Goldsmiths: Gaga/people
Tue 08 Jul
|Goldsmiths, University of London
Gaga/people classes are open to people ages 16+, regardless of their background in dance or movement. No previous dance experience is needed. Classes last approximately one hour. price: £15 single, £40 all three
Time & Location
08 Jul 2025, 11:30 – 12:30
Goldsmiths, University of London, 8 Lewisham Way, London SE14 6NW, UK
About the event
This summer, Studio Current offers a bi-lingual (English/Mandarin) Performing Arts Summer Workshops that provides participants with the opportunity to explore a range of performance methods with various practitioners based in the UK, with Mandarin translation support by Sean Ting-Hsuan Wang and Ting Yi-Ting Huang.
This bi-lingual summer workshop aims to create an inclusive and accessible space for Mandarin-speaking, and English-speaking, participants to work together and is designed to enhance the learning experience of all participants.
Gaga/people classes offer a framework for users to connect to their bodies and imaginations, experience physical sensations, improve their flexibility and stamina, exercise their agility and explosive power, and enjoy the pleasure of movement in a welcoming, accepting atmosphere.
Throughout the class, participants are guided by a series of evocative instructions deployed to increase awareness of and further amplify sensation. Rather than turning from one prompt to another, information is layered, building into a multisensory, physically challenging experience. While many instructions are imbued with rich imagery, the research of Gaga is fundamentally physical, insisting on a specific process of embodiment. Inside this shared research, the improvisational nature of the exploration enables each participant’s deeply personal connection with Gaga.
Everybody aged 16+ is welcome. No prior dance experience necessary. We move in comfortable clothes, barefeet or with socks.