Luke Jessop
LUCIJA ROMANOVA
Motorics Breath
Workshop:
The workshop offers a grounded and detailed approach to exploring the intricate relationship between movement, mechanics of the body, breath, and creative flow.
Participants will work with principles such as layering, overlapping, tweaking, and loading to uncover the nuanced mechanics of movement. By integrating functional patterns with breath, the body becomes more connected and efficient, navigating transitions with control and ease. The practice emphasizes precision and sustainability, encouraging movement patterns that are both powerful and adaptable.
The workshops guide participants from foundational techniques to more complex and creative explorations, refining precision while encouraging fluidity and expression. As the body develops versatility, participants learn to shift between movement textures, shapes, and intensities, creating a practice that balances technical rigor with artistic freedom.
Developed by Lucija Romanova, her extensive experience in functional training methods and her career as a dancer deeply informed this workshop. Her approach integrates the functional mechanisms of the body with the creative possibilities of movement and expression, offering participants a holistic and unique practice designed for longevity and adaptability.
Bio:
Lucija Romanova was born in Zagreb, Croatia. She graduated from the Academy for Theater and Dance in Amsterdam. During her studies, she collaborated with choreographers such as Liat Tamar Waysbort, Julio Cesar Iglesias Ungo, Milan Tomasik, Roser Lopez Espinosa, and Keren Levi. In the UK, she worked with Jasmin Vardimon Company, Tribe Company, Lila Dance Company, The Waldorf Project, Kennedy Muntanga Dance Theater, Amber Jarman Crainey, and others.
Her first solo work, "Spontaneously Vulnerable Experience," was created in Croatia in 2020. In 2021, she collaborated with choreographers and companies such as Adrienne Hod, Reut Shemesh, Paul Blackman & Christine Gouzelis (Juxsta), and director Jan Lauwers (Need Company). She worked as a dancer and rehearsal director at Theater Oberhausen for the production "Bad Mothers" by Reut Shemesh.
In 2022, she collaborated with British composer Alex Paton in the sonically powerful performance, *"Broken Hip And The Unbreakable Spirit." In 2023, she began research and development for the creation of “ZHIVILA,” and premiered it in 2024.
Lucija has been a recurring teacher at renowned dance festivals such as Deltebre Dansa and b12 Berlin. She has also taught as a guest lecturer at Performact, Le Facteur Paris, Descalzinha Danza, the Belgrade Institute for Artistic Dance, Ljubljana Dance Academy, Periskop Festival, Zagreb Dance Center, Ozora Festival, En Knap Ljubljana, and at dance centers in London, including TripSpace, House Of Mass, and Rambert.