ELEMENTARY PROGRAMME - WEEK 3

Contemporary technique class with Anneleen Keppens

Poetic Embodiment
In this class, we combine anatomical input with physical research in order to enhance our alignment and range of motion. Guided improvisations based on poetic imagery and embodiment techniques allow us to trust our body as a rich source from which a variety of physicalities can manifest. We find tools to tap into the range of sensations, movement patterns and expressions that are available to us. The class invites us to start the day by tuning into our body as it is, and to nourish it so it feels supported throughout the day.

Anneleen Keppens (BE)

Anneleen Keppens studied at the Royal Ballet School of Antwerp and at PARTS in Brussels. She works as a choreographer, dancer, artistic collaborator and teacher in Belgium and abroad. In 2016, Anneleen started her research project Transparency in Abstract Dance. This research was the base for her first creation The moon is the moon is the moon, which premiered in October 2017. In 2019 she created her solo performance Movement Essays. Anneleen works with choreographer Daniel Linehan/Hiatus since 2012. She danced in his productions Gaze is a Gap is a Ghost, The Sun Came, The Karaoke Dialogues, dbddbb, Flood, Un sacre du printemps and sspeciess. Together with Linehan, she performed at the Tate Live Performance Room of Tate Modern, and she accompanied several editions of the social-artistic project Vita Activa.

In 2014 Anneleen danced in Rétrospective by Xavier Le Roy at Centre Pompidou in Paris. From 2014 to 2016 she danced in Drumming, the repertoire piece by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker (Rosas).

Anneleen is an often invited outside-eye for other choreographers’ work and she is the choreographic assistant of Alexander Vantournhout. She is a certified Somatic Movement Educator and has experience in teaching improvisation and composition classes at PARTS SummerSchool and Artesis Hogeschool Antwerp amongst others.

Hatha yoga with Hugo Mega

Hatha yoga is seen as one of the most traditional styles of yoga. This ancient practice focuses on balance, bringing the Yin and Yang, the Sun (Ha) and the Moon (Tha) together into the body. This slower paced, static practice focuses on building a strong foundation and understanding each posture. In this class you will explore the benefits of Pranayama, breathing exercises as a new relation to abdominal and lumbar support. When teaching this style Hugo emphasizes breath awareness while developing your alignment and building a safe practice.

Hugo Mega (PT)

Hugo Mega is a Portuguese yogi, artist, dreamer, and life coach based in Brussels, Belgium. Hugo’s passion for movement & artistic endeavors are the pulse of his life. He dedicated his undergraduate studies to exploring his body’s physical capacities through dance and circus. After finishing his circus studies, yoga enters center stage of his explorative focus. What starts as a nice way to stay in shape, becomes a passion. This changes his life and his perspective on the body. Yoga becomes a lifestyle and in 2014 he starts teaching at Yyoga in Brussels. This urban sanctuary becomes his second home, where he is a core member of the family. When teaching Yoga Hugo is passionate about alignment and anatomy, exploring new ways to connect to the body focusing on awareness and injury prevention. He desires now to support you on your journey of perspective, sharing with you the great practices that support him throughout his journey.

Rosas Repertoire - Zeitung with Elizaveta Penkova

Zeitung is a piece where the conversations between dance and choreography, fixed and improvised movement, minimal and romantic music is put up to investigation. Focusing on one of the movement frases we will explore how to create movement material starting from improvisational tasks as well as look into how written material can become expanded through improvisation. We will also bring attention to how different music affects the unfoldment of movement, for example how to sustain a contained concentration despite dramatic orchestrated music of Webern, Schonberg and Bach.

Elizaveta Penkova (SE)

Educated at the Royal Swedish Ballet School and P.A.R.T.S, Penkova’s professional path started as a dancer at the Gothenburg ballet company. Shortly after she joined the Rosas dance company/ Anne-Teresa De Keersmaeker in Brussels where she worked for the next ten years. Curious about the work of the freelance choreographers Penkova eventually started working with Georgia Vardarou (GR/BE), Veli Lehtovaara (FI), Helena Franzén(SE), Human Works (NO/BE) and Michèle Noiret (BE). Since September 2019 she has been following an MA in contemporary dance didactics at Stockholm University of the Arts.