Pop-Up with Elena Valls
Date: Wednesday, October 18th, from 1.45-3.45 pm
Location: The Cole Studio, Mark Morris Dance Center
Address: 3 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Price: Sliding scale $16-$23 USD (Venmo or Zelle)
Photo of Elena Valls by Floyd Renton
About Elena Valls:
Elena Valls García was born in Madrid, Spain, and grew up in Arizona. She moved to New York to receive her BFA at The Conservatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase, under the mentorship of Kazuko Hirabayashi. She studied dance and martial arts at Taipei National University of the Arts in Taipei, Taiwan. She performed professionally with companies in New York City, Europe, and Turkey. She has performed in Punch Drunk’s “Sleep No More” in NYC and Worked with Etienne Bechard (Brussels) Maura Morales (Düsseldorf), Kyle Abraham (NYC) Gregory Dolbashian (NYC), Shen Wei (NYC), Manuel Vignoulle (NYC), Korhan Basaran (Istanbul), and Samuel Pott (NYC). Miss Valls is featured in film works and television shows like “American Crime, Season 2” created by John Ridley, “Fama, A Bailar” in Madrid, and Jeremy Shaw “Phase Shifting Index” in Berlin and Paris and recently performed for 2023 Brit Awards for Sam Smith’s “Unholy”. She is currently a full-time company member of Ballet National de Marseille, in Marseille, France under the direction of La Horde. Elena has taught her unique dance workshops in Spain, France, Turkey, Egypt and USA. She is creatively searching for deeper ways to express her passion for the Arts and dance, to build a culture of collaborations and connections.
About the workshop:
Elena Valls's class consists of Human exploration. Constantly researching and investigating the body and mind and connecting them to the space, objects, and colors around you. Lubricating the joints, finding speeds and dynamics, textures and sensations to explore all obstacles that your physical being is. Getting rid of Limitations and opening the mind to all possibilities. Human connection and awareness of the space will allow you to find more freedom behind your movement. A warm-up led by improv and stretches. Leads to fast-paced physical cardio moves with martial arts influence and constant spirals and release to connect to pleasure and passion. Guided Improvisation to play games and create connections with each other and yourself. Ending with a phrase in creation to explore all new ideas and possibilities. Elena loves to connect with her students to make them believe that they are capable of anything, by just making the choice to enter the space with an open mind, you can enhance your imagination to new places you have never explored in your mind and body.
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