Saturday CI Workshops & Jams:

Saturdays November 15th, November 22nd, December 13th

Acland Burghley School studios, Tufnell Park

Saturday CI Workshop: Trust Falling

November 15th

Acland Burghley, 14:30-19:00

Starting with letting go of tension as we lay on the floor so that we can connect to a sense of falling and being caught by the earth as a natural part of our life.

In this workshop, we will work on shifting our perception of falling as a mistake toward perceiving falling as an integrated part of our dancing to be enjoyed.

Falling with a partner and into a partners support will highlight trust and connection.

I will break down a few gentle falling manoeuvres so that they can be worked on in stages and dancers can engage at their own level of challenge.

There will be time for free dancing and exploration. As always with my workshops, you can choose your own level of challenge. Technical study will evolve into free Contact Dancing, where we can explore and integrate new learnings into improvisation.

This work is about facilitating dancers in taking ownership of skills that support them in being safe and brave. This workshop is open to all.

Saturday CI Workshop: The Be in Between

November 22nd

Acland Burghley, 14:30-19:00

This workshop will be taught by Guest Teacher Emily Yuiming Wong.

In this CI workshop inspired by the underlying principles of Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, we practice noticing where we are and work with what is present.

We explore listening to and moving with the not so 'visible', yet palpable fields and forces.

Through tuning our attention, there is potential for accessing a state of settling and spaciousness in the body which becomes a reference point and a source for movement with clarity.

Being with what is present and available in oneself and others, we orient to wholeness and support, where dancing and relating unfold with dynamic and ease, where dances emerge effortlessly, as they are.