My best friend
Facts
– Is the title of two teaching weeks that took place in weeks 28 and 29, summer 2021, at Egmont Højskolen.
The classes consisted of dance/movement, body-work, choreography, dance theory and a trip to Norsminde Apple Farm, where we explored dance, movement and sensuality, in and with nature.
The participants, who were aged 13-75, were given the task of noticing what was their favorite thing about the summer, the course and the dance lessons – to focus on how we see, experience and receive impressions.
At the end of each week, the dancers put on a performance where the other course participants were the audience. The audience was eventually invited to dance. We were privileged to have live music for both performances.
In collaboration with Nicola Visser, the Association for Integrated Modern Dance in Denmark (FIMD) developed “Min Øjesten”, our first House Artist project. It was a wonderful and intense experience that we are happy to have spread to around 400 people who now know that there is an art form in Denmark as integrated dance!
Rasmus Schmidt, teacher at Egmont Højskolen:
“Very touching and inclusive performance that got all students participating. You were left with chills and the conviction that dance is for everyone.”
Line, mother of a boy with special needs, has attended Family Week several summers in a row:
“I stood watching the beautiful and mesmerizing dance performance as the dancers moved from the walkway onto the beach and suddenly tears streamed down my cheeks. They spoke words along with the music and the dance was the epitome of beauty, sensuality, connection and love. What life is all about. Interpersonal contact, reciprocity and connectedness. For me, it was so life-affirming how people can move through dance on many levels, regardless of different levels of functioning.”
Galleri
