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Can we dance with time? Can we bend it, stretch it, or even stop the march of time altogether? When we think of time, most imagine a ticking clock. Our lives are organized around the clock with agendas, alarms, and deadlines. Clock time, however, is not a natural rhythm. It only became dominant some 200 years ago with the rise of large-scale industry. In factories, people had to conform to the tempo of machines. Schools were erected to teach children time discipline, so they could be efficient and docile factory workers. Time was no longer ours. We had to work for a bit of free time. Moreover, mechanical time entered our minds. We learned to see time as a scarce commodity that we can buy, save, or waste.
In this workshop we will loosen the grip of mechanical time and return to time as it arises out of the natural cycles, including our own body rhythms. Here we find that time flows like a river. The Greek called this living time Kairos. Kairos teaches us about timing; knowing when the time is ripe for an action or decision and when not. Synchronicity is what happens when we align with Kairos. It is life saying “yes”. Alternately, life can also say “no”, this is when we feel we swim upstream and use a lot of effort to accomplish very little. Kairos is not so much a concept to be grasped, as an experience to be lived. To break the spell of mechanical time, we have to enter body time.
Dance and music can help us befriend Kairos. Deep down we all know how it is to dance with life. At one moment or another, we all have heard the music of the world: the song of an old oak, the shifting harmonies of a flock of birds, or the pulse of a big city. We just have to re-member.
In this workshop we do just that. We will use the map of the 5Rhythms and tools from dance improvisation, and conscious dance to find our way into Kairos. We will spiral into Kairos-time through our body, but also through the time zones we create with each other.
Are you ready for a time travel experience? If so, please join us in our exploration.
No prerequisite needed. All are welcome, are you then a beginner or an experienced dancer. This is for all!
The Regular-, and Early Bird tickets are valid for the whole weekend. If you like, you can also join us just for the Friday. You are warmly welcome!
Time:
Friday 14.10: 18.30-21.30
Saturday 15.10: 10-17
Sunday 16.10: 10-15
Address:
Balanssi Studiot
Tallberginkatu 1 D, 4 krs
00180 Helsinki
Price:
Regular: 255 euro,-
Early Bird: 230 euro,- valid until 31st of August
Only Friday dance: 30,- euro
Ticket: https://holvi.com/shop/souljoy/product/fb94a4c21e1b33b9f9f771c38c6edfb4/
Friday ticket: https://holvi.com/shop/souljoy/product/2a5067386b3bbafd5358127b13348c49/
If you have any questions don't hesitate to contact Annica: [email protected] or by phone: +358 50 395 4052.
Warmly welcome!
Léon & Annica
Workshop facilitator:
Léon Beckx is a dancer and a psychologist. He became a 5Rhythms teacher in 2008 under the guidance of Gabrielle Roth. He further trained in dance improvisation, somatics, martial arts and theater, and is co-founder of the Heart of Ecstatic Dance, where he educates Ecstatic Dance facilitators. Next to dance, Léon also facilitates programs and workshops on community building, community arts, conflict resolution, and cultural sensitivity. More about Léon: https://www.leonbeckx.com/about-leon-beckx
Workshop organiser:
Annica Hill is a conscious dance organiser, facilitator, and music journey creator. She has a Masters degree in adult education, and has worked her whole life around self development of adults in different ways. She had weekly Ecstatic Dance classes, in many years and holds now dance pop-up workshops. She loves to dance, and has been since her childhood on different dance floors moving with different music rhythms, and choreographies. More about Annica, and her dance workshops, Fb-group: Ecstatic Dance Tribe
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Balanssi Studiot, Tallberginkatu 1D 4krs,Helsinki, Finland