Profitraining mit Manuela Lucia Tessi
Imagination and Musicality
In these classes a lot of attention will be given to the musicality of movement , while warming up the body and gaining availability for a wide range of movement possibilities.
I share movement research drawn from my practice of making dance material, combined with a background in various dance techniques, and years of work with improvisation in performance.
We will activate the deeper musculature closer to the bones and the spine to help softening the outer layer of muscles, gaining more freedom and range in movement access. We will practice different ways to relate to the ground, raising and falling in an effortless yet dynamic way and constantly changing the tone of the body. The movement research will focus on different aspects of movement: for example tone (how different body tone can change movement quality), weight (and its relationship to rhythm), articulation (quality of pause, attack, and accent). Playful metaphors and imagery will help define and refine our movement quality.
About Manuela Lucia Tessi
I am an an independent dance artist whose speciality is movement research and composition as it relates to (live) music. I completed my dance studies at the Modern Theatre Dance department at the AHK in Amsterdam.
Originally from Italy, I have has spent the last 20 years in the Netherlands , and most recently started working more regularly in Berlin and Cape Town where I create, perform and co-curate platforms that foster the interdisciplinary collaboration of music and dance in performance.
I look for sensuousness and embodiment in dance, often referring to kinesthetic empathy, how is the movement being read by the spectator not solely with the eyes and intellect, but perceived on a visceral level.
Trailer class https://vimeo.com/347108974
Short excerpt Manuela https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/732043007