligatory), smart phones with video and sound applications (obligatory), video camera (if possible), photo camera (if possible), at least 1 video editing programme preferably Adobe Premiere and Final Cut Pro or something else (obligatory) and all the necessary cables to tranfer the footage from any of the above mentioned devices to the laptop.

Darko Dragičević

Darko Dragičević works internationally as visual artist, film and performance maker and teacher. He explores interdisciplinary projects and cross-media collaborations as the expanded practices within the fields of visual arts, film, performance and choreography.
Recent projects include the choreographies Tonträger and Sonic Extensions with Martin Sonderkamp and the book project Failure as Practice realized in collaboration with the members of City Guerilly and supported by Goethe-Institut.
He has taught at the DOCH University of Dance and Circus Stockholm, TQW Tanzquartier Wien, Folkwang University of the Arts Essen and Y-Institut/Hochschule der Künste Bern among others and is currently a Guest Lecturer at the HfMT University for Music and Dance Cologne/ZZT Centre for Contemporary Dance.
He holds a MFA in Visual Arts and a BA in Visual Communication from The International College of Arts & Sciences in Milan and a filmmaking diploma from NYFA in New York City.

More: darkodragicevci.net

Ida Hellsten: SODOBNI KLAS / CONTEMPORARY CLASS, level ll

Delavnica bo potekala v angleščini in zato opisa ne prevajamo. / The workshop is going to be in English.

Contemporary class advanced
The first part will focus on strength-, flow- and efficiency-building exercises and movement material, to try and get the whole body to work as one organism or organization. We work a lot on the floor, but also make our way up and down, using gravity as a tool by both surrendering to it and working against it. We travel through the space rolling, walking, running, jumping, but also work on more detailed and precise movements. We will learn a longer movement phrase and focus on precision, flow, efficiency  musicality, dynamics and togetherness as well as individual qualities. We dance to music of various genres and try to find our own groove!

Ida Hellsten: SODOBNI KLAS / CONTEMPORARY CLASS, level l

Delavnica bo potekala v angleščini in zato opisa ne prevajamo. / The workshop is going to be in English.

Contemporary class beginners
We will explore some basic principles of contemporary dance, by moving a lot on the floor, but also upright and all the levels in between. Starting with a calm warm up we will move on through different exercises and travel through the space rolling, walking, running, jumping, but also work on more detailed and precise movements. We will learn a movement phrase and focus on coordination, musicality, dynamics and togetherness as well as individual qualities. We dance to music of various kinds and try to find our own groove!

Ida Hellsten

Ida started dancing jazz and show dance at an age of 5, and continued exploring dance in different genres (jazz, hiphop, ballet, modern, contemporary, lindy hop etc.) through the years. She studied jazz dance, ballet and modern/contemporary dance in Kulturama Fria Gymnasium, upper secondary school in Stockholm, and then moved on to study contemporary dance in SEAD, Salzburg. She has many years of experience both as a freelance dancer and performer and was a permanent member of the dance company En Knap Group 2012-2017. She has taught many classes and workshops for all ages and levels, and has also created her own works together with other dance artists. Currently Ida is based in Stockholm where she is combining teaching dance to both children and grown ups with performing and touring works by Ellinor Ljungkvist and Nature Theater of Oklahoma around Sweden, Europe and the world.

More:
http://www.ellinorljungkvist.com/sv/
https://vimeo.com/279536546
http://www.en-knap.com/14/749/pursuit_of_happiness.html

Inma Lobato Diaz: FLAMENKO / FLAMENCO, level  l

Delavnica bo potekala v angleščini in zato opisa ne prevajamo. / The workshop is going to be in English.

Inma Lobato Diaz

Joan van der Mast: MASTER KLAS ZA PLESNE UČITELJE / MASTER CLASS FOR DANCE TEACHERS, level l

Delavnica bo potekala v angleščini in zato opisa ne prevajamo. / The workshop is going to be in English.

MASTER CLASS FOR DANCE TEACHERS, level ll

Joan is a specialist in didactics and methodology in Contemporary and Modern Dance. She has been educating, teaching and coaching contemporary dance teachers for more than 25 years at the Codarts Dance Academy Rotterdam.
During her master classes she will lecture, teach, discuss, move, explore and create under the following topics:

Joan van der Mast

Joan van der Mast (BA / CMA) is an internationally respected teacher, choreographer, lecturer, coach and advisor in contemporary dance and Laban Movement Analysis. She is a Codarts (Rotterdam) graduate and a certified Laban Movement Analyst (New York), studied Choreology (Laban London), Yoga and Stott Pilates. After a too short career as a dancer due to a severe back injury, she became a faculty member of Codarts, Rotterdam Dance Academy, where she has been teaching Modern Dance Technique, Improvisation and Composition, Movement Analysis and Didactics of Modern Dance and started a career as a choreographer. She also became a faculty member of the Royal Conservatory in The Hague in 1997. She is a founder and artistic director of Ex Nunc:Ex Nunc, Center of Modern Dance in The Hague and artistic coordinator of DansPlan, Segbroek College in The Hague. Internationally, she is currently working as a guest teacher, lecturer, choreographer… at the Skopje Dance Academy (Macedonia), Anna Maletic School for Contemporary Dance (Zagreb/Croatia) & University of Warchau (Faculty of dance).

Kaja Lin: JOGA / YOGA, level l

Delavnica bo potekala v angleščini in slovenščini. / The workshop is going to be in English and Slovenian.

JOGA

Delavnica je kombinacija hatha in vinyasa joge, ki plesalcem ponuja nekoliko zahtevnejše in bolj dinamične jogijske sekvence in asane. Vadba je zastavljena tako, da z njo pridobimo mišično moč, fleksibilnost in stabilnost v sklepih, skozi posamezne vaje pa bomo iskali ravnotežje med krepitvijo in raztezanjem mišice, ki je izjemno pomembno pri preventivi pred poškodbami. Prakso bomo nadgradili s pomočjo diha, ki nam bo pomagal pospešiti pretok energije skozi telo in povečati sposobnost osredotočenja.

Delavnica je namenjena plesalcem oziroma vsem, ki se zanimajo za jogijske prakse.

YOGA

The workshop, a combination of Hatha yoga and Vinyasa Flow, will provide more dynamic yoga sequences and asanas designed for dancers. We will focus on gaining muscle strength and joint stability and on increasing flexibility. The training is a balanced intertwinement of stretching and strengthening, which is crucial to injury prevention. Using the breath we will cultivate a strong and mindful practice that accelerates the flow of energy through the body and helps develop a stronger focus. 

This workshop is open to dancers and to everyone interested in yoga practice

Kaja Lin 

Kaja Lin je plesalka, koreografinja, plesna pedagoginja in inštruktorica joge. Diplomirala je na Konservatoriju za glasbo in balet v Ljubljani ter se izobraževala na vsakoletnih seminarjih v New Yorku. V Sloveniji je sodelovala v projektih Kjara’s Dance Project in M&N Dance Company. 

Leta 2010 se je preselila v Izrael, kjer je plesala za Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company II in Fresco Dance Company ter v številnih lastnih projektih in projektih drugih koreografov in skupin, kot na primer Excellent Dancers project pri Batsheva Dance Company. Od leta 2015 do 2017 je plesala v skupini ImPerfect Dancers Company v Italiji. Svoje avtorske koreografije je predstavila na festivalih v Sloveniji, Izraelu in Indiji. Na tekmovanjih OPUS 1 je osvojila prvo nagrado (2006) in nagrado za najboljšo izvedbo (2007, 2008).

Kaja Lin jogo vadi že več kot 10 let. Leta 2014 je zaključila šolo za učitelje joge (200h Yoga Yug International school, Indija). Jogo poučuje v Sloveniji in tujini.

Kaja Lin is a dancer, yoga instructor, dance teacher and choreographer. She completed her training with the Slovene National Ballet Conservatory and later studied at multiple dance seminars in New York. 

As a dancer she worked with the Slovenian companies Kjara’s Dance Project and M&N Dance Company. In 2010 Kaja moved to Israel where she danced for Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company II and Fresco Dance Company as well as in many of her own projects and projects of other choreographers and groups, such as the Excellent Dancers Project at Batsheva Dance Company. From 2015 to 2017 she danced at the Italian ImPerfect Dancer Company.

Her choreographies were presented at festivals in Slovenia, Israel and India. At the OPUS 1 competitions, she won the first prize (2006) and the Best Performance Award (2007, 2008). 

Kaja Lin has been practicing yoga for more than 10 years. In 2014, she completed a Yoga Teacher School (200h Yoga Yug International School, India). She teaches yoga in Slovenia and abroad.

Katjuša Kovačič & Nikola Orešković : ENTER THE SPIRAL & TRUST: PARTNER ACROBATICS, level ll

Delavnica bo potekala v angleščini in slovenščini. / The workshop is going to be in English and Slovenian.

ENTER THE SPIRAL & TRUST: PARTNER ACROBATICS
The goal of the workshop is to give you the necessary building blocks with which you can create unique flow - by connecting transitions, rolls, jumps, dives and acrobatic movements in endless continuum. We will use various techniques from contemporary dance, capoeira and circus acrobatics; but most important we will strive to economize the energy flow from one element to the other, through the effortless use of the spiral.
Benefits:
Developing multi-dimensional movements; better understanding and use of surroundings; out-of-the-box movement (using and connecting the moves from different disciplines); economising motion, strength and power.

Injuries, age, or other physical impairments will not limit your participation in this workshop, whose goal is to discover the individual movement potential of each participant. Beginners as well as experienced movers, actors and dancers, acrobats are welcome.

Nikola Orešković & Katjuša Kovačič – Fluid balance

Fluid balance helps you to become more aware of your body in any situation/position and lets you feel how balance flows dynamicaly across the axis of the body. The aim is to explore the posibilities of smooth transitions between movement and stillness. We discover the individual movement potential of each participant. Fluid balance is suitable for all body types.

More:
Katjuša: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pqs9AlM1Qc 
Nikola: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy-FupC8fIg 
web page: http://www.amazonas.hr/fluidbalance/en/
facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/creativeacrobatics/
youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOB5_REZnTTCsIORV2K1L3Q
Link na video playlistu na youtube kanalu: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1rEdrH0rMaFUgNadXx0DaQTANYGTzdiW
Link na video playlistu na facebooku: https://www.facebook.com/creativeacrobatics/videos/1913422238943590/

Maja Kalafatić & Ajda Tomazin:  MOVEMENT TRIP, level ll

Delavnica bo potekala v angleščini in slovenščini. / The workshop is going to be in English and Slovenian.

MOVEMENT T R I P offers practical and theoretical knowledge in the field of contemporary dance, visual arts, somatic techniques and vast methodology approaches. It is structured in such a way that practitioners sharpen their research focus through their own practice. The pworkshop supports research and creativity, and above all interdisciplinary discourse. It promotes the expression and problematisation of a particular individual topic through dance, movement, verbal and written formats. The purpose is to create a space of discourse, a space for learning and creating, a space for reflection and error in order to meet the theory and practice.
The main goal of the practice TRIP is to equip practitioners with tools (both practical and theoretical) about methodology and modes of documentation, about activism in dance, about social choreography, about visual arts in dance, and somatic practices in order to connect them with performative practices. The emphasis will be on the fact that practitioners through their own interest of research and practical-theoretical tasks determine how their primary field of interest can be expanded, transformed and linked to other fields. Through group and individual work, practitioners will explore different themes through the various modules, which are most interested in them and present them in their own way or through various formats in the form of a final project. In desired format using selected practical-theoretical tools. 

Maja Kalafatić

Maja Kalafatić is a dancer, choreographer, pedagogue and yoga teacher, who lives and works between Ljubljana and Belgrade. She began her dance career in 1988 in the Plesni Forum Celje under the guidance of Goga Stefanović Er- javec, where she studied and performed in all productions and performances for fifteen years. In 2006, she graduated from Salzburg Experimental Academy Of Dance, and in 2015 she received a master's degree from ZZT - Zentrum für Zeitgenössis- chen Tanz (Hochschule für Musik und Tanz): Tanzvermittlung im zeitgenössischen Kontext by prof. Nini Patricia Hänel and Martin Sonderkamp. Currently, she is in the 4th year of Doctoral Studies of Transdisciplinary Arts and Media in Belgrade ment- ored by prof. Miško Šuvaković. She works intensively with Mateja Bučar, Ajda To- mazin, Jovana Tomić, Esta Matković, Stephanie Felber and others. In 2015, perform- ance Betwixt, cocreated with Mario De Dueñas Lopez / DG Collective was selected for Gibanica Festival in Ljubljana. She works in the field of movement, choreography, theatre and entering the field of theory. She is teaching in the field of contemporary dance, yoga for many years and is engaged in the organisation of workshops for children and adults.
More: http://ski.emanat.si/maja-kalafatic/

Ajda Tomazin

Marija Slavec: GAGA PLESALCI / GAGA DANCERS, level ll

Večino klasa bo vodenega v angleškem jeziku zaradi terminologjie, ki je bila za Gaga jezik razvita v angleščini
/ The workshop is going to be in English.

GAGA DANCERS

GAGA ni plesna tehnika ampak jezik, katerega je Ohad Naharin razvil tekom več let in se uproablja v vsakodnevni praksi plesalcev Batsheva Dance Company. Jezik Gaga izvira iz prepričanja v zdravljenje, dinamično, konstantno spreminjajočo se moč gibanja in se še zdaj razvija. Gaga je nov način pridobivanja znanja in samozavedanja skozi telo.
Gaga zagotavlja okvir za odkrivanje in krepljenje telesa, dodaja prožnost, vzdržljivost in okretnost, skozi čute in domišljijo.  Gaga ozavešča o fizičnnih pomankljivostih, prebudi otrpela območja in ponuja načine za njihovo odpravo. Delo izboljšuje nagonsko gibanje in povezuje zavestno in podzavestno gibanje ter omogoča doživetje svobode in užitka.

GAGA DANCERS 

GAGA is not a dance technique but rather a language developed over several years by Ohad Naharin and used in daily practice by dancers of the Batsheva Dance Company. Gaga Language originates from the premise of healing, dynamic and constantly changing power of movement and is still developing. Gaga is a new way of acquiring knowledge and self-awareness through the body. 
Gaga provides a framework for discovering and strengthening the body, adds flexibility, endurance and agility through the senses and imagination. Gaga provides awareness of physical deficiencies, awakens numb areas and provides ways to eliminate them. Work improves instinctive movement as well as links the conscious and subconscious movement thus allowing for experiencing freedom and pleasure. 

Marija Slavec

Marija Slavec je začela plesati v Plesnem Klubu Elite Koper pod mentorstvom Siniše Bukinca in Kristine De Ventus  nato pa nadaljevala v Ljubljani z modernim plesom pod mentorstvom Kjare Starič Wurst.
Po uspešno opravljeni avdiciji  je bila dve leti del programa D.A.N.C.E. (European interdisciplinary professional  program) pod umetniškim vodstvom Frédérica Flamanda, Williama Forsythea, Wayna McGregorja in Angelina Preljocaiaja, kjer je plesala v predstavah teh koreografov in bila del kreativnega procesa novih predstav. Leta 2009 je bila del Švedskega Riksterna v sodelovanju z Batsheva Dance Company, kjer je nastopala v predstavi Kamuyot koreografa Ohada Naharina. Istega leta se je pridružila Ensamblu Batsheva, kjer je poleg Ohada, delala tudi s Sharon Eyal in bila soustvarjalka številnih plesnih miniatur v sodelovanu s plesalci Batsheva Dance Company. Leta 2012  se je pridužila Vertigo Dance Company kjer je poleg ustvarjanja z umetniško vodjo te kompanije, Noa Wertheim, delala tudi s Sharonom Fridmanom in pionirko postmodernega plesa, Anno Halprin.
Marija se je letos pridružila Tanzmainzu v Nemčiji, kjer je bila del predstave Guya Naderja in Marie Campos, ter Guya Weizmana in Roni Haver.
V  zadnjih osmih letih je nastopala na Švedskem, v Izraelu, Ameriki, Italiji, Franciji, Nemčiji, Kolombiji, Panami, Avstraliji, na Kitajskem, v Rusiji, Gruziji, Monaku, na Hrvaškem, v Španiji in v Angliji.
Marija od leta 2010 poučuje Gaga (movement language) tako plesalce kot neplesalce.

Marija Slavec began her dance career in the Elite dance club in Koper under the tutelage of Siniša Bukinac and Kristine De Ventus before moving to Ljubljana to learn contemporary dance under Kjara Starič Wurst. 
After a successful audition, she worked within the D.A.N.C.E. (European interdisciplinary professional program) for two years under the artistic control of Frédéric Flamand, William Forsythe, Wayne McGregor and Angelin Preljocaj, both appearing in dance shows by these choreographers and taking part in creating new shows. In 2009 she worked with Sweden’s Rikstern in cooperation with the Batsheva Dance Company, where she took part in the Kamuyot performance by choreographer Ohad Naharin. In the same year she joined the Batsheva Ensemble, where she, apart from Ohad, worked with Sharon Eyal and co-created numerous dance miniatures in cooperation with the dancers of the Batsheva Dance Company. In 2012 Marija joined the Vertigo Dance Company, where she worked with its artistic leader Noa Wertheim, as well as with Sharon Fridman and post-modern dance pioneer Anna Halprin. 
Marija joined Germany’s Tanzmainz in December 2017, where she was part of creations of Guy Nader and Maria Campos, Guy Weizman and Roni Haver, Alessandra Corti, Roy Assaf and Victor Quijada. 
In the last nine years, she performed in Sweden, Israel, the USA, Italy, France, Germani, Colombia, Panama, Australia, China, v Russia, Georgia, Monaco, Croatia, Spain and England. 
Since 2010, Marija has been teaching Gaga (movement language) to dancers and non-dancers.

More:
gagapeople.com/English:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzXhcNFXwYM

Maša Kagao Knez: AFRO SODOBNI / AFRO CONTEMPORARY / level ll

Delavnica bo potekala v angleščini in slovenščini. / The workshop is going to be in English and Slovenian.

Afro sodobni ples
Po dolgoletnih pedagoških, koreografskih in plesnih izkušnjah, je Maša oblikovala sodobni plesni klas, v katerem povezuje sodobne plesne tehnike in principe zahodnoafriških plesov (fluidnost, muzikaličnost, ritmičnost..). Preko vaj in plesne kombinacije želi plesalce spodbujati k nadgrajevanju njihovega plesnega izraza in poglabljanju senzibilnosti v plesni interpretaciji.
Klas je namenjen plesalcem, ne glede na njihovo plesno usmerjenost, saj se posveča različnim kvalitetam (zavedanje in odzivnost telesa, jasen vzgib za gib, preciznost in usmerjenost giba, osredotočenost v danem trenutku..), ki omogočajo pretočnost in večjo amplitudo giba ter svobodnejšo, polnejšo in iskreno plesno izvedbo. 

Afro contemporary
Maša’s choreographic and teaching work is based on connecting contemporary dance techniques with West African dances. She focuses on exploring different qualities and is interested in how to stimulate dancers to achieve various possibilities of dance expression with the help of mastering dance technique, the elements of African tradition (rhythm, movement motives,…) and improvisation.
The class is intended for all dancers, regardless of their prior training. Focusing on different qualities (awareness and reactivity of the body, clear impetus, precision and intention of movement, focus in a given moment,…), the class develops fluidity, a greater amplitude of movement as well as a freer, richer and more authentic performance.

Maša Kagao Knez

Maša Kagao Knez je plesalka, koreografinja, plesna pedagoginja in gledališka ustvarjalka. Z uprizoritvenimi umetnostmi se je srečala že kot otrok skozi delo svoje mame, plesalke in koreografinje Jasne Knez. Maša se je izobraževala pri številnih mentorjih doma in v tujini ter leta 2006 diplomirala na šoli Georgesa Momboyeja za tradicionalne in sodobne afriške plese v Parizu. Leta 2013 je diplomirala na Akademiji za ples v Ljubljani, letos pa zaključuje magistrski študij Umetnost giba na AGRFT.
Kot plesalka, igralka in koreografinja deluje tako na neodvisni sceni kot v institucionalnih gledališčih. V zadnjih letih pogosto sodeluje z režiserko Ivano Djilas, kot koreografinja in asistentka. Leta 2009 je s plesalko Dalando Diallo in glasbenikom Damirjem Mazrekom soustanovila kulturno umetniško društvo Baobab, ki deluje na področju plesa, glasbe in gledališča. Od leta 2015 je umetniška direktorica zavoda Studio25 in vodja Plesnega studia XXV, obenem pa ustvarja plesne predstave: Dia Diasso Diasspora, MOMENTUM Avenija ujetih trenutkov, LakeLess, Koncert za Mam, Yaamaam… Leta 2016 sta z glasbenikom Muratom ustvarila duet LakeLess in osvojila nagrado na XX. Festivalu koreografskih miniatur v Beogradu.
Mašino pedagoško in koreografsko delo temelji na raziskovanju gibalnega materiala, v katerem se različne plesne tehnike ter gibalni motivi afriške plesne tradicije prepletajo, dopolnjujejo in preoblikujejo v avtorski plesni izraz. Leta 2013 je kot plesalka prejela nagrado Ksenije Hribar.  

Maša Kagao Knez works as a dancer, choreographer and theatre practitioner. She first came into contact with the performing arts as a child through the work of her mother, Jasna Knez, a dancer and choreographer herself. Maša was educated by various international teachers, both in Slovenia and abroad, and graduated in 2006 from Georges Momboye school for African traditional and contemporary dance in Paris. In 2013 she graduated from the Academy of dance in Ljubljana.
In 2009 Maša, together with dancer Dalanda Diallo and musician Damir Mazrek, co-founded the Baobab cultural and arts society, which operates in the field of dance, music and theatre. Since 2015 she has been the artistic director of Institute 25 and manages the Dance studio XXV, as well as creates dance performances:  Posvetitev pomladi (Flota, 2016), Momentum Avenija ujetih trenutkov (Studio 25, KUD Baobab, CD, PTL, 2015), Dia Diasso Diasspora (KUD Baobab, CD, 2013)...
She also works as a choreographer, dancer and actress in big production theatres as well as independent companies: Plesni Teater Ljubljana, Flota, SNG Nova Gorica, Mestno gledališče Ljubljana - MGL, SNG Drama Ljubljana, Prešernovo gledališče Kranj, Anton Podbevšek Teater, Mini teater...
Maša's teaching and choreography work is based on research of movement material in which different dance techniques and movement motives of African dance traditions intertwine, complement and transform into the author dance term. She received a Ksenija Hribar dance award in 2013. Three years later she won the third prize at the XX. Festival of choreographic miniatures in Belgrade as part of the duo with musician Murat.

More:
www.masakagaoknez.si
Promo Momentum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=xqcCaMoYPGw
Promo Dia Diasso Diasspora: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCUBmmsE6Rs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K6BrqNuiyo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYtq5116e7A

Matjaž Farič: KOREOGRAFSKA DELAVNICA “PLES V MESTU”/ CHOREOGRAPHY WORKSHOP  “DANCE IN THE CITY” (18+), level lll

Delavnica bo potekala v angleščini in slovenščini. / The workshop is going to be in English and Slovenian.

Vsaka plesna sekvenca še ni koreografija. Slednja nastaja lahko na mnoge načine. Na delavnici Ples v mestu se bomo posvetitili umeščanju plesne sekvence v kontekst, ki ga označujejo prostor in družbeni odnosi.
Ta kontekst lahko opazujemo v oblikovanju in rabi javnega prostora. Pri vsem gre na začetku za razmerja med posameznim premikajočim se telesom in skupino, ki je naposled umeščena v nek okvir. Okvir je lahko samo navidezen, kot na primer meje družbenega odnosa in konkreten kot odrski portal, stene plesnega studia, arhitektura trga, ulice, krajinska arhitektura parka in še bi lahko naštevali. Nenazadnje je tudi vse našteto pogojeno z družbenimi odnosi. Vprašajte arhitekte!
Se sliši zapleteno? Pa ni, v bistvu gre na tej delavnici za odnose med nami, v velikem in majhnem ter zaprtem in odprtem prostoru. In, kar je najpomembneje, kako prostor vpliva na naše dojemanje in ustvarjanje plesa.

Matjaž Farič

Matjaž Farič, koreograf, režiser, plesalec, umetniški vodja je začel plesno in koreografsko kariero v osemdesetih letih, po šolanju na mariborski baletni šoli in na dresdenski visoki šoli za ples Palucca. Kasneje se odloči za študij režije in leta 2010 diplomira na ljubljanski AGRFT. V svoji dolgoletni koreografski karieri ustanovi več plesnih skupin. S prvo, Vzhodnim plesnim projektom, ustvari niz zgodnjih del. Leta 1988 pleše v Baletnem observatoriju ZENIT skupine Rdeči pilot, naslednje leto koreografira v Dramskem observatoriju ZENIT. Leta 1991 v Slovenskem mladinskem gledališču postavi predstavo Veter, pesek in zvezde ter zanjo prejme nagrado Borštnikovega srečanja. V letih 1994-1997 sledijo preinterpretacije baletnih klasik: Labodje jezero, Romeo in Julija, Posvetitev pomladi in Trilogija – zadnje dejanje. Jeseni 1999 ustanovi skupino FLOTA, s katero kot hišni koreograf Cankarjevega doma uprizori Terminal (v tedniku Mladina razglašen za slovensko predstavo leta 1999). Na tujem v sezoni 1988/89 pleše v predstavah amsterdamske skupine Testworks, kot koreograf sodeluje s Studiem za sodobni ples iz Zagreba ter z Diversions Dance Company iz Cardiffa.  Leta 2004 postavi predstavo BETA za francosko Compagnie Coline. Kot koreograf sodeluje pri nastajanju opernih in gledaliških predstav v Ljubljani, Novi Gorici, Celju, Mariboru, Celovcu, Zagrebu, na Reki in v Antwerpnu – najpogosteje v režijah Vita Tauferja, Eduarda Milerja in Matjaža Zupančiča. Matjaž Farič je umetniški vodja zavoda Flota in plesnega festivala Front@ v Murski Soboti. Za svoje umetniške dosežke je prejel več domačih in tujih nagrad.

Mickael Marso Riviere: BREAKIN, level ll

Delavnica bo potekala v angleščini in zato opisa ne prevajamo. / The workshop is going to be in English.

Breakin
The class will touch on Breakin foundations and history of the dance. Toprock, floorwork, freezes and concepts to develop your style. Students will get familiar with the capabilities of their bodies while learning new moves. Marso will teach and review moves often to build students coordination, conditioning and confidence.
The benefits of taking this class is increased motor skills, flexibility, balance, rhythm, memory and strength while having fun and playing games.

Mickael Marso Riviere: RELEASE THE BREAK, level ll

Delavnica bo potekala v angleščini in zato opisa ne prevajamo. / The workshop is going to be in English.

Release the Break
Marso is known for his unique style of breakin and contemporary dance. His signature style of movement often evolves and is inspired from Martial arts,  Capoeira, Breakin, Popping, Contemporary Release, Spirals, Yoga and various movement concepts.
What to expect:
• The class will explore how to flow between breakin and other movement techniques, refining extensions and "released" versus "dynamic" movement execution.
• 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 and Bgirls/streetdancers wanting to develop their range of movement or simply wanting to take part in a fun and physical morning dance class.

Mickael Marso Riviere: CREATIVE PARTNERING, level lll 

Delavnica bo potekala v angleščini in zato opisa ne prevajamo. / The workshop is going to be in English.

Creative Partnering
This class will touch on weight transfer and partnering concepts (contact, lifts and weight balancing ) based on Décalage’s repertoires. The work produced by Decalage (Marso’s company) is eclectic, strongly influenced by Capoeira, waving and Breakin, pushing the boundaries between contemporary dance and experimental movement styles.

Mickael Marso Riviere

Born in France, Mickael Marso Riviere is an award winning choreographer. In the last 19 years he has established himself as a major force in both the contemporary dance, and Breakin’ (Breakdance) worlds, producing events and touring original works in the UK and abroad. 
Founder of Company Decalage, Bboy's Attic and Marso Riviere IMG Photography, He’s an active member of leading Breakin’ Crews MDK and The Bronx Boys 1975, judging, competing and promoting Hip Hop Culture internationally.
Recent commissions include T-Break for Birmingham International Dance Festival 2018, Matches with Guy Nader, and Hokiri for Carlos Acosta’s Company "Acosta Danza” which premiered in Havana (Dec 2016). 
For Birmingham Hippodrome he produced B-Side Hip Hop Festival and Experimental dance concept event KRE8! (2016-2018). He co-directed and featured in the Hippodrome Creative’s Dance on Screen commission X-Ray The Unknown Quantity by Hugh Turvey. Marso also appeared in Vogue's 100 years’ Edition for Hussein Chalayan’s Gravity Fatigue choreographed by Damien Jalet. He was shortlisted (as choreographer) for the Kevin Spacey’s artist of choice award in 2016 and guest lectures for leading institutions such as Rambert School and The Place in London. 
Marso is the 2018/2019 Choreographer in Residence for the Royal Academy of Dance’s Step into Dance programme and has recently been awarded the 2019 Choreodrome Research Programme and Commission by The Place.

More:
www.marsoriviere.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5w_7PDv4_Y 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw2zfu9E7XE&t=4s

Nicole Speletic: MODERN TECHNIQUE (9-14), level l

Delavnica bo potekala v angleščini in zato opisa ne prevajamo. / The workshop is going to be in English.

Modern Technique
This is a modern dance class grounded in the style and principles of Humphrey-Limon, but with a fresh and contemporary approach. It is for dancers with some training, but it does not require prior knowledge of this style. This style of dance is useful training for other contemporary forms – it shows you the roots of much contemporary dance. We will learn some of the core coordinations for falling and rising, for momentum in different pathways, generated by the weight of the body, coordination of various body parts. And not only by muscle exertion. We will use these principles in floor sequences, center standing phrases and traveling sequences with jumps and turns. We will break down complex movement sequences to learn them more clearly. And we will learn how to bring feeling and creative intentions to even the more technical
aspects of our dancing.

Nicole Speletic: MIXED MODERN & REPERTORY, level ll

Delavnica bo potekala v angleščini in zato opisa ne prevajamo. / The workshop is going to be in English.

Mixed Modern
A very contemporary modern dance class, grounded in the style of Humphrey-Limon, complemented with influences from other styles such as release, ballet and Horton. There will be a thorough warm-up from floor, to standing to moving through space. There will be attention to finding fluidity and suppleness - to alignment, form and articulation - to dynamic actions and sequences. - and to intention/inspiration. We will be rolling, stacking, swinging, spiraling, carving, rising, resisting, with suspension and opposition weight and
lightness. We will use the second half of the sessions to build longer phrases and combinations drawn from excerpts of repertory. We will play with rhythm and imagery to dance with full dynamic power and full-bodied expressivity. We will use repertory phrases in new and relevant ways, bringing our own sensibilities, infusing them with our own meaning and feeling. (Dancers from this class may be invited to be part of a summer video project at the end of the course.)

Nicole Speletic

Nicole Speletic (nspeletic@gmail.com), dance artist and philosopher from New York City, was first in her family to attend college. Full merit scholarships provided opportunities to pursue her education from high school through doctoral level. She held a full PhD fellowship at Georgetown University, was granted the Mellon Teaching Fellowship, was co-director of the student dance company (G.U. Dance) and received two awards for her contribution to the arts.
Nicole trained and worked at the Limon Institute (7 years), was apprentice with Limon Dance Company, was Associate Director of Limon Professional Studies Program (3 years) and helped design that curriculum. She later completed one year of a master's degree in Dance Studies (Malta University).
Dr. Speletic strongly values her European heritage, and travels there annually offering workshops, presentations, projects and attending special courses. She also maintains an active practice in dance and philosophy, with daily class and cross-training, and through reflective theoretical analysis - each enriching the other. She would say that she has learned the most from life experiences: tutoring prisoners, changing her own name, marrying her sister, talking her father through to the next realm, standing up in court for a friend, dancing back-up at Bowery Ballroom and busking with a jazz band in the UK. And she believes in art's power to express the most profound and significant aspects of this human condition - to catalyze human experience – its mystery, delight or tragedy - into something meaningful and valuable.

More:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnohjJbM1Ao&feature=youtu.be

Rita Pollacchi: BALET / BALLET, level ll

Delavnica bo potekala v slovenščini in angleščini. / The workshop is going to be in Slovenian and English.

Klasični baletni klas s priznano solistko SNG Opera in balet Ljubljana Rito Pollacchi vsebuje baletne vaje pri drogu in na sredini ter kondicijski trening. Na tej stopnji bo poudarek na utrjevanju baletne tehnike in pripravi telesa na napore baletnega plesalca.
Primeren je za dekleta in fante od 14 let naprej, ki plešejo balet že nekaj let (stopnja 6.r baletne šole, 1. in 2. letnik srednje baletne šole). Izjemoma se v baletni klas lahko vključijo tudi starejši kandidati, ki imajo že predznanje baleta. Potek klasa in težavnost bo prilagojena prijavljenim kandidatom.

Rita Pollacchi: REPERTOAR ZA DEKLETA / REPERTOIRE FOR GIRLS, level ll

Delavnica bo potekala v slovenščini in angleščini. / The workshop is going to be in Slovenian and English.

Na pouku repertoarja bodo dekleta spoznala variacije iz klasičnih baletov in vse detajle iz prve roke solistke, ki so pomembni za plesanje ženskih vlog. Pedagoginja in baletna plesalka Rita Pollacchi se bo posvetila učenju ženskih variacij iz klasičnih baletov ter vsem elementom, ki so potrebni za izvajanje variacij (vaje na špicah, skoki…).
Pouk je primeren za dekleta od 14 let naprej, ki že obvladajo tehniko špic, pa vse do profesionalnih baletnih plesalk.

Rita Pollacchi 

Rita Pollacchi je srednje baletno šolanje končala v Italiji v šoli milanske Scale, kjer je že takrat sodelovala v baletih Hrestač in Don Kihot. Svoje baletno znanje je med letoma 1995 in 1998 izpopolnjevala na baletni akademiji Heinz Bosl Stiftung. V tem času je sodelovala tudi z Bavarskim državnim baletom.
Leta 1998 je postala članica baletnega solo zbora SNG Opera in balet Ljubljana, leta 2007 solistka, leta 2015 pa priznana baletna solistka ansambla SNG Opera in balet Ljubljana.
Plesala je v predstavah: Meso srca (duet), Labodje jezero (Beli in Črni labod), Doktor Živago (Tanya), Tristan in Izolda, Coppélia na Montmartru (Prijateljice), Trnuljčica (Modra ptica, vila Temperament), Ukročena trmoglavka (Katarina), Navihanka (Prijateljica), Ta ljubezen, Hrestač – Božična zgodba (mala Klara), Pepelka (Anastazija), Serenade (Serenada, Concerto barocco), Kdo je najmočnejši na svetu (gospodična Miška), Veronika se odloči…, Mozart vs. Schumann (solo par), Don Kihot (Kitri), Yin & Yang (She is missing ...) Romeo in Julija (Prijateljica, Beraček), Tango za Rahmaninova – Rapsodija, Picko in Packo (Picko), Labodje jezero, ideal romantičnega baleta – tokrat ... po Prešernu (Julija Primic), Bajadera (Nikya, Gamzati), Urbanobalet in Samorog ter v baletnem večeru Pod zvezdami (Nekaj več, Čudoviti svet … je lahko), Silfida (Silfida) ter Giselle (Giselle).
V sezoni 2007/2008 je na slavnostnem koncertu baletnih zvezd v Italiji (Roberto Bolle in prijatelji) plesala z Alenom Bottainijem v Don Kihotu in Antonom Bogovom v Le Corsaire.
Leta 2008 je prejela strokovno stanovsko nagrado Lydie Wisiak za izjemne dosežke na področju baletne umetnosti za vlogo Kitri v baletu Don Kihot.

Rita Pollacchi completed her secondary ballet education in Italy at the La Scala Theatre School, during which she already took part in the theatre's productions of such ballets as The Nutcracker and Don Quixote. From 1995 to 1998 she perfected her knowledge at the Heinz Bosl Stiftung Ballet Academy in Munich. During this period of time she also took part in some ballet productions of the Bavarian State Opera.
In 1998 she became a demi-soloist in the SNG Opera in balet Ljubljana (Slovenian National Theatre Opera and Ballet Ljubljana), where she was promoted to soloist in 2007.
She has so far danced in the following ballet productions: Heartmeat (Duet), Swan Lake (White and Black Swan), Doctor Zhivago (Tanya), Tristan and Isolde, Coppélia on Montmartre (Girlfriends), Sleeping Beauty (Bluebird, Violente), The Taming of the Shrew (Katherina), La Fille mal gardée (The Wayward Daughter) (Girlfriend), Love Stories, The Nutcracker – A Christmas Carol (Little Clara), Cinderella (Anastasia), Serenades (Serenade, Concerto barocco), Who's the strongest? (Miss Mouse), Veronika Decides …, Mozart vs. Schumann (Solo Pas de deux), Don Quixote (Kitri), Yin & Yang (She is Missing ...), Romeo and Juliet (Girlfriend, Little Beggar), Tango for Rachmaninov – Rhapsody, Picko and Packo (Picko), Swan Lake, an Ideal of a Romantic Ballet – this time … after Prešeren (Julija Primic), La Bayádere (Nikya, Gamzati), Urbanobalet and Unicorn, as well as in the Ballet Evening Under the Stars (Baker's Dozen, What a Wonderful World … can be), La Sylphide (The Sylph) and Giselle (Giselle).
In the 2007/2008 season she took part in the Roberto Bolle and Friends – a Gala Evening of Ballet Stars in Italy -, where she danced with Alen Bottaini (a variation from Don Quixote) and Anton Bogov (a variation from Le Corsaire).
In 2008 she was awarded for her role of Kitri in Don Quixote by the prestigious Lydia Wisiak Award for Outstanding Achievements in the Field of Ballet Art, presented by the Association of Ballet Artists of Slovenia.

Rok Vevar:  PLESNA TEORIJA: AMERIŠKI POSTMODERNI PLES / DANCE THEORY: AMERICAN POSTMODERN DANCE, level ll

Delavnica bo potekala v angleščini in slovenščini. / The workshop is going to be in English and Slovenian.

AMERIŠKI POSTMODERNI PLES
Na moji delavnici bomo gledali filmske posnetke in obnovili zgodbo o tem, kako je v New Yorku na začetku 60. let skupina mladih plesalcev, koroegrafov in umentikov obrnila na glavo sodobnoplesno zgodovino. 

Rok Vevar

Rok Vevar je publicist na področju teorije in zgodovine sodobnih scenskih umetnosti ter zgodovinar in arhivar sodobnega plesa.
Diplomiral je iz primerjalne književnosti in literarne teorije na Filozofski fakulteti v Ljubljani, študiral pa je tudi gledališko režijo na AGRFT in obiskoval GILŠ Kodum v Ljubljani. Kot publicist je doslej objavljal v vrsti domačih dnevnih časopisov ter v nekaterih domačih in tujih strokovnih periodičnih publikacijah s področja scenskih umetnosti in literature. Je avtor knjige Rok za oddajo – Izbrane kritike in članki (Litera, 2011). S Simono Semenič je zrežiral tri predstave: Polna pest praznih rok (Muzeum, 2001), Solo brez talona (Glej, Maska, 2005) in Kartografija celovečernih slik (Maska, 2005). Soustvaril je tri predstave s plesalko, koreografinjo in režiserko Jano Menger in v zadnjih dveh tudi nastopil: Gledališče (Vitkar, 2010), V postopku (APT Novo mesto, 2011), Banana Split (AGRFT, 2015). Je avtor performansa-predavanja Kako se je moje življenje spremenilo v festival (2011-13).
Leta 2011 je v svojem stanovanju ustanovil Začasni slovenski plesni arhiv in ga doslej predstavil v Zagrebu, Sofiji in na Univerzi Harvard, Cambridge (MA, ZDA) ter v njem v letu 2015 gostil akterje vzhodno-evropske mreže EEPAP, študente magisterskega programa koreografije iz Inštituta za uporabne gledališke študije Univerze iz Giessena (Nemčija), študente magisterskega študija dramaturgije na AGRFT. Prve primere preinterpretacije slovenske sodobno-plesne zgodovine, utemeljene na novo pridobljenih gradivih in dokumentih ZSPA, je izdal v Maskini številki z naslovom Premiki sodobnega plesa II (XXIX/163-64/2014). V letih 2013-2015 je bil habilitiran kot asistent na oddelku za dramaturgijo AGRFT, kjer je vodil seminar pri predmetih Gledališka kritika in Teorije sodobnega plesa, na Plesni akademiji v Ljubljani pa je predaval Zgodovino plesa II (20. stoletje), Dramaturgijo sodobnega plesa in Analizo sodobnega plesa. Je aktiven član balkanske plesne mreže Nomad Dance Academy, v kateri je iniciiral projekt regijskega arhiviranja koreografskih praks v programu Nomad Dance Institut.

Romain Bigé & Alice Leguiffant: CONTACT IMPROVISATION - SURVIVING CONTACT , level l

Delavnica bo potekala v angleščini in zato opisa ne prevajamo. / The workshop is going to be in English.

SURVIVING CONTACT
Practicing Contact Improvisation is not without risks: a dance of reflex and intimacy, it puts us through states of flow, but also of fear and confusion. In this workshop, we’ll endeavor to equip ourselves to survive contact. Everyday of the week, we’ll target one object of survival: surviving weight, surviving falling, surviving flying, surviving boredom, surviving loneliness.
Improvisation is filled with fleeting moments when we don’t know: we don’t know what to do, what we should do, what our bodyminds can do. How do we give ourselves the time and patience to study our own surviving skills? How do we learn to expose ourselves to this vertigo without putting ourselves in danger?

Alice Leguiffant

Alice Leguiffant has been dancing for about all her life, and dancing Contact for almost 13 years now. She has met amazing teachers, among which were Scott Smith, Nancy Stark Smith, Malcolm Manning, Nita Little, Karen Nelson, Matthieu Gaudeau, Isabelle Uski..... She started teaching CI in 2010 and has been organizing events big and small for the last 6 years. She organise monthly wokshops from September to June (either teaching or inviting teachers) as well as a festival near Rennes « le festival du bout de l'année » where teachers from around the world come to share their experience. Recently she's started to organize residencies for CI with labs, practices and classes, some open to all levels, some restricted to advanced dancers. Alice also teaches CI in primary school and enjoys it very much. Kids understand the main principles so quickly.

Romain Bigé

Romain Bigé(PhD) practices dance and philosophy. A dance improviser curious to bring philosophy in the dance studio, he dedicated his dissertation to Contact Improvisation (Le partage du mouvement, University Paris-Sciences-Lettres, 2017) which led him to curate two exhibitions-performances : Gestes du Contact Improvisation (Musée de la danse, 2018) and Steve Paxton_Drafting Interior Techniques (Culturgest, 2019). He trained in dance in the US and in Europe with Lisa Nelson, Nancy Stark Smith, Steve Paxton, Charlie Morrissey, Matthieu Gaudeau, and many others. He performed dance and philosophy internationally, with choreographers Boris Charmatz, Myriam Lefkowitz, Chris Aiken. He endeavours to prepare the revolution; and awaiting the great day, he rolls on the ground.

More:
cargocollective.com/sharingmovement/

Rosana Horvat: SODOBNI PLES ZA FANTE / CONTEMPORARY DANCE FOR BOYS (9-14), level l

Delavnica bo potekala v slovenščini. / The workshop is going to be in Slovenian.

MI GREMO PO SVOJE - sodobni ples za fante (za vse starosti fantov od 10 let naprej)
Na sodobnem plesu za fante bo Rosana Horvat popeljala plesalce na zanimivo potovanje z naslovom 'Mi gremo po svoje'. Plesalci se bodo seznanili s SODOBNO plesno tehniko namenjeno samo za fante, skozi katero bodo ozavestili svoje telo in bili vodeni skozi kreativno ustvarjalni proces njihove domišljije na dano temo. Bo zabavno, dinamično, ustvarjalno, družabno, z veliko akcije, polno plesnih izzivov, drzno in usmerjena energija moči na zmagovalen ter pustolovski način.

PRI PLESNI URI FANTOV JE RECEPT ZA ZABAVO DOKAJ PREPROST:
VSAKI AKTIVNOSTI DODAJTE KAKŠEN DELČEK NEVARNOSTI,
VMEŠAJTE MALO RAZISKOVANJA, DODAJTE ŠČEPEC UNIČEVALNOSTI
IN IMATE ZMAGOVALNO KOMBINACIJO.
(Ian Grant)

Rosana Horvat je profesionalna plesalka, koreografinja in pedagoginja za sodobni ples.
Diplomirala je leta 1999 na plesni akademiji Alvin Ailey American Dance Center v New Yorku. Pedagoško in andragoško znanje je pridobila na Pedagoški fakulteti Univerze v Ljubljani in zaključila dvoletno izobraževanje STIK - strokovno izpopolnjevanje za pedagoge sodobnega plesa in ustvarjalnega giba, ki poteka v organizaciji JSKD RS.
Rosana je sodelovala z vrhunskimi koreografi in plesala v plesnih predstavah v New Yorku, Sloveniji, Italiji, na Madžarskem in Hrvaškem: E. Mosley, F. Benjamin, Avila Weeks, F. Moore, CJ Hardy, Christine Hall, Nina Mavec Krenker, Uršulo Teržan (Maske 2005, Dvojno zlo 2006), Ana Maria Bogdanovič (Jesam 2007). Kot koreografinja je ustvarila plesne predstave: Krog, 1997; Ko si v svojem trenutku, 2001; Lahko smo to, kar smo, 2002; Vmesni čas, 2004; Metamorfoze, 2006; Ruta, 2009; Kratek stik, 2014; Dotik, 2017; Identiteta, 2017; Legend and Lore in Island of Light 2018 v sodelovanju s Pihalnim orkestrom Krško. Za otroke ustvarila dve otroški plesni predstavi Peter in Volk, 2011 ter Dogodivščine tvoje frnikole, 2013.  Predstave 'Ko si v svojem trenutku', 'Vmesni čas', 'Kratek stik' in 'Identiteta' so bile izbrane za državno plesno revijo/ festival plesne ustvarjalnosti mladih ŽIVA. Redno se izobražuje na področju plesa v Sloveniji, Dunaju in New Yorku. Plesno pedagoško delo opravlja od leta 2000 po različnih plesnih šolah: v Hope for Kids-School of the Arts New York, Plesnem studiu N Velenje, Harlekin Celje, Plesni Forum Celje, Terpsihora Šempeter-Vrtojba, Glasbena šola Fran Korun Koželjski Velenje, Plesni center Ljubljana, Terpsihora Novo Mesto, Akademija za ples Ljubljana ter na raznih plesnih seminarjih v Sloveniji, Italiji in na Hrvaškem.
Trenutno 12 leto poučuje ples v Plesnem društvu Imani in na Glasbeni šoli Krško v oddelku za sodobni ples pa že 14 leto. S svojimi plesalci se uspešno udeležuje območnih, regijskih in državnih plesnih revij. Je vsakoletna mentorica mladim plesnim ustvarjalcem, ki se zelo uspešno udeležujejo državnih in mednarodnih tekmovanj OPUS-1 v Ljubljani in Celju.
Leta 2013 je opravila študijo primera plesno skupino za fante katera je bila kot posledica za tem ustanovljena fantovska skupina za sodobni ples. Fantovska skupina sedaj deluje že 6 šolsko leto, ki jo sestavlja 9 fantov starosti od 7 do 17 let.
Leta 2011 je za življenjsko delo in izredne ustvarjalne dosežke na plesnem področju prejela zlato plaketo Mete Vidmar, ki jo podeljuje JSKD RS.
Leta 2013 je s strani Zveze kulturnih društev Brežice prejela priznanje za uspešno in odgovorno delo v ljubiteljski kulturi.
Leta 2017 prejela srebrno značko Mete Vidmar za 10 letno delo v Plesnem društvu Imani Brežice.
Leta 2018 prejela bronasto odličje za posebne dosežke v ljubiteljski kulturi s strani Zveze kulturnim društev Brežice.

Sandra Sok: BODYLAB FUSION, level ll

Delavnica bo potekala v angleščini in zato opisa ne prevajamo. / The workshop is going to be in English.

BODYLAB FUSION
Sandra introduces her own movement architecture, explorning  contemporary body and movement research elements, improvisation, floor work, yoga, animal movements, hand/arm balances, release technique, body and mind centering (somatic approach), body fluidity and improvisation. This highlight energy, spontaneity, playfulness, energetic authenticity, accompanied with passionate, positive and vivid music using a body and the movement as a source of exploration and articulation like in a laboratory. Control and awareness of pelvis, spine position need to be achieved throughout every exercise. The class invites participants to be spontaneous and openminded in the types and quality, simplicity, clarity of the movement vocabulary (sending/gathering/suspension/rebel/separate/curving/opening/shoulders articulation/isolation/changing tempo/repetition/changing quality/impulse/impact/faster/deeper/closer/longer. etc), challenging their choices and gravity. During the class different possibilities will be explored in quality of the same movement (from micro-mini-macro), at the same time using somatic approach of whole body and quality of movement, contemporary conditioning dance exercises will be based on specific dance technicques borrowed and translated from her personal body and movement research dance background such as folklore, ballet, hips opening, glutes workout, leg/arm coordination, aerobics and unaerobics training (bootcamp) for fullfiling strength and condition and all this will be engaged into a closed study of the relation between rhythm, impulse, fluidity and movement (kicking legs, spinning, running, folk dancing, and other similarities which will be calm down (or warmed- up) with breathing, body and mind centering, yoga exercises, space awareness and contact manipulation.
Body is a place of tensions and contrasts, so we will explore some subjects of different creations and motions. Be brave enough and step into your own space of bodylab fusion!
"the only thing that fills me with enthusiasm is to try, despite everything, to get nearer to those visions that seem so hard to express" – Alberto Giacometti-

Sandra Sok

Sandra Sok is a freelance body and movement researcher, movement artist, contemporary dancer, performer, fitness trainer Pilates and yoga certified teacher, philosopher, thinker, globetrotter, teaching a bunch of physical disciplines and constantly improving herself in new one...Always try to combine a set of movement principles and elements into one synergy and give participants one new and holistic healthy to body and mind   ... Whole life she is trying to connect body with mind. After all years of training, searching, exploring, exercising, participating in many national and internationals contemporary dance, reiki, yoga, yoga-ballet, Pilates, improvisation technique, dance kinetics, fluid balance, capoeira, acrobatics, theatre and body workshops and summer schools she is actively promote her philosophy of movement through her way of teaching FLOwDANCEing (synthesis  of several approaches inspired by dance and non-dance techniques) yoga (SWINGA- well designed dancing yoga program created for better core, flexibility and balance which turns yoga into a fluid, smooth, powerful and gentle dance movement at the same time. The program develop body alignment, define nice curve in spine, gives better flexibility and enhances resources of mental strength ), BODYLAB Fusion (contemporary dance techniques), CONDITIONIG FOR THE DANCERS. She also created more than 15 years ago her own style of Pilates, named SYNERGY IN MOTION for better balance and alignment and still giving yoga, pilates, fitness, dance classes and performances.

Szilárd Macher: BALET / BALLET, level lll

Delavnica bo potekala v angleščini. / The workshop is going to be in English.

Klasični baletni klas pedagoga in baletnega plesalca z Madžarske plesne akademije Szilárda Macherja vsebuje baletne vaje pri drogu in na sredini na naprednem nivoju. Klas bazira na metodi Vaganove, hkrati pa vsebuje tudi pristope drugih znanih baletnih šol. Poudarek bo na natančni izvedbi korakov, koordinaciji ter muzikalnosti in plesnosti. 
Klas je primeren je za dekleta in fante od 16 let dalje, ki želijo svoje znanje nadgraditi in izpopolniti na napredni ravni (3. in 4. letnik srednje baletne šole ter profesionalni baletni plesalci).

Szilárd Macher: REPERTOAR ZA FANTE / REPERTOIRE FOR BOYS, level ll

Delavnica bo potekala v angleščini. / The workshop is going to be in English.

Pedagog in baletni plesalec Szilárd Macher na HDA vodi baletne klase za fante od zgodnjih let, zato so njegovi klasi v Sloveniji še toliko bolj dobrodošli.
Na klasu Repertoar za fante bo poudarek na plesnih elementih, ki jih vsebujejo moške variacije iz klasičnih baletov, njihova natančna izvedba ter praktična uporaba pri pripravi variacij, skozi to pa tudi spoznavanje moških variacij.
Pouk je primeren za fante od 14 let dalje pa do profesionalne ravni ter bo prilagojen znanju kandidatov.   

Szilárd Macher

Szilárd Macher, DLA, ballet dancer, teacher, choreographer, director at HAD studied at the Győr Ballet School of the Arts between 1985 and 1991 and then at the Hungarian Dance Academy until 1994. After graduation he was offered a contract to the Hungarian National Ballet where he danced until 2015, in 2000 was promoted to Soloist.
Most important roles at HNB: Prince (The Nutcracker), Rotbart, Pas de trois (Swan Lake), Peasant pas de deux (Giselle), Waclaw (The Fountain of Bakhchisaray), Karenin (Anna Karenina), Gremin (Onegin), Paris (Romeo and Juliet), Charles Hamilton, Mr. Kennedy (Gone with the Wind), The Lord (The Tragedy of Man), Adam (Tricky Students), The Witch (Snow White), The High Brahmin (La Bayadére), Four Huangarian Officiers (Mayerling) and solos in ballets by Balanchine (Serenade, Symphony in C, La Sonnambula), Kylian (Six Dances), van Manen (Five Tangos, Concertante, Adagio Hammerklavier), North (Death and the Maiden), de Valois (Checkmate), MacMillan (Concerto), Harangozó (Polovetsian Dances), Pártay (Bolero, Othello, TheGolden Brush), Dózsa (Adagietto) and Lukács (Connection). He received Junior Interlyra Award in 2002, Harangozó Gyula Prize from the Hungarian Ministry of Culture in 2007 and Golden Cross of Merit of Hungary in 2017. Toured with HNB in USA, Mexico, China, Japan, Spain, the Netherlands, Finland and was invited to international gala performances in Russia, Austria, Italy, Great-Britain, Finland as well as in Budapest in the memory of Rudolf Nureyev.
He graduated as ballet-teacher(BA) in 1998 and as dance theoretician and critic (BA) in 2003 at HDA, and at the University of Theatre and Film Arts (SZFE) he got MA diploma as choreographer in 2007. Earned a DLA in 2015.
Teacher at the Hungarian Dance Academy  from 1998, since 2018 as University Professor. In 2008 was appointed Deputy Director of Institute for Training Dance Artists where he is the Director since 2010.
His students won numerous awards at international ballet competitions and they are members of different companies worldwide (Semperoper Ballett Dresden, The Royal Swedish Ballet, Tulsa Ballet, Hong Kong Ballet, Vienna Staatsballet, Ballet Mainz, Croatian and Hungarian National Ballet companies, Hofesh Shechter Company, Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company etc). He was a guest teacher at Highschool of Arts in Amsterdam, at Nordic Ballet Seminar in Oslo and Helsinki and was teaching at the International Summer Courses and Dance Festivals of HDA. Was also ballet master of the Hungarian National Ballet, Formosa Ballet of Taiwan, Ballet Preljocaj and Nureyev International Ballet Competition.
Also working as a dance critic and theoretician at Hungarian Dance Magazine .

Lee Junwook: DODOMOOV Contemporary technique / Sodobna tehnika , level ll

Delavnica bo potekala v angleščini in zato opisa ne prevajamo. / The workshop is going to be in English.

Lee Junwook: DODOMOOV Contemporary technique / Sodobna tehnika , level lll

Delavnica bo potekala v angleščini in zato opisa ne prevajamo. / The workshop is going to be in English.

DODOMOOV Contemporary technique
On the class we will explore variety and spontaneity of movement needed to have elements of improvisation and body pool of existing basic steps moves well in which the consisting of the balance of the body is not the way, passed the upper and lower body strength and understanding of the distribution of the depth of the movement and then focuses.
Themes: Improvisation Element, Floor dance tech, Understanding of Body, Structures of Body Balance, Distribution on Point of Motion.

Junwook Lee

2008-2012 -performing Arts Department dance Major bachelor and master's degree at HANYANG University (Seoul Campus)
2006-2008 - P. A. R. T. S.( performing art research traning studio ) first cycle
2011-2016- DODOMOOV Dance Theater [Art Director]
2015-2016 YEUNGNAM University , Department dance of Arts [adjunct professor]
2016 Seoul foundation for arts culture (DOT) APPEAREED
2014-Seoul International Choreography Festival-[Special Jury Prize]
2014~2015-Daegu Foundation for Arts and Culture D-YAP'(Daegu-Young Artist project)
2013-Korea National contemporary Dance Company " Eleven Minutes , ( the girl floating in water ) " [Choreographer and appeared]
2013-Young choreographers Creative Performance " Research on Reliance - BALANCE " [the best choreographer awards]
2012-4th New Generation Choreographers Exhibition “ No Response “ [the best choreographer awards]

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