Open Class: Axis Syllabus

Open Class with Irina Hortin

This is where contemporary dance and somatic practice come together. We allow ourselves to move by perceiving the basic structural principles of our body, trace specific structures in dance depending on our focus and explore personal freedom of movement in resonance with our joint, muscle and fascia system.
Theory and practice go hand in hand; we are inspired by anatomical visual aids and practical research. In choreographed movement motifs, improvisations and hands-on perceptions, we explore our uniqueness and learn about new possibilities in our own bodies.
We can playfully train ourselves and each other more deeply, “feel” and pay curious attention in our own bodies and in dance – I invite you to do that in this course!

Open to all levels of movement experience

* Axis Syllabus (initiator: Frey Faust, axissyllabusforum. org) is an information archive based on a holistic understanding of human movement. Information from biomechanics, anatomy and physics are examined in their interaction and used in practice to cultivate self-perception (proprioception) and to research and train functionally meaningful coordination in one's own body.
An Axis Syllabus class provides a place for playful experience and personal inquiry in a collaborative learning environment. It's about a light and intense feeling of movement (not only) in dance and about treating ourselves and each other with respect. And – of course – the joy of dancing!

Portrait photo: Irina Hortin

Irina Hortin

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Irina Hortin first studied linguistics and literature in Germany, France and Argentina before going on to study contemporary dance in Cologne and Munich. She performs internationally, regularly choreographs for Schalktheater in Zurich, heads youth dance theatre projects and teaches contemporary dance, contact improvisation as well as tango at international festivals. The encounter with Frey Faust, an important figure within French contemporary dance and editor of movement dictionary Axis Syllabus, was of special importance for Irina’s vocational biography, and Irina, as a certified Axis Syllabus (AS) teacher, references the dictionary. The interdisciplinary AS research network surveys the functions of the human body in motion. In the process, information from biomechanics, anatomy, physics and medicine come into use to analyse our motion apparatus and to have it start to move in a functional and caring way. The focus always lies on a respectful contact with oneself and others – and, of course, on the fun in dancing!