Urban Contemporary for Teens

with Octavia Barvulsky

Wednesdays, 17:15–18:15 (age 13–16)

Trial Class: 8€
Contract: 34€ per Month, 28€ reduced (ALG2, Berlin Pass, student)

Class Description

This Urban Contemporary class is rooted in contemporary dance and enriched with urban influences. We explore flow, dynamics, and expression, working with different qualities and rhythms. Alongside choreography and improvisation, we also practice technical exercises that strengthen the body and provide the foundation needed to move consciously and express ourselves freely. The fusion of strong technique and urban vocabulary opens up new physical possibilities and nurtures a versatile, personal movement language.

About the teacher

Octavia Barvulsky was born in Leipzig and studied contemporary dance at the Tanzakademie Balance 1 in Berlin. She started dancing Hip Hop at the age of 14 and pursued it for several years. Before moving to Berlin, she completed one year of training at the Ballettförderzentrum in Nuremberg, where the focus of her studies was Hip Hop. 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 Latin America. 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.

Interested? Write us an email at post(at)marameo.de and we will arrange the first trial class.