In the course of my education, choreographer Rebecca Hilton introduced me and my classmates to the work “Locus” by Trisha Brown and asked us to create dance phrases by interpreting and borrowing the principals. I imagined myself standing in a cube with 26 directions (Rudolf Laban’s cube), where I exchanged each direction’s number for a letter, and thus positioned, I wrote my name in the space around me. With a continuous fall, but at the same time in balance by extending body parts between different points in space, the dance phrase made me turn, curve and spiral around myself.

Earlier this year, dancer and teacher Nina Wehnert directed my attention towards my organs in a Body-Mind Centering workshop. By giving in to my gut, bladder and diaphragm I pushed my weight around inside my available and three-dimensional trunk, creating complex, unpredictable and delayed movement-sequencing. Dancing by way of my contents (organs) was clearly different from my usual dancing, using my container (skeleton and muscles).

The class at Dansehallerne will engage with and elaborate on these two dance practices. We will start the class with visualizations, hands-on exercises and improvisational scores that focus on weight, collapse and movement initiation from our contents versus containers. This will be followed by dance phrases that turn, curve and spiral in relation to our outside architecture (Rudolf Laban’s cube).

The classes are held at Dansehallerne, Franciska Clausens Plads 27, DK-1799 Copenhagen V, in Studio 3.

Getting there
Studio 3 is located on the ground floor with step-free access from the main entrance.
Continue straight on towards the changing rooms next to the foyer. Studio 3 is located at the bottom right corner.

Dansehallerne has an elevator with step-free access to all floors. Accessible and gender-neutral toilets and wardrobes are available on the ground floor.

We kindly ask you to arrive 15 minutes prior to class in time for check-in with the QR code on your ticket.

All members can participate in Dansehallerne’s training activities – a year-round program with approximately 5 days of training per week and lately also workshops every other week. This applies to all professional members regardless of background in dance training. It is also possible to attend drop-in classes, and international guests can participate in training for free for up to 1 month. If you have comments or tips for the training program, you can always send an email to the curators Ar Utke Ács: aua@dansehallerne.dk and Caroline Blomqvist: cbl@dansehallerne.dk