Saturday CI Workshops & Jams

Acland Burghley School studios, Tufnell Park

Saturdays June 14th, June 21st and July 12th (details below)

Saturdays September 06th, October 04th, November 15th, December 13th

2:30-7:00pm

Saturday CI Workshop & Jam: CI Fitness

Acland Burghley School studios, Tufnell Park

Saturday June 14th, 2:30-7:00pm

We will practice floor work patterns to support your strength, skill and agility in Contact improvisation.

Drills will build stamina, balance and efficiency moving up and down from the floor, turning yourself upside down and dynamic partnering.

This work will develop confidence in falling, supporting and flying safely.

A slow lane / fast lane structure will allow everyone to work at their own pace.

Where: Acland Burghley School Sports Centre, Churchill Rd, London NW5 1AN (5 minute walk from Tufnell Park Tube, 10 mins walk from Gospel Oak Overground, 12 mins walk from Kentish Town).

Who: everyone is welcome

Tickets:     £30 Regular, £25 Concessions

Info:      contact@ricknodine.com

Saturday CI Workshop with Guest Teacher Hugh Stanier: Catching a Ride

Acland Burghley School studios, Tufnell Park

Saturday June 21st, 2:30-7:00pm

A Contact Improvisation & Improvisation Workshop

Falling & Catching
We will play with gravity and momentum; focusing on the ideas of falling and flying - both in solo movement, and in contact. Starting close to the ground and building up through levels, we develop confidence in our own abilities, building trust in the body.

Lifting
By researching in our solo movement the subtle mechanics of ‘small dance’, suspension & reaching, we progress towards using momentum and spirals to learn, fluid ways to lift one-another through ‘catching a ride’. We will explore ways to connect to space and find counterbalance in the body, providing frames to both lift and be lifted, and offer structures to be explored. We will zoom in on the details and technique of body tone, alignment and small points of contact, that help with finding lightness in being lifted and efficiency in lifting.

Listening
We will take more time to slow down even more, and from this space discover the subtle nuances that allow for clearer & deeper communication within the dance. The gentle sliding of fascia that indicates direction of movement, tuning to a partners’ breath to ‘hear’ their intention and waiting in stillness together to allow the dance to arise from your shared connection, are a few of the ideas and principles we will explore in this time. A space of allowing and giving trust to yourself, our dancing partners and feeling more the nature of improvisation.

Where: Acland Burghley School Sports Centre, Churchill Rd, London NW5 1AN (5 minute walk from Tufnell Park Tube, 10 mins walk from Gospel Oak Overground, 12 mins walk from Kentish Town).

Who: everyone is welcome

Tickets:     £30 Regular, £25 Concessions

Info:      contact@ricknodine.com