BIO
Vega Luukkonen
I am dancer, dance-teacher, performance-artist and bodyworker made in Finland.
I have studied dance- and theatre pedagogy in Finland, Helsinki, in Theatre Academy of Finland, from where I got my master´s degree 2008.
Though – I would say my dearest high-school and university in contact-improvisation has been the finnish contact community, where I have learned so much from my collagues, friends and fellow dancers, by sharing the dance and rolling point almost 30 years…
Contact Improvisation has been my lover since i was a teenager !
So – I´ve gone through many kind of chapters with her. Recently I´m more and more interested in details, quality, fine tuning, listening, and presence.
Accompanied with deeper understanding of underlying principles of contact improvisation.
Breath plays as well big part in my dancing. It brings me naturally into moments of momentum, falling, flying, swinging and bouncing.
Technique & Flow
Form & Freedom
Poetic Bodies in Motion
ROOTING EARTH & REACHING SKY
4 classes with Iiris Raipala & Vega Luukkonen
These sessions are focused on offering skills and tools for contact improvisation, and understanding it´s underlying physical principles. As well as widening our perspective of choices by explorative research of contact. We also approach CI as a larger phenomenon of improvisation, incorporating solo and group composition in the work.
We will flow in and out of contact, viewing the dance as a playful dialogue, which breathes freely in time and space. We will explore the state of improvisation and creativity, to emphasize the courage to play and investigate the unknown.
This exploration is based on in-depth somatic education pouring from axis syllabus, anatomical study of safe and functional movement, and of course the principles of contact improvisation.
We will play with gravity, momentum, and suspension in order to create effortless flow in our movement. Falling and flying, using body´s natural spirals to move us in different levels, and catching the rides like a wind !
Join us for fun, danceful and explorative learning and unlearning experience !