The inflexibility of the established paralyzes the movement, dims the ingenuity, and casts a shadow over surprise. But life force makes us adaptable, it gives us the opportunity to transform space and to translate energy into matter, matter into its own evolution. The outline of the spontaneous is blurred to disappear, the margins of the predictable are softened and we know the interrogation point of those questions is the automatic response. The body allows us to transcend.

Horacio proposes a highly physical work that demands attention, interest and intensity rather than a certain technique level, challenging the potentiality of each dancer to push the limits of body imagination and expression further to discover new and surprising possibilities.

The workshop evolves with what the group offers, as the ability to create and compose physically needs training and attention as well as technique or style. Through the group process, the participants learn from each other through acceptance and transformation, collaboration and observation of their own dance and of the whole group.

Let’s dive into the work, get the engines started and let the imagination flow!

Let’s dance!

FROM GRAVITY TO LIGHTNESS

This course includes a technical part and another of creative and composition work. The first part is based on the way we use the ground when we dance, giving great importance to our base, feet, as a support of our movement. 

The power is in the feet and legs and let the rest of the body be free to express. 

The movement work in class is faster without forgetting the details.

The second part is about control and knowing how to leave the control. be aware of the whole body. these are principles which come through improvisation and imagination. 

We will also give much importance to the continuity of the movement and note that the energy of our body never stops, even when there isn’t movement. I like to think that if you draw a straight line, the circle does not disappear.

THE BODY

The Body - this amazing and complex moving organism.

My course will center on the body, each individual body and also the collective body. 

As a beginning point I will refer to the piece “Körper” from the German choreographer Sasha Waltz, piece that I co-created and performed over the last 20 years.

We will look into our bodies closely, our skin, our bones, our muscles, our organs, our systems, and our feelings… We will look into different ways of moving our body, different energies, different pathways, different impulses and states.

We will look at our bodies and the bodies of the others. 

And we will create ephemeral sculptures and explore body/ architecture relationships.

We will give voice to our bodies and we will listen to our bodies.

FLOWING CONNECTION

We will start by awakening the body with breathing exercises working from the joints towards the movement, with a scale of 0 to 10, to be able to flow and unify the breath with the movement in a natural way.

We will continue investigating and looking for different ways of using the floor, working on different qualities of movement, dynamics, space ... to know the limits of the body and to be able to express actions reaching different states.

In a second part, we will work mainly on  contact and improvisation with a defined concept to be able to investigate and develop other interpretive facets such as voice, theatricality, body sounds and different states.

All this process will serve to create a space of sensations, with connection as the central main objectif of the work.

TREMÚRIA PROJECT

It is simply to shake off the axis of gravity, that is, the pelvic region, in relation to the physical extension of the movements controlled by the athletes, with the aim of exploring the awareness of the body in movement, letting oneself be carried away by space.

We deeply seek to transcend the limits of the body in motion, from the deepest to the most elementary, to generate new signs, a new proposal or a new dance technique that can arise. 

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SATE OF ALERT

The class is very physical and dynamic, drawing from Sabrina's background and experience as a professional dance artist. The class includes exercises that allow connecting breath and body, improvisation to stimulate imagination and creativity, floor work, which is very enriched by the use of spirals, fast transitions to challenge coordination and stamina, and a big influence of capoeira which is inspiring Sabrina's work for eight years. 

Those elements are fused into a practice that has a focus on grounding, efficiency, fluidity, and connection through space and in and out of the floor through acrobatic transitions.

As well as the physical side,  the workshop will include moments where there will be more time and space to investigate the dramaturgy of the movements.

To understand what's happening around us in order to transform an idea into something concrete and understand what we are doing and why and how we can be present in every single moment.

Video Class

https://youtu.be/bQAuzNZaKjE

Showreel. 

https://youtu.be/1a5ZIsw_BN8