Guest – Hugh Stanier – From Floorwork to Flying

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    • Human Moves –
    From floorwork to HIGHER GROUND

    25-26 may – Amsterdam

    WEEKEND CONTACT IMPROVISATION WORKSHOP WITH HUGH STANIER
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    Very happy to bring the first guest teahcer of Sadhana Dance School for a weekend workshop in Amsterdam – Hugh Stanier.

    HUMAN MOVES – FROM FLOORWORK TO HIGHER GROUND

    This workshop develops slowly from inside to out. Often starting with individual floor-work, offering particular principles and tasks, and then gradually building up.

    We will be using ideas around momentum, suspension, inertia & falling, to find effortless ways into weight transfers and lifting, leading and following, falling, flying and spiraling.

    Time will also be given to work with dance-scores, which allows participants to get into the flow of their own movement, giving time and space to integrate the learnt technique into their dance. 

    We will explore the idea of dancing open questions, such as:

    Why do I move?
    What do I feel when I am dancing?
    What impact does this practice have on how I choose to live my life?

    Finding words to describe our dancing is sometimes not enough. Sometimes dancing our inquiries is the best way to get more informed about what is happening for us when we dance, and why it is so important to us to dance.

    By giving time to stillness around the practice we will offer our nervous system (both individual and collective) time to integrate the experience of moving and learning together. 

    Cultivating a deeper awareness of listening, breathing, giving, receiving, timing and moving as a collective.

    AMSTERDAM 25-26 may 2024

    TIMES –

     
    Saturday 25.5 – 11:30-17:30

    Sunday 26.5 – 10:00-17:00

    PLACE – The beautiful studio Belcampo Loft  – Hannie Dankbaarpassage 33

    PRICE –

    – Low income / Students: €130
    – Normal income: €145
    – Above average income: €160

    Come with a friend and each gets a €10 discount

    Spaces are limited and registration is required – we expect to be full

    For questions send a mail to –  sadhana.improdance@gmail.com 

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    meet your tEACHER 

    Hugh Stanier

    Hugh is a Contemporary Dance Artist specialising in Floorwork & Contact Improvisation. 

    He has over 16 years of teaching & performance experience. He began dancing when he was 15, training in Break dance and Contemporary. He went on to train at Northern School of Contemporary Dance, graduating in 2008. Since then he has worked with companies such as 2Faced Dance, Tom Dale, STAN Won’t Dance, and Wim Vandekeybus/Ultima Vez.

     

    He has taught internationally at the Goa Contact Festival, Goa Dance residency, Thailand Contact and ecstatic arts festival, Berlin contact festival and Portugal Contact festival and for National Dance company Wales (NDCW) as well as organising his own workshops and retreats in Portugal, Germany and Israel.

    Within his teaching practice he combines his experience in Breakdance, Contemporary and Contact Improvisation to create a highly physical, technical and intuitive approach to movement exploration.

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