Phyllis Akinyi
Flamenco Lab

Flow 

Feeling   

Fear  

Freedom 

This class is a flamenco ‘taster’ but a distinctive kind. We’re investigating the basic elements of flamenco with a focus on the relation between feelings and movement.  We’ll work with different techniques helping the individual dancer to develop their rhythmic abilities in correlation with improvisation and emotional expression.

Together we’ll create a space in which melancholy, anger and joy can co-exist.

It’s a class for dancers who are interested in embarking on a journey inwards, and who are curious about polyrhythms, bodily sound, and ancestral movement.

We invite you to participate the whole week but you are also welcome to drop-in.

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 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.

Phyllis Akinyi is a Danish-Kenyan dancer, choreographer and researcher, whose work explores Africanist Spirituality within Flamenco, as well as a continuous investigation of the ‘betwixt and between’ – researching entanglements of movement, culture, and identity, from an anthropological lens of bodies ‘caught’ in cultural ‘in-betweens’. Akinyi is the artistic director of Diasporic Dimensions, a performing arts company centering [African] diasporic experiences and complexities. Phyllis Akinyi er en dansk-kenyansk danser, koreograf og researcher hvis arbejde undersøger ‘Africanist Spirituality’ i flamenco, samt en kontinuer udforskelse af begrebet ‘betwixt and between’ – bestående af en antropologisk belysning af sammenviklingen mellem bevægelse, kultur og identitet med særligt fokus på kroppe ‘fanget’ i kulturelle mellemrum. Akinyi er kunstnerisk leder af Diasporic Dimensions, et scenekunst kompagni der centrerer [afrikanske] diasporiske stemmer og kompleksiteter. Instagram: @phyllisakinyi Hjemmeside: phyllisakinyi.com

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Artist

Phyllis Akinyi

Title

Flamenco Lab

Type

Training

Date

10.–13.6.2025, 10:00

Duration

1 hour 30 minutes

Venue

Dansehallerne, Franciska Clausens Plads 27, 1799 København V

Credits

Foto: Olga Rabetskaya for Yellow Fish Festival, NYC 2021

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