Thz workshop faszinationkoerper

Faszination Körper

Mansoureh Aalaii, Dr. med.

You’re dancing… but what about your body?
Expand your knowledge of how your body works and moves

This workshop offers dancers, dance teachers and anyone who wants to know more about the body in motion (athletes, actors, therapists, scientists, musicians) the opportunity to acquire medical and movement-specific body knowledge. Each three-hour workshop addresses a specific topic with both a theoretical part and specific exercises. It is possible to attend individual modules.

Dr. Mansoureh Aalaii’s method is about understanding your body as a source of energy and creativity. This workshop is grounded in dance and sports medicine, explores the anatomy and physiological principles in addition to somatic methods and different dance techniques.

You will learn how to train with and not against your body. The workshop will better enable you to assess your own performance and training processes. And it will lead you to a flexible and dynamic relationship with your body. This workshop will help you to stay healthy, avoid injury and learn how your body regenerates itself.

  • Studio 1
    Tanzhaus Zürich
    Wasserwerkstrasse 127a
    8037 Zürich
  • Wheelchair accessible

  • Wheelchair accessible

  • CHF 30

We would like to thank Fondation Sana, Tanzhaus Zürich, the Institute of Anatomy of the University of Zurich for their kind support.
A project of the Körper und Bewegung association.

Mansoureh Aalaii, Dr. med.

Mansoureh Aalaii is a doctor and dancer, working in Paris and Zurich. She performs regularly with her own dance creations. She teaches body knowledge to dance professionals and works as an ophthalmologist.
 Convinced that the complexity of the body needs to be understood from different angles, Mansoureh Aalaii created the workshop Faszination Körper. She has been giving classes regularly since 2018, i.a. at the Tanzhaus Zurich.

- Medical studies, University of Zurich and Fribourg CH
- M.D. from the Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Zurich

- Work experience in Surgery, Internal Medicine, ORL and Gynaecology

- Tutor to medical students at the Anatomy Institute, University of Zurich and Fribourg CH

- Swiss FMH and European Board of Ophthalmology Diploma
- Study of the body in movement in Sport and Dance Medicine, Somatic practices i.a. Feldenkrais, Yoga, Safe Method, Mindfulness, Kung-Fu

- Dance-training since youth in various dance techniques, i.a. Contemporary dance, Butoh and Bodyweather
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