Friday Sessions at the Somatic Movement Lab, Copenhagen

We are happy to invite you to SOMATIC MOVEMENT LAB, Copenhagen's new platform for somatic movement practices with its base in Dansekapellet ✨ Our Friday class series runs September 18 - December 11 and is always 12.30-14.30. Birgitte and Sebastian will take turns facilitating the class (schedule below). We meet in Studio 1 and move to the Cupola if available. 'Perceiving Pathways' with Birgitte Lundtoft is influenced by Body Mind Centering(r). 'Dancing Anatomies' with Sebastian Grubb is a dance-based movement class based on Frey Faust's work called "Axis Syllabus". Join the SML organization to support our platform and receive discounted rates on classes, workshops, and semi-annual LABs for a participant-driven deep dive. Learn More and Join: www.SMLcph.com -our website also updates the schedule of events and more GET Tickets: (launching this week, via Stripe) --- SCHEDULE September 18, 'Perceiving Pathways' with Birgitte Lundtoft September 25, 'Dancing Anatomies' with Sebastian October 2, 'Perceiving Pathways' with Birgitte Lundtoft October 9, 'Dancing Anatomies' with Sebastian October 16, NO CLASS: Autumn Holiday October 23, 'Perceiving Pathways' with Birgitte Lundtoft October 30, 'Perceiving Pathways' with Birgitte Lundtoft November 6, 'Dancing Anatomies' with Sebastian November 13, 'Dancing Anatomies' with Sebastian November 20, 'Dancing Anatomies' with Sebastian November 27, 'Perceiving Pathways' with Birgitte Lundtoft December 4, 'Dancing Anatomies' with Sebastian December 11, 'Dancing Anatomies' with Sebastian --- ABOUT 'Perceiving Pathways' This class will make you feel soft and connected. We will listen to both ourselves and each other and achieve greater clarity and playful simplicity in movement. We begin from the body’s fluid ground, from the fluid, volume and membranes of the cells. We connect this with the body’s nervous system, the central and peripheral nervous system. What dance creates the oscillation between rest and movement, between sensation and movement, and how does it change your perception of yourself, of space? You can expect to move from your inner living body to relating to, shape and move in interaction with the spaces around you. The tone of the class is exploratory and through anatomical knowledge, visualization, somatization, hands-on exercises, communication through touch, improvisational scores, Birgitte Lundtoft facilitates a listening, caring and playful movement class with inspiration from her studies in Body-Mind Centering(r). ABOUT Birgitte Lundtoft Birgitte Lundtoft (she/her) is a dancer, choreographer and somatic movement teacher based in Copenhagen. ‘As a dancer, choreographer and facilitator I create learning environments, performance installations and place- and process specific works that cultivate a language that paints with tactile, visual and moving articulations. I use somatic movement methods and practices as a point of departure from where the work grows its visceral texture in interaction with place. The work explores themes, formats and concepts such as radical softness, weaving of body and place, exploring non linear and polyrhythmic networks of things and beings.’ She holds a degree in Dance & Choreography from Danish National School of Performing Arts and is currently studying Body-Mind Centering® (2022 till ongoing) and Psychology. www.instagram.com/birgittelundtoft/ --- ABOUT the Axis Syllabus The Axis Syllabus is a somatic approach to dance and movement technique and a collection of knowledge for learning, researching and experiencing movement. This includes moving with anatomical relationships, physics, bio-tensegrity, ongoing multi-disciplinary research, movement analysis and transmission. An Axis Syllabus class aims to create a collaborative learning environment and effective space for personal research. The A.S. was founded by Frey Faust, now based in Italy. ABOUT Sebastian Grubb Sebastian Grubb is an award-winning dance artist and movement coach based in Copenhagen and California. He choreographed, performed and toured contemporary dance works throughout the U.S. and overseas from 2007-2019. This included 10 years as a principal dancer and assistant teacher for Scott Wells & Dancers, a modern dance-theatre performance company centering athletic Contact Improvisation in its artmaking. It also included 6 years as a principal dancer and teaching artist with AXIS Dance Company, a modern dance repertory company whose work has helped revolutionize the professional dance world by resourcing the perspectives and contributions of physically disabled artists. After a multi-year mentorship with Frey Faust, Sebastian became a certified Axis Syllabus Teacher in 2011, and began teaching biomechanics and functional anatomy principles within a dance context. In 2018 he founded Agile Beast, an updated fitness training program that integrates modern biomechanics with foundational movement patterns. And in 2019 he co-founded Spiral Camp with Shira Yaziv. Spiral Camp teaches movement and dance skills within a playful learning environment that empowers students and builds community. Learn more about Sebastian’s dance work and teaching at https://www.sebastian.fit/bodywagging Membership Autumn 2026: 100 dkk 1 class (with membership) 200 dkk 6 classes pack (with membership) 960 dkk = 160 dkk pr class. Or single class: 250 dkk