Kindertanz
The class focuses on learning coordination, through interactive games based on somatic development practices and using imagination as the main source of interest. Children are encouraged and guided to solve tasks using their bodies and imaginations. As this is a very fragile age, the class also simultaneously focuses on developing the child's independence and engagement in different environments and activities, socializing with different children, and working together. Because children are deeply musical by nature, our focus will continue to be very much on understanding and developing their musicality.
Erika Kookie Filia
After studying speech pathology (BSc, 2015) and music therapy, Erika decided to follow xier/xies passion for dance. After a year of dance training in CobosMika (Spain, 2016), xier/xies continued xier/xies studies at SEAD, Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance and graduated in 2022. Driven by collectivity and creativity, Erika loves to immerse in deep sensory, imaginative physical experiences and extend into the therapeutic realm. Erika's physicality, stems from intrinsic research on xier/xies part, leading to improvisation and various research processes. They often cross the line between performance art and acting. These aspects in dance allow Erika to immerse xier/xies in the multi-layered work and appreciate the expertise of others in the creative environment. Erika believes that these processes increase and expand the level of complexity in her own artistic practice, as the practice is not only related to itself, but more importantly to the coexistence of diversity. Erika has performed works by Elina Pirrinen, Hillel Kogan, Meytal Blanaru, Juxtapoz Company, Nicholas Vladislav, Manuel Ronda, Oded Graf, Marlene Monteiro Freitas, among others, while creating pieces that serve xier/xies own choreographic interests.