Lucas Condro has been developing a contemporary dance methodology called Asymmetrical-Motion and researching pedagogical methods, questioning the space provided by a classroom and the role of the teacher.
Viewing the classroom as a laboratory, in which every student is a potential teacher. His work is based on learning through observation and the sharing of experience, with the aim of collectively generating tools that are shared and explored by the whole group. Considering how this can lead to a drastic change in the learning process. In his workshops, we will study bodily asymmetries and how they can generate greater mobility and agility in terms of movement and dance. We will understand the movement of the spine and all the micro- movements involved in it, as well as the relationship between weight and structure for better movement in space. We will explore the ability of each part to move independently and how this affects the rest of the body. We will also work around the idea of ‘singularity’, that is, the process of discovering each person’s potential and unique form of expression.
Contemporary Dance / Asymmetrical-Motion
This movement methodology investigates, from different perspectives, the body’s agility for movement and displacement in space. Understanding agility as the most effective way to utilise the body’s mechanics and energy to achieve maximum power. We will explore the
body’s natural asymmetries, which are largely found in the spine—in the relationships between the skull, the shoulder girdle and the pelvis.
The use of the limbs as an extension of the spine’s asymmetrical movement and, at the same time, as a support for experiencing its freedom. The relationship between points of support, weight distribution and structural movement to discover the inertia produced by the interplay of forces and weights.
The possibility of perceiving space as infinitely open, vast and three-dimensional, within which our body will move.
The basis of this methodology lies in the possibility of observing what happens when one engages with different materials (observing it in our own body and in the bodies of others) and, from there, drawing conclusions in order to incorporate and learn from our own experience, both individually and as part of a group. Understanding the experience of dance as the joy that arises in the moment of discovery.