about Maggie Boogaart

Julia

The Maggie Miracle. This is how i call it: le Miracle Maggie! Double M, doublement on Aime!Maggie's teaching and classes are amazing. Once you attend Maggie's classes, you are touched by the magic of Maggie and the power of her energy. I've learned so much about dance, Martha Graham contemporary technique, body placement, core strength and breath. The more you're present, the more you thirst to learn and improve according to Maggie's science of dance. Thank you, Maggie.

Flora

One word made the consensus of my friends who came to see us dance Maggie and Ghislain's choreography of The Rite of Spring: energy. If there's one thing Maggie has sought to express authentically and unplayfully, it's energy and strength through the dancers' bodies, the interplay between collective and individual energy. Participating in this choreography forced me to go beyond many limits, to develop strength, resistance and expressiveness of movement. I learned a lot of things, like how to do lifts with my little arms, take risks, dance with others and contribute to a collective energy. Putting my learning of Graham technique into practice in this choreography gave me a better understanding of its richness and what it makes possible.A word also about the collaboration between Maggie and Ghislain, which helped create beautiful contrasts of movement and rhythm in the choreography. This dialogue between classical and contemporary Graham is rich and creative! We hope the Sacre continues, and thank you for your generosity and commitment! Bravo for this beautiful creation!

Juan Manuel Abellán

Amazing energy and passion. Maggie's classes are a Masterclass for those who loves Dance.
Discover contemporary dance with Graham's technique is a real pleasure and a strong base for all dancers and dance passionate. Excellent dancer, excellent choreographer, excellent teacher and excellent person! Thank you Maggie from all my heart.

Rocio Ramos

Maggie Boogaart's classes are a real treat. El empeño, la energía y las ganas de enseñar se aprecian durante toda la clase. Ella es muy atenta con cada uno de los alumnos y hace correcciones personales (algo que parece evidente pero que no siempre ocurre). Otra de las cosas que me gusta es que Maggie te hace entender las cosas, no quiere enseñarnos únicamente movimientos sino que nos hace reflexionar sobre el origen y el objetivo de cada movimiento, aunque sea un simple 'plié'. Recomiendo muy positivamente los cursos y talleres de técnica Graham.

Ségolene

A quick comment about Maggie's floor barre . I'm currently suffering from tendonitis, which means I can't dance... So Maggie suggested I join her floor barre classes . Gently and without forcing, she adapts the exercises according to each person's requests, desires and minor aches and pains. I've got tendonitis, someone else had a sore back, someone was having trouble breathing... and so on. So Maggie concocted a classes adapted to each person's needs, like a collective classes Private lesson ! Very attentive, Maggie enabled me to work with precision by listening to my body, and I left classes with a feeling of well-being... as if she'd healed me a little. So I'm delighted, and I invite everyone to DARE to enter Maggie's classes . DARE, DARE, DARE... COME, COME, COME... and you'll be back...

Lululine

Maggie is a generous, sincere and what I appreciate most of all, simple person. She listens to us dancers and 'beings'. A fine person of whom Martha Graham can be proud!

Kyra

Maggie helped me access the process and benefits of Graham technique as an athlete and a performer. I had taken Graham in the past, but it had never really resonated with me. In Maggie's class, I finally discovered the brilliance of Graham technique and understood how it benefited my body. It still may not be my favorite way to dance, but I can now fully appreciate the beauty and faculty of the technique. Maggie is an inspirational teacher. She not only pushes her students to achieve, she creates in them a desire for perfection. Maggie's classes clear my mind and awaken my soul. She is a truly gifted teacher and performer.

Margaux

Maggie teaches Graham technique with passion, listening to each student and pushing us to excel. A pleasure to take these classes!

Ségolène Gessa

And God created Maggie! What would we do without such a great teacher? Maggie's classes are technical! (one of the most complete I know) and I love it! As she always says, Maggie prepares us for a career as solo dancers, not corps de ballet!!!! Maggie is demanding but fair. These classes are not meant for resting, they work the whole body, not forgetting the mind, memorization and 'soul'. With Maggie you become a better dancer and a better person. There's always joy, humor, sharing and humanity at classes. We work hard but the atmosphere is always pleasant, and Maggie is very respectful of her students. Maggie is unique, and she makes you realize that you are too (little by little, you gain self-confidence, you let go, you are transformed, and you leave her classes with only one desire: to go back! Maggie is a great teacher who pushes you to go beyond your limits! With the Graham technique, I discovered a dance that suits me, a dance that comes from the heart and soul, an organic dance where every movement seems to have something to say, every movement seems to tell a story.
So I have just one thing to say: if you've never taken a classes with Maggie, FUNDACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jade

Maggie, through her encouragement and her tremendous energy in sharing her teaching and love of dance, has given me back the taste for dancing a very demanding dance. I love her dynamic, creative, luminous and humorous teaching methods, which are always attentive to and respectful of the body, and which push me to surpass myself with tremendous joy.

Maya Rutkovska

In the moment where I was about to quit dancing, I met Maggie, and she was the one who introduced me with Graham technique. It was something new and amazing, I felt like dancing again. I took classes with Maggie in Paris for 2 years, I was also dancing in her wonderful choreographies 'Passion' and 'Flammes de Paris'. Thank you Maggie for that great push forward, it is your fault that I am at the Martha Graham School of contemporary dance in NYC now! I love it, but you will always stay my first Graham teacher!

Aude-Marie

First time doing the Graham technique, and I really enjoyed it !!!! Maggie is a very communicative teacher who makes you want to learn and gives you energy to learn a demanding technique!!! and then to be able to work the repertoire Graham, it's a top experience :)))

Anaïs de Raemy

Maggie Boogaart teaches the Martha Graham technique with passion! Through her professionalism, her high standards, and through this technique, she gives an energy that pushes forward and forces one to go deep inside to find authenticity. Her rigor is expressed with kindness and great respect, which I greatly appreciated. Thank you Maggie for your generosity and your precious advice !!!!

Rafael Molina

I attended Maggie's classes from January 2010 to June 2012. At first, after a year away from dance, I came to live my passion. But in the classes advanced classes, Maggie was very demanding and passed on her love of Graham technique to me. Not only did I decide to continue dancing professionally, I also decided to go to the Graham School in NYC. Thanks to Maggie's advice, her many images at classes and her determination, I landed a scholarship for the 2011 Summer Intensive following an audition with the Graham School director. A year later, in September 2012, I joined the Graham School in New York (then the Junior Company). Maggie brings her energy and enthusiasm every day to the studio and seeks to rigorously share the incredible Graham technique. I thank her and encourage many dancers to follow her classes.

Louise Gourvellec

I loved all the classes of this intensive workshop, very interesting, another look at dance, a technique that opens certain doors never explored. Thank you for this intensive workshop Maggie and Ghislain! 🙂

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