Kontaktimprovisation Göteborg

Kontakt impro helg med Niklas Valenti

Vi kommer att växla mellan att arbeta i solo och i grupp, med sikte på att skapa större klarhet kring hur vi förhåller oss till båda. I solo-arbetet kommer vi att förhålla oss till det inre livet, känslor, bilder och det som skapar mening. Till exempel kommer vi att ta avstamp ifrån Feldenkrais-metoden vilket innebär ett eget utforskande av rörelse utifrån tydliga ramar. Meningen med allt arbete vi kommer göra själva är att koppla ihop sinne och kropp samt förbereda inför att möta andra. I grupp kommer vi att söka lätta möten, med gruppen som helhet och i duetter. Det kommer att finnas mycket utrymme i olika övningar för att möten ska kunna växa fram organiskt utifrån stunden och deltagarnas förutsättningar. I tillägg kommer även vi att studera några ’path-ways’, d.v.s. beprövade sekvenser för att skapa flöde i kontakten och som är tänkte som inspiration. Övergripande fokus på workshopen kommer att vara lätthet, lekfullhet och tydlighet.

Kort bio

Niklas Valenti har dansat kontaktimprovisation sedan 2002. Han har undervisat workshops både i Sverige och internationellt och är även med i gruppen som organiserar jam och kurser i Stockholm. Vid sidan av kontaktimprovisation dansar han även nutida dans och Hiphop, och är aktiv med att turnera dansföreställningar runtom i Sverige.

När:
Lördag 23/9 kl 10-18
Söndag 24/9 kl 10-16

Pris:
Glidande skala SEK 500 (utan jobb) SEK 750 (mellan lön) SEK 1000 (hög lön)

Var:
Kompani 415, Marketenterivägen 1 415 28 Göteborg.

Anmälan:
För att boka din plats, kontakta först Göteborgs kontaktimpro kollektivet på gbg.cic@gmail.com, din anmälan gäller när du har betalat hela på följande kontot:

Kontoinnehavare: Carine Cassia
Kontonumret: 5694 04 676 29
Clearing nummer: 5694
IBAN: SE0350000000056940467629
BIC: ESSESESS
Bank: SEB (Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken)

Glöm inte att skriva ditt namn samt vad gäller betalning (till ex “WS September”) när du betalar.

Animal Movement Exploration – Subtle Readiness

A contact improvisation workshop with Dorte Bjerre Jensen

Moving moves me. It’s the life force within me and around me. My research is currently driven by an interest in our body´s innate ability to respond physically to the environment and how the use of images can support and develop our dancing. We will ask questions such as: what does it mean to trust our own physical intelligence? How can survival and bodily readiness be a motivation for movement? And how do we meet the present moment with our senses open and composing our own response? For me, animals are their movement and they need to be able to move to survive. It’s their subtle readiness, playfulness, their instincts and their listening with the whole body that inspires me. The workshop will be fun, challenging, creative and hopefully it will inspire you to use your body and mind in a new way!

Teacher bio:

Dorte is a school teacher, yoga teacher, Rosen Method therapist, Conscious Touch therapist and completed a 2-year postgraduate education for professional dancers at the Danish National School of Performing Arts. She teaches contact improvisation nationally and internationally, in dance and acting schools, at festivals and in open workshops. She offers her work to professional dancers, actors, people in leadership roles, and to the general public. She is deeply interested in bodily movement and expression as an art form both in practice and in theory. As an artist Dorte creates, directs and performs. For more information, see www.dortebjerrejensen.dk.

Schedule:

Saturday 18 Nov: 10-18 workshop

Sunday 19 Nov: 10-16 workshop

There will be a lunch break from 13-14. You can bring your own food, or buy some sandwiches not so far from the venue.

On Sunday 19 Nov right after the workshop there is a jam for everyone with Dorte as warm-up facilitator. Warm up 16-17, jam 17-19.

Venue:

Kompani 415, Marketenterivägen 1, 415 28 Göteborg. http://kompani415.se/event/

Ten minutes walk from the tram stop Bellevue or three minutes walk from the bus stop Brovägen. Look for a big yellow wooden house. Free parking right in front of the building.

Fee:

Sliding scale SEK 600 (unwaged) SEK 900 (low waged) SEK 1200 (waged)

Registration:

To reserve your place, please first contact the Göteborg contact collective at gbg.cic@gmail.com. Your registration is valid once we have received your transfer of the full fee to the following account:
Account holder: Carine Cassia
Account number: 5694 04 676 29
Clearing number: 5694
IBAN: SE0350000000056940467629
BIC: ESSESESS
Bank: SEB (Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken).

Don’t forget to put your name and what the payment is for (“WS Nov 17” for example) in the payment reference. Registration deadline: 14 November.

Connecting in and Opening out: A Contact Improvisation workshop to enhance embodied conversations & connected jamming

How can we cultivate self-awareness while simultaneously being open to include the experiences of others? Our aim is to co-create an inclusive dynamic group dance. We will fine-tune our listening skills through somatic exploration, breath and touch to heighten conductivity in the dance. We will try out some group scores to enhance jamming together. We will explore the intersections of Nonviolent Communication & contact improvisation, verbally and nonverbally, and so heighten our capacity for compassion, flow and effective communication.

As facilitators we are excited to bring our passion for these forms to help open a range of new possibilities. Our intention is to collectively create a safe space to play, dance & communicate, to challenge and nourish ourselves. We aim to balance contact improvisation technique (weight-bearing, lifts, changing levels) with verbal & nonverbal play, while amplifying our awareness of the experience of others.

Alyssa Lynes is a dancer and teacher interested in how communication and creative expression play out in partner dance forms and in different environments. She has a BA in Contemporary Dance and a Masters of Science in education. She explores human expression through her choreographies and performances as well as her international teaching of contact improvisation. She is the co-director of a documentary on contact improvisation, “Five Ways In”.

Rob Kancler is a coach, bodyworker and teacher with an interdisciplinary background as a researcher of holistic health, permaculture, contact improvisation and Nonviolent Communication. He is most excited to promote personal empowerment & global responsibility through self-awareness, ecological literacy, and by supporting people to amplify their experience of pleasure, intimacy, embodiment & context.

Schedule:

Friday 12 May 19:00-23:00: Showing of “Five Ways In”, introduction, jam — Saturday 13 May 11:00-17:00: Workshop — Sunday 14 May 10:00-16:00: Workshop

Fee:

Sliding scale SEK 650 (unwaged) SEK 900 (low waged) SEK 1300 (waged)

Venue:

Kompani 415, Marketenterivägen 1, 415 28 Göteborg

Registration:

To reserve your place, please first contact the Göteborg contact collective at gbg.cic@gmail.com. Your registration is valid once we have received your transfer of the full fee to the following account: Account holder: Carine Cassia – account number: 5694 04 676 29 – clearing number: 5694 – IBAN: SE0350000000056940467629 – BIC: ESSESESS – bank: SEB (Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken)

Don’t forget to put your name and what the payment is for (“WS May 17” for example) in the payment reference. Registration deadline: 5 May. Should you be unable to participate, we will refund you your payment.