Workshop Modern Dance und Partnering - Tanzwerkstatt Kassel

SHORT BIO
Evangelos Poulinas
Evangelos Poulinas photo by Steven Screiber
Evangelos Poulinas pursued his diploma at the Athens State School of Dance
under the direction of Pavlina Veremi where he performed the works of Wim
Vandekeybus, Jasmin Vardimon, Konstantinou Rigou, Pascal Rioult, Martha
Graham, Jose Limon and others. In 2004 Evangelos directed the dance-for-the-
camera "without trace" which awarded at the 3 in 3: Short Digital Film
Competition held by British Council. The same year he joins the State Theater
of Northen Greece where he dances new creations of Konstantinos Rigos and
Nigel Charnock. Evangelos' first choreographic work, a site specific in an
Athenian house, was produced in 2005. Autumn of 2005 finds Evangelos in
New York pursuing an MFA in dance at the New York University. While being
in New York he presents two of his creations at Dance New Amsterdam and
The A.W.A.R.D. Show. After his studies he participates as a danceweber at the
Impulstanz festival in Vienna. In 2007 Evangelos joins, as a guest, the State
Theater of Kassel. The next year joins the Compagnie Linga in Lausanne for the
creation "Kiss Me Good Night". In 2009 Evangelos returns to Kassel for his
third guest contract with the State Theater of Kassel under the direction of
Johannes Wieland. Later the same year, he participates at the Tanzfaktor

Interregio 2009 with his piece "male study" and performes with the company
DORKYPARK/Constanza Macras. 2010 finds Evangelos being employed by
the Marcel Leemann Physical Dance Theater for its production "Revolver". In
2011 Evangelos is once again engaged with company Linga for the creation
and the international touring of "Falling Grace". The last 4 years Evangelos is
teaching contemporary technique and partnering at the SOZO visions in motion,
Kassel, and gives workshops and company classes in Germany (State Theater of
Kassel, State Theater of Gießen), Greece (DAN.C.CE., week of dance/Kreta),
Switzerland (Compagnie Linga, State Theater St. Gallen) and Sweden
(DANSCENTRUM SYD/MALMÖ).
Contemporary Class Description
The class starts with mobilizing and stretching exercises and builds gradually up
to floor work leading to very physical and dynamic phrases. We will deal with
ways we can organize our body so we can be more efficient, faster and smother
in moving into and out of the floor. By using momentum we will descover
effortless ways to performe demanding movments. We will use the gravity and
the floor as dance partners that can support us and allow us to both bring our
body out of balance and propel us to high jumps. In the class the participants are
encouraged to take risks and explore their physicality, and by using their
strengths to challenge their week points.
Samstag für leichte Mittelstufe, Sonntag erweitert, Einstieg für Fortgeschrittene
möglich – jeweils 15.00 – 17.00 Uhr, Teilnahmekosten: 25,00 € pro Workshop
Partnering- Workshop
After building a relationship of trust and getting familiar with the weight of our
partner, we will deal with basic partnering principals like weight sharing,
working with a common balance and moving in common rhythm. Relationships
between couples, like dependency, manipulation, support, will also come into
play. Importance will be given to the sensitivity of the touch and the non-verbal
communication between the partners. During the workshop we will learn given
phrases, as well as experiment on movement ideas. The participants will be also
asked to produce their own material and explore its possibilities.
Samstag 17. 15 – 18.45 Uhr – Teilnahmekosten:20,00 €