LAB contemporary fusion. With Valentine Rochat

Every Thursday, from January 9 to March 27, 2025

From 18 years

€ Prior registration required

• TALLER 1: LAB Dance Class – Focus on Choreography (18:00-19:30)
• TALLER 2: LAB Research – Focus on Movement (19:30-20:30)

Contemporary dance is a discipline that mobilizes the entire body and encourages creativity. In this practice, urban dance techniques and body expression are integrated, relying on methods such as those of Acogny (A. Germaine), Silvestre (R. Silvestre) and Laban (R. Laban). We work from the spine and the center, adapting to the possibilities of each student and applying a respectful pedagogy in which students learn according to the availability of their bodies.

WORKSHOP 1: LAB Dance Class – Focus on Choreography (18:00-19:30)
The objective of this workshop is the learning of new choreographies, aimed at people with or without experience in dance, at an open level. Every 2-3 weeks, new choreography is introduced and practiced during the sessions.

Workshop Objectives:

• Release the body.
• Work the “groove”.
• Improve coordination.
• Increase flexibility.
• Develop body memory.

Class Development:

• Heating: Activities in space and focused.
• Techniques: Exercises linked to a particular dance style or body techniques.
• Learning/Repetition of Choreography: Practice and refinement of choreography.
• Stretch: Exercises to relax and stretch the muscles.

The proposed choreographies are a fusion of contemporary, urban dance and body expression, offering a dynamic and enriching experience.

WORKSHOP 2: LAB Research – Focus on Movement (19:30-20:30)
The objective of this workshop is movement research, intended for people with dance practice or interested in learning within a less directed structure.

Workshop Objectives:

• Delve into dance techniques such as Acogny, Silvestre and Laban.
• Enter a creative process adapted to the possibilities of each student’s body.
• Discover choreographic tools to create dance sequences from everyday gestures.

Class Development:

• Heating: Activities in space and focused.
• Techniques: Exercises linked to a particular dance style or body techniques.
• Exercises and Guidelines: Activities that encourage exploration and creativity.
• Choreographic Games: Dynamics that promote the creation of choreographic material.
• Stretch: Exercises to relax and stretch the muscles.

This approach focuses on the spine, textures, elements and everyday gestures, promoting a deep and creative exploration of movement.

Valentine Rochat She is a dancer and choreographer of Swiss origin living in Malaga. He has trained in London, Australia, Canada, Brazil and Senegal where he met choreographers such as Rosangela Silvestre and Germaine Acogny, who transmitted to him their techniques and philosophy of movement, the body and music.

She has taught dance in social projects of the European Union and development in Central America, as well as in schools in Switzerland and the Spanish Red Cross.

She has also worked as a choreographer and dancer in the play “Tabou” (JDS Event), in Bollywood films and different music videos; choreographer and co-director of “The King and the Music” (Mojiganga SI, Jardines de La Térmica, 2020) and, more recently, she has choreographed “Código Oedipus” (Angélica Gómez, Teatro Echegaray, 2022).