"Spatial Flow" Contemporary Dance + Improvisation class with Sofia Kondylia

Froghall Community Centre

“Spatial Flow” Contemporary Dance + Improvisation classes
with Sofia Kondylia - Adults, Open level (Aberdeen, UK)

Froghall Community Centre & Lilypad Cafe

“Spatial Flow” Contemporary Dance + Improvisation classes with Sofia Kondylia for Adults, Open levelWHERE: At Froghall Community Centre, 14 Powis Place, AberdeenWHEN: Every Saturday 11:30 -13:00 (From Nov 14th weekly)A dance act combining release technique practice with gentle acrobatics and improvisation, exploring the infinite possibilities of three-dimensional movement between earth and sky.This is a release-based, open level contemporary dance class, suitable for everyone who feels passionately about discovering, creating, and transforming the space through dancing movement. The class includes gentle warm up, floor work, core strengthening, taught choreography and directed improvisation, cooling down with basic stretching. Prepare to sweat, to learn gentle acrobatics and jumps, gain strength and flexibility and get to flow, float, and fly with us! Covid-19 safety regulations apply. No previous experience required; absolute beginners are absolutely welcomed. Come with comfortable clothing and cotton socks.*****Booking iNF0 (Prebooking is essential for attending a class): Singular class: £7 (+£1.14 booking fee)Block of 4 weeks: £28 (+£2.77 booking fee)*****General iNF0: +44 (0) 7894604734,sofiakondylia@gmail.com,FB/Sofia Kondylia_______________________Covid-19 guidelines:Froghall Community Centre follows the last updated Scottish Government guidance and rules of Safe Indoor Practice for Covid-19 and Social Distancing. To access “Spatial Flow” Contemporary Dance + Improvisation class with Sofia Kondylia you must comply with the following guidelines:1.	Numbers will be capped at a maximum of 10 participants, including the teacher and the teacher's assistant.2.	Do not come at this class at Froghall Community Centre if you have a cough, a fever, or have noticed any changes to your sense of smell or taste. In fact, if you are suffering from any ailments which could make other participants or the tutor feel uncomfortable, then we suggest that you do not attend. If any staff or the tutor notices that you seem unwell, we may politely request that you leave the space. 3.	In order to minimise contact with studio assistant and to remove cash handling, booking for this class must be made online and in advance, through our Eventbrite event. Please, call the tutor on 07894604734 if you are unsure about how to book your place or whether there is enough space left for you to join the class. No drop in participants will be possible and no cash payments can be taken at the date of the event. Prebooking must happen at least one day in advance so, that you allow us enough time to be prepared for you to have a personal place in the space. 4.	We will use your registration for class as our track and trace system, so if anyone notifies us that they have tested positive for the virus, we can tell who has spent more than 15 minutes in proximity to them and can notify them if required.5.	In case of lockdown there will be a money refund for any prebooked classes. No refund will be available if you don’t show up as excepted for any prebooked classes/classes.6.	Entering and leaving this class will happen from the side door of the main Hall (fire exit), in order to be able to isolate this activity from any other activity taking place simultaneously at the Froghall Community Centre. The tutor will be responsible to wait for you at the door and let you in the main hall of the space.7.	Please do not arrive for class more than 10 minutes ahead of start time, as we require time to prepare and sanitize the space and the floor.8.	Masks should be worn when entering the building until your class commences (we do not require you to wear a mask during a class unless you feel more comfortable doing so). Masks to be put on again when exiting the building. 9.	Please sanitise your hands-on arrival before entering the Hall and again when leaving. Hand sanitiser will be available.10.	Toilets and changing areas will not be available, in order to keep the hall isolated from the rest of the space. In case of emergency, it is possible to use the toilet. An assistant will block all other indoor circulation for you, let you in and wait for you until you are ready to enter the hall again.11.	Please arrive as prepared as possible for your class and bring your own water bottle, as we cannot provide water and toilet.12.	Dance floor will be mopped and sanitized each morning prior to the class commencing, and also after it.13.	Individual marked spaces for participants to leave their personal belongings will be spaced out in the space according to Social Distancing regulations. These spaces will be wiped down with sanitizer before and after use. No belongings to be irregularly left in the free space of the hall.14.	We will mark out 2 metre spacing on the dance floor as a visual aid and reminder about social distancing.15.	Please respect our staff, tutors, and other participants by adhering to these guidelines and maintaining your distance from others always during the class.16.	 We politely request that after your class, you leave the building promptly to allow us to clean and prepare the Hall for the next activity.Please, be responsible, stay safe and protect yourself and others.__________________________Teacher's CVSofia Kondylia is a professional choreographer, performer, and double-disciplined artistic researcher, who has been actively creating and presenting artistic research and performance work since 2015. She holds an MA in Performance Practices from ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem, The Netherlands (2020), an MA in Architectural Engineering from National Technical University of Athens (2012), and a BA in Dance and Dance Pedagogy from Rallou Manou Higher Professional Dance School, Athens, Greece (2014). She has been linking and expanding on her two practices – dance and architecture – through the dramaturgical use of geometry in choreography and other performing arts. Both of her two research projects, “Architecture + Dance” (2011-2017) and “Performing Geometries” (2018-ongoing) have so far resulted in various performances (e.g. “The Square”/2020, “BodIS”/2019, “Asleep”/2018, “Sympraxis”/2017, “Human Constructions”/2016-2017, “Between Me”/2015), experimental screendance work (“The Square”/2020, “Squared”/2020), original dance and compositional practices (e.g. “Spatial Flow”, “Architecture + Dance”), as well as in numerous release/improvisation, research/choreography/performance and pedagogical workshops (“Spatial Flow”, “Architecture + Dance”, “Creative Movement”). Moreover, she has generated an original way of documenting her dances (“Pictographic Glyphs”/2020). Her work has been awarded governmental and private funding from Greece, as well as an international distinction for “Human Constructions” at Greek Contemporary Dance Platform in 2016. She has been awarded with artistic residencies in Europe (e.g. PAF/France, Megaron, Duncan Dance Centre, Animart 2019/Greece, Egomio Cultural Centre/Cyprus), toured with her work through presenting it at international festivals (Scotland, Greece, Cyprus, Sweden, The Netherlands, California, Argentina) and at international conferences (Italy, Greece). She has been constantly teaching since 2014 in Greece and currently in Scotland.

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