Shaking Our Habits & Gaga with Adi

Shaking Our Habits and Gaga

An invitation to go on a journey to deepen our body awareness and open an endless range of possibilities.

30-40 minute sessions of Gaga/people, movement research and group meetings.

Sessions will be live-streamed via ZOOM application until we can meet in the physical space again.

How to support Adi’s work

In this sensitive period I offer DONATION-BASED classes online.

You are more than welcome to decide how much you can donate in order to support my work in this period of physical distance.

As an independent dancer, choreographer and Gaga teacher I lost the ability to make a living during the COVID-19 period as all my work has been canceled. At the same time, I am grateful to discover the online teaching possibility until I can work and meet you all in the physical space again... Hopefully soon!

More about “Shaking Our Habits” and Gaga

This moment is an opportunity to deepen our awareness to the world around us while connecting to the world inside our bodies. Being more in our bodies allows us to be more present in the world.

Breaking our habits, opening our senses and using our imagination can open a new range of qualities and possibilities to move and live with.

In classes we will connect to our playfulness and curiosity to explore various multi-layered tasks combining different qualities, volumes, speeds. We will challenge ourselves to leave the comfort zone, reach moments of effort within our individual body limits.

In addition to the individual physical work I realised that another important element needed now is the sense of togetherness, the group energy, a community.

Many of the Warsaw Gaga participants mentioned missing the group regarding the physical practice itself but also a wish to chat, share questions, thoughts, inspiration, music, poems etc.

This led me to propose few kinds of meetings:

1. Gaga/people classes - a framework for users to connect to their bodies and imaginations, experience physical sensations, improve their flexibility and stamina, exercise their agility and explosive power, and enjoy the pleasure of movement. Gaga's movement language is developed by Ohad Naharin, house choreographer of Batsheva Dance Company, and constantly evolving. Learn more about Gaga here: www.gagapeople.com

2. “Shaking Our Habits” movement research classes with a focus on certain elements: breaking our own habits, using our imagination, deepening our awareness to our body - the space inside us and connecting to the world around us and beyond the familiar zone of sight.

3. Group meetings following “Shaking Our Habits” classes - a space to meet and chat around a topic from the research, share experiences, sensations, questions, thoughts, inspiration, poems, music, in connection to the practice. Also a space t boring up other issues such need for support etc.

Who is it for

Whoever participated in classes with me in Warsaw and/or other places.

Also, open to new participants from Warsaw, from the age of 16+ with or without background.

When

Mondays

19:00 - Gaga/people online class (30 min)

Tuesdays

10:00 - Gaga/people online class (30 min)

Thursdays

18:00 - “Shaking Our Habits” movement research class (30/40 min)

18:40 - Group meeting following “Shaking Our Habits” class (30/40 min)

How to join

Please sign up in advance to each session - number of participants is limited.

Here are Google Forms of registration for the April Online sessions:

“Shaking Our Habits” - registration form for classes+group meetings in MAY:

https://forms.gle/hzauiv59mnsGEvgU9

Gaga/people - registration form for MAY and JUNE:

https://forms.gle/tnf7fruPSm27BXM79

More about me (Short bio)

Adi Weinberg graduated from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, the Haifa Program for Professional Dancers and did an apprenticeship in Vertigo Dance Company.

As a contemporary dancer she performed at many festivals around the world.

She has worked with choreographers and institutions, such as: Andrea Costanzo Martini, Nadar Rosano, Efrat Rubin, Rachel Erdos, Noa Zuk, Aviv Eveguy, Shimrit Golan, Yuval Goldstein, Sharon Vaisvaser, Deganit Shemi, Michael Miller, Fresco Dance Company, the Israeli Opera and the Polish National Opera.

Since 2014, she develops as a choreographer and preforms with her creations in different platforms and festivals such as Machol Shalem International Dance week, Tel Aviv Dance festival at Suzanne Dellal, MAAT festival, MSTT festival, KRoki festival and more.

In 2017 she was awarded with a grant from Mifal HaPais Council for the Culture and Arts for developing her choreography.

Adi is a certified Gaga teacher (the movement language developed by Ohad Naharin, artistic director and choreographer of the Batsheva Dance Company).

Additionally, she is a Shiatsu therapist, Ayurveda-Seed masseur and a Pilates instructor.

www.adiweinberg.com

*Ownership of all Gaga methods presented by the Teacher during the training will remain with Gaga Movement Ltd.. The recording and distributing of all "Shaking Our Habits" and Gaga classes presented is forbidden.

*By joining our GAGA classes you declare you are in good shape, and understand the nature of GAGA activity. You fully accept and assume all responsibility for injury or damage that may result from your participation in the GAGA class. You release and hold harmless GAGA, its employees and teachers, other participants with respect to any or all injury or damages arising from the activity to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Photos by: Magda Starowieyska, Eliza Krakówka