Summer 2023
Schlau Driften Weekend Jam – September 2023

01.-03. September 2023
Schlauentrift 22
23923 Schönberg(Meckl)
Germany
3 days
24 dancers
Workshops and jams with live music
Dancing in the open air in a blooming garden
Community and exchange
Full board with delicious food
Camping
Contact Improvisation with:
Christoph Arndt – „Somatic inspired movement“
Helene Düring Kjær „Spatial dialogues“
Mathilde Mensink „Inner Body, Outer Space“
Live Music Jams with:
Onnen Bock
Pauline Diringer
Simon Oelsner
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Autumn 2023
Contact Improvisation Fundamentals

02.-03. Dezember 2023
DOCK 11
Kastanienallee 79
10435 Berlin
Workshop with Christoph Arndt
Language: German, Englisch
Contribution: 120 – 140 €
Contact Improvisation is a multidimensional art, dance and movement form that draws its inspiration from contemporary dance, martial arts such as Aikido, Thai Chi and Capoeira and various somatic forms of movement (Axis syllabus, Feldenkreis, Body Mind Centering). The playful exploration, the wide opening of the senses, the play with the physical forces and the free, intuitive improvisation with a partner are very unique to this dance form.
In this intensive workshop we look at the phenomenon of Contact Improvisation from different perspectives and through practical exercises we develop an understanding of movement that is embodied from within. By referring to practical anatomy and using natural kinetic principles (e.g. fascial tension, momentum, spiral movements, shifting of center of gravity, balance, regulation of muscle tone) we find ease, support and effortless pliability in moving through space – in solo and in a weight-shared dance with our partner…..
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EN: The act of art is happening in the moment. It’s transient and simultaneously ever new, surprising, spontaneous and unpredictable. There is always something deeper or hidden to explore, if you just dare to take a look.
Let’s dare to take a look together!
DE: Der Akt der Kunst geschieht im Moment. Er ist vergänglich und gleichzeitig immer neu, überraschend, spontan und unvorhersehbar. Es gibt immer etwas Tieferes oder Verborgeneres zu entdecken, wenn du dich nur traust, einen Blick darauf zu werfen.
Lasst uns gemeinsam einen Blick wagen!