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PROGRAM
2022 / 2023
TEJIDO CONECTIVO
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM CONTEMPORARY DANCE
3 Oct 2022 - 22 Jun 2023.
MONDAY to THURSDAY / 09:30 - 14:30 h.
THE JORNEY
The first trimester focuses on the concept of emptiness. The objective is to broaden the knowledge of our body-mind through the understanding and integration of the anatomical and biomechanical principles of movement. It is time to cultivate the development of the most basic and at the same time most important thinking skill: observation, in the broad sense of the word. The subjects Structural Body Work and Somatic Techniques will be essential for this beginning.
The second trimester focuses on gaining a deeper and broader understanding of technique and physical condition and acquiring a wide repertoire of routines to work on both. It is the time of the course dedicated to the detailed analysis of movement and an in-depth study of anatomy and physiology through movement. It is also the time to start pushing our limits in a gentle and healthy way to expand the potential of our bodies and minds. The subjects Acrobatics and Partnering will be essential for this mission.
The third trimester will be the moment to connect and relate the knowledge acquired, in order to get a global understanding of movement, in a general and also in a personal way. Will be the time to be especially playful and creative, and let our body and mind express itself to find a deeper understanding of our personal language. Contact Improvisation will help us.
MONTHLY PERFORMANCE
Creation occupies an important place in our curriculum. This includes offering our students concrete tools to approach the creation process and, most importantly, offering them a space to share their own individual and collective creations. That is why the program includes a public exhibition once a month.
MAIN CONTENTS
PHYSICAL / MENTAL TRAINING
We are committed to a way of conceiving physical and mental preparation that focuses on the concepts of balance and globality. Our methodology incorporates the latest knowledge on anatomy and biomechanics, muscle chains and fascial system, understanding the fascia as a support organ and as a tissue that manages structural tensegrity and connectivity between systems.
TECHNIQUE
We approach the work of technique through the study and exploration of the movement principles and biomechanics. Embodying anatomy and biomechanics will be crucial in this process. Phrases and movement sequences will be just a part of the technical work.
PERFORMANCE / CREATION
We consider it essential to offer comprehensive and quality education for future performing arts professionals, not only as performers but also as creators, meeting the needs of this moment of paradigm shift in the performing arts. Subjects such as improvisation, composition, choreography and creation belong to this block.
DISCIPLINES
TECHNIQUES
RELEASE / FLOORWORK
SOMATIC TECHNIQUES / STRUCTURAL BODY WORK
ACROBATICS / PARTNERING
CONTACT IMPROVISATION
PRÁCTICAS ESCÉNICAS
IMPROVISATION / COMPOSITION
LABORATORY CHOREOGRAPHY & CREATION
RELEASE / FLOORWORK
A study of human movement potential
TEACHER: MIGUEL ÁNGEL PUNZANO
HOURS TOTAL: 144
Release and floorwork will be the main base of the work. We understand release not as a simple technique, but as a movement paradigm the permeates all the subjets of the program.
Floorwork will be also a very important task, not reduced as learning floor movement phrases, but as a part of the basic work in many disciplines like Structural Body Work or Somatic techniques and as a part of the physical-mental preparation for Acrobatics, Partnering or Contact Improvisation.
STRUCTURAL BODY WORK / SOMATIC TECHNIQUES
Experiencial anatomy and biomechanics. Embodiment.
TEACHER: MIGUEL ÁNGEL PUNZANO
HOURS TOTAL: 96
Structural Body Work will be a basic tool for the process of structural deconstruction during the first trimester. It brings together a series of manipulation techniques and protocols designed to open spaces, loosen tissues and releasing the bones rhythm in order to experience dynamic alignment. It will provide us with a deep understanding of anatomy and will introduce us to work through touch, a basic tool of our pedagogy.
Through the Somatic Techniques we´ll grow a deep body awareness and we´ll learn how to conect movement research and thinking skills, specially observation.
CHOREOGRAPHY & CREATION LAB
Physical-sensory training for creation
TEACHER: ANDREA AMOR
HOURS TOTAL: 108
The Laboratory space is an invitation to bring the practice of movement mechanics at the service of other levels of being (and their respective territories). It is a body journey through confluent spaces-territories; perception and discrimination, imagination and memory.
It is a space where we sensitize ourselves and activate a powerful and versatile physicality, train the role of observers, explore individual and collective processes.
We seek emancipated learning from which to share our revelations and question our knowledge.
The course itinerary is designed from a non-linear perspective; We will use various concepts as starting points that will be revisited and approached from different points of view.
ACROBATICS
Technical skills from gymnastics and circus acrobatics.
TEACHER: MIGUEL ÁNGEL PUNZANO
HOURS TOTAL: 96
This subject deals with the practice of acrobatics based on the technique of sports gymnastics and circus acrobatics, turned into the specific needs of dance.
We will learn to carry out a specific physical and mental preparation for acrobatics. We will acquire acrobatic skills through technical learning progressions. We will always work with assistance protocols as a way to guarantee safety and autonomy in practice.
PARTNERING
Movement skills for Partnerinf from Martial Arts aproach
TEACHER: MIGUEL ÁNGEL PUNZANO
HOURS TOTAL: 96
A research of physical laws and the movement principles through touch. This subject will provide us with skills for the practice of body-to-body dance.
We will work from some fundamentals of martial arts such as kuzushi (imbalance) and Tai Sabaki (traveling) and technical elements of judo (supports, grabs, falls, projections and flights). This subject will also provide us with a solid technical base to enjoy and deepen the practice of Contact Improvisation.
CONTACT IMPROVISACIÓN
Movement improvisation trough touch.
TEACHER: MIGUEL ÁNGEL PUNZANO
HOURS: TOTAL: 96
This subject will allow us to deepen our sense of touch and explore our movement technical skills in a context of body contact and improvised practice.
CI is a discipline in which physical contact provides a starting point for the exploration of movement through improvisation. Steve Paxton and Nancy Stark Smith are considered the creators of this dance form that has its origins in New York in the 1970s. We will approach this discipline based on the “Architectures in the Air” methodology developed by Miguel Ángel Punzano
IMPROVISATION / COMPOSITION
The art of composing from dance improvisation
TEACHER: LIBERTAD POZO
HOURS TOTAL: 108
This will be a space where we will practice the art of composing at the time of dance/improvisation. A proposal that will start from different sources of inspiration as starting points for creation.
We will connect with our daily lives to develop our own individual and collective body language, approaching the task from the role of dancer/maker.
We question the proposal from a critical and constructive point of view in order to continue discovering, exploring, playing, risking and, above all, enjoying our bodies in movement. We will delve into the art of formulating questions to generate improvisation guidelines: the process as questioning and reflection of the proposal (Critical Response Process, Liz Lerman).
Above all, it is a place to let our creativity and imagination surprise us. A moment to travel to unknown places where we can activate our individual and group intuition.
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
CONTEMPORARY DANCE
3 Oct 2022 - 22 Jun 2023
MONDAY TO THURSDAY: 09:30 - 14:30 h
20 H WEEK
80 H MONTH
720 H TOTAL
FEE Full Program: 2700 € (Two payments)
- First payment: 1350 € (At registration)
- Second payment: 1350 € (1-20 Dic 2022)
APPLICATION FORM
Please, fill in the application form with the following information:
- Personal data
- Brief description of your experience and previous movement training background
- Motivation letter explaining what interests you about our training and what you hope it will bring you.
- Link to video
