Thomas Körtvélyessy


Thomas Körtvélyessy - Schouwburgplein, Rotterdam, Netherlands, July 2008 during the production C - Rotterdam, NL 2008
photo by Konrad Szymański

Thomas Körtvélyessy, MA, CKA
membership administration
Kinetic Awareness International Exchange Program


Since 2007 Thomas is the first Certified Teacher of Kinetic Awareness® (CKA) to have an ongoing practice in the Netherlands.

The Dutch website of KA® can be found here 


Thomas received his Master of Arts in choreography from DANCE UNLIMITED / ArtEZ Dance Academy, Arnhem, Netherlands and a BA-equivalent (HBO) to teach modern and improvised dance from the Rotterdamse Dansacademie (now codarts) to teach modern and improvised dance following extended principles of Laban Movement Analysis.

His Master-research and thesis examined Open Form Composition as a tool for group interaction in performance, highlighted against his personal practice and experience as a contemporary choreographer, dancer, and teacher.


Under the name Reàl Dance Company numerous solo and group-works were created and performed in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Budapest (HU), and New York City since 1996 - often in public space and in an interdisciplinary context.

He also co-originated the series con·sens·us with Eva Tremel, a practice that researches and experiments with (sensory-based) agreement in dance and daily life.

classes
websites:
realdancecompany.org
con-sens-us.net

kineticawareness.nl


contact:
info@realdancecompany.org

writing related to Kinetic Awareness®

Thomas Körtvélyessy has written two papers on Elaine Summers and her work:
- "committed to body, choice & intermedia: Elaine Summers" 
- "geheel in beweging komen (completely coming into movement)"
   the first publication about Kinetic Awareness® for dance-teachers in Dutch
  (both published at Rotterdamse Dansacademie /codarts, 1994-1996)

He also wrote the first entry on KA® on Wikipedia and is co-editor of the forthcoming publication
The Elaine Summers Dance Score Book


available online:
- blog entry about teaching Kinetic Awareness® at National University of Arts (KNUA) Seoul, South Korea
- report containing first class of Kinetic Awareness® at Yuzhny Art School, during trip to Odessa, Ukraine     The trip was made possible with a travel grant from STEP BEYOND / European Cultural Foundation
  A more detailed version can be read in .pdf here
- "40+ Years of dance, intermedia, and empowerment -The magic of Hidden Forest And The Elaine
    Summers Dance Score Book" (pdf)
    published in "Dance Research in the Netherlands, Vol. 5" Dutch Society for Dance Research
    (VDO),Amsterdam 2008