Mauricio Cruz

Please note: This is a two week, half days workshop. Preference will be given to participants who register for the full two weeks to go into a more extended and deep experience, but first week or second week only are optional as well. In case this workshop is not full booked, drop in classes are possible for the first 7 days, to a standard or supportive day-price . The last 3 days this is only possible, when you have asked beforehand and permission by Mauricio.

Freeform is a dynamic laboratory designed to explore movement and composition from the authenticity of the body in action. We manifest the body’s innate ability to express itself beyond predefined patterns, focusing on developing a deep connection between creativity and physicality. We research how to play at the limit of our own physicality, constantly bending the body and its possibilities to find new places to move freely. The training is self-demanding, adapting to unique possibilities. We seek a body that is at the disposal of creativity and vice versa, where deep impulses manifest themselves without restrictions.

The dynamics of the workshop leads the group to actively play with the creation of bodily, spatial and energetic compositions, in which their movement is the main detonator. Through solo, duet, trio and group exercises, each participant takes their dance to new limits, and the group inspires itself to continue to develop. This information is further developed into spontaneous composition, performance, and solo creation research.

The pillars of the training are: connectivity, displacement, interconnectivity, quality/quality and expressiveness/creativity. Using these principles as catalysts, the class evolves according to the group.