💥On Saturday 1st March 2025 from 10.00h to 13.00h, HADIYA MATTHEWS, artist in residency in FREEZONE during this trimester, will share a workshop with the dance community of Barcelona!
📍Calle Santander 31, O8020 BARCELONA
About the workshop :
Hadiya leads a contemporary workshop focused on unlocking new movement possibilities through intention, initiation, and spatial exploration. Participants will delve into improvisation exercises that engage often overlooked spaces, such as the backspace, and explore movement initiated from the skin, bones, and muscles. Through research into body rhythms and pulses, dancers will challenge their default movement patterns, observing and tackling seemingly impossible tasks to expand their creative boundaries. The workshop also includes across-the-floor work and a dynamic combination, weaving together themes discovered in the improvisation.
A bit more about Hadiya Matthews :
Hadiya Francine Matthews is originally from Houston, TX and recently graduated from George Mason University in May 2022. During her four years at Mason, Hadiya majored in Dance and minored in Criminal, Law & Society. She has received Ballet and Modern Dance training from high-level educators such as Susan Shields, Linda Miller, Roger Jeffrey, Christopher D’Amboise, Shaun Boyle D’Arcy, and Karen Reedy. During her time as an undergraduate, she experienced rigorous residencies and performed well-renowned works by Adonis Foniadakis, Rafael Bonachela, Micaela Taylor, and Hope Boykin. Hadiya is also a 2018 alumna of the High School for Performing and Visual Arts where she performed works such as “The Envelope” by David Parsons and “Appalachian Spring” by Martha Graham. In addition to her education, she has studied at the Alvin Ailey Summer Intensive, in 2016, and BODYTRAFFIC Virtual Summer Intensive, in 2021. In 2024 she was an understudy in the Moving Forward Collective while also working as Moving Forward’s Marketing Manager. She currently resides in Barcelona, Spain as a freelance dancer and choreographer studying for her master's in Arts and Cultural Management at Barcelona International University of Catalonia. She believes that curating to share stories builds an avenue to allow artists the opportunity they deserve, to free their spirit, and to connect with those around them.
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Español:
💥El sábado 1 de marzo 2025 de 10.00h a 13.00h, HADIYA MATTHEWS, artista en residencia en FREEZONE durante este trimestre, compartirá un taller con la comunidad de danza de Barcelona!
📍Calle Santander 31, O8020 BARCELONA
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