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YOGA:
THURSDAY
9:00am - 10:00am
Open Level
YOGEA
- Yoga meets Dance
Yoga
Class with a Creative Dance Emphasis:
Founded
by Antonia Katrandjieva Ph.D.
Yogea
is a newly developed contemporized yoga style tailoring the Balinese,
Chinese and Indian ancient yoga traditions to the needs of the modern
individual. This class based on the concept that “form follows energy”
is intended for individuals who wish to gain further flexibility, establish
a strong core, postural alignment, develop a general kinesthetic awareness
and a sense of energetic flow in the body. The class opens with a brief
alignment-visualization exercise intended to bring the focus inwards into
the subtle sheaths of the body. A soothing “pranayama” (breath-extension)
exercise follows, enabling students to purify nerve channels, open meridians
and shift focus from the physical to the energetic self. The practice
unfolds into a flow based sequence of postures teaches students to integrate
rhythmic breathing with conscious movement, linking postures, moving with
complete awareness as they increase strength and flexibility. The asana
routine enhances glandular stimulation, promotes flexibility and reduces
stress. The asanas (postures) are linked into an organic fabric of movement
and breath reminiscing the spiral periodicity of the ascending and descending
harmony of the Universe, letting the dancer coil and uncoil through space,
reliving creation as a spiral dance of attunement with the underlying
oneness of the Universe. A meditative Indian kinetic group prayer closes
the session, allowing students to transition gracefully from moment to
moment both on stage and in life.
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NTONIA
KATRANDJIEVA is a graduate of the Zurich Dance Theater School
in Switzerland, and the National Academy for Theater and Film Arts
in Sofia, Bulgaria where she holds a doctorate in Non-verbal Theater.
Ms Katrandjieva is an internationally acclaimed actress, theater director,
choreographer and yoga instructor, who has launched her avant-garde ground-breaking
choreographies in Switzerland, Bali, Thailand, Germany, France, Bulgaria,
and NYC. Antonia has researched in the field of esoteric theater &
dance exploring traditional and non-literal choreography and has evolved
her own contemporary dance style “Introdance” aimed
at unleashing the unique creative identity of each dancer. Antonia has
served as repertory assistant of “Almar Dance Company”,
Sofia; “Aeon Dance Company”, Zurich, Switzerland and
as choreographer of “Serapis New Age Performance Studio”
and “Global Arts Synthesis Laboratory”, Switzerland.
Antonia is the creator of the Rapid Creative Unfolding Method
geared towards harnessing the intuitive intellect of dancers and artists
and has compiled her 15-year somatic research and experiments into a book
“Novantrop” – a new Human Design System, launching
the concept of the new holistically- aware individual. She has lectured
in Theater, Philosophy, Dance and Pantomime at the National Academy
of Theater & Film Arts, at the American College in Sofia, at
the International College of Arts in Denpasar, Bali and at Zurich
Dance Theater School in Switzerland.
Antonia has directed and staged over 30 dance performances both home and
abroad. She has authored the manual for contemporary actors & dancers
“Intuitive Gesture” and numerous articles on Theater,
Philosophy and Dance published in Bulgarian, Swiss and American Journals.
Antonia is founder of “Overground Arts Alliance” –
a theater dance company” & spiritual culture promoting
not-for-profit organization based in NYC. She is author of “Qi-Yo”
yoga style and “Yogeya” – embryonic breathing
revitalizing complex. Antonia has traveled extensively and researched
into the spiritual and cultural heritage of Asia (Indonesia, China, Mongolia,
Korea) and Europe. Currently, Antonia is engaged in authoring a new Yoga
Series, entitled: “New Noah’s Ark- The Yoga of Sources”.
Antonia conducts lectures in Theatre and Esotericism and currently lives
in NYC, where she teaches contemporary dance, theatre dance and yoga.

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