IndYog-Flying Low
Workshop
with
Narendra Patil
In the frame of Sommer Tanz 2022
The focus of this workshop will be on building and expanding imagination and creativity in spontaneous performance. As a choreographer, Narendra will lead you to work on different movement possibilities and approaches through his research and investigation. His work is based on principles of yoga, IndYog-Contemporary and Flying Low, working closely with David Zambrano for years. You will dive into Indian traditional outdoor games elements that can help to enjoy and experience life at its best. Games include physical endurance, precision, and mutual trust. You will explore momentum, suspension and the relationship with the floor, using simple movement patterns that involve breathing, speed, and the release of energy throughout the body. It also combines floor exploration with antigravity falls, recovery, agile partnering and strength-based technique which allows the individual to discover organic body rhythms and floor connections.
Narendra Patil
Narendra is an Indian independent artist based in Kassel (Germany), working as teacher and guest professor for a variety of dance institutions and universities, as well as developing his own creations. His work, with current emphasis in improvisation and physical movement, utilises the experiences encountered in his life to draw upon, constructing safe and deeply authentic environments, bringing the students fully into a learning and creative process. He has spent the last fifteen years studying the methods of Flying Low and Passing Through, created by David Zambrano, the main focus of his teaching practice, and ambassador of sharing this work across India, Europe and further afield. This is a fundamental part of his movement practice and philosophical understanding of what dance represents in the wider context of community and culture. Narendra was introduced to traditional dance forms from a young age and graduated from Terence Lewis Dance Foundation Scholarship Trust in India. He has been a principal performer, teacher and assistant choreographer at Terence Lewis Contemporary Dance Company for 10 years in Mumbai. He was awarded the Black belt in Okinawa Martial Arts and completed a Yoga teachers training programme from the oldest yoga centre in the world «The Yoga Institute». His experience training under the stalwarts of Martial art, Contemporary dance in India and Europe inspired him to create and develop his own dance vocabulary called «IndYog- Contemporary» and «Expressive Body».