Bodywork/ Body Action

Charlotte Kreft works as a coach for managers and teams in the context of transformation projects and self-mindfulness. As a certified mindfulness trainer, she leads workshops for self-development and further training with a systemic approach based on the motto “Change always starts with yourself.” Together with Ray, she is interested in the interplay of coaching, mindfulness and dance - let's try something new!

BODY ON MY MIND
Workshop mit Charlotte Kreft & Ray

Sun 15.06.2025 11:00 – 13:00
1 date
All levels
Age group 16-99
Course number: 2512F280

When Dawna Dryhorub first started ballet dancing at age three, the decision was already taken: “I want to be a dancer!” She took additional classes in tap dance, jazz dance and folkloristic dance, subseqently pursuing her dance education at the School of Toronto Dance Theatre where she specialised in Graham and classical dance. She received an invitation to collaborate on a project in Düsseldorf during the mid-1990s and swiftly became an artist close to the “Werkstatt”, the precursor of tanzhaus nrw. The native Canadian remained in Germany and participated in various productions by, among others, Rodolpho Leoni and Samir Akika. She offered trainings at Folkwang Tanzstudio for many years and was a guest lecturer for classical dance at the Folkwang University of the Arts. 2020 will see Dawna concluding her Master’s degree in dance sciences from Bern University in 2020.

Elisa Marschall ist eine deutsch-nicaraguanische zeitgenössische Tänzerin, Performerin, Choreografin sowie Tanz-, Yoga- und Theaterpädgogin. Sie absolvierte ihr Tanzstudium an der Folkwang Universität der Künste in Essen und an der ArtEZ Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in Arnheim (Niederlande). Bisher hatte sie Gelegenheit mit Regisseur*innen und Choreograf*innen wie Susanne Linke, Anna Holter, Maura Morales, Philipp Stölzl, Andreas Rosar, Carlus Padrissa sowie mit artcenisco performing arts, Sepidar Theater und das Theater der Klänge u.a. zusammen zu arbeiten. Im Jahr 2014 zertifizierte sie sich in Indien zur Yogalehrerin. Seitdem unterrichtet sie leidenschaftlich gerne Gruppen sowie einzelne Personen. 2020 absolvierte sie eine Ausbildung zur Theaterpädagogin in BuT® an der Akademie off-theatre in Neuss. Seit 2021 ist sie Mitglied des Forumtheaters Inszene in Köln, wo sie als Schauspielerin sowie Moderatorin in der kulturellen Bildung tätig ist. Derzeit absolviert sie neben ihrer künstlerischen Tätigkeit einen Master in Szenischer Forschung an der RUB.

Dance educator Joseph P. Cooksey deploys Zena Rommett Floor-Barre Technique®, modern dance, modern ballet and jazz in his classes. He taught at the Juilliard School, at the Dance Theater of Harlem, at the Alvin Aily American Dance Center and at the Philadelphia College for the Performing Arts. He is a certified Zena Rommett Floor-Barre Technique® teacher as well as a Master Teacher at their respective annual certifications.

Kunie Baba has been a part of the tanzhaus nrw teachers’ team since 2010, convincing her participants (and us, too), with an irresistible mix of heart and knowledge. She was long active as a ballet dancer before finding her way into yoga. She is both a Federal Yoga Assocation and Yoga Alliance certified teacher, specialising in power yoga, hatha yoga and raja yoga.

Dance has been occupying a large part of Laura Virgillitto’s life since she was three years old. Following a five-year stay in New York where she studied at the renowned Martha Graham Dance School and at other places while also learning to utilise the GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM® for her dancer’s career, the native Italian came to Germany in 1997. She worked as a dancer with several different choreographers and companies. Today, Laura is mainly active as a freelance instructor with different companies and institutions both nationally and internationally, among them the Folkwang Tanzstudio, Stadttheater Bielefeld, PACT Zollverein, VA Wölfl’s NEUER TANZ, and also at tanzhaus nrw for about 15 years now. She is a GYROKINESIS® master trainer and heads her own studio in Cologne. She teaches the GYROKINESIS® movement system which puts an emphasis on somatic aspects, addressing both people with and without prior dance experience, as well as a contemporary training for professional dance creatives at tanzhaus nrw. 

Nadja Görts was last dancing in Musicals and she has an MA degree in Dance Pedagogy, Research and Artistic Practice from Sporthochschule Cologne. As a choreographer she has worked in Germany and internationally in Greece, Spain, Cyprus and Tunisia. Her recent dance film „Würde“ received several awards in international festivals. As a music theatre pedagogue she regularly supports the team at Junge Oper am Rhein. Her training as a yoga teacher with a specialization in yoga therapy, dance and movement pedagogy was undertaken in Bali and she has been working as a yoga teacher and trainer for several years. Nadja is also a full-time mum of a two-year old daughter and experiences from her own pregnancy have influenced her personal teaching style.

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Eray Gülay is a freelance dancer, choreographer, dance teacher and model. After successfully completing his dance studies at the Folkwang University of Arts, he worked in the dance company “Folkwang Tanzstudio” in the 2017/18 season and has since performed in dance pieces by renowned choreographers such as Ben J. Riepe, Jérôme Bel and Reinhild Hoffmann. In addition, Eray worked as a choreographic assistant and participated in the pieces “wilderness tender” by Stephanie Miracle (2018) and “Femina Saga” by Marie Zoe Buchholz (2020).
He has worked commercially with companies such as Tamaris, Vogue CS, Men's Health and Schwarzkopf. He has danced for German artists such as Salomea and Frida Gold and choreographed long-term for pop singer Matthew Wood. He has performed live on stage with international artists such as Cakes Da Killa, TT The Artist and Barbara Tucker.
Since 2014, Eray has also been part of the ballroom scene and a member of the House of Elle. As an active member of the scene, he teaches voguing at tanzhaus nrw and gives international voguing workshops. He also works in the Shapes & Shades collective and organizes workshops, panel talks and balls as part of Ballroom.

Tanja Emmerich started dancing ballet at age eight. Later on, she took additional classes in modern dance and jazz with Carlo Melis and others. As a youth, she discovered the variety on offer at tanzhaus nrw and took even more classes in jazz dance and hip hop. Tanja studied at the ArtEZ University of the Arts in Arnhem and completed her dance pedagogy studies at the Weber-Schule in Düsseldorf. Following this, she obtained a certificate as a dance pedagogue at the Ballettseminar Stuttgart under the direction of Eva Steinbrecher. She has been teaching children, youths and adults in different dance styles while also working regularly as a choreographer for dance and theatre productions such as the Neusser Musical-Wochen. She has been a member of the core instructional team at tanzhaus nrw since 2015.