Floorwork Workshop Mumbai // Combat Dance
Sun, 04 Feb
|Mumbai
Connect with the floor and set the stage on fire with a workshop that promises to redefine your dance journey. Don't just dance; make the floor your canvas with renowned dance educator Shifu Ash.
Time & Location
04 Feb 2024, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Mumbai, Tranquility, Shri Nityanand Society, Andheri, Sahar Rd, Railway Colony, Andheri East, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400069, India
About the event
About the class:
In this workshop, we will focus on the development of a strong and technically advanced physicality that includes both the floor and the air in complex sequences. Through a mixture of theoretical discourse, collaborative investigation and predetermined movement patterns, we aim to sharpen our perceptual abilities and integrate improvisation with precise physical movements.
Class Level:
Open Level
Timings:
6pm - 8pm
Pricing:
₹650 (Pre Registration)
₹800 (On the spot)
About The Teachers
Shifu Ash (India)
Shifu Ash is a dance movement researcher, philosopher, choreographer & visual artist based in Mumbai, India. His expertise lies in movement practices such as Wing Chun, Aikido, Modern Contemporary Dance, Ballet and Contact Improvisation with an experience of 20 years. He is also a former member of CID-UNESCO Paris (International Dance Council) and the founding member & CEO of ProDancer.
As a movement practitioner he has trained with number of masters like: Grandmaster IP Chun, Nancy Stark Smith, David Zambrano, Frey Faust, Sara Shelton Mann, Kira Kirsch, Andrew De Lotbinière Hardwood, Akram Khan, Desmond Richardson, Era Jouravlev, Stephanie Godino, Terence Lewis, Mia Michael, Sonya Tayeh, Anjelika Doniy, Danny Ezralow, Ohad Naharin… to name a few.
He has been invited to teach at some of the prestigious dance festivals & companies in India & abroad like Impulstanz Vienna International Dance Festival, Goa Contact Festival, Portugal Contact Festival, Goa Dance Residency, Berlin Contact Festival, Contact Meets Contemporary Festival Goettingen, Tokyo Nomadic Residency, Chinchintalu Festival Dubai, Divadlo Studio Tanca, Henny Jurriens Studio Amsterdam, Terence Lewis Contemporary Dance Company, Dance Perfect Prague, Nritya Shakti, Institute Of Classical & Modern Dance India, Saint Petersburg Conservatory Dance, Radi Sveta Art, SDVIG Studio Saint Petersburg, etc.
In the year 2021 Shifu Ash was titled "The Saint Beast" by the International Martial Arts Federation Japan and was also featured as the cover artist for the martial art magazine Jissen. His current project involves choreographing for an upcoming feature film in India and co-curating a two major international dance festival called Partner Dance Festival & India Contact Festival.