Mon 26.09.2022 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Tue 27.09.2022 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Tue 27.09.2022 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Wed 28.09.2022 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Thu 29.09.2022 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Fri 30.09.2022 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm - Probebühne 3
Waldschmidtstraße 4
60316 Frankfurt am Main
IndYog-Contemporary
Classes begin with conditioning the body through yoga and movements. We immerse ourselves in traditional Indian games that help to enjoy and experience life to the fullest. The games involve physical stamina, precision and mutual trust. The next part of the class is about playing with momentum, tension, power-based technique and dynamic floor exercises that allow individuals to discover organic body rhythms and floor connections. We use body toning and martial arts exercises to keep energy levels high throughout the class. In my class we will focus on partner coordination exercises for attention and concentration. The class ends with physically challenging multidirectional phrases and vocabulary from my research.
Flying Low
Inspired by David Zambrano, I will present a series of phrases and exercises that experiment with the Flying Low principles. Flying Low classes focus mainly on the dancer's relationship to the floor. Classes use simple movement patterns involving breathing, speed and the release of energy throughout the body to activate the relationship between the centre and the joints, moving in and out of the floor more efficiently by maintaining a centred state. There is a focus on skeletal structure to improve dancers' body awareness and attention. Classes include partner work and movement phrases that explore the primary laws of physics: Cohesion and Expansion.
Biography
"Dancing language is to express feelings and emotions as I perform. Through my dancing, I can connect to my inner self and experience life at its best. This has come through life experience, years of training, practice, and observation of my
teaching and performing. “
Narendra Patil is a performer, teacher, and choreographer from India. He is a movement specialist in IndYog Contemporary, Martial Arts, Improvisation, and Flying Low. Co-founder and artistic director of Sanskar Global Platform for
Performing Arts, India. Narendra graduated from Terence Lewis Dance Foundation Scholarship Trust in India. He has been a principal performer, teacher, and assistant choreographer at Terence Lewis Contemporary Dance Company for 10 years in Mumbai. Narendra studied Okinawa martial arts and also completed a Yoga teachers training course from “The Yoga Institute” India, the oldest organized yoga center in the world. Narendra is the first Indian contemporary dancer who has studied under David Zambrano as a part of an EXIN 30 days intensive workshop on Flying Low and Passing Through technique in Berlin, Madrid, and Corfu. He participated in David Zambrano’s "60 days intensive improvisation workshop" at TicTac Art Centre, Brussels. His experience training under the stalwarts of Martial arts, Contemporary dance in India and Europe inspired him to create and develop his own dance vocabulary called IndYog-Contemporary. Narendra is currently working as an independent artist in India and abroad.