Saturdays at 10am – Stretching/Strengthening Class – For All Levels:

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 Superior de Arte with a degree in dance. He danced as a soloist with Danza Contemporánea de Cuba (2008-2012) and served as a professor of dance at the National School of Contemporary Dance in Havana. He moved to Ecuador in 2013 where he danced as a soloist in the National Ballet of Ecuador and served as choreographic assistant to Pepe Hevia. Mr. Fernandez Saura was composition master in the Metropolitan School of Ecuador and choreographed performances for Ecuador’s Urban Ballet. He recently moved to Chicago where he dances with Hedwig Dances and teaches at the Ruth Page School of Dance.