Blanka Flora Csasznyi studied at The Place – London Contemporary Dance School and the Budapest Contemporary Dance Academy (BA/MA). In 2021, she was awarded the Viktor Fülöp Fellowship for Pedagogy. For12 years she has worked with American dancer and choreographer Joe Alegado (creator of the Shifting Roots - AML) as a teacher and co-creator. In 2020 she became the first person to be certified as a Shifting Roots-AML teacher.

about the class: Shifting Roots AML

Coordination, rhythm, focus and, above all, authenticity in movement will be some of the goals. The principles of movement are taken to a higher, more complex level of coordination of the hands, arms, legs and torso as well as rhythmic changes, weight shifts and dynamic transitions. Embracing the connection to the earth allows us to reach upward to heights, always necessary when our goal is to achieve high performance level dance training.

The repertoire workshop will offer an opportunity for participants to experience the creative process as directed by Blanka Csasznyi. They will not only work with movement phrases from the Shifting Roots – AML classes, but they will also be asked to collaborate in the creation of movement transitions that will bring together couples, trios, and larger groups to weave together a short choreographic work for and by the participants themselves.