ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:

Flying Low:

This workshop focuses mainly on the dancer’s relationship with the floor. The class utilises simple movement patterns that involve breathing, speed and the release of energy throughout the body in order to activate the relationship between the centre and the joints, moving in and out of the ground more efficiently by maintaining a centred state. There is a focus on the skeletal structure that will help improve the dancer’s physical perception and alertness. The class includes partnering work and movement phrases, which explore the primary laws of physics: cohesion and expansion.

When one is moving, the whole room is moving with one. The image of the body constantly spiralling, whether running dancing, walking dancing or standing dancing, is the main practice during the whole class. Working with spirals helps the dancers go into the floor and out of the floor with ease and also helps the dancers to see themselves and the room from all sides. The spirals propel the class all over the room, both on the ground and upright. This is the flying low technique.

Passing Through:

In the making of movement compositions, David Zambrano focuses on creating and developing the dynamics for complex systems to present leadership in the form of a group web. In science, cells do not need a protein leader to create life. Neither does the brain need one protein leader to create a thought. With this in mind, Zambrano thinks that the movement needs no leader in creation.

The “passing through” takes students through various exercises to manifest that same philosophy. The group will create dynamics that will be flexible and complex, getting the group to fit tight together yet always keeping doors open for the unexpected. The group moves constantly, transforming the environment of the dance. After taking part in the “passing through” the student will learn to instantly connect with their environment and become more spontaneous in the making of choices as an improviser, choreographer or dancing in someone else’s work.

About David Zambrano:

David Zambrano has been a monumental figure in the international dance community for more than 40 years, and his passion for cultural exchange continues to influence his work. Zambrano is an ambassador and liaison across many borders, bringing together artists from all over the planet for his projects. He has taught his own approach to dance in more than 75 countries and has performed at hundreds of venues across the world. His pieces range from set choreography to structured improvisation and pure improvisation. Born in Venezuela, Zambrano spent 15 years in New York and now lives between Amsterdam and Brussels. In 2018 he initiated Tictac Art Centre as an artistic home base.

Date 4/5/6/7 November 2024
Time 10 am - 1 pm / 2 pm - 5 pm
Location Acosta Dance Centre
Price (four (4) days workshop) £220
Price Early Birds (buy by July 25) £190