ELEMENTARY PROGRAM - WEEK 1 (8-12 July 2024)

Yoga class with Stéphane Bourhis
The teaching of Yoga following the BKS Iyengar methodology is based in depth practice of yoga postures and pranayama (art of breathing), with rigorously, intensity and precision of the body alignments. During the class we gradually explore the outer and the inner geometry of the body in different groups of postures and movements.
Biography Stéphane Bourhis >>

Introduction to ballet with Elisabeth Farr
This class is for people beginning ballet for the first time or for dancers that are interested in revisiting basic information . The class will begin on the floor with exercises to help find one’s own skeletal alignment into standing. We will then explore this new awareness found on the floor in a Ballet Barre to observe and usethe ballet vocabulary as an approach to view and use our body . Thereafter we will explore the 7 basic movements that create the vocabulary of ballet.
Biography Libby Farr >>

Rosas repertoire workshop 'Fase' with Laura Maria Poletti
During this class we start by learning the basic phrase underlying the repertory work of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. We will try to understand the basic principles of it and dig into the vocabulary with a great emphasis on details and musicality. We will also go through the choreographic principles of the piece and try to embody them in order to collectively build a composition.
And then dance it together and enjoy!
Biography Laura-Maria Poletti