Why Floorwork, Why Now

I’m creating a new Floorwork course for one simple reason: I believe this practice is too valuable to remain limited to dancers or acrobats. The beauty of floorwork is that it doesn’t demand a particular body type, age, or background. It meets you exactly where you are and offers a clear path forward. Rather than a path of improving physical capacity, it is a path of learning new coordinations, universal movement principles and personal expression. Fitness programs promote pushing harder, faster and stronger for fast results, I offer floorwork as a counterproposal: a slower, smarter, more personal route into daily movement 

Accessibly Intelligent

I made this course for movers of all kinds, whether you’ve danced for years, come from yoga, martial arts, or have no formal background. Proximity to the ground create a practice space that reduces impact and is open for any level of skill.

When we bring our movement closer to the ground, we remove the pressure to stay upright and perfect. We also take out the risk of falling, which accompanies us in almost any physical activity we will ever encounter. Except for floorwork.

As a result, we can tap into exploratory spaces that are very different: Playing with balance and weight. Giving up effort to find the path of least resistance.

e and learning how each body part can create unexpected support. Furthermore, Floorwork improves timing, spatial orientation, transitions, and personal physical intelligence.

All of these ideas are present in any other movement practice, but from my experience, Floorwork is the only safe and dedicated space where we can research and learn these ideas properly.

Coordination instead of capacity

The floor is the ultimate tool for improving movement. It is always there and the connection with it is present within every activity. Once our main focus becomes 'Working with the floor' we open up a new world of possibilities. This variety of options mean we don't need to 'change' our body to learn it (improving capacity) but to learn 'right and useful' ways of working with it (coordination). These coordinations are like hidden keys that open up not only the doors of floorwork, but practically any movement discipline or situation. We simply don't have the time, space and attention to find the keys when we are busy with rigorous progress and demanding rules which are necessary for other activities. In floorwork we can challenge ourselves in our own pace and find the keys we are missing for moving more freely and efficiently. 

 Floorwork and the Intelligence of Limitation

One of the most compelling reasons to practice floorwork is the value of limitation. Just as artists often refine their expression by working within constraints, a poet choosing a strict meter, a painter committing to monochrome, and a drummer working with a metronome, floorwork limits the available space for movement. Being closer to the ground means reduced space. This constraint gives us clarity of what we are actually working on. One of the biggest benefits of this practice is rooted in the constant restriction it provides. But this restriction is not 'man made' or opinionated. It is direct, felt and… solid. It's the ground. Being constantly ‘limited’ by the ground is the place where babies learn their greatest movement skills. Imagine what would happen if you could recreate this learning process as an adult.

In other words, I’m not offering shortcuts. I’m offering clarity.

In Short

This new course exists because floorwork should be for everyone who’s interested, not just for those who already know how. It is an open-coded practice that through study of a few ideas, principles and inspiring pathways can accompany you for the rest of your life. It offers clear physical discipline, but not a punishing one. Technically demanding, but open-ended and creative. Artistic, but… grounded. And in a time when movement is confused with an outcome, I want to invite you to make space in your day for physical discovery and learni

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