Samtidsdans med Nina Wollny

Exploring and learning about the human body and how the different parts and systems collaborate can have an interesting effect on our presence, perception and the way we dance. Getting inspired by and giving attention to what is already there can unlock hidden potential and lighten some of the pressure we create in our mind. How many bones do you have in your feet, how many layers of muscles are hidden under the trapezius, how many ankle joints do you have. We start with some free exploration like a game, improvisation or with a partner, then we move on to some guided strengthening and stretching exercises. The class will gradually build towards an energetic movement phrase that moves through all levels of space and plays with speed, flow and the forces that move us. For these two Proda classes the topics, structure and material used are inspired by the company classes Nina taught earlier this year at the Scottish Dance Theater and Norrdans in Sweden.

Om Nina Wollny

Nina Wollny studied modern and contemporary dance at the Rotterdam Dance Academy, now Codarts, in the Netherlands. After her graduation in 2002 she joined the company anoukvandijk dc and has worked there as dancer, rehearsal director and artistic assistant for more than 10 years. Since 2012 Nina is working with different choreographers in Europe amongst others she is regularly performing and collaborating with German choreographer Jenny Beyer at Kampnagel in Hamburg, Germany. In Norway she works with Mia Habib Productions, BodyCartographyProject and others. Nina started teaching when she was 15 as a way to deepen her own understanding of dance. In 2004 she became a Countertechnique teacher and has taught those classes and workshops in many different places until 2021. Now she is following her own interests in sharing movement and dance and how it relates to the form and function of the body, through a process that is not looking for a solution or a universal answer. But rather exploring a practice of finding questions together and letting them resonate in movement and vibrate in our bodies.