Octavia Iveta Barvulsky

Bio

Octavia Barvulsky was born in Leipzig and studied contemporary dance at the Tanzakademie Balance 1 in Berlin. Since her successful graduation in 2015 she works as a freelance dancer based in Berlin. She participated in various dance projects, music videos and own projects around Europe and Latinamerica. In season 2021/22 she was a dancer at the Mir Dance Company in Gelsenkirchen under the direction of Giuseppe Spota. Throughout her career she had the opportunity to work with choreographers such as Johannes Wieland, Heidi Weiss, Luke Murphey, Erion Kruja, Giuseppe Spota, Maura Morales, Marcos Morau, Dmytro Grynov and many others. She also started teaching dance when she was 18 years old and continued ever since giving contemporary workshops and classes for beginners and professional dancers. As for today, she initiated building her own dance company.

Class Description

Octavia Barvulsky teaches a class that combines contemporary, modern techniques with flowing movements. She begins with a warm-up that focuses on breath and harnessing energy while strengthening and preparing the body for movement. Body and mind are activated and awakened through movement exercises that play with volume and length of the body as well as changes of direction, use of weight/energy and grounding. Musicality and a variety of movement qualities are key elements of the course. A final combination at the end of the class gives you the freedom to explore and play with all these concepts.