The guiding theme of this course is the saying ‘my body is an amusement park’.
The guiding theme of this course is the saying ‘my body is an amusement park’. This means that your body can be a place to go wild, to be amused, to be silly and curious, and to experiment. It also emphasises the mover's agency: the body is a space for creating joy, movement, and meaning, both for yourself and together with others.
The classes combine simple movement sequences, bodily sensing, task-based improvisation, and dancing to music.
We work with movement sequences that are grounded in biomechanics, such as steps, jumps, level changes, and swings. We settle into bodily sensing, both alone and together, through witnessing and touch. In task-based improvisations, we work with mental imagery, presence, and different characters. We also explore varying movement qualities, such as floating, falling, explosiveness, and slowness, as well as creating our own.
About the instructor:
Terhi Hart is a dance artist (MA), dance teacher, and Pilates instructor. She works as a dancer, performance maker, teacher, and facilitator in Helsinki. As a teacher, Terhi is enthusiastic and gentle.
Terhi’s artistic practice explores the intersections of the intimate and the social. In her work, playfulness and humour are combined with intense and sprawling bodily expression. For Terhi, dance is a space in which you can be in connection, be what you already are, be what you would like to be, or encounter something you never knew existed.
Indulge the Movement – Contemporary Dance for All courses are mainly instructed by the choreographers and performers of Zodiak's previous, current and upcoming season's performances. Indulge the Movement courses are suitable for everyone, and you can join even without any prior dance experience. The classes focus on motion and movement while also offering an opportunity to explore various dance practices through alternating instructors.
All you need are comfortable clothes suitable for movement and a water bottle. During the classes, we dance barefoot or with socks. The courses are held in Finnish and/or English according to the needs of the participants.
Please note that from fall 2025 on, one cannot make up absences from the classes in the Indulge the Movement -courses. We encourage to you to take care that you can attend all the classes you've signed up to. Please note that you cannot arrive class later than 5 minutes past the starting time. After that the door will close. This is to ensure everyone a peaceful and concentrated course atmosphere. For more information on how to participate in the courses see How to Participate.
