Earth- and waterdance - Contact improvisation in water
Contact improvisation (CI)
is a partner dance form emerging from sharing physical
contact in a playful cooperative way. The movers let the physical forces such
as mass, momentum, friction, inertia, lead them into the unknown. As no one
decides where to go, they engage deeply in a non verbal communication, where
they listen to which dance wants to grow at the present moment. This a great
experience of abandon and presence on the physical, emotional and spiritual
level!
In
this workshop you can discover the magic of improvisation mostly in water but
also on earth, so that you will deal with the natural force of both elements.
The
warm water invites you to let go and to experiment an organic and fluid way of
moving. You learn how to play with its resistance and dynamic, how to
transition between following the waves and making soft and clear propositions.
You go into aquatic and subaquatic explorations, experience effortless
breathing and play with the balance between weight and weightlessness. On land
you also learn how to let yourself fall, how to stay in graceful flow or
dynamic stillness, falling into motion.
Approach:
you will mainly learn improvisation principles and ways to offer a good and
safe support in movement. There
will be lots space for duets and group dance, in music or in silence.
Manuela
Blanchard (from Switzerland) has taught contact improvisation and new
dance for the past 8 years after having trained intensively and performed in
synchronised swimming, dance, physical theatre and clown and for the past 20
years. Discovering improvised dance touched a very profound core in her, and
led her to meet great teachers and to continue to explore the form with others.
Manuela is also a water body therapist, trained in WATSU®, WaterDance® (both practitionner) and
“Healing Dance” ("Basic", "Advanced" and "Shape and
Space"). Her love for contact improvisation and aquatic bodywork has
brought her to develop "Contact improvisation in water" as her personal aquatic language and teach it in Switzerland and abroad.
Next
Workshops:
- 4-5 February in Berne and 11-12 February in Turin (Italy): "Earth- and waterdance", Contact Improvisation in Water and on Land. See description from above and practical details in German or French flyers or ask me about the details.
- 9-10 June in Paris: "Liquids in
Motion", 5 Rythms' waves in water and on earth, see flyer in German or
French please ask me if you need a translation. Workshops also in Marseille and Bern in October 2012, ask us for details. Co-teaching with Guillaume
Laplane, 5 rythms teacher and dancer, www.compagniealluna.com.
- Water Contact Intensive with Manuela in Thailand Contact Festival, 3 - 7 March 2012, more information on this link: www.ci-thai.com
If
you want to invite me (or us) to teach CI in water in your place, please contact me, I
would be pleased to come: I need a warm swimmimng pool, about 34°C, 1m30 deep,
minimum 40m2, a dance studio or gym... and lovely people! We especially look for swimmimg pools to offer the "Liquids in Motion" Workshop in Munich and London in 2012.
NEW!
- Article in Contact Quaterly written by Manuela about CI in water
- Blog: read about workshops experiences and watch some pictures
Videos:
- "Underwater":
video from a class in Moscow edited by Sasha Girshon
- AQUASINCERE/WELLENBRECHERIN,
Film/dance performance in water with Manuela Blanchard and Joëlle Valterio
-
"Fliegenschwimmen" de Claudia Waldner avec Joëlle Valterio et Manuela
Blanchard (danse aquatique), cf www.claudiawaldner.com
- Videos and photos of a workshop in Goa and waterdance in Göttingen
- Waterdance for couples: fotos / videos
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