Werkstatt offers a weekly movement hour - a class that is open to anyone that is interested in engaging with movement through their body. The class is taught by different dance makers from the scene of Frankfurt. This weeks class is taught by Juan Urbina!
The class offers guided improvisation tools (undulations, breathing, shaking, among other principles). This training facilitates a beat-driven motion that aims to involve every self and every body. Taking inspiration from one's own set of tools and experiences, the class is sourced from the culturally syncretic and welcoming dance practices of South America and the Caribbean. Dancers will exercise musicality, poly-rhythms and collective joy.
Juan Urbina is a dance artist currently based in Frankfurt am Main who works developing community dance projects in various social contexts while collaborating with multidisciplinary artists. He trained and worked in Venezuela, Ireland, Spain and Germany and holds a Master in Contemporary Dance Education (MA CODE, HfMDK). He is interested in forms of collective joy, ecstatic dancing and the recognition of multiple dancing selves. Juan's research combines the concept of moving identities with his cultural upbringing as a form of uplifting the dancing selves of each individual. www.juanurbinadance.com
The class is for free
2G+ Proof of vaccination or recovery + a negative test result from the same day. Preferably get tested before arrival. If not possible, werkstatt can offer tests on the spot. For that we ask you to arrive 15 minutes before we start.