Contemporary Dance

Course with Emma Valtonen

What characterizes this course is the concentration on floor work and off-balance exercises and their connection. The participants learn to use their own weight skillfully in the moment of letting themselves fall. Supported by breathing techniques, an individual energy flow is created that enables participants to discover their own abilities and get into an organic flow. Emma's classes usually begin with a short warm-up, followed by muscle building exercises, pliés, balance exercises, yoga stretching and technique-based floor work. Emma's teaching approach is very approachable and open: “I want everyone to feel comfortable in my lessons and no one to worry about whether they are “good enough”. In this way, the participants grow beyond themselves and overcome their insecurities. That always makes me very proud.”

Emma Valtonen

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Emma Valtonen studied dance and dance education in Finland and Portugal. After many months of performing her graduation work in Finland, she now works as a teacher and choreographer in Finland, Italy and China, among other places. She loves travelling and has trained internationally in various dance styles - always curious and connected with the desire to explore new, unusual paths and movement languages. Various dance styles from urban dance, modern and jazz dance as well as different bodywork techniques shape Emma's style. Her way of teaching is very approachable and open, and her participants are enthusiastic about her “creative, focused, loving and humorous way of teaching”. Emma herself says of her classes: “I want my students to be challenged without pressure or competition.”