Open classes

Carla Parcianello offers an open-level course in the club style of Whacking/Punking. You will explore the foundations of the style—posing, storytelling, character development, musicality, armwork, footwork—as well as Carla’s own perspective on it. The course is designed to support your Whacking freestyle.

What is Whacking? Originally known as Punking, the style emerged in 1970s Los Angeles, where a community of gay men gathered in clubs like Gino’s to dance and connect. Born in response to marginalization, Punking is characterized by theatricality and posing inspired by 1920s silent films, comic strips, and cartoons like Bugs Bunny.

Come to Whack! Punk! Pose!

Schedule
Mondays | 19:30

Practice spiraling, sliding, and rolling floorwork, as well as interconnected dancing through your own body. All levels, experiences, and body possibilities welcome.

Developed by David Zambrano and now taught by his close students, Flying Low activates the relationships between joints, momentum, and the floor through simple phrases. The image of the body constantly gathering and sending transforms it into an efficient, endless curve of energy. Spirals propel the class across the floor — constantly moving in and out of it with ease. When one is moving, the whole room moves with one.

Schedule
Mondays | 19:30

Tictac’s studio hosts a Contact Improvisation jam, open to anyone, any level of dance welcome. It starts with a research session with alternating facilitators into an open jam.

The session opens with a proposition to move, where aspects of contact, momentum, support & surprise are being discovered. From there we shift into an open laboratory, a space for autonomous exploration, where you can test ideas, construct movement together, listen and respond. The invitation is to not aim for a predetermined outcome, but rather to use silence, listening & presence as a primary guide.

Schedule
First Sunday of the month
14:00: guided practice
15:00: CI jam
18:00 end

Arrival after 14:00 is not possible.

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The body contains a lifetime of experiences, constantly transforming. Butoh, dance of transformation, exists in between inside and outside space. What unfolds is total present being with deep connection to the inner landscape. The Lab offers an inclusive space for all levels to practice Butoh through exercises, improvisation and reflection, beyond its historical roots. Sessions move from grounding practices to poetic exploration, guided by various artists.

Schedule:
Tuesday | 19:00
Hosted at Tictac | Full information including pricing at their website.

During Movement Research dance practice, we will use tasks and structures to explore dance as both a social and performing experience. Improvisation will be central, moving from solo work to group exercises that develop movement quality, strength, coordination, and perception. A key focus will be the playful negotiation between the technical and emotional body. The practice may lead to choreographic exploration and connection with others through dance, and is open to both professionals and amateurs.(picture ©Johan Legraie)

Schedule:
Tuesday | 19:30
Hosted at Tictac | Full information including price and registrations to: sortaproject@paolamadrid.com or at https://www.paolamadrid.com/movement-research