Antoni Androulakis

Fluxness

The practice is a synthesis of the different ways I have constructed & deconstructed both floor work & acrodance over the past 10 years.
It breaks down the question of “how to challenge the way we relate to gravity?”.
Using mainly improvisation, this question will be answered through the exploration of different concepts such as:

• Becoming conscious of the use of our weight through the points of contact we create with the floor.
• Using gravity as a movement generator.
• Exploring the idea of being both relaxed & active; using the needed tension in order to facilitate movement while getting rid of unnecessary rigidity.
• Investigating our center as a source of movement through inversions.
• Understanding our body as a holistic organism. Seeing it as a whole rather than separated, we will find ways to make our full body contributes to the movement.

I will also share my background in acrobatics. Looking at different patterns & figures as movements rather than “tricks” to include them in one’s own dance.
I do not differentiate in between the way I deal with movement and how I deal with my daily life. My teaching is therefore a synthesis of my intuitive understanding of things I am actively practicing: awareness, challenge & playfulness. ”

Who is this workshop adressed to? Dancers with a familiarity with floorwork, no acrobatic experience is needed.
Workshop trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwiQ7MTRIBs

Previous teaching:
P.A.R.T.S. (BE), Marameo (DE), Fontys (NL), Tanzhaus Zürich (CH), K3- Kampnagel (DE), Cocoondance Company (CH), AN-TRE Program (PT), Theater Bremen/ Unusual Symptom Company (DE), Carte Blanche Company (NO), Exim Company (UK), Tanznetz (DE), CircoFantazztico (CR), Tanzfabrik (DE), …

Antoni Androulakis’s biography:

Born in Belgium, Antoni Androulakis graduated from the Conservatory of Antwerp (Belgium) before entering La Manufacture (Switzerland), where he focused on choreographic research as well as creating his own teaching material.
Antoni has collaborated & performed with Alexander Vantournhout, Lisbeth Gruwez, Rakesh Sukesh, Eric Minh Cuong Castaing & Adam Benjamin amongst others. Asides performing, he has been the choreographic assistant of the Company Cocoon during the creation of “Attaque” & is currently working on his last solo.
Eager to share his own research, he has been teaching in different countries across Europe & Central America where he aims to connect elements of floor work & acrobatics.

Dates and times:
December 2-6
9:00 – 13:00

Price:
50 € registration fee
200 € total

Package deal:
In the same week Charlie Morrisey is teaching in the afternoons. You get a 15% discount for registering to both workshops.