“Pina Bausch was a master, an explorer of desires, and she valued you as a person.”
-Julie-Anne Stanzak

Indy Movement Arts Collective is delighted to welcome Julie-Anne Stanzak of Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch to Indianapolis for a series of workshops March 2nd-March 5th at Indy Movement Arts. Julie-Anne Stanzak has been a permanent member of the ensemble since 1986 and has danced in more than 30 of Pina Bausch’s pieces.

Creating special awareness as well as touching upon the poetry of space, each workshop will begin with a body warmup. Through exercises of Kundalini Yoga, Pranayama breathing techniques, Tao, and Chi Quong, along with basic contemporary dance approaches, we will touch a deeper level of consciousness to understand why we move, how we move, and where we take ourselves in space.

Evolving into improvisation, our awareness and focus will be guided towards inner landscapes and their expressions. Participants will be encouraged to convey their emotions and imaginations through gesture and dance/movement. We will question ourselves on large and small themes and on listening to our own feelings and sensations. It will be a journey to explore the dance of life, without training and predefined aesthetic forms.