What is a class like?

A Biodanza class ( which is called a vivencia, meaning intensely experienced present moment ) usually lasts about one and a half to two hours and is usually performed barefoot ( not obligatory ), in the sort of comfortable clothing that you would wear for any type of exercise class.

The teacher leads the group by explaining and demonstrating each of the exercises followed by the group then doing the exercise. There are no steps or routines to learn in Biodanza – quite the opposite. All the movements should come from the student’s own interiority – how they FEEL the music, a unique expression of themselves. Therefore it is impossible not to be able to do it, or to get it wrong.

In order to facilitate the ancient brain to work, there is strictly no talking during the class. Talking stimulates the intellectual function, which we do not work with in Biodanza.

The exercises fall into three categories :

• Individual – performed alone, but at the same time as everyone else in the group ( many of these exercises are with the eyes closed ).
• Together – with one other person ( dances in pairs ), often changing partners during an exercise several times.
• Altogether – as one group ( tribal dances ).

In this way we gain practice in connecting with ourselves, with another and with the group, and it is from this dynamic that all the benefits are derived.