Schedule

Classes and workshops

-Oster Yoga gathering in Ulm

March 28th -April 4th, the AYInstitute Ulm, Germany. Registration here.

-Labormanifest, lab facilitation on fascia, biotensegrity and inter-dependency

March 16th-23rd, Freiburg, Germany. Link here

-Women’s touch: a somatic journey into Contact Improvisation

March 24th 2024, E-Werk Studio, Freiburg, Germany. Booking here

-Women’s touch: a somatic journey into CI

For international women’s day on March 8th 2024, Chisenhale Dance Space, London. Link here

Catch me when I fly : CI workshop + Jam + Bodywork.

Workshop facilitated by Marie Chabert, bodywork by Justin Philpott, March 2nd, 2024, Chisenhale dance Space

 

Regular classes, face to face and on zoom to register click here

Yoga classes are Central European times. UK time is 1h earlier

Monday 

Soul Yoga Online

19h30-20h30

Open level

Thursday

Soul Yoga Online

19h30-20h30

Open level

If you come to Marie’s class you are not just coming to a yoga class. Marie put all herself, her knowledge and her personality in her teachings and you can touch her love for this practice as a lifestyle. Her classes are regenerating and further to having improved my body and inner balance I also have a better flexibility now. It’s really a pleasure joining Marie class each Monday!’ – Flavia

‘Marie your class was very special. Your soft and calm voice, holding safe space and connecting with us with our hands was relaxing and recharging. Your choice of music and the connection with our hands shows all of us that we are not alone, that we are all connected. Thank you for this beautiful experience.’- Anna

‘Marie is a cheerful friendly teacher whose sessions are always a very interesting combination of flow yoga with influences from her contact improvisation and dance background. She is so welcoming and makes you feel at home from the very first lesson. She’s always open to suggestions and adapts the exercises and poses to the mood and possibilities of the students. Namaste, Marie!’ – Belen

Group rehearsal – week 2

02/06/2021 Helena and Marie We reiterated a similar process to last week. -1st: 15min of individual moving, attending to one’s body and attention. -2nd: recap and enhance common knowledge on fascia. -3rd: move again with the awareness of the knowledge gathered. How does it...

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Group rehearsal – week 1

26/05/2021 – dancers/researchers present: Olivia, Zoë, Pete, and Jan-Ming online 1) Today we started with moving while attending to our body and to our attentional awareness. 2) We then had a brainstorm about fascia and biotensegrity, gathering knowledge from all our diverse approaches as...

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Bowspring technique: reflection

I attended 3 classes with Fiona Gordon, a dance pedagogue who teaches Bowspring technique. Hereunder are some insights: Day 1 I feel a springy quality and a real vibrancy inside. My pathways are clear and I feel a resilience and strength coming from my back....

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Bowspring technique: interview with Fiona Gordon

Interview with Fiona Gordon, dance pedagogue based in Hamburg. Fiona mixes Bowspring technique and contemporary dance. She has kindly agreed to answer my questions to help my understanding of fascia and movement on an experiential level. Thank you Fiona! Marie: When did you start...

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Reflection on Fascia and Time

Steve Paxton, in Theatre papers, 1977 ‘Now one of things Contact seems to bring it is an ability, quite soon in the process, to take advantage of the different perceptions of time as they occur.’ I found out that fascia is the organ of...

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Rehearsal 8: Strolling under the skin, elasticity, sliding inner sleeves

Watch video strolling under the skin by the plastic surgeon Guimberteau (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW0lvOVKDxE) Moving with few images:  sliding inner sheets, elasticity of the skin that comes back to neutral, body as a bag of water Score: Starting on the floor with the surfaces of the...

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Rehearsal 7: discontinuous compression floating in continuous tension, working with elastic bands

 Work with elastic bands as continuous lines of tensions. Inspired by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen (BBC) and Body Mind Centering . Refer to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrPZ7t-N7-M From BBC’s video: Continuity of tone (can help jump), rebound (continuous, no collapse), elasticity, linearity and circularity. No need...

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Rehearsal 6: review tracks, spiral line, helix, limitation and perspectives

Review the arm lines (deep back arm line, judo roll goes into functional back line) Review front back and lateral lines. Connection to movement patterns: flexion, extension, homolateral, cross lateral for spiral line. (Could use this as a warm up) Spiral line. Look at...

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Rehearsal 5: the arm lines while walking, superficial vs deep

Rehearsal TL , 20/01/21, studio theatre Read about deep front and back arm line in Anatomy Trains: the continuity of the arm line happens after 90degree angle (image of the monkey hanging from the branch, creating a 170 degree angle) Score: moving while engaging...

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Rehearsal 4: gaze, liquid body, moulding, reconfiguring

Rehearsal TL, 13/01/21, Studio 11 Review myofascial tracks. Score 1: consciously go from one track to the other I notice various sense of being and expressive potential in moving with different tracks.  For example I am more used to engage the deeper front and...

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