Ballet for Contemporary Dancers
easier, more joyful, and more human

The class continually re-evaluates classical technique focusing on strenghtening the dancers‘ awareness of their own alignment. Libby Farr’s study of the body technique Gyrokinesis has led her to create a warm-up that invites the students to be more deeply aware of their bodies, taking care particularly of the spine and the breathing. As ballet unfortunately often appears to people as if they would wear the wrong size clothes, it is essential for Libby to make ballet easier, more joyful, and more human. The centre challenges the participants to use placement and release discovered at the barré as a source of strength and individual dynamics. It will be often spoken about breathing, in order to work against the tendency to overpower movement. How much energy is really needed for a movement?




Libby Farr
Libby Farr has been performing with several Ballets in the U.S.A. and Europe. For many years she has been dedicated to teach ballet and body awareness. Libby Farr is now a regular guest teacher at P.A.R.T.S., S.E.A.D. and for Companies including Pina Bausch, Ballet Preljocaj, Cristina de Chatel and Cullberg Ballet.