Dance with Armenian Alphabet is a unique and alternative workshop on Armenian culture and alphabet through contemporary dance & movement. It is for everyone and all ages who are interested in dancing, learning and cultures. Each class includes Armenian letters and its own special developed movement series in connection to each letter’s own symbolic meaning and numerological value.
The workshop offers participants a creative dance experience by exploring the art of expressing and researching letters through body language. Each letter becomes a movement, and each word turns into a dance phrase, providing participants with the opportunity to express both abstract and concrete thoughts through their bodies. Throughout the workshop, participants engage in individual and group exercises, creating alphabet-based dance phrases and transforming these phrases into dance compositions.
The workshop develop by Lerna Babikyan in 2017, Berlin then applied in varied cities though varied alphabets as well, such as Runic, Japanese, Sumerian etc.. It is suitable for both beginners and experienced dancers
Outcomes
- Help participants to embody the letters, creates organic experimental moments of learning by opening the space for further linguistic connections; such as words, sentences etc.
- Develop motor skills, supports physical and cognitive development
- Enhancing their bodily awareness while discovering new ways of expression.
- Encourages participants to communicate through their bodies, develop their creativity, abstract thinking, imagination and create a new language through dance.
- The worksop fosters both creativity and communication skills of participants, allowing them to explore the linguistic and artistic potential of the body
