Antonin Rioche

Antonin’s class always starts with an invitation to calm the mind and the body with exercises of breathing, yoga and meditation. These tools are designed to develop clarity of mind and to connect with the body in a more sensitive way. Together, Antonin and the dancers will explore how movement can be initiated from within and move outwards, as well as the other way around.

Beginning with improvisation exercises, he invites the dancers to always remain in circulation and aware of the internal flow that is already present, breathing and playing with gravity. Breathing consciously seems to be a way to hack your self-esteem. A method to give yourself a break. A way to just accept you as you and life as life. All you need for that is a pair of lungs. Antonin uses weight and connection with the floor to travel between fluidity and stability, which are inseparable from his approach to artistic language. The attention that we give to all of the characteristics of the human body will allow us to build new ways of experiencing movement; building trust and letting go, while opening a new path within yourself and your dancing.