Contemporary Dance: Beginner

Contemporary dance is a term encompassing a variety of dance techniques and this course is a perfect introduction to this dance style. 

This 11-week course focuses on training the body and learning basic technical dance skills. You will explore release and floor work to a variety of musical genres. 

Lessons will start with warm-up technique exercises and then move into dynamic sequences, which may jump and travel across the floor. 

Learn movement sequences and improve your performance whilst having fun!

About the tutor

Vasiliki Stasinaki is a member of Maiden Voyage Dance Company here in Belfast.

She is a dance and visual artist who was born in Greece but is now based in Belfast based and who studied at the Greek State School of Dance, the Greek National Ballet School and Northern School of Contemporary Dance. She has worked with numerous companies such as the Greek National Ballet, Ludus Dance (UK), Pair Dance (UK), Maiden Voyage Dance (NI), Dylan Quinn Dance Theatre (NI), Springs Dance Company (UK), Liz Roche Dance Company (IR), Tinderbox Theatre Company (NI) and Company Philip Connaughton (IR).

Additionally she has collaborated with choreographers such as Evangelia Kolyra, Filip Van Huffel, Fearghus O’Conchuir, Freddie Opoku-Addaie, Enrique Cabrera, Eleesha Dreannan, Darren Ellis and Rachel Lopez de la Nieta.

Vasiliki has also studied art and design at University of Arts London and Belfast School of Art, Ulster University.