Winter Warming New York 2027

29 – 31 January 2027, at Mark Morris Dance Center, Brooklyn NY

Countertechnique Founder Anouk van Dijk returns to New York | 29–31 January!

This three-day intensive Countertechnique workshop offers fresh fuel for the year ahead. How to add longevity to your dance career? How to keep things interesting for yourself? In this workshop we look at how to keep a positive and creative work ethic in dance, even in challenging circumstances.

Each day starts with a Countertechnique class followed by a Practical Tools session, and after the break we bring Countertechnique tools into improvisation and creation, with a particular focus on adapting to changing performance situations.

As performers, we constantly navigate different working environments, rehearsal processes and performance situations. Countertechnique offers specific tools and tasks to help dancers respond, adapt and remain versatile. Through a practical understanding of the relationships between gravity, energy, space and the body, dancers develop a more proactive and independent approach to their practice.

Working with codified exercises and task-based improvisation, we will explore how to make informed choices, expand possibilities and find greater freedom and enjoyment in dancing, both during training and creation.

Winter Warming welcomes professional dance artists and advanced dance students who enjoy working physically and wish to sustain and develop their practice over time. Both dancers new to Countertechnique and those looking to deepen their understanding are welcome.

DATES

Friday 29 – Sunday 31 January 2027
Friday 29 and Sunday 31 January: 10:00 – 18:00
Saturday 30 January: 12:30 – 20:30
Both incl. a 1-hr break. Participants must be able to attend the entire period.

PROGRAM FEES

Full price: $480. Early-bird price: $420 (use coupon EARLYBIRD60 before 29 November). Maximum 45 participants. Participation on a first-come, first-serve basis.

HOW TO REGISTER

Please register your personal details here: https://form.jotform.com/262747764898380. Registration will remain open until all spots have been filled. A limited number of drop-in classes will be available; registration for those opens closer to the date.

LOCATION

Winter Warming New York will be held at the Mark Morris Dance Center, 3 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217, in the spacious 60’ x 60’ Duffy Performance Space.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Read the full Terms & Conditions, including the complete cancellation policy, here: https://www.jotform.com/app/262945292758371.

WINTER WARMING 2027 FACULTY

Anouk van Dijk

Anouk van Dijk is a Dutch choreographer, artistic director and creator of the movement system Countertechnique. From 2012 to 2019, she was Artistic Director of the renowned contemporary dance company Chunky Move in Melbourne, Australia. She currently works internationally as a freelance choreographer and is the Founding Artistic Director of Countertechnique.

During her time at Chunky Move, she created large-scale, interdisciplinary productions, including An Act of Now, Complexity of Belonging (with Falk Richter), Depth of Field, Rule of Thirds and Common Ground. International commissions include, amongst others, works for Staatsballett Berlin, Hessisches Staatsballett and Theater Münster, as well as the large-scale production Out of the Blue for Skånes Dansteater / Malmö Opera, and the cross-disciplinary collaboration A Perfect Sky with writer/director Falk Richter for Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg.

Her work has been presented internationally at leading festivals and venues, including Adelaide Festival, Sydney Opera House, Schaubühne Berlin, Dance Triennale Tokyo, American Dance Festival, Theater der Welt, SPRING International Performing Arts Festival and Festival d’Avignon.

Francesca Dominguez

Countertechnique Senior Teacher Francesca Dominguez is assisting for Winter Warming New York. Raised in Sebastopol, CA, Francesca is a movement artist based in New York City. She first came into contact with Countertechnique while transitioning from college into her professional career, and it has since become an indispensable resource for herself as a dancer. Having nurtured her relationship with Countertechnique and its vibrant community since 2016, she has attended three One Body One Career Intensives, and in 2021 completed the Countertechnique Teacher Training Program (CTTT), followed by her second CTTT in 2023.

Francesca honed her artistic voice as a choreographer and performer during her time at California State University Long Beach, where she graduated with a BFA in dance and a BA in Spanish language. She furthered her training at the Alonzo King Lines Ballet Training Program, while also working as the executive coordinator of the non-profit educational outreach organization Dance Repertory San Francisco. She has performed professionally with the companies GRAYSCALE and Keith Johnson/Dancers in Los Angeles. Francesca currently dances with SOLUQ Dance Theater NY and completed her MFA at Hunter College, New York.

As a Countertechnique teacher she is part of the dance faculty at Gibney Pro and The Juilliard School, New York, and teaches in New York every month at various locations, including Gibney, Mark Morris Dance Center, Peridance and Barnard College. She was part of the faculty for the One Body, One Career 2024 Countertechnique Intensive in Los Angeles.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIM DOELEMAN