SMASH#7 Morning Training
Multidimensional Intensities
Blenard Azizaj
In this class we will address the animal instinct within us: dynamic movement, sharpness, speed; forms assuming attack positions. During the class we will paint, through dancing, an imaginary landscape using the body's sensibility as a brush: constantly constructing and de-constructing movement, roughening it up in order to refine it by making it real.
The warm-up consists of small tasks which build a group energy through extensive use of improvisation. The state of mind becomes a state of body. The small tasks then slowly transform into small stories as they, in turn, end up in a highly energetic dance combination: a complete narrative of mapping real movement.
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Blenard Azizaj born in Albania, Blenard studied and graduated as a dancer and dance teacher at the National State School of Greece. Since then he has been touring and performing in international dance festivals around the globe for company as Sasha Waltz & Guests (Germany) , Akram Khan Company (England), Montreal Danse Collaboration (Canada), Linga Dance Company (Lausanne, Switzerland), Hellenic Dance Company (Greece). He is currently based in Berlin.
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photos:
Alex Hauk
Multidimensional Intensities
Blenard Azizaj
In this class we will address the animal instinct within us: dynamic movement, sharpness, speed; forms assuming attack positions. During the class we will paint, through dancing, an imaginary landscape using the body's sensibility as a brush: constantly constructing and de-constructing movement, roughening it up in order to refine it by making it real.
The warm-up consists of small tasks which build a group energy through extensive use of improvisation. The state of mind becomes a state of body. The small tasks then slowly transform into small stories as they, in turn, end up in a highly energetic dance combination: a complete narrative of mapping real movement.
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Blenard Azizaj born in Albania, Blenard studied and graduated as a dancer and dance teacher at the National State School of Greece. Since then he has been touring and performing in international dance festivals around the globe for company as Sasha Waltz & Guests (Germany) , Akram Khan Company (England), Montreal Danse Collaboration (Canada), Linga Dance Company (Lausanne, Switzerland), Hellenic Dance Company (Greece). He is currently based in Berlin.
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photos:
Alex Hauk