Coral Ortega's debuut in DWH maar DWH's debuut om haar nog niet eerder te hebben uitgenodigd
Coral Ortega (Madrid, 1974) is a contemporary dancer who´s living in Brussels since 2003. She graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Madrid in 1996, in Ballet. But very soon she stepped into the field of contemporary dance and started to explore different ways of scenic expression. In 1998 she entered in the Spanish contemporary dance company 10&10, where she stayed as an interpreter for six years. In the core of that company she started to develop her skills as a teacher and assistant for the company. Later, after quitting the work with 10&10, she danced as a freelancer with several choreographers in Europe, a.o. Olga Cobos (Palamos- Munich), Ted Stoffer (Brussels), Virginia Garcia (Barcelona), Manon Oligny (Montreal) and Joanne Leighton (Brussels). Since three years ago she started to develop her own work and created multidisciplinary performances where she's investigating the balance between contrasting scenic elements. She made two short pieces (Fake Plastic Life and Restos) and one longer (Hier) in collaboration with the Belgian musician Niko Hafkenscheid. As a choreographer she made some short pieces for theatre- (Maltrago, Els visitants) and dance-companies (Debla, Burgos), like “Paredes anónimas”, piece selected for the “Young choreographer festival” in Dublín, 2007. Currently she's working on “My name is…”, a performance subsidized by the government of the city of Madrid. As a teacher she regularly gives workshops in release technique and contact-improvisation, both in Spain and in Belgium. She has been invited by the Conservatorio Superior de Madrid (upper grade of contemporary), Danscentrum Jette (Brussels), ACT (Liege), Carmen Senra (Madrid),...and also gives classes for actors and movers (CNC, Cristina Rota, Madrid; Tightrope, Waterloo).
Class Descripition
The class is dynamic, directed to the control of the own energy in order to get freedom of movement. Through exercises we explore different ways of using muscular tension and articular alignments, going from the simplest gesture to the biggest virtuosity. The core is the consciousness of the own centre, moving through the space in an energetic but still organic way. The class starts with a warm up on the floor, using the breath and the momentum to get the strength. The exercises bring us gradually to the standing up position, where we work on the tuning of the muscular chains, always moving fluidly through the space. The class finishes with a small composition, where we get the combination of all the tasks. The influences that Coral uses to create the exercises come from Aikido, contact-improvisation and release-techniques.
The class starts with a warm up on the floor, using the breath and the momentum to get the strength.
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