Gyrokinesis®

Course with Laura Virgillito

Gyrokinesis® does not see itself as a dance technique, but as a well-founded movement system whose focus is on supporting our mobility. Existing restrictions and blockages in the body are dissolved through special breathing exercises, among other things, so that we can let go of tension and stress and leave class refreshed, relaxed and with good energy after a potentially strenuous day. Laura's in-depth lessons always begin on a chair or stool placed in front of a mat. Mobilization exercises for muscles and joints are first practiced while sitting and later while lying down: the back, hips, legs and feet are worked through one after the other and in different ways in order to develop more elasticity and strength. Laura guides this carefully, with respect and constructive feedback, but above all with joy in the movement.

Laura Virgillito

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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.