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Spontaneity in action

Deepen your awareness to enhance spontaneity in your actions. Performers need both of those qualities. As Alexander teachers, we can help them in integrating these essential aspects into their practice and performance.

My background lies in contemporary dance as performer, choreographer and teacher. Over the years, I’ve taught dancers, actors, and musicians, helping them overcome the pressures and obstacles inherent in creative work. In these CL working sessions, I share my experience of teaching artists and groups.

I have a deep appreciation for improvisation, which I believe is also an aspect in every teaching session. What if the attitude of not-knowing could be present in our work, alongside non-doing?

In these CL sessions we start with practical hands-on work with the questions on non-doing and not-knowing. We then use inhibition and direction to create internal space, allowing us to play with walking, stopping and everyday movements. As we move through physical space, we also explore awareness in relation to others. If you have experience in contemporary dance, you can take the moving also further in complexity, but you do not need previous experience in dance to attend.

The main focus is on dialogue between you and the other by the use of inhibition and direction.

Continuous Learning

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Thursday, 7 August 2025

Friday, 8 August 2025

10:30am-12:30am

Categories

AT Principles and Procedures, Communication/Verbal Skills, Connection to other Modalities, Performance/Music/Acting/Voice, Practical Teaching Skills

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Continuous Learning

TBD

Thursday, 7 August 2025

10:30am-12:30am

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS

Soile Lahdenperä

Finland Soile Lahdenperä has a Doctorate in Dance (2014) from the Theatre Academy in Helsinki, Finland.

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