Maria Zimpel

GYROKINESIS® METHOD

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The GYROKINESIS® Method is a movement practice that stimulates circulation in the body and fosters an effective body-mind connection. Central to the training are breathing exercises in relation with the muscular pathways, notably the vertical and spiral muscles chains. An alignment of the bony structure is also addressed by working with gravity. The class revisits the ground principles of Gyrokinesis to give each dancer and practitioner useful tools to access their own flow in respect to one’s unique body composition.

Maria Zimpel

Maria Zimpel choreographer, dance artist. In her work she is exploring the limits of physically. She is creating her own dance language and modular choreographic structures based on semi-repetitive movement patterns and embodied attention in movement. She is an author of many solo and collaborative projects, shown all around the world. As a dancer she worked with radical artists such as: Rosalind Crisp, Isabelle Schad, Kat Valastur. Studied Dance, Choreography and Context at HZT (Hochschulübergreifendes Zentrum Tanz in Berlin) at University of the Arts (UdK), and Cultural Studies at Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań, Jagiellonian University Krakow, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. in 2009 she was a recipient of DanceWeb Scholarship; in 2016 her choreography noish~ was selected for the European Platform AerowavesTwenty, and Polish Dance Platform in 2017.

During the K3 residency 19/20, Maria combined the research in quantum physics and dance, exploring the idea of dance as an elementary force creating and transforming places. In her choreography Space Gives Place, the notion of place as a dance-based event was explored via dance, music, light and space design.

She is practicing GYROKINESIS^® and teaches this method during the Profi Training at the K3. 

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