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Lecture Demonstrations & Informal PerformancesLecture demonstrations are available for all age groups and all abilities. Informal performances and dance film screenings can take place in a variety of settings.
Technique and Compositional workshopsWe teach workshops at dance festivals and universities internationally. Any of these workshops can be tailored for integrated groups, people with & without disabilities. Dancing within an integrated dance context empowers participants socially and artistically and can provide a rich resource for our art making practices. Ecosomatics ClassroomThis social sculpture project will create the conditions for a new model of interdisciplinary learning across systems and as a result imagine alternate futures in relationship to the issue of sustainability through behavioral re-patterning. This collective classroom will function to implicate our very cells/selves in how we interact with and understand the environment. Read more. Site PerformanceIn our site workshop we invite participants to enter their animal-like appetites and childlike curiosities for physical investigation through engagement of the sensorial body. Working on visual, kinesthetic, tactile and aural levels we aim to articulate the very process of perception and discover the innate composition of the spaces we research and perform in. We will investigate the relationships between body systems and earth system as a way to build empathy and understanding of the planet and to build movement with meaning for ourselves and our communities. We will combine embodied anatomical studies from a Body-Mind Centering® perspective with tools for composing dance.
Dance VideoThe principle aim of this workshop is to give an overview of using digital video as a versatile medium within an intensive physical & participatory environment. Through the lens of the camera we will open the dancers eyes to the stage of the screen and lead filmmakers into the world of movement. Coming from a kinesthetic perspective we will use the physical and social landscape to generate video material. We will learn the practical essentials of camera techniques and the physical and perceptual techniques that support them. Body-Mind Centering®In this class we will holographically explore the human body to understand self and increase physical potential using tools from Body-Mind Centering® through movement and hands on study. Participants are invited to enter their animal-like appetites and childlike curiosities for physical investigation through engagement of the sensorial body. We will explore embodied anatomy and developmental movement through the systems of the body (e.g. bones, organs, ligaments, fluids, endocrine, nervous system, senses and perception) and investigate how these materials inform our dance and performing practice.Contact ImprovisationThis workshop focuses on how bodies move while in physical contact with each other while focusing on the physical laws that govern motion: mass, gravity, momentum and inertia. It trains the body in heightened sensory awareness, weight bearing partnering skills and improvisation. As a social dance it defines and asserts boundaries of intimacy, trust and self. It is a physical practice in democracy that can be profoundly meditative and acrobatic in the same moment. Improvisational CompositionWe will mine the materials of our bodies to generate material for spontaneous composition. Together we will cultivate a vitality of presence, embodied intelligence, creativity and organization to put guts in our dancing and our mind in our bodies. Articulate perceptual skills and sophisticated bodily thinking are key aspects of our improvisational performance training. Together we will build scores for performing solo, duet and group dances.
Embodied Aerobics
Engaging the body-mind and imagination in a cardiovascular workout that addresses the materials and systems of the body.
Private SessionsOtto and Olive are available to work one on one with clients. Both are certified Body-Mind Centering Practitioners© from the School of Body-Mind Centering. In addition Olive is a Shiatsu practitioner and DanceAbility teacher. Please contact us for more details. |