NABIL EL-BARRAGE
Rhythm in Yoga

1st Weekend – 2 hours/day
10:00 – 12:00

In this workshop, we aim to develop our perception on the kinesiological form of Yoga practice and its evolution to a structured choreography. Our tools will be the safe approach and respect for the body, while connecting with the music and rhythm.

We will focus on understanding the Asana positions and with the appropriate alignments and actions we will achieve a conscious and dynamic practice.

The music will be incorporated into the flow of movement, with live sound textures that will accompany the workshop. Clay, metal and wood are the means to color this experience, while the vibrations of mantras produced by human voice, will travel the body at the moment of relaxation.

Nabil el-Barrage

He was born in Athens in 1982.
He was involved in sports and played football semi-professionally and professionally for 15 years. Since 2009 he has been occupied with dance and yoga. He completed the whole training programme of Yogaworks in 2012-2013 and has been teaching yoga in Athens and Syros since then. He has taken part in classes, seminars and workshops of classical ballet, contemporary dance, contact improvisation, butoh, capoeira, wing-chun kungfu. In 2014 he completed the basic course of Thai massage. He is a member of the Akropoditi Dancetheatre since 2010.

Georgia Litsa

Georgia was born in Syros island, where she also lives. She studied “Economic and Regional Development” in Central Greece. She got involved in music in her early ages, playing classical piano, classical guitar, santouri and oud. Her music studies include Theory and Harmony, in which she earned an “Excellent” degree. Since 2010, she works as a professional musician, teaching santouri and performing with a variety of traditional, rebetiko (Greek folk music), and modern Greek music bands. She has attended traditional music, jazz and music improvisation seminars in Ionian Music Studies University, in Corfu. Her membership and performances with Cyclades Orchestra, conducted by Nikos Kypourgos, “K.P. Kavafy” Orchestra and “Nikos Gatsos” team, took place in Greece (Thessaloniki Concert Hall, Odeon of Herodes Attikus) and in Europe, United States and Australia.

Eftyhia Panopoulos

Eftyhia was born in 1985 in Athens and by far has lived in United States, Greece and United Kingdom. Music and dance intrigued her since she was 3-years-old, reaching a professional level in ballet, however having to quit in her early twenties due to a serious injury. This same injury was why she grew interest in holistic techniques and led her to become a therapist with specialization in reflexology and music therapy. She studied “Product and Systems Design Engineering” in University of the Aegean, and for the last 10 years based on Systems Theory she teaches children and people with disabilities musical instruments, animation, media art and music and dance education. During her stay in London, she took Tango and Capoeira lessons, while she was trained in Tai Chi. She has worked with musicians in Europe and all over Greece, playing various instruments such as guitar, cello, accordion, piano and percussion. Since 2004 she is a member of rebetiko (Greek folk music), traditional, and jazz bands in Athens, Crete and Syros, where she currently lives.