Flying Dance Adults with Iris / Flying Dance Education
When: Thursday (from 27.03.25)
Time: 19:30-21:00
Where: Katapult, Wilhelminenhofstraße 91, 12459 Berlin (Studio 2)
“Join us and discover how to dance while flying!”
Aerial & Vertical Dance is an interdisciplinary, performative movement practice that explores the limits of movement. What happens when gravity is altered? Where are the movement boundaries?
In this unique dance style, dancers wear a harness attached to a fixed point on the ceiling. At the same time, they remain in contact with the floor, creating a fascinating dialogue between flying and dancing.
We combine Aerial Dance with elements of Contemporary & Modern Dance, Acrobatics, and Contact Improvisation – all in a creative, safe, and playful atmosphere.
What can you expect from the class?
- Warm-up and group dynamics exercises
- Introduction to the equipment
- Learning different Flying Dance techniques (Fix Point, Bungee, Counterweight, etc.)
- A mix of technical exercises, improvisation, creation & choreography
- Exploring and enjoying the unique movement quality created by altered gravity and a new spatial orientation
- All equipment is provided.
Prices: - 18 € Try-out (first session)
- 22 € drop-in class
- 4x times – 80€
- 10x card – 190€
What can you expect from the Jam Session?
“An open space to practice, improvise and share flights together!”
After the class, there will be a jam from 21:00 to 22:00. Everyone is welcome to stay or join only for the jam. Participation can be done via Urban Sports or with a 5€ or more contribution.
After a safety introduction, the space will be open to practice aerial dance, trying different harnesses and techniques, improvising individually or with others.
During the Jam, a free and open atmosphere is maintained where everyone can decide what they want to do while ensuring safety. Participation is open to all—whether dancing, observing, painting, playing music, or simply enjoying the experience. At the end, an “instant composition” dynamic may be proposed with a more performative character to conclude the Flying dance Jam session.
“I often stop and take a moment to rest in that balancing place where movement is briefly suspended between possibilities; then with a gentle push, I rejoin the flow. This is my way of playing in the world, riding the force of gravity and searching for small moments of excitement.” (Bruce Curtis)
Important Information:
- All equipment is provided.
- Clothing: Please wear long pants (covering the thighs) and T-shirts (covering the stomach).
- Bring: A water bottle, comfortable clothing, and have your hair tied back.
- Safety: No jewelry, preferably wear clothes without zippers, and avoid belly piercings or similar accessories.
REGISTRATIONS:
To sign up or questions, please write an email: flyingdanceeducation@gmail.com
Iris Gonzalez is a dancer, dance pedagogue and choreographer.
To quote Pina Bausch: “I’m not interested in how people move; I’m interested in what moves them.” What has awakened my passion since childhood is contemporary dance. Later Contact Improvisation moved me. Since 2020, Aerial Dance and Vertical Dance have made me fly.
Iris graduated in Contemporary Dance Performance and Pedagogy, CSDMA-Madrid and parallel in Early Child Education. During her studies she completed dance internships in London, Dresden and Berlin, where she has lived since 2018.
In 2019 she discovered Aerial & Vertical Dance and trains through EU and EEUU at various Aerial dance companies including: Wanda Moretti & Simona Forlani, VoLA StageArt, Kate Lawrence, Lindsey Butcher, Antoine Le Menestrel, Magalie Lanriot, Juan Leiba and Bandaloop: Amelia Rudolph, Melecio Estrella, Becca Dean, Susy-Q, Roel Seeber y among others.
She takes part in various performative and educational projects with La Glo Zirko Dantza, VoLA StageArt, Il Posto, Dock11 & EDEN, Marameo, the youth companies SWG and Piccolo Theater, Larumbe, Co. Blu, Jo Parkes, Ashkan Afsharian, Violeta Borruel, NBM.
2022-23 she received grants to develop her own vertical dance projects: ON AIR research in Aerial & Vertical dance, DANDELION aerial dance piece for young Audience and “Between closeness and distance” together with Rebekka Böhme.
In 2023 together with Karla L. Mendoza was certified as a vertical dance teacher in the “Moretti” method and began to teach aerial dance for kids, youth and adults in Berlin and Spain.
More info on IG: @_irisonair
Please note that there is no class on: 24.4.2025
