Contemporary dance | Samir Calixto
Levels
A – for professional dancers only
B – requires no special preparation, for dancers of various backgroundss
Contemporary Dance Classes
His classes focus on the development of a natural and spontaneous sense of movement through a sensitive approach over articulation and body consciousness. Elements like flow, weight, physical energy and relation with the space are some of the keywords used during the process of nurturing the students’ dancing body. The modern techniques applied are mixed in order to cultivate a more diverse dance vocabulary. At the same time, this approach allows the students to identify which mechanisms attend better to their physical demands while building up their own moving qualities.
Biography
Samir Calixto (Sao Paulo – Brazil, 1978) received his education in different art disciplines – including modern dance, drama and classical music at São Paulo University and the Conservatory of São Paulo City.
In 1999 he won the first prize at Nascente/ Abril Festival with the dance solo Eros and, after moving to Europe in 2004, had his solo “Wash Me Up” as a finalist at the Best Dance Solo Competition in Leipzig (coordinated by Alain Platel) in 2005.
Since then Samir has worked in productions by Korzo Theatre, Danswerkplaats Amsterdam and others as a freelancer. Among the choreographers he has worked with are Jerome Meyer and Isabelle Chaffaud, Gabriella Maiorino, Amos Ben-Tal, Ederson Rodrigues Xavier, Karine Guizzo, Neel Veerdorn, François Chirpaz and Kristen Cere, and others. His latest tour experiences include performances in festivals and theatres in Holland, Italy, France, Spain, Germany and Norway. Samir also develops his own works, between them ‘Grondzaken’ (2007) and ‘Beating Hollow’ (2009), for Korzo Productions.