August 16-20 Contemporary Dance choreographer Leila McMillan is teaching a Flying Low intensive for advanced/professional dancers only at Chisenhale Dance Space 10am-5pm, £150 (£120). Leila McMillan is one of the 50 (spoiled) dance artists who recently trained with David Zambrano for 50 days in Costa Rica. On 14 July 10am-12pm, she will be teaching a taster class at CDS inspired by the Flying Low technique leading to the intensive in August, £5. If you wish to join the intensive, send your CV to leila@leilamcmillan.com. For booking call 0208 981 6617.

The workshop will be broken up in 2 parts: Flying Low dance technique in the morning, Passing Through Improvisation technique in the afternoon.

Flying Low: focuses mainly on the dancers relationship with the floor/ground/earth. Using simple movement patterns that involve breathing, speed and the release of energy throughout the body in order to activate the relationship between the center and the joints, moving in and out of the ground more efficiently by maintaining a centered state.

Passing Through: an improvisation technique working with Zambrano’s philosophy that movement needs no leader in creation. Specifically working with adaptation, interconnecting with everyone and the room at all times, transforming the environment of the dance...