About the classe
Friederike’s practice explores the relationship between contemporary dance and martial art techniques to create a fusion of martial dance. The movement style mainly takes inspiration from Aikido, Kenjutsu, Tai Chi, and a little bit from Capoeira, too. The dance style focuses on the fun and play between strength and fluidity, constantly seeking maximum efficiency whilst dancing/moving to be able to be free creatively.
The classes will introduce basic knowledge on martial art movement to fuse with dance, through body research. We will create a strong base to connect with how we are moving physically and mentally to then connect with set dance exercises. We will work on set sequences over a class and the week to first get used to the movements and then feel comfortbale enough to merge what we have learned with your own style. As Friederike’s practice focuses on movement research, there will be creative tasks based of material worked on in class, so each dancer can reflect on what’s been learned. To use that to come up with new extremities and possiblities within the martial dance style. A chance for every dancer to think and act creatively in everyday training and find the beauty and new outcomes in repetition of dance in various philosophies.
Training can be taught in German and/or English. Friederike will create a safe and thought of space where hard of hearing dancer can also be included with ease.
About Friederike
Friederike Zinn, born in Leipzig, has completed her professional dance training in Classical Ballet from Ballet West Scotland and a Bachelor degree in Contemporary dance from Trinity Laban Conservatoire in London. Friederike has been working and performing as a freelance dance artist since 2022 and graduated from her teacher training at the Royal Academy of Dance London in 2023. Friederike’s work has led her to pursue a large variety of Contemporary styles, Improvisation methods and East Asian martial art forms, seeing how they can all influence eachother and to further progress the language of movement. Friederike has since moved back to Leipzig to continue to work as a freelance dancer by performing on stage, creating/partaking movement based research projects, teaching contemporary dance and choreographing in Germany.
More information about Friederike and her work: https://www.friederikezinn.com