A two day workshop Somatic movement and Contact Improvisation
Location : The Willow Studio
Date : 19th - 20th May 2018
Time : 10:00 to 17:00
Price : £80
A two day workshop focusing on somatic explorations of developmental movement, and how it can enhance and develop our experience and ability in contact improvisation
The first day will focus on deeper understanding of the movement patterns of the body, looking at the formation and functional beginnings of different body systems. We will use embodied anatomy, bodywork, visualisation, breath, witnessing and somatisation to learn about the body in through lived experience.
Day two will be much more focused on the dance, drawing on the discoveries from our somatic experience we can take what we discover in to specific contact improvisation skills and into dancing. Finding support from within, discovering ease and supportive softness allowing us to manage weight more efficiently, both our own and others.
This course is suitable for complete beginners and those wanting to dive deep into the both the Body and the form of Contact Imporvisation.
Please bring loose comfortable clothing, with a warm layer to start and end in, kneepads if you have them and water (though there is access to tap water).
I have been dancing CI for over 10 year, I teaching regulary classes and workshops in the south west. My interet is to focust around the begining of movement, to slow down and take time to find the processes and internal sesnation that can lead to finding your own way to move.
Rather than learning something new, it feel more like uncovering the bodies desire and ability to move organicly and in relation to others.