Where attention goes energy flows – Poetic Body workshop represents a body that is fully present, alive, and engaged. It is an ongoing, immersive practice built on experience of Happy Feet and Playful Presence that draws on inclusive approaches and techniques such as contemporary dance, improvisation, and composition. It incorporates the concept of the body as an instrument or medium capable of expressing and embodying diverse movement qualities, rhythm, tension, emotions, and immaterial. Poetic Body is about the ability to execute any desired action fully, passionately and with ease. We bring action by waking up the body and mind through various physical games, attuning the body to the moment and the space, channelling energy through qigong principles, and connecting with ourselves and the environment. I love to create a friendly atmosphere where we respect the differences and nourish the individuality. In such atmosphere, the learning potential is enormous and even the most sophisticated movement seems easy. I offer a holistic approach to dancing, in which the practise of spontaneous and set movement is intertwined, technique meets with passion and wellbeing is priority. The emphasis is on rhythm and musicality, but we also pay attention on articulation of the different body parts, precise execution of the movement, the foot work, jumps, and spins. I guide you through the exploration of contrasting movement qualities such as range of body tension and we’ll investigate the connection between emotion and motion. I bring my extensive experience as a long-time practitioner of instant composition into each session, guiding students through techniques that enhance presence, awareness, responsiveness, and creativity within performance. I have been teaching for over twenty years and my practice is developed, interconnected, and mutually influenced around the craft of choreography, dance and teaching.
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Milan is regularly invited as a guest teacher around the world to lead his signature workshops Happy Feet and Playful Presence, which evolved into the unified practice Poetic Body in 2023.
His teaching career began at the ZUŠ (Elementary School of Arts) in Zvolen, Slovakia, where he was employed from 1999 to 2000. During the 2023–2024 academic year, he also taught at the Dance Gymnasium (SVŠGUGL) in Ljubljana.
His teaching experience includes:
University, Academy, School
- ADU, Zagreb Academy of Dramatic Arts, University of Zagreb
- AGRFT, Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television, Ljubljana
- AMEA, Alma Mater Europaea Dance Academy, Ljubljana
- CNDC, Le Centre national de danse contemporaine, Angers
- DASPA, The Danish National School of Performing Arts, Copenhagen
- DASPA, The Danish National School of Performing Arts, Holstebro
- DOCH, Stockholm University of the Arts, Stockholm
- FAICC, Instável, Centro Choreográfico, Porto
- FONTYS, School of Fine and Performing Arts, Tilburg
- HfMDK, Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts, Frankfurt
- IDA, Anton Bruckner University, Linz
- IUI, Belgrade Dance Institute, Belgrade
- LMTA, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Vilnius
- MTD, Academy of Theatre and Dance, Amsterdam University of the Arts
- SEAD, Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance, Salzburg
- STKLH, Private Dance Conservatory, Liptovský Hrádok
- SVŠGUGL, Srednja vzgojiteljska šola, gimnazija in umetniška gimnazija Ljubljana
- THE PLACE, London Contemporary Dance School, London
- VŠMU, The Academy of Performing Arts, Bratislava
Workshop, Open class, Training, Festival
- Akropoditi dance festival, Syros
- B12, Berlin
- Circuit-Est, Montreal, Canada
- CoDa21, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Dance Council of India
- Dance Dance Chania, Crete
- Deltebre dansa, Deltebre
- El Graner, Barcelona
- JET, Brussels
- Kaserne, Basel
- Kazan, Russia
- Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
- La Central del Circ, Barcelona
- La Raffinerie, Brussels
- NaGib, Maribor
- Novy priestor, Bratislava
- Out of the Toolbox, Ghent
- PARTS summer school, Brussels
- Platforma Nest, Ljubljana
- ProArt festival, Brno
- PTL, Ljubljana
- Riga/ON, Latvia
- Rosario, Argentina
- STREAM Zadar
- Tanz im August, Berlin
- Tanzwerkstatt Europa, München
- Tanzquartier Wien
- Tanzhouse Zürich
- Tictac Art Centre, Brussels
- The New, Beijing, China
- Umea, Sweden
- Yekaterinburg, Russia
- VIBRA, Ljubljana
- Yucatan dansa, Merida, Mexico
Dance company
- Akram Khan Company, London
- Divadlo Štúdio Tanca, Banská Bystrica
- En-Knap Dance Company, Ljubljana
- Lenka Vagnerová & Company
- The Icelandic Dance Company, Reykjavik
- Theater Bielefeld
- Ultima Vez, Brussels
- Zagreb Dance Company