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C O L O N Y is back for the 5th edition. 2020 here we go!
As pervious four years 2020 is not an exception! Dance and creative beings will colonise Nida Arts Colony and the local resources, including the sea, the forest and the hospitality of the locals, and this all will be used to advance our creative souls further. We truly believe that our Creative Minds inhabits our Intelligent Bodies with all that goodness.
Dance Colony is a search for previously undiscovered movement territories and body landscapes, a chance to forge new friendships and to enrich oneself with a help of dance in a week-long get-away to the forest and by the sea.
We look for inspiring methods and we cross borders (linguistic, cultural, artistic), push boundaries and connect/inspire people of all nationalities and creative backgrounds.
Winter dance intensive C O L O N Y will include:
- Intensive dance workshops for the whole week taught by dance and movement professionals;
- Gaga and Movement Lab practices, contemporary and urban dance classes. In total - more than 36 hours of classes and workshops;
- The ability to join the C O L O N Y for a whole week or for a long weekend (Thursday-Sunday);
- Life revolving around dance, isolation from civilisation. You will be able to concentrate on working on your body, mind and soul. Exploring our creative capabilities and finding new comrades among likeminded individuals attending the creative winter intensive;
- Dance movies and discussions;
- Honest advices on your career from dance professionals: choreographers, dancers, dance curators and managers.
Teachers at the C O L O N Y winter dance intensive:
- SLAM! with Victor Rottier (NL/GER)
- GAGA with Natalia Iwaniec (PL/UK)
- URBAN FUSION / Movement Lab with Alesya Dobish (RU/NL)
- URBAN meets CONTEMPORARY with LOW AIR dancers/teachers (LT)
- NUTRITION / balanced diet with Dovydas Zenkevičius (LT)
- CREATIVE THINKING with Aurimas Kadzevičius (LT)
- CREATIVE ARTIST MANAGEMENT with Laurynas Žakevičius (LT)
Get to know your teachers for a little bit more:
SLAM! (contemporary forms) with Victor Rottier:
SLAM! is a highly physical, movement oriented dance workshop.
The focus lies on the development of basics, forming a foundation to the translation of foreign material. I aim to challenge you, the space and the group.
We play with movement on irregular counts, spacial awareness, isolations, musicality and the distribution of power within all of these aspects.
I push for clarity and dedication from my side to the group as I expect the same from the dancers.
Every day we go through a warm up that focuses on all the parts of the body, all to prepare the body for absorbing impact and movement. In this section I use improvisation as well a set material.
Throughout the workshop days we will go through exercises that for a base for the phrases. We will focus on acrobatics, floor work, standing work, isolations, musicality and sheer stamina.
We will swipe through the floor, get up and own the space, sweat and trample on boundaries in this playground.
And if that’s not enough for ya, all music is handpicked and 100% organic!
*Victor Rottier is dancer, teacher, choreographer.
Rehearsal director for Johannes Wieland, Staatstheater Kassel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSTMlO_O5Cc
Gaga / dancers with Natalia Iwaniec:
Gaga/dancers classes are open to professional dancers or advanced dance students aged 16+. These classes last for an hour and fifteen minutes and are taught by dancers who have worked closely with Ohad Naharin. Gaga/dancers classes are built on the same principles as Gaga/people classes but also employ the specific vocabulary and skills that are part and parcel of a dancer’s knowledge. The layering of familiar movements with Gaga tasks presents dancers with fresh challenges, and throughout the class teachers prompt the dancers to visit more unfamiliar places and ways of moving as well. Gaga/dancers deepens dancers’ awareness of physical sensations, expands their palette of available movement options, enhances their ability to modulate their energy and engage their explosive power, also enriches their movement quality with a wide range of textures.
More about Natalia Iwaniec: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoT3RK62paw
Gaga is the movement language developed by Ohad Naharin throughout many years, parallel to his work as a choreographer and the artistic director of Batsheva Dance Company. Gaga originated from Naharin’s need to communicate with his dancers and his curiosity in the ongoing research of movement.
Gaga classes are predicated on a deep listening to the body and to physical sensations. The instructions are deployed to increase awareness of and further amplify sensation, and rather than turning from one prompt to another, information is layered, building into a multi-sensory, physically challenging experience. While many instructions are imbued with rich imagery, the research of Gaga is fundamentally physical, insisting on a specific process of embodiment. Inside this shared research, the improvisational nature of the exploration enables each participant’s deeply personal connection with Gaga.
Gaga provides a framework for discovering and strengthening the body and adding flexibility, stamina, agility, and skills including coordination and efficiency while stimulating the senses and imagination. The classes offer a workout that investigates form, speed, and effort while traversing additional spectrums such as those between soft and thick textures, delicacy and explosive power, and understatement and exaggeration.
Participants awaken numb areas, increase their awareness of habits, and improve their efficiency of movement inside multilayered tasks, and they are encouraged to connect to pleasure inside moments of effort. The language of Gaga is in a continual process of evolution, and the classes vary and develop accordingly.
Gaga has two tracks: Gaga/people and Gaga/dancers.
“We become more aware of our form. We connect to the sense of the endlessness of possibilities. We explore multi-dimensional movement; we enjoy the burning sensation in our muscles, we are ready to snap, we are aware of our explosive power and sometimes we use it. We change our movement habits by finding new ones. We go beyond our familiar limits. We can be calm and alert at once.” – Ohad Naharin
Inspiration:
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Exo-5V04vjU
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_ZB-_tcWdk
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGPG1QL1vJc
URBAN FUSION / Movement Lab with Alesya Dobysh:
Alesya Dobysh is a professional dancer hails from Moscow and now based in The Netherlands, choreographer, teacher of urban related dance styles and improvisation techniques with more than 10 years of experience.
In her movement language she combines footwork oriented styles (House Dance and UK Jazz Fusion) together with floor work, contemporary dance techniques influences and results of personal research.
Constantly looking for the creative expression in dance, Alesya keeps discovering and fuzing different dance techniques. It’s a unique type of experimentation that helps her to stand out in Urban dance scene and win biggest battle festivals, also find her own place in performance art and theatre world.
Some of the prepared topics for the classes at the Colony:
footwork in connection with space and music;
rhythmicity of the movement, groove and flow, musicality;
ideas and qualities that have been taken from House dance and UK Jazz dance, analysed and transformed into abstract representation.
House Dance and UK Jazz classes are focused on foundation, developing it, creativity and building structure for the freestyle inside of the genre.
(If you need name of the battles she ruled, here it is : )
The winner and finalist of international festivals in House category:
• «Random Circles» Frankfurt, Germany 2018;
• «Juste Debout Bercy» Paris, France 2016;
• "House Dance Forever" Tokyo, Japan 2015;
• "House Dance Forever" Amsterdam, Holland 2015;
• "BCN Top Styles" Barcelona, Spain, 2014;
• "Street Star" Stockholm, Sweden 2014;
• "Funkin' Stylez" Finland Qualification 2013;
• "Juste Debout" Italy Qualification 2013
"Cercle Underground" Paris, France 2012.
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW-67IXLFys
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91_vSwAVKHQ
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhNVvm8xQLU
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4YtWrs8ehA
URBAN meets CONTEMPORARY with Low Air dancers/teachers:
To look for the meaning of Low Air, one has to search somewhere between the constant paradox (as if the Air could ever be Low) and the ever-existing thirst for experiencing and under-standing reality (as if there is never enough of Air). The first reference point is forcing us to live through the discrepancies, question the norms and ways of thinking; the second one insists on always feeling the urge to create, it ignites the constant search for meaning and at the same time it is a reminder that we all are merely small pieces of the never-ending quest for creativity.
Workshops led by Low Air are based on their more that 10 years experience as choreographers and dancers. The classes are designed to practice the different ways of gaining flow. The flow that comes from urban styles based dance techniques and flow which can be found learning contemporary techniques. Creative exercises and tasks help to develop own personal movement, practice interesting breaking transitions and intelligent house and jazz footwork. The conceptual way of thinking leads us to the new forms of dance.
For the 5th edition of the Colony winter dance intensive Airida and Laurynas teams up the collective of amazing dancers and creators who's creative approach will guide you all the way:
Airida Gudaitė LOW AIR repertoire
Laurynas Žakevičius LOW AIR repertoire / creative management for dancers
Brigida Gruodytė WAACKING
Agnietė Lisičkinaitė CONTEMPORARY
Marius Eidrigevičius HIP-HOP / HOUSE
Valerija Gneuševa CONTEMPORARY
Teachers at Low Air Vilnius city dance theatre's dance school who work individually on a professional stage and share their skills teaching classes with a strong base in urban (Hip-hop, Popping, Breaking, House, Waacking), Jazz and Contemporary techniques.
1. https://vimeo.com/album/4441067
2. https://vimeo.com/181166498
3. https://vimeo.com/351276217
4. https://vimeo.com/383581753
5. https://vimeo.com/385967752
6. https://vimeo.com/385917916
Vilnius dance theatre Low Air is the first independent urban dance company in Lithuania which since 2012 has the official Theatre status according to the national laws. The creative team of the company – is well known Lithuanian dancers and choreographers who accelerates the new forms of urban dances in the country – hip-hop, house, vogue, waacking, etc.
Airida Gudaite and Laurynas Žakevičius stormed in a professional Lithuanian theatre stage with the performances, which combine contemporary and urban dance, theatre, performance, live music – it established their name among art professionals and public. “Low Air” as the company and the separate members of the team has been awarded or nominated for the prestigious Lithuanian theatre awards. Twice, in 2013 and 2017, the work of Airida and Laurynas (Low Air) has been named as the best Dance Performances of the Year, awarded with the Golden Stage Cross Award. Creators were awarded Borisas Dauguvietis Earring for both the successful research and development of a new stage forms connecting urban dance and theatre and for the pedagogical work which changes a face of Lithuanian contemporary dance. In 2017 dancers and choreographers were awarded by Lithuanian contemporary dance association (Best Choreographic work of 2016). In the end of 2017 Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuanian awarded Low Air choreographers and dancers Airida Gudaite and Laurynas Žakevicius with a National award given to young creators.
FOOD. NUTRITION.
Your diet will be taken care of by a professional chef Dovydas Zenkevičius. The fully balanced diet is provided in the price.
Dovydas will also give a lecture on how to balance dancers diet, prepare snacks for a heavy training period and much more.
LIFE AT THE COLONY.
We will dance, eat and live in the Nida art colony: http://nidacolony.lt/en/colony
During the duration of the intensive, we will isolate ourselves in a multifunctional inspiring rehearsal spaces of 350 sq. meters and more.
THE PRICE:
- WEEK - 7 days (more than 36 hours of material) at the Dance Colony (Monday - Sunday) - 300 euro.
- WEEKEND - 4 days (20 hours of material) at the Dance Colony (Thursday - Sunday) - 200 euro.
SAVE SOME:
Price of the Colony will rise from 31st of January, 2020. The new price will be: WEEK - 340 euro / WEEKEND - 230 euro.
PAYMENT INFORMATION:
By cash at:
Low Air Dance School
2A Gediminas av. (III floor), Vilnius
Within working hours: Monday-Thursday 15:00 - 2000
Via bank transfer:
VšĮ Urbanistinio Šokio Teatras „Low Air“
A.s. LT92 7044 0600 0793 4788
AB Seb bank
Company code 302888894
*Mention in the payment description the name and the surname whom it is being paid for!
In order to guarantee yourself a spot and fully register, you must pay half of the price before January 31, 2020.
The prices include: living at Nida art colony, healthy food, more that 36 hours of dance classes and workshops and mush more inspiring things. The travel to and from Nida is not included in the price. If you need information on how to get there - feel free to contact us.
Proof that we had successfully colonised Nida before:
- 2019: https://vimeo.com/387525467
- 2018: https://vimeo.com/306428994
- 2017: https://vimeo.com/250987055
- 2016: https://vimeo.com/168842509
REGISTRATION:
https://forms.gle/7S4neduhWuyoA56x7
ASK FOR MORE: info@lowair.lt
Reserve your spot, it’s very limited!
