Sparrow Dance

sUMMER workshops & Open Training
MAY - June- august 2022

Sparrow dance & Ørkenfortet are delighted to share news of spring/ summer Vertical- Dance workshops organized in May, June and August 2022 at AFUK in Copenhagen.

Coming up!!!
Vertical Dance Days
August: Saturday-Sunday 13th-14th (save the date)

Sign up at Ørkenfortet hold: https://www.afuk.dk/foreninger/hold/
contact:
For questions regarding the workshops: sparrowdance.info@gmail.com
For questions regarding the booking and payment: am@afuk.dk

About the workshops...

Vertical Dance Days - Workshop: August
August Saturday 13th- Sunday 14th
Facilitators : Roel Seeber and Bianca Cabrera (USA)
Theme: Surface
Description:
This two-day, vertical dance workshop will explore movement through the lens of “surface.” Starting with contact improvisation, we will focus and heighten the awareness and sensitivity of the surfaces of our bodies and the way we contact the surfaces around us. Whether those surfaces are the floor, the wall, the harness or other bodies, we will embark on a playful exploration of the world around us. Using the rope and harness, we will move on the wall on the floor and in partnership with other dancers. We will ask the question, “How do we use our sensitivity to create connection with these surfaces and partners?” And “What different parts of our bodies can we use to find movement and support?” This process opens us up to different ways of moving and thinking about the floor, the wall and partnership. Through curiosity, play and exploration we will venture into the air with the confidence that we can return to the surface with a soft body and supple joints creating three-dimensional movement where up and down and left and right become less important and we move through space with comfort in disorientation.

About Roel and Bianca:
Bianca Cabrera (they/she) is an Oakland,CA based director, performer and educator. Cabrera has directed the dance company Blind Tiger Society since 2012, touring throughout the US. Her two decade performing career includes work with KT Niehoff/LingoDance, Jo Kreiter/Flyaway Productions, Kim Epifano/Epiphany Productions, Ben Levy/LevyDance, among many other artists.

Roel Seeber is an Oakland based dancer and artist who holds an MFA from the University of Washington. For the past thirteen year he has dedicated himself to vertical dance or rope and harness-based dancing primarily with Bay Area vertical dance pioneer BANDALOOP. With BANDALOOP he has toured and performed in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa in the role of dancer, soloist, staging director, and master teacher. Memorable performances include the opening of the Africa’s cup in Gabon, the 2016 American Music Awards with P!NK, and for the opening of The Edge in his home town of New York City right before the world shut down due to Covid 19.

The participation of international artists for the Vertical Dance Days- Copenhagen is supported by the Danish Arts Council

Vertical Dance - Spring workshop: May
Theme: Body, architecture and transitions
Date: Saturday 14.5.22
Time: 11:00 - 15:00
Facilitators: Tiziana Frachiolla and Esther Wrobel
Amount of participants: 10
Level: Intermediate/ advanced (harness training recommended)
Price: 550 dkk/ ØF members 450dkk
Price includes: Workshop and x2 Vertical Dance - Open Training 29.5 & 19.6
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What will we work with?
We will offer body preparation and sequences of movement in and out of a harness, and move from one gravity condition to another with attention on how to transition safely and with quality from the edges of balance and off the ground positioning. Together we expand on our sense of proprioception and attention in moving with architecture. This workshops bridges between Tiziana Fracchiolla's (de)stabilization and connection method and Esther Wrobel's practice of Vertical Dance.
For who is the workshop? Recommended for physically trained persons such as vertical dancers, physical performers, climbers, movers, yogis and circus artists who are interested in challenging gravity with movement. Harness experience recommended but not required.
Practical: Bring your own harness if you have one.
Refreshments: There will be coffee, tea, water and light refreshments.

Previous workshops
Vertical Dance - Spring workshop: June
Theme: Balance in all directions
Date: Saturday 11.6.22
Time: 11:00 - 15:00
Facilitators: Signe Løve Anderskov and Esther Wrobel
Amount of participants: 10
Level: Beginner/Intermediate (advanced welcome)
Price: 550 dkk/ ØF members 450dkk
Price includes: Workshop and x2 Vertical Dance - Open Training 29.5 & 19.6
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What will we work with?
Sensing the body in balance, alignment and in many directions. We will focus on introducing both vertical dance and hands-stand practice from a beginner's point of view. Giving a chance to participants to understand the basic technique of each practice and focus on the sensation of turning upside down. Learn how to practice safely and build strength while having a new feeling of gravity. For professionals this is an opportunity to slow down and practice in depth. This workshop is a meeting between Signe Anderskov's hand-stand practice and Esther Wrobel's practice of Vertical Dance.
For who is the workshop? Suitable for VD and hands-stand beginners & advanced alike. Participants should have a basic level of physical training; for example in; yoga, dance, sports, circus, climbing and such. No prior harness experience is required.
Practical: Bring your own harness if you have one.
Refreshments: There will be coffee, tea, water and light refreshments.

Open Training: Vertical Dance at AFUK
Sunday 29.5 & Sunday 3.7 - 12:00 - 15:00
Participants that sign up for a Spring Workshop are welcome to train for free.
During Ørkenfortet’s regular Åben Træning in the artist hall, on these dates the Vertical Dance walls in the big hall will be available for training as well.
If you didn’t attend a workshop, you can train by buying a 10 pass card (klippekort) from Ørkenfortet. For more information contact am@afuk.dk