Zen Acrobatics, Outdoor Workshop - Paris 2024

Name: Zen Acrobatics, Outdoor Workshop - Paris 2024
Start: 2024-05-11T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2024-05-12T18:30:00+02:00
Location: Jardin des Tuileries

Schedule

Sat May 11 2024 at 10:00 am to Sun May 12 2024 at 06:30 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Jardin des Tuileries | Paris, IL

ZEN ACROBATICS - PARIS
The workshop will be divided into 2 days and will cover 6 main topics:
MEDITATION
BREATH AND RHYTHM
MOBILITY
FLOORWORK AND UKEMI
FLUENT ACROBATICS
APPLICATIONS TO PARTNERING

The workshop is open to movers of any level and background. Tom designs a learning experience that is focused on universal principles
(Creativity, details, sensitivity, etc.) and therefore, any interest and level of movement is relevant.
During the work on technical ideas (athletic or acrobatic) the exercises are broken down into progressions and variations so each participant can work according to their own capacity and desired challenge.

Dates
11 - 12 May 2024

Times
Sat 11 | 10 am - 6:30 pm (with 1.5 hour lunch break)
Sun 12 | 10 am - 6:30 pm (with 1.5 hour lunch break)

Price
Early bird | €249 (Register until April 20)
Full price | €299

Location
Porte des Lions
Paris, France

More information
[email protected]
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Registration
https://www.movementarchery.com/purchase/paris-may2024

Content
My approach to acrobatics has developed from the urge to look for freedom in movement. It led me to the wonderful paradox between meditation and acrobatics, the attempt to find tranquility in the chaos, to understand whether it is possible to create a practice that is inspired by the eye of the storm.
The main goal is to find a movement quality that supports simple actions like walking and running, as well as acrobatic feats without a difference in effort, mental fatigue or structural tension.
To do this, we will search for high levels of awareness and precision so the body can react quickly to the changes in skeletal stress, and to maintain flow without unnecessary distractions.
In classical acrobatic disciplines – Preparation, Climax and Landing are being treated as completely different aspects while usually one is more important than the other.
In "Zen Acrobatics" the practitioner aspires to transform all 3 states into one motion that can ultimately connect to any other type of movement.
Examples for inputs that are used in this learning process are: Sounds of take-offs and landings, alignment in relation to the space, 'Eye -Focus', application of forces, integration of breath, momentum and more.
Those are being covered in addition to the classical Element analysis, anatomical Instructions and basic conditioning. The acrobatic training allows the mover to tune into a "mind-quality" which is usually present only in extreme sports or full – contact sports.
The mover becomes animalistic and functional, and while attempting complicated feats he turns on "survival instincts" which allows him to reflect on his movement from an entirely different point of view. The risks turn into a play of one's body with gravity and the idea of falling is gradually being forgotten and turned into a way of moving/being that is rooted in lightness, fluidity and the willingness to improvise.
Personally, this type of practice over the year has given me confidence, joy and a more calm and serene mind. It allows me to tap into somewhat of a child-like state which supports me both in my artistic career and in my personal life.

About Tom
Tom Weksler has been practicing Martial Arts and different forms of acrobatic disciplines from a young age. Tom graduated in 2009 from “The Workshop For Dancers and Choreographers in Haifa”. Since 2010, Tom has been dancing with “Inbal Pinto and Avshallom Pollak Dance Company” and performed with the comapny’s productions in many theatres and festivals around the world. Tom is currently performing around the world the performance “Collective Loss Of Memory” - choreographed by “Rootlessroot” (Jozef Fruček and Lind Kapetanea) and produced by “Dot504”. Since 2017 Tom has been dancing with Guy Nader and Maria Campose Dance Company.
In 2012 tom has created 'LOBOS' in collaboration with Yogi Dekel and Breno Caetano. In 2014 Tom Created the Duets "SARU' and "Heder" in collaboration with Tokyo Based Dancer and Choreographer Mayumu Minakawa. Both Duets has performed internationally in various theaters and festivals. In 2017 Tom has premiered the Duet "Pilim" in Collaboration with Circus Artist Yogi Dekel. Since 2017 tom has also established an artistic collaboration with Catalonian Dancer and Choreographer Roser Tutusaus. The collaboration is currently in process of completing the theatre piece 'After The Rain' (premiered in Bari, Puglia in 2018) and the street piece "RISE".
Tom established together with Roser Tutusaus Wonderground Company in 2019, focusing on creations which are departing from the collaboration between dance, movement and other art forms.
Movement Archery workshops have taken place in Dance Schools, Circus Schools, Dojos and Professional Companies in: Israel, Italy, France, Belgium, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Greece, U.K., Ireland, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Finland, U.S.A, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, Brazil, Japan, Hong Kong and South Africa.