Upcoming workshops
Women’s Touch: Refining Nonverbal Communication in Contact Improvisation
Sunday March 30th / 3.30-8.30pm / Siobhan Davies Studio
Booking here
For this 3rd edition Marie is inviting the researcher in Laban practice and movement practitioner Claudia Richli.
The workshop will address touch and non-verbal communication using Laban Movement Analysis (LMA), focusing on how movement affects interpersonal dynamics. We will explore the structural model of human movement, especially focusing on the relationship structure and dynamic structure.
Relationship Structure: We will examine different ways of interrelating through movement—such as different types of touch and proximity without contact—to develop greater awareness of how physical interaction influences perception and communication.
Dynamic Structure: The “how” of movement—the quality or impulse behind it—reveals the mover’s intentions, moods, or emotional states. We’ll explore how movement qualities like weight, time, space and flow, affect both the dancer’s experience and the interpretation by others. By reflecting on the diversity of sensations while dancing in different dynamics, dancers will understand that how they feel may differ from how their partner perceives the interaction.
Through this training, dancers will refine their ability to navigate nonverbal communication with greater consciousness, fostering more respectful and mindful physical engagements in contact improvisation.
