Transitions, Precision, Lightness – 3 day workshop with Vega Luukkonen

Name: Transitions, Precision, Lightness – 3 day workshop with Vega Luukkonen
Start: 2025-03-28T10:30:00+01:00
End: 2025-03-30T16:00:00+01:00
Location: Belcampo Loft

Schedule

Fri, 28 Mar, 2025 at 10:30 am to Sun, 30 Mar, 2025 at 04:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Belcampo Loft | Amsterdam, NH

During this weekend I wish to share with you some of my curiosities and interests in movement.
As the name says : “Transitions, Precision & Lightness” – describes well my interests in dance.
We will flow in and out of contact, viewing the dance as a playful dialogue, which breathes freely in time and space.
Composing the dance, composing the contact. Material alternates between contact- and solo tasks, towards trios and group-scores.
We will work with a variety of different methods including explorative exercises, experiential anatomy and specific technical material. Some of the movement principles I employ are informed by developmental movement patterns, release technique, and floorwork. Through these techniques we are focusing on understanding the underlying physical principles of contact improvisation; as sharing weight, rolling point, under- and over-dancing. Exploring momentum, falling and suspension in order to create effortless flow in our movement.
We will play around the ideas of falling and flying.
By researching the subtle mechanics of ‘small dance’ and suspension, we progress towards using momentum and spirals of the body to enter fluid ways to lift one-another through using the fall into ‘catching a ride’.
We will also explore how to use our arms and wings as extension of our spine. Arms can be a beautiful pathway to find entrances into lifts, and creating space and time in our dances. Breathing in and out of contact. Working with the frame and structure of the arms, we find ways connect to the space and find counterbalance in the body, providing frames to both lift and be lifted, and offer structures to be explored. We will focus on the details and technique of the body tone, alignment, reaching and small points of contact, which help us finding lightness in being lifted, and efficiency in lifting.
Awareness and presence are helping us to expand the choices and possibilities in our dance.
Cultivating conscious listening, breathing, giving and receiving.
We will evoke deeper understanding how our bodies function? How the joints, bones, muscles and fascia function ?
How this wisdom of our bodies can help us to dance more precise, light and sustainable.
AMSTERDAM – 28-30 MARCH 2025
TIMES –

Times of workshops
Friday – 11:30-18:30
Saturday – 13:00-19:00
Sunday – 10:00-17:00
PLACE – The beautiful studio Belcampo Loft – Hannie Dankbaarpassage 33

PRICE – According to your income level:
Above average income – €210
Normal income – €190
Low budget/student – €175

We have last few places available
For questions send a mail to – [email protected]
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