Gaga/Dancers
Sarah Gibson & Laura Toma
Photo ©Ascaf Avraham
Morning classes - Gaga/dancers
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Gaga/dancers deepens dancers’ awareness of physical sensations, expands their palette of available movement options, enhances their ability to modulate their energy and engage their explosive power, and enriches their movement quality with a wide range of textures. The classes are built on the same principles as Gaga/people classes but also employ the specific vocabulary and skills that are part and parcel of a dancer’s knowledge. The layering of familiar skills with Gaga tasks presents dancers with fresh challenges, and throughout the class, teachers prompt the dancers to visit more unfamiliar places and ways of moving as well, unlocking the endlessness of possibilities.
Sarah Gibson &
Laura Toma
Morning classes
June 3 to 7
9:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
(6,25 hours)
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Wilder Building
Studio: to be confirmed
Pricing and
Registration
DAC pro - $ 63 ($10 / hr)
Standard- $ 100 ($16 / hr)
*This class may be partially reimbursed through the RQD Dancer Training Support Program . Plese verify directly with the RQD.
Sarah Gibson
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Sarah received her training at l’École Supérieure de Ballet du Quebec where she studied with Christine Clair, Daniel Seillier and Alexandra Wells. After graduating in 1996, she joined the Alberta Ballet for one year. She then came back to Montreal to dance with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens. During her thirteen years with the company she danced in ballets choroegraphed by George Balanchine, Fernand Nault, Jean-Christophe Maillot, Jiri Kylian, Ohad Naharin, Stjin Celis and Nacho Duato.
Sarah retired from Les Grands Ballets in May 2011 and went on to teach classical ballet to competitive figure skaters. In 2012 Sarah started her teacher training in the Essentrics Method and became a certified Essentrics Instructor . Since 2017 she started her Gaga teacher training in Israel with Ohad Naharin and the Batsheva dance company. Sarah is excited to return to her dance roots and share her passion of Ohad’s movement language with others.
Laura Toma ​
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Laura Toma is a contemporary dance artist based in Montreal. In August of 2012, she became the first certified Gaga teacher in Canada. In addition to her ongoing Gaga/people classes, she has taught Gaga to Compagnie Marie Chouinard, Tanzmainz, Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, and L’École Supérieure de Ballet du Québec, among others. She is co-founder and co-choreographer of LA TRESSE collective alongside partners Geneviève Boulet and Erin O’Loughlin. Between 2014 and 2022 Laura was a core member of Andrea Peña and Artists, touring nationally and internationally. In 2016, she performed at the Venice Biennale of Dance for French choreographer Emanuel Gat. Search for Laura Toma on Spotify and Apple Music to listen to her body scans and guided meditations, and don't miss her specially curated Gaga playlists, exclusively on Spotify.
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