Gitta Barthel

RHYTHM AND DYNAMICS IN CONTEMPORARY DANCE

How do rhythms influence movement behaviour, how do different types of music inspire one's own movement imagination? How can a group dance itself into a collective groove and how does movement create its own dynamics? Working with music, sound, rhythm and dynamics is central to contemporary dance. This course uses improvisation and set movement patterns to try out the various inspirational possibilities in practice. The students' own experiences will be complemented by theoretical knowledge transfer, and Gitta Barthel will show film examples of pioneering choreography in the art of dance on this subject.

Please wear comfortable training clothing | open to all interested with and without previous knowledge | in German

Registration ONLY possible via VHS Hamburg.

www.vhs-hamburg.de

Gitta Barthel

works across the fields of art, art outreach and academic research and teaches contemporary dance and choreography at various universities and training centres. As the result of her long relationship as a research associate with the Institute for Movement Research/Performance Studies at the University of Hamburg, she is currently writing her doctorate on Choreografische Praxis. Vermittlung in Tanzkunst und Kultureller Bildung (Choreographic Practice. Communication in Dance and Cultural Education.)

www.gittabarthel.de