This ballet class is a new approach to the technique of classical ballet that centers and uplifts bodies that have often been othered in dance and the real-world through a queer and contemporary lens, letting dancers co-create worlds, fairy tales, and story ballets of their own.
The class works with four principles: Kill the cop in our heads, technique as a tool for longevity, we’re allowed to do whatever we want, and the moves don’t matter.
How can re-engaging with this art form be a practice of joy and resistance in equal measure? Classes follow the traditional structure of a ballet class, moving with our skeletal, muscular, and emotional bodies to find both functionality and space to make wildly imaginative choices.
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
Carro Sharkey is a Berlin-based dance artist that will go anywhere for you. Their work has been shown across the US and Europe most recently at Tanztage Berlin, often performing in unconventional spaces such as abandoned slaughterhouses, moving buses, and ball pits. They believe their role as an artist is to blow over a house of cards from 50 meters away. After starting testosterone, Carro found a renewed connection to ballet within a body that aligns with their fantasies.
carrosharkey.com
