Professional movement education, through an interplay of various fields in movement disciplines, performing arts and contemporary arts.
We offer weekly various movement classes, monthly workshops and welcome artists to present their work.
12/03/2020
60 by Amos Ben-Tal / OFFprojects icw ICK
Friday, 20 march, 20:15
Theater Rotterdam, Schouwburg, Grote zaal
“60 is gewoon hoe moderne dans hoort te zijn, begrijpbaar, intens, spannend van begin tot het eind.” - ilovetheater.nl
At 19:15 there is a pre-show lecture: Movement, Space and the Brain - Amos Ben-Tal speaks to artist/architect Gosse de Kort and neuroscientist Maarten Frens from Erasmus University.
More information check:
- http://www.offprojects.nl
- Amos Ben-Tal & OFFprojects ism ICKamsterdam | 60
06/03/2020
MORNING CLASSES
at De Studio Rotterdam
Diversity in the Morning classes - having teachers for Ballet, Contemporary, Floor work and Improvisation. Our aim is to be diverse in classes, teachers and participants.
We aim to create a collaborating group of participants, who feel the joined responsibility of actively participating in this opportunity. Your presence is important for the continuity of these Morning classes. Let’s create this together!
We ask you to actively participate and become a co-creator in this opportunity
The mission of De Studio Rotterdam is to bring movement and arts together; to be an interdisciplinary place for a variety of movement practises and art forms; to question these boundaries; to support in the creation and development of artistic field in Rotterdam.
Time
Opens at: 10:00
Class starts: 10:30 – 12:00
Open Studio availability: 12:00 – 15:00 (only available if you took the Morning class)
Price
€10 single class
€50 five morning classes per month
€80 unlimited morning classes for one month
MIN LI
Morning class: 30th of March and 1st of April
Min Li trained with traditional Chinese dance, joined National ballet of China. Went to America to study contemporary dance, then Joined Batsheva Ensemble; After, came to The Netherlands to dance and choreograph with Scapino Ballet Rotterdam. After all these experiences, Min wants to share his knowledge and understanding of dance with people. Finding the connection between the body and mind is essential for his class. In either ballet or contemporary class, he would like to motivate the participants to stay curious and keep discover the possibilities of the physicality and the sensation; understand the foundation of the technique and develop the personal interpretation of the movement without judgement, having an open mind to try and feel. Joy and the passion to move are very important, dance should be fun, not the mechanic routine of daily practice.
Time
Opens at: 10:00
Class starts: 10:30 – 12:00
Open Studio availability: 12:00 – 15:00 (only available if you took the Morning class)
Price
€10 single class
€50 five morning classes per month
€80 unlimited morning classes for one month
JESSICA VAN RUSCHEN
Morning class: 19th and 27th of March
The class begins with a short session of awareness training. Through a guided string of focus, the dancer consciously acknowledges his/her present state of Being and uses his physical observations to generate movement. Through guided and focused concentration we deepen our understanding of our mental and physical abilities, creating physical and mental openness to play with new possibilities and discover creative development of movement. The following technical part of the class consists of the known elements of ballet technique, which will be combined with floor work. Instead of mainly remaining in vertical plane Jessica strongly uses the horizontal plane to strengthen arms, torso and the centre of the body, promote understanding of bodyweight, tension and release, direction and timing: the physical organization necessary to move easy and quick through the floor and from horizontal to vertical.
Jessica was born in 1976 in Leer, Germany. After graduation she worked for Staatstheater Oldenburg, Stadttheater Heidelberg, Itzik Galili/Galili Dance, Piet Rogie/RogieCompany, SALLY, Vera Sander, Stephen Shropshire, Jens van Daele, Conny Janssen Danst and multiple freelance choreographers. During the last six years she worked as a company member of LANDERERCOMPANY in Hannover, Germany. She choreographed her own work under the production of Dansateliers Rotterdam and created two pieces for LANDERERCOMPANY in 2017 and 2019/20. In 2004 she started to develop her own work in the field of video film and edit. Within this area she produces short films, documentary and works for various choreographers in creating theatre visuals, registrations and promotional trailers.
Time
Opens at: 10:00
Class starts: 10:30 – 12:00
Open Studio availability: 12:00 – 15:00 (only available if you took the Morning class)
Price
€10 single class
€50 five morning classes per month
€80 unlimited morning classes for one month
ANTONIN RIOCHE
Morning class: 05th and 12th of March
Antonin uses improvisation skills within a different focus, for example directing movement and attention to different layers like the bones, the skin, and the muscles. The different individual layers that compose us, and how focus can influence dancing and movement qualities. Antonin also has interest in the work of weight and the roots that yoga has taught him, finding ways to develop them into dance and improvisation to arrive at the point of explorative letting go.
Starting off with a warm-up, a mix of exercises from the Hatha technique, meditation methods and also some breathing exercises to warm and wake up the body and mind to sensitivity. A passionate focus on movement coming from the inside out and vice versa. Redirecting energy and dancing with it.
Antonin Rioche (France, 1994) has previously worked with Sacha Waltz, Roy Assaf, Stijn Celis, Olivier Dubois, Marina Mascarell and with Korzo with Ryan Djojokarso. Rioche also had a desire to develop further in dance. At the invitation of Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui he takes his first steps as a choreographer with the production Oh Boy! who tours internationally with performances in Antwerp, Berlin, Paris, Geneva and The Hague..
Time
Opens at: 10:00
Class starts: 10:30 – 12:00
Open Studio availability: 12:00 – 15:00 (only available if you took the Morning class)
Price
€10 single class
€50 five morning classes per month
€80 unlimited morning classes for one month
ASTRID BOONS
Morning class: 2nd, 8th, 16th, 23rd and 30th of April
In this improvisation class, Astrid focuses on processes of self-discovery through the use of sensorial experiments and guided improvisations. During the class we focus on inner exploration as well as increasing our physical and spatial awareness. Through her movement method, Astrid will encourage you to expand your body beyond its limitations, allowing to break through physical and mental boundaries you might be setting for yourself.
Astrid Boons (BE) is a choreographer and performer. Since 2017 Astrid is connected as a choreographer to Korzo Theatre in The Hague. As a dancer Astrid worked with Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch (2017-2018), Nederlands Dans Theater 1 (2017), GöteborgsOperans Danskompani(2013-2016), Nederlands Dans Theater 2 (2009-2013) and Dansgroep Amsterdam and Dansgroep Krisztina de Châtel(2008-2009).
Astrid was awarded the BNG Bank Dansprijs 2017 and Piket Kunstprijs 2017 for her work Rhizoma (2016). Her work Vestige (2017) was shortlisted in the top 5 performances of 2017 from Het Parool.
Time
Opens at: 10:00
Class starts: 10:30 – 12:00
Open Studio availability: 12:00 – 15:00 (only available if you took the Morning class)
Price
€10 single class
€50 five morning classes per month
€80 unlimited morning classes for one month
"Erlkönig" is a short dance duet that brings Franz Schubert's musical piece written on the words of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe back to life. Two passionate dancers, one young, one old, dance a duet about life and death, security, fear, desire and loss. Presented at De Studio Rotterdam on February 21st, 2020 in Rotterdam.
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What is De Studio Rotterdam? By Stefania Macchiafava
De Studio Rotterdam is a space of sharing, creativity and collaboration. A space where all the disciplines have the same value and influence each other in order to express complexity. The place where both movement and art is celebrated in its broadest perspective.
De Studio Rotterdam overcomes the idea of identity as something as defined, unique and untouched by change, to embrace the idea of a multiple and performative identity. Are we, what defines us? Are we, what the others think of us? Is a category enough to express who we truly are?
The answer of De Studio Rotterdam to those questions is to offer an open space for arts, movement and cultural exchange, where people from different backgrounds have the possibility to meet and develop projects together. Human beings are complex, contradictory, incoherent, curious and open to discoveries. Only through this awareness it is possible to understand the existence in its entirety. Considering this context, De Studio Rotterdam invites people to expand their comfort zone, expand their limited perspective of a self, or an identity. This in order to explore different possibilities than the currently known paths in the body and mind. Classes of movement, dance, yoga, martial arts together with artistic and cultural events, such as expositions, performances and lectures are the instruments that De Studio Rotterdam choses to represent the value of personal elevation through diversity.
We are constantly looking for uniqueness. We spend our life creating our personality. We present ourselves through words, thinking of them as tools to build our status. From one side this works, because the language is our immediate form of communication. But it is merely a medium, and it can never deeply express who we truly are. That’s why it is important to look for different forms of communication to express ourselves and to find uniqueness in out-of-balance forms. Uniqueness in flexibility, uniqueness in permeability. I believe, this is what De Studio Rotterdam stands for.
We can be different individuals in different contexts. We can feel comfortable in diversified situations that seem in contradiction with the image that people have of us, or the values expressed by the social group we belong to, without losing credibility. On the contrary, this is the way to reach authenticity.
– Written by Stefania Macchiafava (Intern at De Studio Rotterdam)
