(Your) room for pedagogical development with Olga Potapova

12.10.2021 0 Like 0 kommenttia Nóra Varga

Welcome to research the ageing body in movement – and how balletic principles translate into a personal practice!

Olga will facilitate the second session of the (Your) Room for ped­a­gog­i­cal de­vel­op­ment series on Saturday, October 16^th, at 18:00-19:30 (Finnish time, UTC/GMT +3:00 hours). Participation on the sessions is free of charge.

Sign up to the online session by sending an e-mail to: nora.varga@uniarts.fi. You will receive a link to the session to your email.

About Potapova

“I am a traditionally trained classical dancer, originally from Moscow, Russia.  My development as a dancer and an artist naturally brought me into work with contemporary forms of movement and bodily practices. I like working with interdisciplinary projects, where there is a possibility to share my expertise with professionals of other fields in order to learn from each other and find a surprising synergetic outcome. This year also marks 10 years of my work as a pedagogue. 

The research interests and a crave for a more systematic and up-to-date academic knowledge made me come to study at Master Programme in Dance Pedagogy at Teatterikorekeakoulu . Studying successfully helped me to strengthen my standpoints both as an artist and a pedagogue, as well as gave me many interesting experiences of interdisciplinarity.  I believe, the life in Finland and the powerful influence of the local nature have also changed me professionally and personally.

I have spent a significant part of my childhood dancing in the forest, and now, after many years of performing in different contexts for unbelievably diverse audiences, I like the idea of returning to dancing for everything and nobody.  In the times when many of us are physically and emotionally drained, I want to research what dancing with minimal resources has to give us. Coming from my own “old” ballet body, I am drawing a connection to overall ageing in movement.  In this workshop I would like to invite you to research how a small movement of balletic background could serve as an expressive tool or a meaningful practice.”