Libby Farr
Ballet for Contemporary Dancers

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 the breathing, in order to work against the tendency to overpower movement. How much energy is really needed for a movement?