Choreography: Jose Agudo (SP/UK) | Title: SILK ROAD – Presented at the 3rd | HKICF 2018 | Performance: Jose Agudo & Nicolas Ricchini (SP) | Photo by George Anastasakis
Program Leader & Teacher
Vangelis Legakis
Vangelis Legakis graduated from Laban Center (London, UK) with BA in Dance theatre and MA in Choreography and holds a Masters in Buddhist Studies from Hong Kong University.
He is dedicating his career to offer his knowledge and experience to assist in the growth and education of young artists as well as professionals.
Founder & Artistic Director of Unity Space and The Van-L Dance Company
Creator of the distinctive dance and healing modalities:
Gliding Space (GS), Contact Beyond Contact (CBC), Embodied Unity (EU)
Expertise in Integrating & Teaching:
Flying Low, Passing Through, Release, Contact Improvisation, Choreography, Composition, Performance & Yoga, Qigong, Thai Massage, Craniosacral, Cosmic Healing, Reflexology, and Energy Work.
Gliding Space (GS), Contact Beyond Contact (CBC), Embodied Unity (EU)
Flying Low, Passing Through, Release, Contact Improvisation, Choreography, Composition, Performance & Yoga, Qigong, Thai Massage, Craniosacral, Cosmic Healing, Reflexology, and Energy Work.
DANCE TECHNIQUE | CHOREOGRAPHY | COMPOSITION | PERFORMANCE
INTEGRATION WITH HEALING, SPIRITUALITY, RITUALS & ENERGY WORK
V. Legakis will be teaching and guiding you throughout all PADHA program and will be setting the vision and structure for your full development.
He will be teaching different dance styles integrating healing, energy work, rituals and spirituality. His focus is to transmit a dance language that is dynamic, empowering, articulated, healing and high in performance. During the program we will focus on Gliding Space, Contact Beyond Contact, Choreography tools and creation, Composition tools and creation as well as integrating yoga, qigong, massage styles, craniosacral, cosmic healing, reflexology and energy work.
His dance style has a flow throughout space and the floor, interconnecting each other with nature and beyond.
He will be teaching the courses CBC | FTC Levels 1,2 & 3, 4 (for the dance artist who will choose the HEALING PATH) as well as GS | TTC and ISA | TTC and other workshops throughout the whole PADHA program.
Program Choreography Teacher
Jose Agudo
Jose started his career in Andalusia where he began performing as a Flamenco dancer. Slowly the world of contemporary dance became more visible as he worked throughout Europe performing with Charleroi/Danses, Ballet de Marseille, T.R.A.S.H, Shobana Jeyasingh Dance and Akram Khan Company.
As a rehearsal director and assistant choreographer Jose has worked on several creations for Akram Khan Company, including DESH, iTMOi, TOROBAKA, Until the Lions, Chotto Desh, London 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony, and Sylvie Guillem’s farewell tour Life in Progress. Jose’s independent choreographic commissions include, Ki for Phoenix Dance Theatre; Selah for ZfinMalta Dance Ensemble; A Thousand Shepherds for ACE Dance and Music, later restaged with Cape Dance Company; Arctic for LCDS; 4m2 and Time/Dropper as associate artist at DEDA, amongst several other creations. Most recently, Jose opened his sell-out production Silk Road, a stunning triple bill of Flamenco, Kathak and contemporary dance, which will tour throughout 2018.
