This course celebrates the joy of dance, combining playful exploration with artistic expression. You are encouraged to draw inspiration from memories or experiences that arise during the course and incorporate them into your work, adding a personal and autobiographical touch.
In this course, we dive into a creative exploration of the possibilities of our bodies and movement. Using a multisensory approach, we practise improvisation tasks inspired by movement, music and text.
The dance artist Maria Nurmela will guide you through different exercises designed to help us discover the potential of our bodies, their movement qualities, and our ability to observe and respond. Through these sessions, you will build body awareness, strength and coordination.
You are encouraged to draw inspiration from memories or experiences that arise during the course and incorporate them into your work, adding a personal and autobiographical touch. Together, we will create small shared choreographic variations and perhaps even miniature works shaped by our shared experiences.
This course celebrates the joy of dance, combining playful exploration with artistic expression.
Maria Nurmela is a freelance dance artist who works regionally, in her hometown Turku, nationally and internationally. She creates performances, produces works and events, dances in the works of many renowned choreographers, teaches, mentors and works actively developing the field of Finnish contemporary dance and performance art. Maria's works often take place at interdisciplinary interfaces and in a variety of performance spaces, and have been featured at both Finnish and international festivals. Marian has been recognised with numerous grants and awards. In 2008, she was named one of Europe's most outstanding contemporary dancers in the Ballet/Dance Yearbook.
