This is "The Avatar Journey".
This dance program is designed to give you the tools necessary to build your dance and helps you to put a vision to the dancer you want to be.

Movement and it's perceived creativity, as well as aesthetics, have fascinated me since the start.
Starting out in the streetdance scene, I quickly learnt that having systems fueling my creative process helped immensely.
Approaching dance didactics from a technical perspective, I aimed to find approaches to training out of all the styles I got in touch with.
Through blending techniques out of several movement ideas, I am still effectively developing my artistry almost 20 years into the game.

Through the experiences of my own journey, consisting of a history of Popping, Boogaloo, Animation, Waving and more styles, as well as their style specific-techniques, I will show you the way to your specific way of movement, without losing sight of the basics.

Combining my love for tabletop-RPG with my didactic tools, I created a versatile model to measure progress in your dance journey, which helps us to find the fastest method of growing your dance healthily, together.

The first thing i remember when starting regular dance-practice was a certain feeling of uncertainty.
I head questions like "Am I doing this right?" or "I hope this is the best thing to practice right now." floating through my head
Being a very competitive teen, I made it my task to train as much and hard as possible.

This attitude has stayed with me until today. But, compared to my younger self in 2008, I have answers to the questions I had back then.

How "The Avatar Journey" started

The program has a heavy focus on storytelling and causality in movement, built on the foundation of streetdance-styles.
As every person or dancer is different, I believe there is no one training system that helps everyone, but I do believe there is a way for everyone to utilize their own strengths best.

Be it as a dancer in theater, battles, showcases or even as a teacher for your own students - this program is here to find and work towards your own avatar in dance.After the program, you should find yourself in a better place.

We are using six categories to visualize the skillset of a dancer.

Strength

How much force can I create within my movement?
How effectively do I use my strength in my dance?

Dexterity

How fast and agile is my movement?
How acrobatic is my movement?
How intricate is my movement?

Contraction

How well can I use muscle tension to create texture within my dance(style)?
How well can I manipulate my bodytension to interact with the music?

Intelligence

How structured and logical can I express myself?How much dance(style) vocabulary can I use effectively?
How many basics of a given or several (dance)styles can I use?

Wisdom

How large is the accumulation of experience in my dance(style)?
How intentional can I express and communicate through my dance(style)?
How well is my intentional connection with the music?

Charisma

How well can I connect with an instance outside of myself?
How well can I sell the way I move?
How well can I create emotion within my audience?

Stats of the Body

Stats of the Mind

What are "stats" and what do they stand for?

A "stat", short for status(point/s), is the value of skill/ability inside of a category translated into a number.

First and foremost, these stats can be used and interpreted in several ways, right now, I will explain the most important one:
Describing the status quo of the potential skillset of a dancer.
In each of the six categories, there is a maximum of 8 attainable.

1-5 points
The journey to a skillset that aspires a maxed out foundation in the given category.

6th point
The sixth point is only attainable as a full point and can be attained by being able to embody all foundational aspects of a category at once, constantly.

7-8th points
Dancers who are very experienced and are most likely well-known for embodying that stat.

One can gain statpoints through mastering aspects of the given category.
In this method, it is possible to gain less than a full point at a time, if certain factors are met.

How does working together with me look like?

Program Formats:

Private lessons (in Person / Online)

Workshop-Formats

Intensives

Mentorships

Judging Systems

..and more, adjustable to your needs!

Workprocess

Step 1
Analysing your dance and assuming stats for your status quo.

Step 2
Visualizing in which environment and what skillsets you want to grow.
We will be BUILDING YOUR AVATAR.

Step 3
Raising your stats through proven, effective training techniques.

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