To christmastree or not to christmastree - Contact impro class before the jam

Name: To christmastree or not to christmastree - Contact impro class before the jam
Start: 2024-12-28T14:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-12-28T16:00:00+01:00
Location: Zaal 100

Schedule

Sat Dec 28 2024 at 02:00 pm to 04:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Zaal 100 | Amsterdam, NH

We will continue working on using the special features of trees and plants in our dance! Merry christmas!
To tree or not to tree - Episode 2 - contact improvisation class
Kai, my 3 year old daughter often says:
“When you are eating, you are eating.
When you are walking, you are walking.
When you are dancing, you are dancing.”
Trees and plants are also experts in just doing what they do. No doubts, judgements or questions are disturbing them. They just are. This class we let ourselves be inspired by those modest green organisms. How they burst out of their seeds, grow a network of roots into the earth to ground themselves and how they rise and shine their elegant branches and leaves into the infinite space. They can move into a precise and certain direction while being flexible and resilient. When an obstacle is blocking their way they change direction and simply move around. They are firm and soft at the same time. And last but not least they are communicating and supporting each other through a widespread network that covers enormous distances and is delicate and extremely adequate. We use our imagination to find this treeness inside of us. And from this autonomous and connected place, we dive into our contact-dance to create a jungle of intertwined bodies.
Open for all levels of experience.
After the class, there is some more time to enjoy dancing with others that join the JAM from 16h00-18h00
Zaal 100, De Wittenstraat 100, Amsterdam, Ring bell of "Studio 100"
14.00 - 16.00 workshop*
16.00 - 18.00 jam*
€ 15,- for class & jam, € 5,- for jam only. Please, bring (exact) cash.
*As every Saturday, for the class and jam you can just drop by to dance - no registration is needed. But for the class it is nice for the others to be well in time, so we can all start on time: Arriving from 13:45. For the jam, you can drop in at any time.
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