GAGA/DANCERS CLASS – Ian Robinson
Radionica
Location: Zagreb Dance Center, Ilica 10 – Black studio
Time: Sat. 13.5.2023. / 17-18.15 h (duration: 1 h 15 min.)
Gaga teacher: IAN ROBINSON
Gaga/dancers deepens dancers’ awareness of physical sensations, expands their palette of available movement options, enhances their ability to modulate their energy and engage their explosive power, and enriches their movement quality with a wide range of textures. The classes employ the specific vocabulary and skills that are part and parcel of a dancer’s knowledge. The layering of familiar skills with Gaga tasks presents dancers with fresh challenges, and throughout the class, teachers prompt the dancers to visit more unfamiliar places and ways of moving as well, unlocking the endlessness of possibilities. Dancers are guided to connect their effort to pleasure and to discover the virtue of silliness.
Note: Gaga/dancers classes are open to dancers and advanced dance students ages 18+.
The number of participants is limited (max. 25 people).
The program is free of charge.
Register by 12.5.2023. (18 h), via info@zagrebackiplesnicentar.hr, with the indication “Gaga/dancers class”.
When applying, please send the following information: name and surname, age, information about dance experience, contact information.
The program is realized with the support of the Embassy of the State of Israel in Croatia.
Gaga is the movement language developed by Ohad Naharin throughout many years, parallel to his work as a choreographer and the former artistic director of Batsheva Dance Company. Gaga originated from Naharin’s need to communicate with his dancers and his curiosity in the ongoing research of movement.
Gaga classes are predicated on a deep activation of the body and physical sensations. The instructions are deployed to increase awareness of and further amplify sensation, and rather than turning from one prompt to another, information is layered, building into a multisensory, physically challenging experience. While many instructions are imbued with rich imagery, the research of Gaga is fundamentally physical, insisting on a specific process of embodiment. Inside this shared research and on top of clear forms, the improvisational nature of the exploration enables each participant’s deeply personal connection with Gaga. Gaga provides a framework for discovering and strengthening the body and adding flexibility, stamina, agility, and skills including coordination and efficiency while stimulating the senses and the imagination. The classes offer a workout that investigates form, speed, and effort while traversing additional spectrums such as those between soft and thick textures, delicacy and explosive power, and understatement and being over the top. Participants awaken numb areas, increase their awareness of habits, and improve their efficiency of movement inside multilayered tasks, and they are encouraged to connect to pleasure inside moments of effort. The research of Gaga is in a continual process of evolution, and the classes vary and develop accordingly. Gaga has two tracks: Gaga/people and Gaga/dancers.
“We become more aware of our form. We connect to the sense of the endlessness of
possibilities. We explore multi-dimensional movement; we enjoy the burning sensation in
our muscles, we are ready to snap, we are aware of our explosive power and sometimes we
use it. We change our movement habits by finding new ones. We go beyond our familiar
limits. We can be calm and alert at once.” – Ohad Naharin
MORE ABOUT GAGA/DANCERS :
Gaga/dancers deepens dancers’ awareness of physical sensations, expands their palette of available movement options, enhances their ability to modulate their energy and engage their explosive power, and enriches their movement quality with a wide range of textures.
The classes are built on the same principles as Gaga/people classes but also employ the specific vocabulary and skills that are part and parcel of a dancer’s knowledge. The layering of familiar skills with Gaga tasks presents dancers with fresh challenges, and throughout
the class, teachers prompt the dancers to visit more unfamiliar places and ways of moving as well, unlocking the endlessness of possibilities. Dancers are guided to connect their effort to pleasure and to discover the virtue of silliness.
Gaga/dancers classes are open to professional dancers or advanced dance students ages 18+.
Class last between an hour and fifteen to hour and thirty minutes.
IAN ROBINSON was born in Bangor, Maine USA. He trained with the Robinson Ballet and graduated from New York University Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA. Ian danced with various companies and projects including Mikhail Baryshnikov’s Hells Kitchen Dance, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal, Sydney Dance Company and Aszure Barton & Artists before joining Batsheva Dance Company in 2009. Until 2017 Ian danced there full time under the artistic leadership of Ohad Naharin. Ian now continues independently to develop himself as a dancer, creator, teacher and videographer. He is a certified Gaga teacher, stages Ohad’s works and leads classes and workshops for dance communities around the world.
For more information, please visit:
Website: gagapeople.com/en
Instagram: @gaga.people.dancers
Facebook: @gagapeoplecom
