Course in contemporary dance for Adults - spring 2025
Tuesdays kl 20:00-21:30 at DansiT studio, Strandveien 33, Trondheim
Starting 14.01.2025 - 13.05.2025 (15 weeks without week 13, 15, 16)

ABOUT THE COURSE
This semester the course will be shared by dance artists Nina Wollny and Anna Thu Schmidt to offer a diverse approach to contemporary dance. Classes are taught in English and Norwegian and suitable for new beginners as well as people with movement experience.

Info and registration via:
samtidsdansforvoksne@gmail.com

Early Bird Price by registration before 1.1.2025: 2500kr
Regular Price: 3000kr/2700kr students
Drop-in price: 250kr/200kr students (Drop-in is only possible if the course is not fully booked in advance)

Part 1: Classes with Nina Wollny (week 3-8)
Exploring and learning about the human body and how the different parts and systems collaborate can have an interesting effect on our presence, perception and therefore on our movement. Opening our body to this heightened state of awareness can enrich, strengthen and inspire the way we dance. In each class we will explore one topic from a small simple detail to bigger connections within the human organism. The topic will be explored in different ways like free physical exploration, guided exercises. We will also explore some of the topics in connection with a partner taking care of yourself to take care of each other and learning about your own body through the other. The class gradually moves into accumulating a movement phrase that will be repeated and build further each class. In the phrase we will play with all levels of space, speed, flow and the forces that move us. I am looking forward to dance through the vinter with you!

Bio: Nina Wollny studied modern and contemporary dance at the
Rotterdam Dance Academy in the Netherlands. Nina started teaching when she was 15 as a way to deepen her own understanding of dance. Now she is following her own interests in sharing movement and dance and how it relates to the form and function of the body.

Part 2: Classes with Anna Thu Schmidt (week 9-20)
Enjoy dancing with yourself and with others!
The classes offer practice in contemporary dance where we develop body awareness, discover our own unique dance, and expand our movement vocabulary. Each class starts with a gentle warm-up to connect with ourselves in a safe space and to explore our own movements through dance improvisation. After connecting with the space and each other, we continue with technical exercises, floor work, and movement phrases across the floor. The last part of the class is dedicated to composition tasks and working with choreography.

Bio: Anna Thu Schmidt is a dance artist with a passion for dance improvisation, interdisciplinary collaborations, site-specific performances, and integrated dance. annathuschmidt.com