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TEACHERS

Our team of dance teachers is here to guide, inspire, and elevate your dancing skills.

Irena Tavpash

Classical Ballet, Martha Graham Technique
Irena is an accomplished Ukrainian ballerina, contemporary dancer, and choreographer.

For the last decade, she has made Vienna her home and furthered her education in Theater, Film, and Media Science there.
With roots in classical ballet, Irena has expanded her expertise by exploring various modern techniques. Her choreography captures the harmony between control and liberation, between structure and spontaneity, and between age-old traditions and contemporary innovations.

Magdalena Jurisic

Matt Mattox Technique
Magdalena is a multi-faceted artist: a jazz dancer, set designer, and trained architect.
Magdalena's holistic grasp of dance, movement, and space is a testament to her expertise. Whether it's the technical execution of a dance sequence, or the physical set design, each element tells a story.
Offering basic courses she equips dancers of all proficiency levels with fundamental skills.

Blanka Csasznyi

Floor Work / Shifting Roots - AML
Blanka Csasznyi pursued her studies in Contemporary Dance in both London and Budapest. Since 2010, she has collaborated with Joe Alegado. Throughout these years, she has assisted with SHIFTING ROOTS – AML creations and classes globally, including notable appearances at the ImPulsTanz Festival in Vienna.

Alain Michigan

Lester Horton Technique

Alain has trained at prestigious institutions like SERMAC in Martinique, The International Dance Academy in Paris, The Joffrey Ballet School, and The Dance Theater of Harlem. He studied under renowned teachers such as Milton Myers and Rodni Williams from the Alvin Ailey School. Alain has danced across Europe and Martinique, choreographed for the Manhattan Dance Company, and taught in New York, Greece, Austria, Budapest, Erfurt, and Stuttgart.

Sofiia Matsevko

Urban Contemporary Choreography
For over 15 years, Sofia Matsevko has been immersed in the world of dance. She honed her skills at the Mayway Dance Centre in Kyiv and has imparted her knowledge as a teacher for over seven years. In her choreographies, she places significant emphasis on musicality and body control.

CLASS OVERVIEW

Flexibility

Every dance routine also includes proper stretching. The hour consists of a warm-up followed by targeted stretching, mobility and strength training specifically for dancers, in order to keep our bodies flexible.

Foundations

Whether you're a complete beginner or looking to refine your dance skills, our Foundations dance class is all about mastering the essentials. Here, get to practice simple basics, which you can never practice too much. We engage in various exercises with a main focus on flexibility, balance, and coordination. These are designed to prepare you for dancing more complex choreographies.

Floor Barre

Exercises from the ballet barre brought the floor: you train in a way that is gentle on your joints, focusing mainly on strengthening your core and legs. These exercises target the muscle groups that are used in ballet, which in turn boost your entire body and improves your posture.

Gaga Movement Method

The Gaga movement method, was created by Ohad Naharin, a former Martha Graham dancer, is an innovative approach to dance. In Gaga classes, students engage in improvisational movement, drawing inspiration from their bodily sensations and the imagery provided by the instructor. Each instruction is meant to help the dancer use mental approaches to create physical research.

Contemporary Modern

In this class, our warm-up involves exploring and learning a blend of modern techniques such as Graham, Limon, and Mattox. You can expect fluid and expressive movements that combine physical expressiveness with technical precision. Additionally, we continually learn and perform contemporary choreographies, allowing us to put the learned techniques into practice.

Modern Martha Graham

The Martha Graham technique, a powerful and dynamic method, is acknowledged as the first codified technique of Modern Dance. In our classes, we learn this technique collectively through basic lessons and crucial floor work. The method revolves around the concepts of "contraction, release, and spirals." These rhythmic movements originate from the dancer's core, profoundly influencing the movements of the entire body.

Modern Matt Mattox

The Matt Mattox Technique is a distinctive approach to modern dance that merges the precision of ballet with the spirited expressiveness of jazz. This technique is characterized by its isolated movements that require a high level of coordination, emphasizing clean, sharp lines and precise execution.

Modern Lester Horton

This unique training technique developed by Lester Horton is based on a deep understanding of human anatomy and an anatomical approach to dance that includes flexibility, strength, coordination, and body awareness. It focuses on correcting physical faults and preparing your body for any dance form you wish to pursue.

Floor work

refers to a dance technique or a series of movements in which dancers move their bodies on the floor, using it as a prop or a partner. It involves controlled and often fluid movements such as rolls, slides, and falls, and requires a good sense of body awareness, strength, and flexibility. Floor work is a common element in contemporary and modern dance styles, but it is also utilized in other dance forms for expressive and artistic purposes.

Contemporary Fusion

This class focuses on combining the fluidity and expressiveness of contemporary dance with the dynamic and rhythmic qualities of urban styles. You'll learn innovative choreographies that challenge your technique and creativity, encouraging you to explore new ways of movement and self-expression.

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