Learn how dancers pull off all those awesome moves and make it look easy (clue: the secret's in the title - it's how we push and pull where things make contact...) From the people who brought you Aperiodic by Way of Ballet, Breakdancing and Hofstadter's Butterfly and Art of Quantum - another chance to enjoy all the fun we can have when dance gets physicky. Nothing happens in dance without contact. Whether it is contact between a foot or limb and the floor or between dancers as we balance or push off into flight, contact is essential. Even in the air mid leap, dancers control the shapes they form with the strength and direction of the force applied at joints, contact points between one part of the body and another - torques, moments etc. And of course there's the most important type of contact of all, the quantum-style action at a distance that connects dancers with each other and connects us to our audiences, and makes dancing so much more than just a workout or a clever stunt. In this workshop we will draw all kinds of analogies as we play around with contact in dance, thinking by moving and throwing shapes based in ballet and breakdancing to stirring music from all kinds of genres. Expect to have fun, learn something new and go home sweetly exhausted! Enjoy! Contact in ballet/breaking at Kulture Studio Sat 28th February 2-4pm Kids/families led by Anna and Elina - accessible to ages 6+ - under 7s should attend with a responsible adult See also on Headfirst... Contact in ballet/breakdancing at Kulture Studio for teens/older kids Sat 7th March 2-4pm led by Anna and BGirl Danger About Anna Davis Born in London, Anna is a performer, choreographer and teacher in Cecchetti ballet and dance, as well as founding director of South West Dance Theatre. She also has a PhD in physics, regularly writes for science magazines and the science pages of broadsheets and often mixes ideas from dance and science together. She has led several workshops for families and children, including our summer dance intensives, dance and drawing workshop with Sachin Babbar, quantum physics and aperiodic patterns dance workshops, as well as, of course, our annual Christmas Nutcracker and Snowman charity workshops. About Silvia Orazzo aka Bgirl Danger Silvia aka Bgirl Danger started her dancing journey in 2010. Throughout the years Silvia has acquired valuable multidisciplinary dance experience taking parts in shows and competitions all over Europe. Some examples are “Les Riches Contre Les Pauvres” with the Dance company Wiz’art, and “Wind In The Willow” by Metta Theatre Company this latter reached the West end stage. She has also competed in Major breakin events such as: Break the floor in Slovenia and Bonnie and Clyde; IBE in the Netherlands. Silvia joined SWDT in 2022 and loves combining various dance styles. Her favorite move is the Windmill. Questions? Drop us a line at [email protected] or 07798783218

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