Contact Improvisation workshop :"for the Joy of Falling"
Cluj, Romania
Location - Crystal Dance Plopilor
For Registration please send a message on whatsapp at +40740089557 or by email [email protected].
Oct 10 - Saturday | Oct 11 - Sunday
12.00-14.30 | Break | 16.00-18.00
380 lei (70 Euro) - II Days
200 lei (38 Euro) - I Day
“Sometimes it takes a good fall to really know where you stand"
In this weekend meeting we'll tap on the relationship to the ground & the space through the evolving sense of Falling. Every step is a calibration of falling through & being equally supported upward into & from the Earth. Journey through space is inseparable from reality. These essential maps & guides of our (r)evolving awareness allow us to imagine & play with the narrative of what the Falling is, feels, means & represents as a sense of occurring practice.
The impulse to catch the reflex amidst the falling & savor the potential of directional ways & waves such impulse can meet the map & yielding extension of the dance.
We will gradually lean into the research of reaching & gathering components of the Dance dialogue.
- Opening the perceptions of the vision & tactility of the body to trust & 'see' the fall. Training the rest in the eyes & elastic mobility in the body & mind of the movement.
Extension of the spine : aligning and perceiving the longevity of its form, allowing to travel through its layers, levels & directional waves & curves, while sensing the capacity to root into the ground & encircling space.
Synchronizing the inner-echoing clock of the body with the speed of the traveling movement.
How the falling arises from within, without freezing the body in its parts, but mobilizing it through yielding instead
Extension of a role : allowing the dance awareness to ease the need to impress the partner(s) or pursue the one-directional invitation, taking presence of the shared subtle potential into consideration
A sense of attentive listening as a fundamental forces that evolves into phrases & verses of movement exchanges : unfolding routes, detours & paths.
Remaining curious to how reversibility of the path is enduring & present. And the twists, turns & reaches around each journey, allowing a fresh one to branch out.
We will explore center-connection as a spherical world of information to perceive light-flying routes, without grabbing or controlling the length of the 'desired' route, nor claiming safety by applying to much force on the partner to follow the fall, instead trusting & reaching through the awareness of our extended limbs into the ground & surrounding space & extending the reach through the center and its underlying support.
Softening the conversation of the dance, while attending to the complexity of center-periphery exchanges.
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About the Facilitator -->
Valentyn Korotkevych (@valevych) is a Ukrainian-Canadian somatic therapy practitioner, spoken word and movement artist.
His work integrates Polyvagal theory (certified), Deep Tissue Massage (certified), and poetry of being an active body-mind- connected system.
In the recent active years of constant re-balancing traveling - dance is Valentyn's focal anchor & compass of moving through places, cultures & time-zones, navigating & cultivating through dance-evolving experience.
His luck & commitment to Contact Improvisation expedition extends to pursuing the consistent opportunity of facilitating, meeting & deciphering the form through events & workshops across : S Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, China, Macao, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, Indonesia (Bali) Turkey, Greece, Austria
(in relative order of appearance of last 2 years, nearing 20 countries)
Posts to follow on such events in mentioned countries:
- S Korea : Seoul (Contact & Play community) - https://www.instagram.com/p/DLWx3lFp544/
Gangneung - https://www.instagram.com/p/DMJtZrAzj4n/?img_index=1
- Japan : Tokyo (in collaboration with Nakano community) ; Kyoto ; Fukuoka ; https://www.instagram.com/p/DNKM1Hpyj3G/?img_index=1
Kagoshima (Humble Gathering) - https://www.instagram.com/p/DTF4OANEtLG/?img_index=1
- Hong Kong - https://www.instagram.com/p/DKmR1CTvCWq/?img_index=1
- China : Guanghzhou
- Macao ;
- Malaysia ; (https://www.instagram.com/p/DSw7Q2wkaXK/?img_index=1)
- Singapore :
(https://www.instagram.com/p/DWsObSPEuDX/?img_index=1 ;
https://www.instagram.com/p/DP3zYxbEoUN/?img_index=1
- Australia (Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast) - https://www.instagram.com/p/DUxA7mVkcH7/?img_index=1
- Turkey (Ankara, Istanbul) - https://www.instagram.com/p/DV8dhTOkbo2/?img_index=1
- Greece (Athens) - https://www.instagram.com/p/DYSjNQUDDu8/?img_index=1
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What is Contact Improvisation :
Contact Improvisation (CI) is a postmodern dance practice that explores movement through shared weight, touch, and physical awareness.
Originating in the United States in 1972, contact improvisation was developed by dancer and choreographer Steve Paxton, drawing on influences from modern dance, aikido, and somatic practices.
Contact Improvisation emphasizes the interplay of gravity, momentum, and improvisation, fostering an experimental approach to movement that invites both professional dancers and newcomers into its global community.
With time the technique and practice of this movement form spread across Europe, Asia & Americas, growing into an international community of practitioners.
CI is a dynamic and expressive dance form that transcends traditional boundaries, inviting participants into a unique exploration of movement, connection, and self-discovery.
Following these extended links you will find:
http://bit.ly/goodtoknowbeforeattending
- CI Community Agreements
- What is a Contact JAM?
-- Jam Guidelines
- History & Contact Quarterly
- Where to Practice --> www.ciglobalcalendar.net (Events, Festivals, Workshops, Gathering)
- Resources. Material. Videos.
𝗝𝗔𝗠 guidelines: [https://shorturl.at/hrtzE](https://shorturl.at/hrtzE)
𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: [https://shorturl.at/GRTV7](https://shorturl.at/GRTV7)
Quote from the author:
"Contact improvisation is a spontaneous physical dialogue that ranges from stillness to highly energetic exchanges. Alertness is developed in order to work in an energetic state of physical disorientation, trusting in one's basic survival instincts. It is a free play with balance, self-correcting the wrong moves and reinforcing the right ones, bringing forth a physical/emotional truth about a shared moment of movement that leaves the participants informed, centered, and enlivened."
*— early definition by **Steve Paxton** and others, 1970s, from CQ Vol. 5:1, Fall 1979*
For any questions, additional information or registration, please contact Andrei on whatsapp +40740089557 or by email [email protected]!
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Cluj, Strada Decebal 49, 400037 Cluj-Napoca, România, Cluj-napoca, Romania
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