Indulge the Movement - Contemporary Dance for All / Laura Jantunen

In this course, Laura Jantunen guides us to move from tangible sensations of the body to fantasies born of imagination. Laura’s course introduce us to her Somagics practice. Somagics focuses on cultivating an intimate, detailed and living relationship with one’s sensory perception by concentrating on bodily sensations and the chains of sensations that form from them. Here, a ‘sensation’ refers to the part of the experience that has not yet been articulated into a recognisable feeling or experience. Somagics develops the dancer’s kinaesthetic intelligence, the precision of movement, the playful aspect of dance, and the ability to recognise how different body positions feel and what kind of associations they evoke. In these Somagics dance classes, we work individually with everyone performing the exercises simultaneously and keeping their eyes open. During some of the exercises, you will be given verbal instructions from the teacher on where to focus on your body. You will also be asked to move by listening to the sensations in your body. All tasks are given verbally, and you are encouraged to ask clarifying questions. The exercises are rarely accompanied by music. After dancing, we will discuss the experiences arisen from the exercises either together or in small groups. The aim of these discussions is to articulate the sensations that are difficult to verbalise and to make visible the dancer’s internal observation and thinking. Indulge the Movement – Contemporary Dance for All courses are mainly instructed by the choreographers and performers of Zodiak's previous, current and upcoming season's performances. Indulge the Movement courses are suitable for everyone, and you can join even without any prior dance experience. The classes focus on motion and movement while also offering an opportunity to explore various dance practices through alternating instructors.