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MDI Talent Hub: Connecting Through Dance Online

MDI Talent Hub: Connecting Through Dance Online

COVID-19 Update: 18 March Studio Closure

COVID-19 Update: 18 March Studio Closure

COVID-19 UPDATE: 16 March Temporary Measures

COVID-19 UPDATE: 16 March Temporary Measures

✨Q&A Series✨

WEEK 5: Monday 18th October at 6pm (online)

Alexandra will be answering your questions on body image, alongside talking through exercises to help you.

After a career in the Performing Arts, Alexandra Zibisow pursued her passion for psychology studying Dance Movement Psychotherapy. She is now a registered Movement Psychotherapist practising in the NHS.

Alexandra focuses on providing individual and group therapeutic support, emphasising a holistic approach to mind and body.

Book on now through our website under the ‘events’ tab🥰
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#mdidancestudio #qanda #bodyimage #psychotherapy #psychology #mentalhealth #wellbeing #onlineevent #liverpool #dancerslife #dancemovementtherapy #movement

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Do you teach a unique or interesting style of dance that you think students might love or is there a style of dance that you would like to see at MDI?
Let us know!
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Comment below ⬇️ or email 📧studio@mdi.org.uk

#dancecallout #liverpooldanceteachers #uniquedance #dancersofinstagram #mdistudio

Reposted from @readbyrose

"It’s World Mental Health Day, so I wanted to share this piece I wrote about taking a break."

"Whether you’re a writer, a photographer, an athlete, a singer, a friend — whatever you are, it’s okay to take a break. It doesn’t mean that you’re giving away your title as any of those things, it just means that you’re so much more"

💛 #worldmentalhealthday

#strengthquotes #thegoodquote #poets #poetrybook #poetrybookshelf #poetrybooks #poetryislove #mindsetquotes #mindsetquote #mindsetofgreatness #mindsetcreator #findmywritingcommunity #poetsxheaven #poetrydaily #poetrylove #poetess #poetryaccount #poetstribe #feelingsquotes #emotionsmatter #worldmentalhealthday2021 #danceandmentalhealth

Plan your week ahead 📖🖊

We have another jam packed programme coming up this week, from our FREE online Mental Skills and Wellness Event to Indian Dance!

Monday 11th Oct

Online Mental Skills and Well-being Q&A with Sophia Martins discussing themes of neurodiveristy | 18:00. | FREE

Tuesday 12th Oct

Meditation & Gentle Yoga : 10:00 - 11:00 (Hybrid)
Men! Dancing! : 13:30 - 15:00 (Hybrid)
Advanced Contemporary: 18:00- 19:00 (In-person)
Intro to Hip Hop: 18:00- 19:00 (Hybrid)
Intro to Indian Dance: 19:00 -20:00 (Hybrid)

Wednesday 12th Oct

50 Moves: 11:00- 12:30 (Hybrid)
Commercial - Intermediate/ Advanced: 19:30- 20:30 (In-Person)
Intro to Solo Salsa: 20:30 - 21:30 (Hybrid)

Thursday 13th Oct

Open Tap: 11:30- 12:30 (Hybrid Class)
Dance for Parkinson’s: 13:30- 15:30 (In-Person)
Beginners Ballet: 19:15 - 20:15 (In-studio)

Friday 14th Oct

Pro- Class with Charlie Roberts: 10:00 - 11:30 (In-Person) I FREE

Please note that in- studio classes are held at a maximum capacity of 20persons per class!

🌐 For more information please visit our website ⬇️
Classes: www.mdi.org.uk/full-listings/
Online Q&A : https://www.mdi.org.uk/artist-mental-skills-wellbeing-qa-series/

#supersunday #dancersmentalhealth #danceforhealth #healthydancer #danceprogramme #hybriddance #mdistudio #liverpooldance #danceitout #planahead

#LEAP2019 Spotlight ✨✨✨

*WILD*

We commissioned @motionhouse to perform their exhilarating show WILD at the @hinterlandsliverpool for #LEAPFest2019.

WILD had us on the edge of our seats as the entire performance took place on top of a giant scaffolding rig. Dancers were swinging, jumping and tumbling around in a spectacular fashion.

This was a production to remember!

Follow @motionhouse for more bold and adventurous dance creations ✨✨✨

#dance #circus #aerial #acrobatics #performance #festival #show
#LEAPFest2019 #highlights #commission #dance #performance #show

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#LEAP2019 Spotlight ✨✨✨

PUZZLE CREATURE

Highlighting the 2nd year anniversary launch of LEAP.🚀✨
We look back at the mesmerising commissioned piece ‘’PUZZLE CREATURE’’ by @neondance

At the heart of PuzzleCreature are notions of death and immortality. Why? The piece is inspired by artist/architect duo Arakawa and Madeline Gins, and their exploration of what they see as humans’ one fundamental design flaw: we don’t live forever. Rejecting mortality, the duo spent decades exploring ways to defy death by leaving behind death-defying art.

PuzzleCreature is @neondance ode to that idea...

Follow @neondance for more incredible dance creations

#LEAPFest2019 #highlights #commission #dance #leap #festival #contemporary #warehouse #bubble #trailer #performance #show #theatre #immersive #arakawa #architecture #madelinegins

#LEAP2019 Spotlight ✨✨✨

This month we are highlighting the 2nd year anniversary launch of LEAP. 🚀✨

For LEAP 2019, we commissioned the mesmerising piece FANTASIA by @rosiekaydanceco.

Rosie Kay worked with neuroscientists in the UK and Denmark’s Center for Music in the Brain to explore how dance can trigger sensations of pleasure and fulfilment in the brain.

Fantasia is inspired by music and the body’s response to it. ⠀

For more incredible dance creations follow ➡️ @rosiekaydanceco

#ballet #dance #tutu #festival #vivaldi #pucelli #bach #beethoven #joy #music #neuroscience #2yearanniversary #leaplaunch

✨Q&A Series✨

WEEK 4: 11th October 2021 at 6pm (online)

Next up we have Sophia Martins who is an international dance neuroscientist, dancer, performer, and dance teacher. Sophia will be answering your questions on neurodiversity.

She trained in somatic practices, has a degree in psychology and postgraduate studies in neuroscience. She also worked as a mental health practitioner for 4 years. Through her Neuroscience of Dance project and Dance Integrated Healing Method, she provides neurocognitive and dance healing tools.

She has been helping dancers and dance teachers all over the world for the past two years with the following key aspects: coping with injuries, neurological recovery, improving class environments and teaching techniques, overcoming struggles (memory, equilibrium, learning difficulties), improving mental well-being, improving dance skills, and using dance for healing purposes.

Currently, she still assists in research, conducts the Dance is Medicine Podcast and occasionally teaches cognitive neuroscience and brain imaging research methods.

Book now through the website under the events tab!🤩
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#mdi #mentalskills #psychology #neurodiversity #neuroscience #wellbeing #dance #dancershealth #dancerslife

We've had a fantastic day at the @lipaliverpool Freshers Fair. 🎤🎼🎹

Its always a pleasure visiting LIPA and being immersed in such a creative environment full of inspiration and talent.

Shortly, we will be revealing the winner of our well-ness hamper! Good luck to all those who have entered!

#students #lipa #freshers #creatives #dancers #dance #dancersofinstagram #lipastudents #studentlife #danceforhealth #wellness

#LEAP2019 Spotlight ✨✨✨

Thick and Tight on the Edge.

Highlighting the 2nd year anniversary of LEAP Launch 🚀

Today, we look back at another fabulous commission by @thicktightdance.

The Award-winning dance duo of Daniel Hay-Gordon and Eleanor Perry presented a curtain-raiser created in collaboration with students from Edge Hill University, a solo performance from Kathak dancer Vidya Patel (BBC Young Dancer of the Year 2015 finalist) and previewed @thicktightdance’ s show ft. #lipsync #drag #mime and #cabaret ⠀

Check out www.thickandtight.com for more of their incredible work and artistry.
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#queer #camp #lgbt #dance #performance #comedy #history #festival #contemporary #contemporarydance #student #preview #2yearanniversary #leap19

Friday morning Pro- Class ✨✨✨

We are thrilled to announce that @charliekg.roberts will be delivering a trio of weekly Professional Classes commencing this Friday (8th October )

Since graduating from the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts Charlie dived straight into a professional contract working for ATG as a company dancer for the Empire Theatre in Liverpool. Since then, Charlie has been offering private tuition for West End performers, dancing for LIPA, teaching piano and creating work for various schools.

Charlie’s goal as an artist is to draw upon real-life experiences and hardships, whilst visualising them in a raw and powerful creative demonstration. This is with the goal of encouraging empathy and understanding within viewers to live with compassion for all humans, no matter their gender, race, sexuality, age, disability, religion and identity.

The trio of Pro-classes will consist of a movement vocabulary grounded within the realms of contemporary fusion. Detail in dynamics and attention to musicality creating a visual replication of the different musical textures to express the boundless array of human emotion.

This marriage of music and dynamics aims to connect the individual to artistic intentions and feelings which are relatable for each dancer. This will elevate the creation of rich, powerful and surprising visualisations - all of which is done within a safe, warm and embracing space.

When?

🗓 08/10/2021
15/ 10/ 2021
22 /10/ 2021

⏰ 10:00am - 11:30am | Studio 1

Professional Class is FREE for professional dancers and dance degree students.

Book Now! (Link in bio)

#professionalclass #dancersofinstagram #liverpooldance #fridaymorningroutine #northwestdance #mdistudio #proclass #morningclass #growth #practice

Yesterday marked the two year anniversary of the launch of LEAP 2019! 🚀🚀

We would like to take a moment to highlight the many shows and commissions that made this event spectacular and memorable ✨✨✨

New Art Club’s dance-comedy show Cupid's Revenge took us on a journey of love and laughter; a joyful, physical and verbal outburst against the forces that masquerade as love 💔

If you missed their performance at LEAP, #NewArtClub will be performing Cupid’s Revenge at @the_lowry on the 12th November!

"Physical comedy with brains, I laughed 'til my face hurt” - @obsmagazine

#LEAPFest2019 #dance #theatre #comedy #performance #festival #love #storytelling #live #twoyearanniversary #performances #commissions

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