Energy Recycling Method
"Energy Recycling" combines techniques and pathways to create a certain flow. It brings awareness to the physics of movement, and how we can use and implement them in our way of dancing.
We explore the possibilities of gravity and how we can use it to recycle the energy from one movement into another. Like this, we save energy when going through pathways of movement.
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We dive into the power of elongation and visualize the lines of energy we draw with our bodies in space. As if the space around us pulls us through the movements. We are getting ourselves easier into circular movement, floorwork material, acrobatics, and traveling.
The "Energy Recycling" method can unlock a unique opportunity to express oneself with power, size, stability, and fluidity.
© Kurt Van der Elst
Dries is an experienced dance teacher and is known for bringing physicality to his contemporary dance classes.​
Using the Energy Recycling Method, he combines different floorwork techniques with acrobatics and organic movement to unlock a unique opportunity to express oneself with power, size, stability, and fluidity.
©Johan Van der Dood
Dries teaches contemporary dance in schools and studios all around Belgium.
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He is also a guest teacher at the Bachelor Dance Education of the Royal Conservatory in Antwerp.
Energy Recycling Method
in China
In 2024, Dries was invited to China to introduce his Energy Recycling Method in contemporary dance.
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He got the opportunity to work as a guest teacher at the BTE Dance Center up north in Lanzhou, and Zoey Zeng Dance Theatre down south in Guangzhou.
He is sharing his knowledge with graduates in dance, to enrich the contemporary dance community in China.
