Name: The Poetics of Rising and Falling // CI and Feldenkreis Intensive with Simonetta Alessandri
Start: 2025-01-17T10:00:00+05:30
Location: Arambol Beach Goa

$The Poetics of Rising and Falling \/\/ CI and Feldenkreis Intensive with Simonetta Alessandri$

Feldenkrais & Contact Improvisation Intensive
The Poetics of Rising and Falling
Rising and falling reflect a natural cycle, present in both our breathing and primordial
movement patterns. This dynamic becomes especially clear in Contact Improvisation.
I will share my ongoing research into the influence of the Feldenkrais Method on the practice of Contact Improvisation by exploring the theme of rising and falling.
The Feldenkrais Method emphasizes internal sensations without judgment, acknowledging the body’s innate intelligence. Through curiosity and exploration, we become more aware of habitual patterns and refine our choices, enhancing freedom,
efficiency, confidence, and ease.
This way of tuning into our experiences grounds us in the present moment and create a deeper connection with ourselves and others. Working with a partner sharpens our ability to sense, read, and communicate through touch and weight.
The study of force transmission in Feldenkrais enhances knowledge transfer in contact duets, by addressing gravity, shared weight and momentum. Trust, imagination, and curiosity guide us as we explore falling, rising, lifting, and flying—whether alone, in pairs, or groups. Being fully in the present nourishes every moment of our dancing, allowing us to deepen and enjoy subtle, light and almost invisible instants of rising and falling, as well as vigorous, exciting and unpredictable moments of rising, falling and flying.
DATES
17-19TH JANUARY 2025
10AM - 5PM
SPACE
ARAMBOL, GOA, INDIA
INVESTMENT
5,000 INR (Indian resident)
6,500 INR (foreign national)
REGISTRATIONS
WA +48531815811
[email protected]
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About Simonetta Alessandri

Simonetta is an Italian dance artist, and a somatic educator based in London. She applies the Feldenkrais Method to dance and movement training and to
performance-making. She teaches Contact Improvisation, Improvisation,
Choreography and Contemporary Technique at Trinity Laban Conservatoire, London Contemporary Dance School, at Goldsmiths University and in other Universities in the UK. She teaches internationally and has been a guest teacher in Germany, Colombia, UK, Norway, Israel, Austria, France, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Poland, Portugal and Taiwan.
Her work is informed by more than 30 years
of dancing, teaching and choreographing. As a choreographer, she has created pieces for dance companies, students, large scale opera, improvised performance and site-specific works. She has also done movement direction for theatre. She taught for more than 20 years in Italy and kept Contact Improvisation alive in Roma for 10 years with her classes and jams. She was one of the few dance practitioners in Italy who began working with Contact Improvisation in the 90’s.
She obtained the Post Graduate Diploma at London Contemporary Dance School; she is a qualified teacher of the Feldenkrais Method and she holds the Teacher Certificate of
the Royal Academy of Dance. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education
Academy. She is one of the founders of CI@Goldsmiths, association of dance artists
dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of Contact Improvisation in London
and UK.