Nina Wollny
Master Countertechnique Teacher
August 21st - 26th, 2018
10:00am-12:00pm - Countertechnique Class
1:00pm- 3:00 Partnering with Countertechnique
Location: The Light Box at Goldman Warehouse (Aug 21st - 25th)
National YoungArts Foundation - The Jewel Box (Aug 26th)
Countertechnique is a movement system developed to help the dancer think about the dancing body, focusing on the process of incorporating information into action. Within a clear structure of exercises the Countertechnique class enables dancers to move big and fluidly, while becoming strong and flexible. Dancers are encouraged to be proactive in discovering connections and solutions, to be less concerned with judging themselves and to work in a healthy way with regard to the whole self.
The class starts with a recurring set of tasks and exercises, allowing dancers to investigate the Countertechnique tools in detail. The second half of the class consists of changing components, working towards a movement combination, that travels through all levels of space playing with flow and range in motion. The build up is geared towards working on coordination, strengthening and flexibility as well as finding a heightened sense of awareness and presence by exploring new tools every class.
Partnering with Countertechnique
In partnering work there are much more essential aspects than just the partner. There is the communication that happens between two people, the space around them defining their movements, the new forces and possibilities created by the exchange of two bodies and each body’s personal process. In this workshop you will investigate all those issues at stake while working with a partner and explore them to create something together that can only exist because you are working together.
The specific approach of partnering taught in this workshop is derived from the Countertechnique. The principles and the essential knowledge of Countertechnique form the tools and vocabulary to communicate with. In simple exercises you will learn how to physically apply this new language in relation to another body. Moving with a partner can become easier, lifts lighter and the communication clearer. We will work with guided and free improvisations and how to apply the new skills in an open exchange. You will practice how to listen, initiate, support, follow, make suggestions and observe to create something together. And finally you will apply the learned principles to repertory duet material and together make it your own.
Master Countertechnique Teacher
August 21st - 26th, 2018
10:00am-12:00pm - Countertechnique Class
1:00pm- 3:00 Partnering with Countertechnique
Location: The Light Box at Goldman Warehouse (Aug 21st - 25th)
National YoungArts Foundation - The Jewel Box (Aug 26th)
Countertechnique is a movement system developed to help the dancer think about the dancing body, focusing on the process of incorporating information into action. Within a clear structure of exercises the Countertechnique class enables dancers to move big and fluidly, while becoming strong and flexible. Dancers are encouraged to be proactive in discovering connections and solutions, to be less concerned with judging themselves and to work in a healthy way with regard to the whole self.
The class starts with a recurring set of tasks and exercises, allowing dancers to investigate the Countertechnique tools in detail. The second half of the class consists of changing components, working towards a movement combination, that travels through all levels of space playing with flow and range in motion. The build up is geared towards working on coordination, strengthening and flexibility as well as finding a heightened sense of awareness and presence by exploring new tools every class.
Partnering with Countertechnique
In partnering work there are much more essential aspects than just the partner. There is the communication that happens between two people, the space around them defining their movements, the new forces and possibilities created by the exchange of two bodies and each body’s personal process. In this workshop you will investigate all those issues at stake while working with a partner and explore them to create something together that can only exist because you are working together.
The specific approach of partnering taught in this workshop is derived from the Countertechnique. The principles and the essential knowledge of Countertechnique form the tools and vocabulary to communicate with. In simple exercises you will learn how to physically apply this new language in relation to another body. Moving with a partner can become easier, lifts lighter and the communication clearer. We will work with guided and free improvisations and how to apply the new skills in an open exchange. You will practice how to listen, initiate, support, follow, make suggestions and observe to create something together. And finally you will apply the learned principles to repertory duet material and together make it your own.
SAMUEL MINGUILLON
IN/OUT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP
October 16th - 18th, 2018
SAMUEL MINGUILLON
Dancer. Choreographer. Teacher. Dance Maker
Samuel Minguillon graduated in Performing Arts at his native island, Tenerife, and continued his studies in Barcelona and Madrid (ES). He has worked as an actor, dancer, teacher and assistant choreographer, while he also creates his own work. He has danced for companies such as Producció Nacional de Dansa (Barcelona), The Dutch National Opera & Ballet (Amsterdam), Toula Limnaios (Berlin), TDLab (Tenerife), Cia Sonia Rodriguez (Barcelona), Plan B Company (Barcelona), and has assisted Royston Maldoom and Tamara Mac Lord in the production Grandes Pasos.
He has performed in France, Turkey, Germany, Brazil, Russia, Belgium and The Netherlands, and worked with choreographers such as Roser Lopez, Thomas Noone, Alfredo Bravo, Aranxta Sagardoy, Helena Berthelius, Randi de Vlieghe, and more.
As a teacher he is involved with DancePAT (Munich, DE), AHK (Amsterdam, NL), Henny Jurriens Foundation (Amsterdam, NL), Performing Arts University (Chengdu, CHN), Marameo (Berlin, DE), Tanzfabrik (Berlin, DE), Profesional-training Basel (Basel, CH), Area espai de dansa y creació (Barcelona, ES), PTF (Profitraining Freiburg, DE), Iwanson Contemporary Dance School (Munich, DE), Metamorphosis Studio (Beijing,CHN), and companies like Kassel Staatstheater, Johannes Wieland, Konzert Theatre Bern, Bielefeld Tanz company.
He gives intensive workshops of his movement technique (IN/OUT) worldwide, in vocational and professional dance training schools and companies in Amsterdam, Beijing, Barcelona, Munich, Berlin, Madrid, Zurich, and more, while he also leads research lab workshops for Modern Bruises dance collective (Amsterdam).
Dancer. Choreographer. Teacher. Dance Maker
Samuel Minguillon graduated in Performing Arts at his native island, Tenerife, and continued his studies in Barcelona and Madrid (ES). He has worked as an actor, dancer, teacher and assistant choreographer, while he also creates his own work. He has danced for companies such as Producció Nacional de Dansa (Barcelona), The Dutch National Opera & Ballet (Amsterdam), Toula Limnaios (Berlin), TDLab (Tenerife), Cia Sonia Rodriguez (Barcelona), Plan B Company (Barcelona), and has assisted Royston Maldoom and Tamara Mac Lord in the production Grandes Pasos.
He has performed in France, Turkey, Germany, Brazil, Russia, Belgium and The Netherlands, and worked with choreographers such as Roser Lopez, Thomas Noone, Alfredo Bravo, Aranxta Sagardoy, Helena Berthelius, Randi de Vlieghe, and more.
As a teacher he is involved with DancePAT (Munich, DE), AHK (Amsterdam, NL), Henny Jurriens Foundation (Amsterdam, NL), Performing Arts University (Chengdu, CHN), Marameo (Berlin, DE), Tanzfabrik (Berlin, DE), Profesional-training Basel (Basel, CH), Area espai de dansa y creació (Barcelona, ES), PTF (Profitraining Freiburg, DE), Iwanson Contemporary Dance School (Munich, DE), Metamorphosis Studio (Beijing,CHN), and companies like Kassel Staatstheater, Johannes Wieland, Konzert Theatre Bern, Bielefeld Tanz company.
He gives intensive workshops of his movement technique (IN/OUT) worldwide, in vocational and professional dance training schools and companies in Amsterdam, Beijing, Barcelona, Munich, Berlin, Madrid, Zurich, and more, while he also leads research lab workshops for Modern Bruises dance collective (Amsterdam).
