In this stretching and strengthening workout class, instructor Rigo Saura will lead you in movements designed to relieve muscle tensions and loosen tight joints. You can improve body health and well-being through this well-structured series of movements that will focus on the breath as your inner source of power, while providing strength and flexibility. Movers and dancers of all levels, beginners and beyond, will benefit from this class.

RIGOBERTO FERNANDEZ SAURA graduated from Havana’s Escuela Nacional de Cuba and the Instituto Superieur de Arte with a degree in dance.  He danced as a soloist with Danza Contemporanea de Cuba (2008-2012) and served as a professor of dance at the National School of Contemporary Dance in Havana.

He moved to Quito-Ecuador as a resident choreographer and professor in Ecuador’s Urban Ballet and Composition Master of the Metropolitan School of Art.  Currently, Mr. Saura resides in Chicago, Illinois where he is a dancer, teacher, and guest choreographer at Hedwig Dances, Concert Dance Inc., and the Ruth Page Center for the Arts. His development has continued as guest teacher at the Latin School of Chicago, Choreo-Lab Workshop at New Trier High School and guest artist/instructor for the professional program at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago.