CONTEMPORARY DANCE The best stories are told through your body
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Dance with the creative body in focus. Dance for your life.
CONTEMPORARY DANCE When we write “dance for your life� we mean it literally. On the dance line you will learn how to work and understand your body ON and OFF the stage. You will learn techniques and methods that will help you to become a strong, independent and versatile mover. Our focus is to offer you tools which you can use to approach a career or further studies within physical creativity and expression. On the dance line you will also participate in creative processes by working artistically together with students from our other disciplines such as, contemporary circus, electronic music, theatre and vocal expression. Become the artist you want to be! By participating in the dance line you will not only have a one semester experience, you will carry the skills you have acquired throughout your life and you will find the methods learnt with us beneficial in future endeavours. Together with you we will create a cultural environment where lifelong friendships are made.
If you dream of a life filled with dance, physical theatre and choreography the dance line at our Music & Theatre school is a rewarding and solid step in the right direction. Here you will participate in a training program which will teach you how to function both as a solo and ensemble dancer, you will be challenged with physical, choreographic and artistic training. You will also deepen your knowledge when it comes to dance history, theory and together we will explore the existing contemporary field of dance. Our teachers have a broad international and national network with experience from various BA educations worldwide and will help to guide you towards your future studies. Besides a stay filled with learning and exciting experiences within dance you will stay at a school which offers a nice indoor and outdoor environment, friends for life, challenges, adventures, a study trip and highly educated teachers who all are practicing artists.
STYLES
At the dance line you will work with:
CONTEMPORARY DANCE
We teach a combination of the existing contemporary dance techniques such as release technique, floor work and 'soft acrobatics' amongst others. The aim is to build a strong and versatile body with an understanding of the basic building blocks of movement and physical expression.
IMPROVISATION
We will work with different principles and qualities of movement through improvisation. You will get the opportunity to explore your own movement as well as your physical strengths and limits. You will learn tools for improvisation and build confidence in creating your own dance material. Furthermore, we will be working both as a group and individually in creating improvised movement and dance for the stage.
PARTNERING/CONTACT IMPROVISATION
It is by moving together as one unit, synchronized with another body and mind where the wonders of dance happens, the shared
experience. During our partnering classes you will learn how to organize your own structure in relation to your partners so that you can safely perform lifts, jumps and acrobatics.
MARTIAL ARTS
We will use elements from various martial arts disciplines in order to deepen our knowledge. Martial arts contain extremely sophisticated forms of movement and everyone interested in physical expression and technique can learn a lot by incorporating the knowledge of the martial arts. Our inspiration comes from Capoeira, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Kung Fu, Systema and Aikido. We will in a playful manner adapt some of the techniques so that it nurtures our wish to grow as dancers.
CHOREOGRAPHY
We will study how to approach a creative process and how to compose both solo and group works. As a dance student you will learn basic tools within choreographic thinking in order to create a work of your own. Together we will analyse dance works by others and study choreography in form of workshops including both practical and theoretical assignments.
IN GENERAL
At the dance line our main focus is the creative body. Artistic training and improvisation go hand in hand with comprehensive physical training where, among other things, you will work with ’soft acrobatics’ and martial arts. The basis for an optimal performance is a healthy and balanced diet. Our kitchen will accomodate to your specific needs.
HØJSKOLEN Herrestedgade 6-8 DK-6520 Toftlund
Phone 74 83 01 04 kontor@musikogteater.dk Fax 74 83 02 12 musikogteater.dk