Vega Luukkonen
I am a dancer, dance-teacher, performance-artist and bodyworker made in Finland. I have studied dance- and theatre pedagogy in Finland, Helsinki – in Theatre Academy of Finland, from where I got my master ́s degree 2008. Though – I would
say my dearest school in contact-improvisation has been the Finnish contact community, where I have learned so much from my colleagues, friends and fellow dancers,
by sharing the dance and rolling point already 30 years…
Contact Improvisation has been in my life since I was a teenager ! So – I ́ve gone through many kinds of chapters with this practice. Recently I ́m more and more interested in details, fine tuning, listening, presence. Accompanied with deeper understanding of underlying principles of contact improvisation. How can we break our patterns, explore un-known, improvise with the tools of contact improvisation ? I am interested in the state of mind and body, where we can be open into multiple directions, change, choose, re-direct and play. Breath plays as well big part in my dancing. It brings me naturally into moments of momentum, falling, flying, swinging and bouncing. In my teaching I ́m always weaving in somatics, experiential anatomy and explorative approaches to improvise, as well bringing in specific technical tools and pathways to find ease and efficiency to move in our solo-bodies, as well with others.
Contact Improvisation Festival - Classes
SMALL WINGS, BIG WINGS
Falling, and flying! Catching the momentum. Suspending the time. That’s for sure ! How ? We shall find out!
Let ́s give some more love and attention to our arms, to our beautiful wings, which can carry us into gracious flights and effortless lifts. We can paint and brush, swing and reach. We can expand our dancing kinesphere through our wings – they are continuing up until the sky!
Arms are an extension of our spine, rooted to our center, and the ground. Through arms we can navigate and invite directions, reach, counterbalance, lengthen. We can suspend, and hang in the air, we can stretch the time. We can enter into wonderful spirals and multi-dimensional spheres facilitated by our arms.
By regulating the tone on our arms, “frame of the arms”, and around our shoulder girdle, we can support different ways of lifting each other, moving dynamically through the space. Spiraling our hearts, and directing our wings – can facilitate
variety of pathways to smooth shoulder lifts or smaller weight transitions!
We will use different methods to learn about our arms – explorative bodywork, experiential anatomy, imaginary landscapes, specific technical information about functionality of lifts and mobile support. Pathways, patterns and magic !
Let’s find out more about our wings!