So 25.01.15 :: 18 – 21h @ Baumhaus
WHAT: Sensing, feeling, action, exploring body-mind states in improvisation.
Playful, exploratory, challenging, strangely familiar – in the early 70’s “contact improvisations” brought a bounty of fresh opportunities for anybody interested in movement. It seemed to be dance, wrestling, massage, acrobatics and more all rolled into one sprawling form.
Attributed by its originator Steve Paxton as “the smallest unit of democracy”, it is an utterly egalitarian duet dance form. Indeed accessible to any-body, the spectrum of its practice can range from virtuosic technique to contemplative stillness.
I like encouraging people to consider Contact Improv as a practice of increasing your options for movement with open ended inquiry. Especially as we relate to others, it allows us to do things we couldn’t do alone.
So come, explore functional anatomy, the landscapes of imagination, and develop a felt sense of physics, which form the basic grammar construction for engaging tactile dialog and kinesthetic poetry.
This 2 hour mixed ability workshop proceeds a guided Contact ‘jam’, both are open to all, and all of you have more experience than you might realize! So ‘beginners’, well experienced, Queer, blind, deaf and persons with disabilities are most welcome, I’ll try my best to make accomodations! (Entrance is barrier free, but the ground level toilet does not have hand supports yet.)
Suggested: Bring comfortable, warm clothing you can roll around in, full length coverage of legs and arms, non-slip material is ideal. Something to lay on the floor for comfort. Recording devices may be useful sometimes for remembering exercises.
A blindfold. A good measure of curiousity!
Bio-
Collin Edina has been facilitating unique states of experience since 1999, as a Massage Bodyworker, Peer Counselor, and performance artist. CEL’s work in performance, and instructional courses have included collaborations in events by Borbala Szente, Katri Luukkonen Vega Prem, Karl Frost, Felix Ruckert, and Becky Flowers. His research in aquatic bodywork, music and dance in water – “Improvisations in Immersion” are some examples of the Body-Mind practices he offers.
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Here’s a video presenting classic Contact principles which might offer some possiblities to explore: http://youtu.be/jcrbIdY3HZc
WHERE: Das Baumhaus Berlin
Gerichtstr. 23 VH EG
13347 Wedding
WHEN: Sunday, January 25th, 18-20h with open movement jam afterwards.
COST: €4-7 helps support Das Baumhaus Berlin project.
http://www.baumhausberlin.de/