MARCATD A N C E
home for the choreographic works of Mario Bermudez Gil and collaborator Catherine Coury
Gaga / Ohad Naharin
Mario //
Gaga is a new way of gaining knowledge and self-awareness through your body. Gaga provides a framework for discovering and strengthening your body and adding flexibility, stamina, and agility while lightening the senses and imagination. Gaga raises awareness of physical weaknesses, awakens numb areas, exposes physical fixations, and offers ways for their elimination. The work improves instinctive movement and connects conscious and unconscious movement, and it allows for an experience of freedom and pleasure in a simple way, in a pleasant space, in comfortable clothes, accompanied by music, each person with himself and others.
“We become more aware of our form. We connect to the sense of the endlessness of possibilities. We explore multi-dimensional movement; we enjoy the burning sensation in our muscles, we are ready to snap, we are aware of our explosive power and sometimes we use it. We change our movement habits by finding new ones. We go beyond our familiar limits. We can be calm and alert at once.” – Ohad Naharin
Certified Gaga Teacher - 2016
Mario is experienced in teaching his own choreography, Batsheva Repertory, and master classes. He has taught across New York, Michigan, Israel, Japan, and Spain - including the Playground NYC and the Batsheva Excellence Program.
Catherine //
Catherine is an experienced teacher who has taught in studios across New York City, Michigan, and Israel. Her teaching style ranges and has been strongly influenced by her work with Shen Wei Dance Arts (Natural Body Development Technique), Shannon Gillen (floor work and improvisation), and Batsheva Dance Company (the Gaga Technique). She became a certified Gaga teacher in 2016.
T E A C H
"Catherine conducted class with an expert sensitivity and inspirational ferocity! I would highly recommend this class experience not only to professional dancers but movement artists of all backgrounds. She offers detailed and thoughtful notes to each student while maintaining a unique communal environment."
- Catie Cuan (Metropolitan Opera Dancer, NYC)
"Class with Catherine was really mind opening and lead my body and my movement to
new extremes. Catherine recognized my habits and guided me into those unexpected magical moments where you think to yourself, 'this is why I love to dance!'"
-BeBe Green (Vertigo Dance Company Trainee, Jerusalem)