Training

In this morning class, we will follow our dance drive!

We begin the day by opening up and cultivating responsiveness, with a focus on the pelvis, spine, and neck. Through what I call “charges,” we will, in the second part of the class, work with repetitive movements aimed at creating fertile ground for a dance to emerge as the “charge” reaches its climax. Through automatic movement inspired by automatic writing and elements from authentic movement, we will follow these dances and see where they lead us within a tight improvisational framework.

We conclude the class with a finisher designed to raise the heart rate, get the muscles moving, and kick-start the day.

In this class, we will seek out and follow the dance as it unfolds, ending on an ecstatic note.

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

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 now also workshops every other week. This is for all professional members regardless of background in dance training, and it is also possible to participate in a drop-in class.

International guests can participate in training for free for up to 1 month. If you have comments or good tips for the training program, you can always send an email to the curators; trainingcurator@dansehallerne.dk

Nanna Stigsdatter (she/her) is a dancer and choreographer based in Copenhagen. Nanna is currently completing her MFA at the Dutch Art Institute, where she is researching the concept of edging through dance and critiques of capitalism. This morning class also serves as a space to test and gather knowledge for this project.

Nanna’s choreographic practice is grounded in transformative practices and has been developed in close collaboration with friend and colleague Snorre Elvin. Nanna is also the founder of and a member of Danseatelier, a collective that creates works both together and individually. They host and curate performance evenings, residencies, and workshops, insisting on collectivity as a way of creating and being in the world.

Alma (she/her) teaches an improvisation-based class that invites you to access your full physical capacity while cultivating a strong relationship to music. Because the body’s availability is closely linked to the state of mind, the warm-up weaves coordination and strengthening games together with somatic tasks and gradually expands into solo and partner explorations. You will refine your sensory and spatial awareness while staying in active dialogue with music, touch, thoughts, vision and the surrounding space. This form of practice encourages you to sense how internal impulses and external conditions interact and shapes your choices in real time. Through this method, constraints become catalysts that guide clarity, adaptability and nuance in your improvisation, supporting a grounded sense of freedom in movement. 

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

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 now also workshops every other week. This is for all professional members regardless of background in dance training, and it is also possible to participate in a drop-in class.

International guests can participate in training for free for up to 1 month. If you have comments or good tips for the training program, you can always send an email to the curators; trainingcurator@dansehallerne.dk

Alma Toaspern studied classical and contemporary dance in Frankfurt/M. and graduated from P.A.R.T.S., Brussels. She was member of Corpus at The Royal Danish Theater and guested at Ballett Basel and Danish Dance Theatre. She works internationally with Tim Etchells, Trajal Harrell, Tilman O’Donnell, Bobbi Jene and Kristin Helgebostad, among others. She co-founded the company toaspern|moeller together with singer and composer Mathias Monrad Møller. In the 2025/2026 season, she is LAB artist at Kaserne Basel, Switzerland. 

In my class I will weave together and physically find a thread between things I’m interested in now, and past experiences and knowledge. A collage with my favourite exercises that I’ve learned from teachers and a fun combination of material from shows I have made as a choreographer will set the atmosphere of the room. Through sharing of attention oriented entrances in to movement, the thinking as a source of sensing, and doing, I want to propose links between the different tasks and invitations.

The first part of the class will be focused on a warm up, related to body awareness as the engagement with the perception and introspection will be the main focus. I will guide through own made up multitasking elements of somatic scores and practises, in relation to a word I call Tactilize. This word for me is coming from a show called ”A sensoral Lecture”, and is questioning the word visualize, and invite new ways of dancing with touch/tactility as a companion throughout the movements.

In the second part of the class I will teach a phrase or movement combination. This longer dance will give a frame where the experience from the warm up can be applied on and played with.

I often like to use the heart, eyes, and bones as main areas of attention, partially as a tonus of moving with, but also as a way to navigate and orient functionally. Some of the material and guidance will be inspired and coloured by current studies in Feldenkrais.

The class will include touch, slower improvised parts, moving in space with more dynamic and quick feet, and material to remember.

If you have access needs or special things you want to share with me before class, please contact me. My aim is to make the space inclusive and teach in a way we can do things accordingly to our own capacities.

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

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 now also workshops every other week. This is for all professional members regardless of background in dance training, and it is also possible to participate in a drop-in class.

International guests can participate in training for free for up to 1 month. If you have comments or good tips for the training program, you can always send an email to the curators; trainingcurator@dansehallerne.dk

Sindri Runudde is working as adancer and choreographer, based in Stockholm. They are trained in contemporary dance and circus, internationally and at ”stockholm University of the Arts.

body/material invites the participants to tune into the subtle body, through breathing and pulsating the connective tissues and slow activations, drawn from functional anatomy and Qi circulation techniques. The approach to anatomy is not essentialist, departing yet splitting from a bio-mechanical model, landing deeply in the felt sense. Every day the focus is brought to a system (eg.  technology of breath, heart center, gravity dynamics) to allow for this to grow into explorations or dances and dance/performance play.

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

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 now also workshops every other week. This is for all professional members regardless of background in dance training, and it is also possible to participate in a drop-in class.

International guests can participate in training for free for up to 1 month. If you have comments or good tips for the training program, you can always send an email to the curators; trainingcurator@dansehallerne.dk

Maria F. Scaroni is a Berlin-based dance artist. She creates and interprets choreographic works
rooted in improvisational practices and altered states of consciousness. She re-purposes postmodern dance legacies towards technologies for mutual empowerment, crossbreeding somatic
practices and anti-oppression frameworks. Maria performs in Meg Stuart’s works with whom
she collaborates since 2009. After collective Lecken, an erogenous queer rave, she has been
hosting Social Pleasure Center, a community space for somatic post-activism.

A grounding and energetic warm-up will open the morning class, preparing our bodies for dancing through a range of qualities and dynamics. I will share repertoire from my own works — both phrases and movement practices developed in the making of the solo High Tide and the collective work On My Tongue. 

The class will focus on a FULL ON approach to dancing — tuning into the nuanced textures of our movement: the tonal shifts, the imagery, and the performative gestures that pop up — while staying grounded in how our bodies actually feel. This is a space to explore how the sensed and the imagined inform one another as we move, supporting responsive and expressive dancing. 

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

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 now also workshops every other week. This is for all professional members regardless of background in dance training, and it is also possible to participate in a drop-in class.

International guests can participate in training for free for up to 1 month. If you have comments or good tips for the training program, you can always send an email to the curators; trainingcurator@dansehallerne.dk

Emilie Gregersen (they/them, she/her) is a choreographer and dancer based in Copenhagen. Gregersen’s choreographic work takes it starting point in speculative fiction as a way to depict new worlds and is driven by a curiosity for questioning and transforming meaning. Through themes of intimacy, erotic ambivalence, the uncanny, and the understanding of power dynamics Gregersen works with physical practices to create staged performances that evoke the senses. 

Website: https://emiliegregersen.com/ 

Over four days in “Awareness Through Movement – into Improvisation!”, we will start each morning gently with a Feldenkrais ATM lesson, followed by guided improvisation. This space invites you to explore how you sense yourself through movement, integrate your experiences, and experiment with different approaches to your dance. 

When do you feel fully immersed in dancing? How does it feel, and how do you get there? In today’s improvisation, what stood out as particularly effective for you?  What would it take to enjoy dancing even more? 

Each day, we will explore a different Feldenkrais® Awareness Through Movement® lesson, each with a specific focus. These lessons help you notice habitual patterns and guide your attention to discover ease within each movement. By taking time to pause and perceive subtle changes as they unfold, you engage in the “game” of exploring what can feel like a challenging task. This process of slowing down and attending to small beginnings supports more efficient, healthy, and complete use of yourself—savoring the quality of your movement, gaining more choice, and becoming responsive rather than reactive. 

The improvisation part will shift focus each day, sometimes encouraging deeper individual exploration, other times engaging in a collective instant composition. Each day concludes with an exchange of insights, allowing us to learn from and be inspired by each other’s discoveries. 

Classes are taught in English. Come with curiosity and care, and leave inspired and full of new possibilities. 

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

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 now also workshops every other week. This is for all professional members regardless of background in dance training, and it is also possible to participate in a drop-in class.

International guests can participate in training for free for up to 1 month. If you have comments or good tips for the training program, you can always send an email to the curators; trainingcurator@dansehallerne.dk

Joel Fritzon (he/him) is a dancer/performer and teacher, educated at the Danish National School of Performing Arts (2011). He has worked with, among others, MYKA, Hotel Pro Forma, and Danish Dance Theatre. He is very passionate about improvisation and he is a certified Feldenkrais Practitioner® (2025). 

In this class we work on getting the individual inner femininity to manifest itself in the physical expression. We challenge sensuality, lines, balance and musicality through technical heels training, femme release, floorwork and choreography. In working and training with dance that has an imposed “sexy” expression, we research the individual’s authenticity behind the movements. In this way, we pursue a playful goal of strengthening feminine self-confidence in the body and improving our skills. All bodies are welcome, this is not a gendered class, but the focus is on the feminine expression in all its forms. This is not a beginner class in dance in general, but prior experience in heels dance is not required. Bring your own heels and perhaps kneepads. You are welcome to participate without heels.  

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

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 now also workshops every other week. This is for all professional members regardless of background in dance training, and it is also possible to participate in a drop-in class.

International guests can participate in training for free for up to 1 month. If you have comments or good tips for the training program, you can always send an email to the curators; trainingcurator@dansehallerne.dk

Thea Carla Schøtt is a Danish multidisciplinary artist. Her artistic practice is rooted in the queer art of camp and examines the absurdity of human nature. She performs internationally across the broad spectrum of entertainment and has danced for artists such as Lenny Kravitz, Jean Paul Gaultier, Lil Uzi Vert, Travis Scott, Les Rita Mitsouko and Pussy Riot. She starred in Gaspar Noe’s CLIMAX and has since then danced and acted in TV and musicals. She has movement directed for Copenhagen Fashion Week, Vogue, various pop artists and was recently the revival choreographer on ‘The Merry Widow’ at The Opera House in Copenhagen. 

Materials For Dancing – This  class is an invitation into a space where ideas, concepts, exercises and principles are aimed at being used as Materials for Dancing. 

It i’s a space where we may allow ourselves to sometimes be in the unknown and have room for personal interpretation, rather than only working with fixed correctness and rigid frames. 

It i’s a space to explore what those concepts and ideas could mean, what they might add to our individual dance, and how we can use them as a departure point rather than aim for them as the final goal. 

Over time, I have noticed that many people have difficulties crossing from the state of technique and precision into the state of dancing, and I’m looking forward to practicing this crossing in my classes. 

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

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 now also workshops every other week. This is for all professional members regardless of background in dance training, and it is also possible to participate in a drop-in class.

International guests can participate in training for free for up to 1 month. If you have comments or good tips for the training program, you can always send an email to the curators; trainingcurator@dansehallerne.dk

Shai Faran is a dancer, teacher, and choreographer based in Stockholm. She completed her post-graduate studies at SEAD Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance and has worked with different choreographers across Europe (Yuval Pick, Martin Kilvady, Jule Flierl and more). For the past decade, she has been developing her research and teaching methods, as well as her choreographic work, while working as a dancer. She has been part of Cullberg in Sweden for the seasons 2024-2025 and has performed pieces by Alma Söderberg, Renan Martins, Human Sharifi and Halla Olafsdotir.  

We begin each class by focusing on one anatomical area—spine, sacrum, hips, shoulder blades, or head. Through solo or partner tasks, the aim is to generate heat, heighten awareness and connect to the body as it presents itself that day. I draw inspiration from diverse sources—Body-Mind Centering, experiential anatomy, Pilates, and yoga. The aim is to generate heat, find the connections between the periphery and the center of the body, and ground the body in the present.  

The second part of the class is more conventional. I will introduce a movement phrase, which we learn throughout the entire teaching period. This phrase draws inspiration from release technique, focusing on detail, clarity of alignment, and the connectivity of movement through the use of weight. 

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

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 now also workshops every other week. This is for all professional members regardless of background in dance training, and it is also possible to participate in a drop-in class.

International guests can participate in training for free for up to 1 month. If you have comments or good tips for the training program, you can always send an email to the curators; trainingcurator@dansehallerne.dk

Liza Baliasnaja (b.1994) is a choreographer and performer from Lithuania, who works internationally and is based in Cologne. She studied dance at P.A.R.T.S. and philosophy at KU Leuven. Liza’s artistic work explores themes of power, violence, and subjectivity, with current focus on the emotions of fear and disgust. Her performance and movement practice is shaped by significant collaborations with Eszter Salamon, Christine De Smedt, Lenio Kaklea, and Lina Lapelytė, among many others. She teaches movement and choreography practice to professionals and students in Germany and Lithuania.  

The class will start with a focused warm-up, that is a combination of joint articulations, shaking, and resistance training.  

In the latter part of the class, we head into the choreographic scores I am currently occupied with. Some words on that: rupture, awkward, relief, slide, hanging out, vulnerability as a portal to transformation, micro-managing the journey with distance, and expansion within tension. The scores are meant to be investigative and performative. This class is for anyone who is curious about building and layering material through action, investigation, and discussion. The aim is for participants to explore their own vocabulary and interests through the framework offered.  

Please bring something to write with (for the class) 

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

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 now also workshops every other week. This is for all professional members regardless of background in dance training, and it is also possible to participate in a drop-in class.

International guests can participate in training for free for up to 1 month. If you have comments or good tips for the training program, you can always send an email to the curators; trainingcurator@dansehallerne.dk

Sophia Mage is a choreographer and dancer based in Copenhagen. She teaches workshops and regular classes at various institutions and in many contexts. The content of her classes is often connected to her artistic practice and current interests. She is a regular guest teacher at The Danish National School of Performing Arts, and Akademiet. In addition, she has taught at P.A.R.T.S., Ballet de Lorraine, Danish Dance Theater, Corpus, and Cullberg. Her classes draw from martial arts and dance practices that she studied before, during, and after her formal dance training at the Danish National School of Performing Arts.