May 09 2026 to May 09 2026 6 p.m.

Price: 1700 Book/Buy

Where

Shoonya - Centre for Art and Somatic Practices

4th Floor, Rear Wing, Brahmananda Court, 37, Lal Bagh Main Road 560027

Event Description

Friendship with the Floor - A two-day workshop focusing on Contemporary Floor Work techniques, Saturday and Sunday 6-8pm on both days.

Valid Student ID to be produced at the premises for entry using Student Pass

Friendship with the Floor is a two-day contemporary dance workshop focused on introducing participants to floor work techniques. The workshop invites participants to develop ease, confidence, and efficiency while moving close to the ground, building a supportive relationship with the floor.

Description: This two-day workshop introduces contemporary floor work techniques to the participants. Through guided movement explorations, structured exercises, and simple movement phrases, the sessions will focus on building awareness of weight, gravity, breath, and momentum to move safely and efficiently on and off the floor. Emphasis will be placed on listening to the body, reducing unnecessary effort and developing smooth transitions to and off the floor. Participants will be supported in working at their own pace and adapting the material to their individual bodies.

Session includes: Warm-ups, technical floor work exercises to build into pathways and transition, movement phrases. Cool down and reflection

About the Facilitator

Deepnawita Roy is a contemporary dance educator, choreographer, performer and screendance artist based in Bangalore. She holds an MA in Dance Performance from the University of Limerick, Ireland.

Roy’s works were supported by March Dance, Goethe Institut Bengalore, World Dance Alliance Asia Pacific and Flora Fauna Project along with Art Council Ireland. Her Screendance works are screened nationally and internationally. She is also actively engaged in movement research and teaching movement & yoga.

For: Beginners and intermediate (Beginner and intermediate dancers, students, performers, actors, movement practitioners and interested individuals with a curiosity for movement.)