Contact Improvisation Workshop. Manchester

Name: Contact Improvisation Workshop. Manchester
Start: 2024-09-22T09:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-09-22T16:00:00+00:00
Location: Company Chameleon

Schedule

Sun Sep 22 2024 at 09:00 am to 04:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Company Chameleon | Manchester, EN

Falling. Catching. Listening. 11.00-18.00
A Day of Contact Improvisation and Improvisation at Company Chameleon studios.
Tickets: https://www.hughmanmoves.com/event-details/falling-catching-listening
Morning
Falling & catching
We will begin by playing 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.
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’. Working with the frame and structure of the arms, we will explore ways 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 focus 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.
Afternoon
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.