Art of Motion
February 10–12, 2025 | Beijing, China
3 days of contemporary movement, body awareness, and poetic exploration with guest artist Fan Min
Overview
Presented by TAGLIONI Culture & Art, Art of Motion was a 3-day modern dance intensive held in Beijing, guided by contemporary dance artist Fan Min. The workshop invited participants to explore movement beyond form — through sensation, structure, and spontaneous creation.
Through a balance of technical foundation and expressive inquiry, the course aimed to reconnect dancers with the body’s internal logic, power sources, and individual voice.
As Fan Min shared:
“Possibility begins when we learn to look at the body from different angles. That’s when something finite becomes infinite.”
Schedule & Course Structure
Each day featured three progressive sessions designed to support both technique and creative expansion:
10:30–12:00 | Release Technique & Flow Patterns
Training focused on soft, continuous movement rooted in curves and spatial lines — helping dancers transition from isolation to fluid connection.
Objective: To discover internal pathways of movement, develop texture in motion, and explore how to initiate power through breath, efficiency, and accurate force.
14:30–16:00 | Joint Deconstruction & Phrase Work
Movement phrases built upon the mechanics of the body’s nine major joints, integrating floorwork, jumping, shifting weight, and rotation.
Objective: To challenge rhythm, coordination, and endurance through structural disassembly and reconstruction — activating the body as an expressive tool and awakening internal power.
16:20–17:50 | Improvisation & Personal Style
Improvisation sessions used imagery, prompts, and structured tasks to guide dancers toward their own movement language.
Objective: To unlock creative intuition, expand expressive range, and support the search for a personal movement style through embodied discovery.
Guest teacher
Fan Min
Contemporary dance artist · Founder of Ruhe Dance Theater
A former dancer with Tao Dance Theater and the Kunming National Song & Dance Theatre, Fan Min has developed a distinct contemporary language that merges Eastern and Western aesthetics. His work is rooted in the belief that the body is both a question and an answer — a space of daily practice, vulnerability, and poetic depth.
testimonials from Participants
“This workshop helped me reconnect with my body as a source of strength and honesty. I started to see movement not as choreography, but as conversation.”
— Participant feedback
“I gained new clarity on physical structure, and how to express emotion without forcing it. The experience was deep and transformative.”
— Participant feedback
Presented by: TAGLIONI Culture & Art
Venue Partner: Yixuan Dance Center, Beijing
