Contemporary Dance I »Freeform« – Improvisation Technique with Mauricio Axayacatl Cruz

About the class

Freeform is a dynamic laboratory designed to explore movement and composition from the authenticity of the body in action. We manifest the body's innate ability to express itself beyond predefined patterns, focusing on developing a deep connection between creativity and physicality. We research how to play at the limit of our own physicality, constantly bending the body and its possibilities to find new places to move freely. The training is self-demanding, adapting to unique possibilities. We seek a body that is at the disposal of creativity and vice versa, where deep impulses manifest themselves without restrictions.

The dynamics of the workshop leads the group to actively play with the creation of bodily, spatial and energetic compositions, in which their movement is the main detonator. Through solo, duet, trio and group exercises, each participant takes their dance to new limits, and the group inspires itself to continue to develop.

Biography:

Mauricio Axayacatl Cruz Márquez, Costa Rican and Mexican scenic creator, is an improviser, choreographer and performer. Graduated from the School of Dance of the National University of Costa Rica, he has developed a career focused on spontaneous creation, with more than 80 solos and duets presented in Mexico, Belgium, Costa Rica and Germany. He was resident for four years at Tictac Art Centre (Brussels), where he trained intensively with David Zambrano and other international references of improvisation.

He directs his experimental company Máscara de Agua cía, with which he has created SOL and Petit Mort. He is a collaborator with the company Physical Momentum (Francisco Córdova), with whom he has performed solos and works on national tour. He has created works for UNA Danza Joven, Kunsthumaniora Brugge and COLATERAL Danza.

He has taught his workshop Freeform in more than 40 venues in Mexico, Costa Rica, Germany and Belgium. His practice investigates improvisation as a living, collective and transformative scenic form.