Contact Improvisation Workshop with Joerg Hassmann in Melbourne
Schedule
Fri Dec 06 2024 at 06:30 pm to Sun Dec 08 2024 at 02:30 pm
UTC+11:00Location
WXYZ Studios,130 Dryburgh St, North Melbourne VIC 3051 | Melbourne, VI
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TECHNIQUE + HEARTHow do we keep our dancing fresh? Contact Improvisation offers so much freedom and yet it is easy to get stuck in habits or lost in what we think the dance “should” be. In this workshop we have 2.5 days to explore moving with a sense of ease in body and mind, feeling more connected to your self and your partner, allowing emotional resonance, finding flow. From this space we will challenge our bodies to find new pathways, moving the dance beyond the familiar. Work with “upside down” material like handstands or hanging and sliding down with the head first will encourage us to move off the beaten tracks and become more skilled in the richness of detail. In my experience it is the combination of precision and heart that lets me find more variety in the dancing, more sense of journey and exploration – and a more alive jam space.
The workshop welcomes people who have a sense of the basics of CI and wish to go further and deeper. And, as always, long term practitioners will appreciate working within limitations and the brilliant principles of the form to find new exploration and discovery. Plus I’ll be sharing some language and phrasing I have been exploring in my teaching to help students find the heart in their practice, without losing the skill.
TIMES
Fri 6:30-8:30pm,
Sat 11am-6pm (with a 1.5h break)
Sunday 10am-4:30pm (with a 1.5h break)
FEES
$250 normal
$200 reduced
$300 supporting (Paying this higher price makes it possible for us to offer cheaper tickets for those in need)
REGISTRATION
via Trybooking - https://www.trybooking.com/CUYLE
LOCATION
WXYZ Studios, 130 Dryburgh St, North Melbourne VIC 3051
contact: [email protected] or via messenger
JOERG HASSMANN
Joerg is a dancer and passionate movement teacher, deeply interested in learning and the question 'what is it that makes us feel connected?' - on many different levels. He is one of the leading figures in Europe in the field of Contact Improvisation, and has been teaching for more than 25 years, offering training programmes and organising festivals. He's been living on the Sunshine Coast for the last four years, facilitating the growths of the local CI community.
www.joerghassmann.com
INSIGHTS FROM PARTICIPANTS
"I found the workshop madly intriguing, deeply confronting, childishly playful, spiritually important and ultimately a gateway into a whole new way of interacting with people." (Karl - first time participant)
"For me, Joerg’s classes are a gift, and I'm grateful to have ongoing opportunities to learn with such a highly skilled, passionate, internationally respected teacher and dancer." (Joana - long term practitioner and organiser)
"I felt as if my inner child was allowed to be free and expressive but not at the expense of my adult self. (...) all held in deep safety and care." (Jacinta - first time participant)
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Where is it happening?
WXYZ Studios,130 Dryburgh St, North Melbourne VIC 3051, 130-134 Dryburgh St, North Melbourne VIC 3051, Australia, MelbourneEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
