London workshop with Hilde Cannoodt and Valerie Romanin
Biography Hilde Cannoodt
Since 1996, Hilde has been passionately involved in dance. Originally from Belgium, Hilde moved to Brighton (UK) in 2004 to pursue her career as a dancer. Being a fusion dancer at heart, she finds inspiration in different dance styles, such as street dance, contemporary dance, jazz, ballet, flamenco, tribal fusion and Egyptian dance techniques. She is director of the Masmoudi dance company and has hosted many sold out shows in Brighton
Hilde's unique teaching style has a very analytical approach, which is utilised to demystify qualities of movement. Using her background in mathematics and her research in choreology (based on Rudolph Laban's work) which she translates directly to her dance practise, she helps students to better understand the ins and outs of a quality of movement. In each workshop she teaches, she also promotes safe dance practise working towards longevity in our dance practise and on how to prevent injuries.
Biography Valerie Romanin
French born, Valérie Romanin is the creator of Flamenco Descalzo®, also called barefoot flamenco. Her style, truly unique, is a blend of elements from Flamenco, Belly dance and Gypsy dances. Based in London, she teaches weekly classes in Islington and conducts intensive workshops across the UK, as well as in France, Europe and Argentina. Valérie Romanin is known for the elegance of her dance and the clarity of her teaching. More information about her style, teaching activities and inspiration, visit her website: www.flamencodescalzo.com
Upcoming workshop
Sunday 19th February 2012
1 - 5pm: Duality - Tribal Fusion and Barefoot Flamenco
A dance workshop collectively conducted by Hilde Cannoodt and Valérie Romanin
Exploring their different approaches to dance, Hilde and Valérie will teach different combos to 2-beat rhythm to feel the binary essence of it followed by short routines to 3-beat rhythm in order to experiment the circular nature of it. The workshop will start with a vigorous warm up, followed by a theoretic section on rhythm and space, and a number of different sequences exploring these different elements. Please bring a notebook, plenty of water and yoga mat.
Level: all
Fee: £ 42 - no refunds
Place to be
ISTD2 - dance studio
346 Old Street
London
EC1V 9NQ (nearest tube station: Old Street)