Counter Technique with Isabelle Nelson
Classes
Minimum age: 16
Mondays : Counter Technique
- Level: General
- Time: 8:00-9:30 pm
- Price: £13
- Starts 12th May
Biography
Bio: Isabelle Nelson is a Distinguished graduate of the New Zealand School of Dance and was recently engaged as a Dancer with “Dutch National Opera,’ ‘Dans Theater AYA,’ and ‘Jelena Kostic’ in The Netherlands and ‘Landesbühnen Sachsen’ as a full-time company dancer in Germany. She works as a Choreographer and Produced and Directed over seven dance films with major funding support in The Netherlands with her company IN Dance Co. She also worked as a Movement Director for the global brand Rituals Cosmetics. She is the EU Marketing Director for NPAFE and Co-Artistic Director of global streaming incubator AAlchemy. Isabelle has taught numerous classes and workshops both in companies and Universities throughout New Zealand and Europe with her ‘Floor N’ Flow’ method and in ‘Countertechnique’. She is now working towards an MA in Arts & Culture Management and is based in the UK.
Class Description
Countertechnique provides tools for body and mind to deal with the demanding dance practice of the 21st century. It is a movement system to help the dancer think about the dancing body, focusing on the process of incorporating information into action. Within a clear structure of exercises, the Countertechnique class thoroughly prepares the body for rehearsal and performance, enabling dancers to move bigger, more fluidly and more spatially, while becoming stronger and more flexible.
By continuously and sequentially directing parts of the body away from each other in space, Countertechnique allows the moving dancer to work with an ever-changing dynamic balance. This dynamic balance reduces the pressure on the overall body structure and can be changed at any given moment.
