Classes
Contact Improvisation
with Robert Anderson
Wednesdays 7.15 – 9.15pm
18 january – 28 march (10 class term)
Contact Improvisation is a dance of improvising and partnering based
on the physics of touch, balance, weight, momentum, flow and resistance.
It tunes our senses to be ready to respond in an ever-shifting dialogue
of movement. Sometimes quiet and meditative, sometimes wild and athletic,
it is a form open to all bodies and enquiring minds.
A ten-week course to delve into the practice of contact improvisation.
We will develop techniques to find a grounded, centred and articulate
sense of solo movement that we can then take into duet. Meditative listening,
and slow and sensual dancing will lead to safe, relaxed and playful
flying and falling. Working with these skills we’ll consider how
to extend the momentum of the duet form through space. We will lay the
ground for our ability to be seen, to respond and initiate action -
composing in the moment - by letting go of the barriers to our natural,
playful, expressive selves. During the course we will explore some of
the key principles of contact improvisation to develop a language that
can be used for jamming. There will be a strong focus on exploration,
improvisation and play. The classes are open for those new to contact
and for experienced dancers who want to become more attuned to the subtleties
of touch, direction and intention. There will be progression of material
over the weeks so attending the full course is recommended.
cost:
£90 / £75 for full course
£50 / £40 for 5 class carnet
(concessionary price for student/unemployed/those having taken a previous
course)
further info:
07814 790 757
robert@contactimprovisation.co.uk
http://www.movingartsbase.eu/whatson/classes/index.html
To book a place please send a deposit for 50% of the
amount payable to R Anderson to: 11a Uplands Road, London, N8 9NN.
Robert Anderson has been passionately involved with
Contact Improvisation since 1996 and has been teaching for over 10 years.
He has studied with leading CI teachers including Nancy Stark Smith,
Kirstie Simson, Martin Keogh, KJ Holmes, Andrew Harwood and Ray Chung.
Robert has taught at international contact festivals in France, Germany,
Israel, Poland, Russia, Spain and Italy. He was part of the organising
team for CI36 in Pennsylvania (2008) and the European Contact Improvisation
Teachers Exchange in Ormskirk, England (2009). In teaching dance improvisation
Robert seeks to help students find a deeper connection with the body
and our senses inviting play and poetry for the dancing body. He performs
with Touchdown Dance and improvisation ensemble SoFt.
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