Core Studies Technosomatics/Frédéric Gies

Schedule

Sat Nov 30 2024 at 10:00 am to 03:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Blegdamsvej 18A, 2nd floor in the backyard, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark | Copenhagen , SK

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Technosomatics with Frédéric Gies
INFO ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
Technosomatics workshop
(practice + conversation)

Practice:
Technosomatics is a dance and somatic practice I started to practice secretly on my own, on the dance floor in 2005, long before I started to formalize it and share it, from 2013 onwards. It consists of a collective and individual exploration of the endocrine glands (the major chemical system of our body) and the chakras (energy centers) through club dancing to techno music as wells as the opposite: an exploration of club dancing by means of embodying the endocrine glands and the chakras. It is mostly practiced with eyes closed, often in a pitch-dark room, although any environment, including outdoors, can fit the practice. The practice privileges the experiential body (vs. the body as an objet of study) and explores anatomical maps, which both match and deviate from the mainstream scientific map of the body. The practice connects to both the field of somatics (movement eduction practices) and to techno dance cultures. It originates in the interconnection between my encounters with diverse somatic practices and in my dance experience on the dance floor, in techno clubs and raves. Approaching club dancing as a somatic practice and as a form of meditation in movement, it explores trancelike states of consciousness and acknowledges the healing potential of the act of dancing. It also approaches club dance as a tool for individual and collective exploration of the experience of the self and of the collective. It also aims at expanding the range of our perceptions and at deepening our understanding of the body. The practice doesn’t require any specific prior background in dance or in somatics.

Conversation:
The integration and borrowing of Eastern traditional knowledge and practices (yoga, meditation...) in Western movement and somatic practices raises an array of questions, not only related to the concept of cultural appropriation but also to the ways these traditions are often absorbed by neoliberal, self-development and wellbeing rhetorics. Starting with the interconnection between Western and Eastern maps of the body in Technosomatics and the specific genealogy of the integration of the map of the chakras in this practice as a starting point, this conversation will address and problematize the question of the origins (cultural, experiential, scientific...) of specific fields of knowledge and the concept of cultural appropriation, in relation to movement, somatic practices.
TIMINGS
10.00-12.30: Dance/physical session
12.30-13.30: Lunch break
13.30-14.30: Conversation session
14.30-15.00: Final dance/physical session
PRACTICAL INFO
Free entrance
Danseatelier, Blegdamsvej 18A, København, 2200
Accessibility: Danseatelier is located on the second floor. Unfortunately there is no elevator.
There will be tea and coffee, but bring your own lunch with you.
SIGN UP
If you know in advance that you would like to attend then sign up by writing an email to [email protected], otherwise you are always welcome to just turn up on the day.
WHAT IS CORE STUDIES?
Core studies is a workshop programme running throughout 2024-2026 with the aim of strengthening learning processes and critical reflection within Danseatelier. For questions about Core study contact Nanna Stigsdatter Mathiassen and Emilia Gasiorek at [email protected]
Core studies is supported by Statenskunstfond
Photo: Thomas Zamolo
Grafic design: Snorre Elvin
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