Gaga People
mit Federico Longo
Gaga/people classes offer a framework for users to connect to their bodies and imaginations, experience physical sensations, improve their flexibility and stamina, exercise their agility and explosive power, and enjoy the pleasure of movement in a welcoming, accepting atmosphere.
Throughout the class, participants are guided by a series of evocative instructions deployed to increase awareness of and further amplify sensation. Rather than turning from one prompt to another, information is layered, building into a multisensory, physically challenging experience. While many instructions are imbued with rich imagery, the research of Gaga is fundamentally physical, insisting on a specific process of embodiment. Inside this shared research, the improvisational nature of the exploration enables each participant's deeply personal connection with Gaga.
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Federico was born in Rome in 1994. He studied there at the National Academy of Dance and continued at the Palucca University of Dance in Dresden, where he graduated in 2016. From 2016 to 2018, Longo danced at the Saarland State Theater in Saarbrücken under the direction of Stijn Celis and was seen in pieces by Stijn Celis, Jiri Kilyan, Alexander Ekman, Andonis Foniadakis and Shahar Binyamini. In 2018 he moved to Tel Aviv and was a member of the Batsheva Young Ensemble until 2021, where he danced works primarily by Ohad Naharin (Sadeh 21, Decadance, Kamuyot, Black Milk). In 2019 he worked with Sharon Eyal on the creation of The Look and in 2021 on the creation Y for the Israel Festival. In 2019 he received the Danza&Danza award as "best Italian dancer abroad".