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TEACHER PROFILES ARE LISTED BELOW<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Workshop: Choreographic Lab: Performance project<\/b><\/p>\n Bio: <\/b>Narendra Patil is a contemporary dance artist, choreographer, and educator known for his innovative approach to movement and profound artistic expression. Born in Belgaum, India, Narendra followed his passion for movement by pursuing an extensive training in Okinawa Martial Arts, where he attained a black belt, instilling in him discipline, grace, and a deep understanding of the body’s capabilities. Narendra further honed his skills through formal education at the Terence Lewis Dance Foundation Trust in Mumbai, where he immersed himself in the world of contemporary dance and later served as a principal performer, teacher, and assistant choreographer for over a decade. During this time, he also completed a Yoga teacher training course at \u201eThe Yoga Institute\u201c in India.<\/span><\/p>\n Inspired by the teachings of renowned dance artist David Zambrano, Narendra embarked on a transformative journey, exploring improvisation and methods that would shape his artistic vision. Narendra\u2019s work has been showcased at prestigious venues and festivals, such as \u2018AXIS MUNDI\u2019 and Geneva Project, David Zambrano, Deltebre Dansa Festival, Open Look Festival, and Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts, among others, earning him recognition for his creativity, versatility, and dynamic performances.<\/span><\/p>\n Narendra Patil is also a co-founder and artistic director of the SANSKAR International Dance Festival in India as well as a passionate educator, sharing his knowledge and expertise with aspiring dancers through workshops, classes, and guest teaching engagements. Since 2023, he has been based in Kassel, Germany, where he works as a guest teacher at various institutions, including State theaters, SOZO Visions in Motion in Kassel, and Zentrum f\u00fcr Zeitgen\u00f6ssischen Tanz in Cologne.<\/span><\/p>\n Webpage: <\/span>https:\/\/www.narendrapatil.org\/<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Workshops: Spiral Technique and Spiral Creativity<\/b><\/p>\n Bio: <\/b>Lora Juodkait\u0117 is a contemporary dancer, choreographer, and dance educator. Her professional education includes classical ballet, contemporary dance, and theater at the Vytis Jankauskas Dance Studio in Lithuania (1983\u20131986), a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Scenography and Costume Design from the Vilnius Academy of Arts (1997\u20132001), and a four-year intensive program in classical dance, contemporary dance, yoga, and pilates at SEAD \u2013 Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance in Austria (2001\u20132005). In 2013, she received a Master\u2019s degree in Dance Pedagogy from Klaipeda University, Lithuania. She is currently pursuing the French State Dance Teacher Diploma at CFD Desoblique in Lyon, with certification expected in 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n Lora has performed as a contemporary dancer in various pieces at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Chaillot (Paris, France), Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de la Ville (Paris, France), MC2 (Grenoble, France) and many other places and festivals since 2015. Work as a contemporary dancer with choreographer Rachid Ouramdane for 15 years, world tour.<\/span><\/p>\n Lora has been teaching classical ballet since 2015, offering private lessons in Lithuania as well as private and group classes for children and adults at LA PLANCHE School in Grenoble, France. As a choreographer, she has also created short ballet pieces for children.<\/span><\/p>\n Since 2006, she has been teaching contemporary dance in Lithuania and internationally, conducting seminars that integrate technical and creative elements, conscious movement, spinning technique, and methods inspired by William Forsythe. She also teaches contemporary dance to children at the Emilie KERN School in Grenoble, France.<\/span><\/p>\n In addition to her dance work, Lora has been a yoga teacher since 2018, offering private classes informed by her personal yoga practice of over 24 years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Workshops: Notes of Noticing and Exploring the Spaces of Being<\/b><\/p>\n Bio: <\/b>Sanna Myllylahti is an internationally known dancer, choreographer and teacher. She studied at Dansh\u00f6gskolan in Stockholm and at Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor Kunsten, where she graduated in 1996. Her choreographies have been mainly produced in the Netherlands, where she was based nearly 20 years until returning to Finland. Her work has been touring widely and as a dancer she has been on many international stages. Next to her work as an artist, Myllylahti has been teaching in several universities, dance academies, festivals and professional studios around the world. Currently she holds the position as the Head of the BA in Dance program at the University of the Arts Helsinki.<\/span><\/p>\n Her current interest lies in complexity and the questions around dance seen as a way to inhabit space. In her work she sees the body as a facilitator of the spaces of being. Here the dancer is seen as someone inhabiting the spaces both in and outside of the body and acting as an agent for transformation.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/dance.lt\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Narendra1-300x300.jpg\")
<\/a>NARENDRA PATIL<\/b><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/dance.lt\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/lora-6-300x300.jpg\")
<\/a>LORA JUODKAIT\u0116<\/b><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/dance.lt\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Sanna-300x300.jpg\")
<\/a>SANNA MYLLYLAHTI<\/b><\/p>\n
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<\/a>YUVAL PICK<\/b><\/p>\n