Training Workshop with Visiting Artist - Gianti Giadi - The Art of Dance

We are delighted to welcome visiting artist Gianti Giadi from Indonesia to Scotland to host a Training Workshop on her visit to Scotland.

About - Gianti Giadi

Gianti Giadi (Gigi) is a choreographer, dancer, artistic director, and educator, and the founder of Gigi Art of Dance, Gigi Dance Company, and Gigi Foundation (since 2009). A Lasalle College of the Arts (Singapore) graduate and former lecturer, she holds a BA (Hons) and multiple teaching certifications in CSTD Contemporary, Modern Jazz, and Musical Theatre (BDC, New York). Trained in RAD Ballet, Traditional Indonesian, Bharatanatyam, and Hip Hop, Gigi mentors six in-house crews, including Gcrew and G.O.

Honoured as a Singapore Tourism Board cultural ambassador in 2018, she bridges diverse cultures through her art. An associate artist with Maya Dance Theatre, she collaborates with Diverse Ability Dance Collective and mentors G-Star, a Down-syndrome dance group. Awarded Performing Arts Ambassador of Indonesia, Gigi’s latest touring work ALIH explores life, human connection, and mind-body unity. Her mission is to empower all through inclusive, expressive movement.

About Workshop

This workshop introduces Gigi's movement approach centers on connection, communication, and mutual responsiveness—inviting participants to explore how movement can bridge differences in bodies, perception, and expression as well as cultural exchange.

Through basic Indonesian traditional movement language, guided improvisation, sensory-based tasks, and partner/group explorations, dancers will learn tools for:

1. Building trust and dialogue through physical and non-verbal communication

2. Leaning new movement motives based on Indonesian dance movements

3.Expanding movement vocabulary using each person’s unique physical resources

4.Working collaboratively across diverse mobility, sensory, and cognitive experiences

5. Listening to one another’s presence, rhythm, and breath

6. Cultivating an inclusive creative environment where every body leads and responds.

This workshop celebrates dance as a shared language—fluid, adaptive, and deeply human. Experience a space where differences are sources of creativity, and where movement becomes a platform for genuine connection accompanied by the beautiful and richness of Indonesian music.

Book tickets now - Sliding Scale - £20 - £40

To enusre accessibility for those on a lower income, we use a sliding scale ticket price. You can choose what you pay between £20-£40 based on your circumstances. We wont ask for proof of why, we just ask that you are honest.

Venue - Pearce Institute, 840 - 860 Govan Road, G51 3UU

• We would advise attendees arrive 15 minutes before class starts at 8:45am
• We would advise wearing comfortable clothing and footwear

Accessibility

• Pearce Institute venue is wheelchair accessible.
• Accessible entrance by ramp to the side of the building.
• Accessible toilets

If you would like to discuss accessibility or further information on the workshop please email - admin@indepen-dance.org.uk

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