CI workshop +Jam + Bodywork: Shoulder support and rolls

Gain tools and confidence to roll backward, forward and sideways and find shoulder support in contact improvisation.
Enhance your dancing by integrating various ways of sharing weight and being lifted from shoulder rolls.

3-5pm: workshop facilitated by Marie
5-5.15pm: break
5.15-7.15pm: open jam
7.15-8pm: bodywork facilitated by Justin

It is possible to attend the Jam and bodywork only.

Booking here

In this workshop we explore shoulder and upper back agility using floor support to enhance rolling and upper body anchoring.
Turning the world upside down, we get some practical tools to find ease of moving from that perspective.

We start with spinal mobility exercises to develop a fluid and strong spine, then focus on how chest and upper back awareness influences our movement and interaction with others. We then practice how shoulder support and rolls can improve our dancing, especially in contact dance with one or more partners.

Biographies:
Marie is a contact improviser with over 22 years of experience dancing CI, 16 years of experience as a professional dancer and choreographer, 7 years of experience teaching CI as well as curating and organising CI events, being invited to teach in festivals and in institutions internationally (UK, France, Germany, Austria, Africa, Asia, Mexico). mariechabert.com

Justin has been dancing Contact Improvisation consistently since 2014 in London, Brighton and across Europe. He started teaching CI in 2018 in collaboration with Marie at Chisenhale, and has since taught CI classes and festival sessions at Goldsmiths, for Rick Nodine in London, and independently in London and Greece. His movement background is primarily rooted in Thai Massage, Yoga, Kung Fu and Judo.

Price:
£30 workshop+Jam+bodywork
£35 supporters
£25 concessions
£15 Jam + Bodywork

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