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PRE-INTERMEDIATE PROGRAMME - WEEK 2

Contemporary technique class with Peter Savel

Letting Go

Peter Savel has been developing and evolving his classes since graduating from P.A.R.T.S. He sees this as an opportunity to go back to himself. Working more and more with non-dancers as well as always being curious about the wider context of dance, he is not interested in dance techniques as such. He’d rather see movement and views dance as a means to re-access his full potential. The questions he asks is simple: “ where do we stand in our own way and what makes us hold back?”. By becoming aware of these patterns, beliefs, thoughts, fears or habits, Peter believes we can let go of them. Letting go refers to more than muscular tension and physical efficiency, though Peter uses these as the pragmatic and grounding elements in accessing the less graspable areas of thought, emotion and intuitions. In this class, he wants to come back to a space he believes we are all capable of re-entering. This is a space of total creativity, which he believes is innate to all humans and can be used in any life situation and constellation. It is a state we all know and passed through during childhood. The simple difference between childhood and now is the awareness of a state and therefore the possibility to be in it consciously. More concrete, during the classes Peter works with methods, principles and exercises to go back to himself, through body and movement into the core of his body. In this process he strengthens his body and realigns it with his core. At the same time the experiences of accessing this space allows him to understand where he can expand, what he can let go and how, what he’s always been capable of, but for some reasons didn’t allow it to fully manifest. In other words, rather being busy with “doing right or well” it is “ doing the best that you can right now” and learning from the observation of this process. Peter is very busy with his personal learning process but uses many methods (verbal and non-verbal) to share this with a whole group at the same time. Learning from each other strategy and methods, breaking the illusion of being alone or even isolating his particular experiences.

Peter Savel (SK)

Peter has a BA in Dance Pedagogy from the Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Bratislava. He finished his further studies at P.A.R.T.S. in the summer of 2010. He is recently based in Brussels. Since 2011 he worked with the Belgium based choreographer Pierre Droulers at Charleroi Danses, dancing in the re-enactment of "De l'air et du vent", dancing and assisting him in "Soleils". In May 2013, he started working with the Belgium based choreographer Salva Sanchis in projects "The phantom layer", "The organ project", "Islands" and in his last creation "Radical light". And in 2016 Peter became a dancer with the founder of the Belgian company Kunst/Werk Marc Vanrunxt, dancing in his "Prototype" and collaborating with his company Kunst/Werk. ​Peter is creating his own works in Belgium and abroad. Teaching his class Letting go around Europe to both professionals and amateurs.

Hatha yoga with Hugo Mega


Hatha yoga is seen as one of the most traditional styles of yoga. This ancient practice focuses on balance, bringing the Yin and Yang, the Sun (Ha) and the Moon (Tha) together into the body. This slower paced, static practice focuses on building a strong foundation and understanding each posture. In this class you will explore the benefits of Pranayama, breathing exercises as a new relation to abdominal and lumbar support. When teaching this style Hugo emphasizes breath awareness while developing your alignment and building a safe practice.

Hugo Mega (PT)

Hugo Mega is a Portuguese yogi, artist, dreamer, and life coach based in Brussels, Belgium. Hugo’s passion for movement & artistic endeavors are the pulse of his life. He dedicated his undergraduate studies to exploring his body’s physical capacities through dance and circus. After finishing his circus studies, yoga enters center stage of his explorative focus. What starts as a nice way to stay in shape, becomes a passion. This changes his life and his perspective on the body. Yoga becomes a lifestyle and in 2014 he starts teaching at Yyoga in Brussels. This urban sanctuary becomes his second home, where he is a core member of the family. When teaching Yoga Hugo is passionate about alignment and anatomy, exploring new ways to connect to the body focusing on awareness and injury prevention. He desires now to support you on your journey of perspective, sharing with you the great practices that support him throughout his journey.

Project workshop with David Hernandez

Out of the pocket

During this workshop we will explore spontaneous composition, or improvisation as a performance form. Our work will be centred around how to compose in the moment with others and make it readable and enjoyable for the viewer. It is not about jamming but rather about addressing how to propose and develop ideas in a performative improvisational format. In this interest we will explore both, scored and wide open improvisations with an emphasis on consequence and readability, and work to develop the tools and imagination necessary to accomplish this.

David Hernandez (US)

David’s unique choreographic voice and detailed dance language has brought critically acclaimed work to stages across Europe for over two decades. Since 2015, he has deepened his choreographic research through a partnership with Cacao Bleu vzw under the banner dh+ / David Hernandez and Collaborators. Within this framework, he created and toured the productions For Movement’s Sake Hullabaloo and Sketches on Scarlatti. These works were supported domestically by STUK (Leuven), Monty (Antwerp), Beursschouwburg (Brussels), and C-mine (Genk) and internationally by the Ballets de Lorraine, Scènes Vosges (Épinal), Into The Fields Festival (Bonn)… amongst many others.

In addition to creating choreographic work with a core group of committed dancers, he continues to influence new generations through his pedagogical activities as a faculty teacher at P.A.R.T.S and guest teacher for various education programs and studios internationally, teaching from his own pedagogical approach called Dynamic Movement Systems which he has been developing for the last several decades. He also created commissioned works for schools, companies and festivals such as Skånes Dansteater/Malmo Opera , Susanne Linke Company (Trier), Folkwang Tanzstudio (Essen) and Zagreb Dance Company. Recent pieces such as Lonely Hunter, Other, …and my beloved, The Devil’s Garden and Passage won over audiences and critics to become important repertory pieces for the companies who commissioned them.

Having begun his artistic career as a singer and student in Opera, Jazz and Studio Music at the University of Miami in his home state of Florida, USA, David continues today to nurture his musicianship through the projects such as Rêve d’Elephant Orchestre with Michel Debrulle and in the early music ensemble Graindelavoix. With over 30 years of stage and arts experience under his belt, David continues to push the limits of his craft through his passion for multimedia, storytelling and composing richly poetic worlds on stage and off.