When creating LONA, my main focus was always on people who do not dedicate themselves to dance professionally, even though I have shared it in academic contexts and with professional dancers for many years. I created LONA for people who feel curious about movement and who would probably not sign up for a dance class. My intention is not to teach people how to dance, although that is a wonderful side effect.
My intention is to find a point of connection between our animal side and our ethereal side. It is the search for a fleeting balance—primitive and, by its very nature, ephemeral.
I see LONA sessions as a kind of ritual, without ceremony or solemnity, more similar to what is experienced in clubbing, where sometimes, through the repetition of movements, we manage to connect with other bodies and with our essence, which is at times hidden. In this way, we free ourselves from the pressure to perform or to prove something, surrendering instead to being and expressing ourselves exactly as we are.
By moving away from our bodies, we realize that there are no real barriers separating us from others. LONA celebrates life in all its contradictions; it also celebrates sweat, play, and the vulnerability of action, which will almost always be an echo of non-action..
Guido Sarli has given LONA workshops in several dance academies and professional formation centers like: Institut del Teatre (Barcelona), Conservatorio Superior de Danza de Madrid, Conservatorio Profesional de Danza de Burgos, Institute of the Arts Barcelona, Professional Training Course CobosMika Seeds (Girona), International Dance Hub (Rome), Festival La Machinaria (Rome), Conservatorio Superior de Danza Valencia, Area Dansa Barcelona, InShadow Festival (Lisbon), Dance Workshop Ga’aton (Israel), La Turbo (Barcelona), Accademia Nazionale di Danza (Rome), Danza 180 (Madrid).
Choreographer & Movement Director 