Master Workshop: Flying Low by Milan Herich.

Dates and times:

05/03/2024 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 05/04/2024 from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. 05/05/2024 from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. target audience: experienced dance students/dancers

Price: 180 euros (students and early birds 150 euros) Questions: damian@redsapata.com

Flying Low Master Workshop by internationally acclaimed dancer Milan Herich:

This workshop focuses mainly on the dancer's relationship with the floor. The class utilizes simple movement patterns that involve breathing, speed and the release of energy throughout the body in order to activate the relationship between the center and the joints, moving in and out of the ground more efficiently by maintaining a centered state. There is a focus on the skeletal structure that will help improve the dancers physical perception and alertness. The class includes partnering work and movement phrases, which explore the primary laws of physics: cohesion and expansion.

The body is constantly spiraling, whether running or standing. These spirals help the dancers into the floor and out of the floor. These spirals already exist; this workshop focuses on finding them. To activate these spirals, students locate their center and move all of their joints from this center. Arms, legs, hands, toes, elbows, feet become extensions of the center. The spirals propel the class all over the room, both on the ground and upright. This is the flying low technique.

Flaying low class links: https://vimeo.com/403702797

About Milan Herich: Born in Slovakia, Milan began his dance training in the Slovakian traditional children's dance company Dumbier, and went on to graduate from the Banska Bystrica Dance Conservatory. In 2002, he continued his dance education at the renowned school PARTS under the direction of Anna Teresa de Keersmaeker, in Brussels.

Milan worked with different choreographers and companies including Ultima Vez / Wim Vandekeybus in the creations Puur (2005) and Booting Looting(2013). He also worked with Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui to create the show, Myth (2007). For more than 19 years, he has been in continuous collaboration with David Zambrano as an assistant in classes and workshops and as an interpreter in the works: 12 flies went out at noon, 3 flies went out at noon, Rabbit project, Soul Project and Holes.

Milan Herich is co-founder of Les SlovaKs Dance Collective, creating the works Opening Night(2007) Journey Home(2009) The concert, live concert of traditional music and singing(2010) and their last show, Fragments. In 2013, he also collaborated with the choreographer Anton Lachky on the creations Mind Gap and Side Effects.

Milan created together with David ZambranoA Solo for Mr. Folk, which was performed across Europe and Latin America. He also has experience coaching and choreographing in works of renowned circus company Rasposo, (Morsure(2014), La Dévorée(2017

In end of 2018 he directed and choreographed a full evening performance together with Petr Forman Turn over a new leaffor the circus school, ESAC, in Brussels.

Picture by: Carla Leon

During his stay in Linz, Milan will also perform his solo show on Friday evening, directed by David Zambrano - see more info here: https://www.sonnensteinloft.at/events/loftanz-2