Danza Performing Arts found its being in January 2008. It was simply an attempt to continue the work that we believed in thoroughly and passionately. We were artists who wanted to work towards strategies for reaching audiences without the mediation of traditional institutions or structures. We wanted to have a straightforward connection to society without having our work regarded as mere craft. (..)
While dance is the main source of creative energy here, the vision for the classes is to make dance a way of life and use it as a tool for enriching oneself fully. As we are evolving we are integrating theatre and music with dance to explore more hues of performing arts.
The mission of the school is to bring contemporary dance to broader audiences and enable the students to utilize it for self-exploration.
The philosophy of the school is empowerment through self-work and sharing, to encourage humility, gratitude and discoveries amongst self and others.
The classes are designed to deepen inner connections by researching on transcripts present in mind and body. While we revisit the alignment of the body every class and we also work on flexibility, mobility, strengthening extra which are basic needs of every dancer. Techniques explored in classes are release (a contemporary dance technique), modern, jazz, classical ballet and yoga. While working on the body we work on understanding musicality and play with it for compositions. Annual public performances are used to strengthen performance skills.
The beauty, growth and discovery one experiences while exploring an art form cannot be explained in words. What gives us the most satisfaction is to see the students, who initially come with many doubts, getting a sense of achievement, pride and growth. With consistent training, they begin to look at their own victories in disbelief as now they can pirouette, do a full split, roll backwards and even do lifts!!! When they clap for themselves ?themselves? without provocation, our integrity as teachers gets reinforced.
Our classes are held in 2 locations in Gurgaon (Sixth Element School, South city 1 and Beyond Fitness, Sec 40). They are open to kids (5 yrs onwards) and adults, with all levels of experiences including no experience at all!
For more information do call us at 9990510719 or write to us at danzaextreme@gmail.com.
