CLASS DESCRIPTION: 

We approach the body as a connected system where with certain exercises we explore how moving one part of the body has (in)direct impact to the movement of other parts. Translating the weight from one place to another helps us become more sensitive about timing of shifting the weight. We continue with practicing this alertness through improvisation which makes us more precise in moving, creating better use of weight as a force in kinetic chain of movement. We try to implement tasks revolving around activating muscles in longer period which then exceeds from shorter to sudden. In this moment, we work on building up muscle tension and releasing it to feel our weight and the gravity pull better. Finally, we focus to our facial muscles and research it in a relationship with the rest of the body. Finishing with a set material, we are driven towards polyrhythmically movement.

Endi Schroetter

Endi Schroetter (1998) is a dancer born in Pakrac who has lived, studied, and worked in Zagreb for over 10 years. His dance education began in 2011 with Ana Maletić High School of Contemporary Dance enrollment. During his high school education, he developed performing experience at competitions and festivals. He won 1st place at the 54th Croatian competition for music and dance students, for which the Education Agency awarded him the Oscar of Knowledge in the same year. In 2016, he enrolled at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb, where he obtained a BA in contemporary dance. During his studies, he had the opportunity to work with F.Faust, M.Tomašik, G.Nader, M.Kejžar, F.Oritz, M.Reiter, P.Hrašćanec, L.Richards, and many others. As a dancer, he participated in the performances For Four (O.Vučinić), Crave (S.Georgieva, Balkan Dance Project), Svi marš na ples (I.Kirov), Small dance performance (R.Pavlić), Indefinite Frequency (M.Tomašik ), Boys Boys Boys (M. Miković), Purple (S. Tropp Fruehwalds). As a dancer, he participated in the operas The Swallow (Hugo de Ana) and The Magic Flute (Krešimir Dolenčić). He started his choreographic work in 2020 and, in collaboration with L. Frgačić, created Individue(t) and Talking Head Case. In 2022, he became a member of the Zagreb Dance Company.

Silvija Musić

Silvija Musić started her dance journey early in Edita Cebalo's Dance Studio, where she met jazz dance and ballet, and in ZKM, where she was first introduced to contemporary dance by Desanka Virant. She graduated from Ana Maletić's High School for Contemporary Dance. Later, she also researched street styles (hip-hop, house, waacking, locking, popping) at the School of Street Styles, where she mostly learned from Suzana Čečura and jazz dance and heels class at Escape Dance Studio with Lidija Iveković. In parallel, she led the Afro-Latino group at the Faculty of Philosophy as a demonstrator, which included styles such as salsa, bachata, kizomba, reggaeton, etc., which she learned about in the Dance Studio of So Dance. She completed BA in Pedagogy, Ethnology, and Cultural Anthropology at the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb and BA in Contemporary Dance at the Academy of Dramatic Arts. She has participated in numerous dance workshops in different cities and countries, from Zadar, through Malaga (ES) to Berlin (DE) and Los Angeles (USA). As a choreographer, she participated in the Streetforma festival in 2018. As a dance pedagogue, she continues to work at the JazzElle Dance Studio, where she also attends musical theater workshops by Tihana Strmečki. She became a member of the Zagreb Dance Company in January 2023. Sponsored by APS Bank & Finaro