Laura Manz

March 11. – 15. 2024
9:30 -11:00 / Local Training Exchange

21% strength & mobilization
14% articulating the spine
19% floorwork tools
8% upside down
43% practicing efficiency through laziness
19% working with a partner
34% music surprises
100% bodies in motion

photo: Ryan McKenna

short bio:
Laura is a dance & movement artist, teacher and researcher. Her interests circle around themes that question the way human beings interact with nature, with other living beings, as well as with themselves; sensory perceptions and, environmental influences on the human body. 
Her research and teaching is currently focused on these questions: How can we stay soft yet strong, use our energy wisely and craft listening to our bodies? How can we be honest and humble, practice softness, and still surprise and challenge ourselves?
Laura is also artistically supporting TanzQuelle and Bad Lemons Project  – connects artists, supports exchange in the freelance scene and produces dance works for Jin Lee and Emese Nagy.

class description:
seamless waters
This training exchange combines contemporary tools from floor work, improvisation, partner work, and somatic practices that in the end all come together at last as we are human bodies in motion.
A guided physical warm up will set a common ground to prepare our body and mind.
Through task-based exercises and improvisational propositions we will deepen the connection to the floor (who is inevitably our forever partner) and practice moving softly by letting go of unnecessary tension. 
By exploring anatomical relations in our bodies we can discover endless possibilities to move and find new pathways and articulations within our physical structure. Simultaneously, we will craft our awareness of the 3-dimensional space around us, and how we relate to that space, our body, and others.

instagram: @looraley

professional training/local training exchange
time
: Monday – Friday 9:30h – 11:00h
price: 5, – € per class or 20, – € for the whole week.
location: T29 – dance space / T29 @ FatCat, Rosenheimer Str. 5, 81667 München (old Gasteig)

current class rules
• space limited
• first come first serve
• no late entries to class

Laura previously with Bad Lemons Project:
2023 April 24. – 28. – Local Training Exchange