(LA)HORDE/RONE x The Playground NYC
Company:
The Playground NYC
(LA)HORDE/RONE x The Playground NYC
Lead by: ELENA VALLS
Tuesday, 12/17 || 2:00-3:45PM, $6
Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center, 280 Broadway, NYC
Entrance 53A Chambers Street
The Playground NYC allows dancers to experience various choreographic styles and ideas, engage with a new community of dancers, and gather resourceful information and inspiration from the array of choreographers involved. In turn, established choreographers are paid for their creative investigations, are given free space to explore new movement with professional dancers, and are provided with the opportunity to establish relationships with new dancers and fellow choreographers.
Class Description:
Elena Valls class consists of Human exploration. Constantly researching and investigating the body and mind and connecting them to the space, objects, colors around you. Lubricating the joints, finding speeds and dynamics, textures and sensations to explore all obstacles that your physical being is. A warm up led by improv and stretches. Leads to a fast pace physical cardio moves with martial arts influence and constant spirals and release to connect to pleasure and passion. We will then learn the iconic Rave scene Rep from La Hordes and Ballet National de Marseille “Room with a View.” High energy physical and radical club scene moves that range with counts, dynamic and synchronicity to RONE music.
Bio:
Elena Valls Garcia was born in Spain, Madrid and Grew up in Arizona and NYC. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase college. Elena also studied abroad at Taipei National University of the Arts in Taipei, Taiwan. Elena is currently collaborating, performing and full time dancer with Ballet National de Marseille under direction of (LA)HORDE. She has taught all around the world like Spain, France, Turkey, Egypt, U.S.A and more. She was featured as Guest Teacher and Performer in 2018 and 2019 for Spain’s Reality dance show “Fama a Bailar.” Elena assisted choreography and performed for La HORDE in Sam’s Smith “Unholy” in 2023 Brit Awards in London. She has performed works by Oona Doherty, Maura Morales, Etienne Bechard, Punch Drunk’s Sleep No More NYC, Korhan Basaran, Gregory Dolbashian, Manuel Vignoulle and more. Elena is creatively searching for deeper ways to express her passion for the Arts and dance to build a culture of collaborations and connections.
PC: Alex Lamarque