Sharon Vazanna's work extends beyond the stage through Academic courses teaching, Workshops, Master Classes, Residencies and Commissions by bringing her creative process and her Dance Pedagogy to schools and dance companies internationally. 

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Teaching Concept

As a creative artist I wish to work with dancers who have diverse creative and personal qualities side by side with advanced physical capabilities and technical proficiency. In my work with young artists, I strive to develop in them these very qualities.

 

As teacher of contemporary dance I believe that my task is to develop the student's physical and expressive capabilities as well as their individuality. I equip them with a variety of tools which will enhance them as dancers and enable them to engage in a professional career with independent choreographers, in professional dance companies, or in any other direction they wish to take in the field.

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I aim to develop enhanced and versatile dancers, as well as artists that search for meanning in their work. In order to develop that I guide them to find intensions and qualities in the movement and encourage them to find their own individual voice. The goal is to integrate and make connections between technique and performative aspects. 
 

Master class and Workshop

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The workshop will start with a contemporary technique class and will be followed by a study of material from the current repertoire.

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Contemporary Technique class  

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In the class we will focus on Body Communication, we will deepen our awareness of the body through physical exploration. We will practice separation of different body parts and joints and examine their relationships. 

 

We will learn about the connection between the body and its options and the space it operates in. We will translate images and sensations into physicality. We will deal with movement textures and qualities, dynamics and musicality. We will practice using weight through gravity and improve our ability to transition between floor work and standing. 

 

We will translate the technical knowledge we learn in class into the stage presence experience of the dancer and learn about the connection between physical complexity and artistic performative ability.

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The second part of the workshop is a study of sections from the current repertoire including internalizing layers of the creative background of the work, its character and its emotional and psychological motives.

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