This workshop is taught by Alanna Kraaijeveld
Highly physical, dynamic, and intuitive approaches to movement. Specializing in mobility, coordination, and perception awareness training for athletes, performing artists, and movement practitioners.
Areas of focus:
target less mobile or more rigid areas of body: upper back / sternum, hips, and feet
explore elastic power (coordinated movement, complex coordination of spirals / torsions in legs, waist, and arms), as a principle transferable to many movement training contexts
dilate apertures of intensity, focus, and situational complexity to test capacities
how to direct labour: self-observation and practical problem solving through partner based work
Content will be explored by means task and partner based exercises, and supported by discussion throughout. Some Fighting Monkey movement situations will be offered, specifically, FM practice ball work and principles of how lower body capacity influences kinetic potential.
About Alanna:
Alanna's approach to movement training is informed by her career as a professional contemporary dancer. She has been active in the milieu for over 15 years. Her extensive experience includes national and international performance with some of Canada's most respected choreographers.
Alanna shares her knowledge of movement as a teacher and trainer across various disciplines including dance, theatre, and sports.
She is a close student of Linda Kapetanea and Jozef Frucek, co-developers of Fighting Monkey (FM). FM is an evolving movement training methodology centered on context driven, collaborative practices that harness physiology and whole body coordination to accelerate skill development.
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Other Fighting Monkey concepts to be explored
https://youtu.be/70DFfybaD5o
https://youtu.be/_6n12rSpMjg
https://youtu.be/0CCL_a6eoyE
https://youtu.be/8ge0o6Ik6xo