From xs4jan at gmx.de Mon Aug 2 12:12:53 2010 From: xs4jan at gmx.de (J.B.) Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 12:12:53 +0200 Subject: [CI-Announce] =?windows-1252?q?STEVE_CLORFEINE=3A_Workshop_=84Med?= =?windows-1252?q?itation=2C_Movement_and_Space=3A__Improvising_from_the_I?= =?windows-1252?q?nside_Out=93=2C_September_6-10th=2C_2010=2C_Schwelle_7?= =?windows-1252?q?=2C_Berlin/Germany?= Message-ID: <7130D2AA-AE32-40C9-B832-66623F8E4A65@gmx.de> Meditation, Movement and Space: Improvising from the Inside Out. 5 day intensive workshop with Steve Clorfeine WHEN: Monday-Friday, September 6-10th, 2010 Workshop daily from12 am - 6 pm Participants Performance: Friday, September 10th, 8:30 pm UPDATES: http://www.schwelle7.de/Steve%20Clorfeine.html WHERE: Schwelle 7, Berlin, Germany Meditation, Movement and Space: Improvising from the Inside Out. We begin with the powerful tools of expressive movement: stillness, silence and space. From that foundation, we investigate the contrast between the empty space and the qualities that our activities project onto it as we dance, act, and tell stories. Our improvisation practice works with six energies: space, time, kinesthetic, relationship, image, and story. These energies and the dynamics that arise from their interplay inform the choices we make as improvisers - our entrances, exits; beginning, middle, and end. How can we be ourselves in the moment and embody what we want to communicate? How does composition interact with our awareness of the shifting ground of improvisation? We will practice with forms which define and sharpen our relationship to space and to each other: solos, duets, trios, and group work in sound, movement, and text. Our work focuses on being and doing, exploring our natural strengths, doubts, attractions, and inhibitions. I think of improvisation as fieldwork, an open laboratory for expressive communication; a heightened awareness that develops and shifts with natural grace. STEVE CLORFEINE Steve has been writing, performing and directing theater pieces since 1975. For many years he performed in the companies of Barbara Dilley, Meredith Monk, Ping Chong and at Naropa University where he has been on the adjunct faculty since its inception. His own performances and workshops have toured the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Steve has long standing collaborations with Lanny Harrison, with jazz singer Jay Clayton, tap diva Brenda Bufalino, musician/composer Steve Gorn, and with the arts team at the ALIA Institute. He leads theater, poetry and storytelling residencies in public schools in Europe and the U.S. as well as workshops for theater teachers in Germany, computer engineers in Zurich, and actors, teachers, and business leaders in India and Nepal. Steve is guest faculty at Akademie Remshied in Germany. He is the author of In the Valley of the Gods ? Journals of an American Buddhist in Nepal, several poetry collections, most recently, Field Road Sky, and a sourcebook on creative process. FEE: 150 Euro REGISTER: per email to xs4jan at gmx.de SLEEPING: We can host up workshop participants basic opportunities to stay overnight. The cost is 10 EUR a night per person. More options: http://www.schwelle7.de/GAESTE.html VENUE: Schwelle 7 Uferstra?e 6, backyard, 2. floor 13357 Berlin - Wedding / Germany http://www.schwelle7.de http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=286059761953 Traffic link: U8 Pankstra?e, U9 Osloer Stra?e, U9 Nauener Platz, SB Gesundbrunnen, SB Humboldthain, Bus M27 Brunnenplatz http://maps.google.de/maps?daddr=13357+Berlin,+Uferstr+6 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From xs4jan at gmx.de Tue Aug 3 14:56:10 2010 From: xs4jan at gmx.de (J.B.) Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 14:56:10 +0200 Subject: [CI-Announce] =?windows-1252?q?YUMI_FUJITANI=3A_Workshop_=84One?= =?windows-1252?q?=92s_own_energy=93=2C_Sept_27_-_Oct_1=2C_2010=2C_Schwell?= =?windows-1252?q?e_7=2C_Berlin/Germany?= Message-ID: <431561ED-3016-4A41-A3DA-9CF6F0FC5911@gmx.de> One?s own energy 5 day intensive workshop with Yumi Fujitani WHEN: Monday-Friday, Monday - Friday, Sptember, 27 - October, 1, 2010 Workshop daily from12 am - 6 pm Participants Performance (maybe): Friday, October, 1st, 8:30 pm UPDATES: http://www.schwelle7.de/Yumi%20Fujitani.html WHERE: Schwelle 7, Berlin, Germany One?s Own Energy The work will concentrate on walking, the spine, the pelvis, the sole of the foot, the axis. The body suspended, balance and imbalance, to be charged, contorted, to let go. Working in-depth on breathing, muscle control and tactile perception. Working on the state of "trance", on being believed Trying to find "one's own energy", what it is "to feel". Becoming aware of the atmosphere, to become space and matter through improvisation. In a spirit of listening (to oneself and others). The mind begins to listen, the spirit then begins to dance. To embrace is to be embraced Open the door the way the body can open When you look at the flower, the flower looks at you, you have already become a flower The inside of the body is the outside of the body, the outside of the body is the inside The body's outline disappears, the body melts into space The line between fantasy and reality is as fine as piece of paper YUMI FUJITANI Yumi Fujitani is performer and choreographer. She was born in Japan in 1962. She first learned classical dance and theatre in Kobe. She then received training in jazz, contemporary and but? dance. In Tokyo she met K? Murobushi and Carlotta Ikeda, co-founders of the ARIADONE company. She joined the company as a leading dancer. From 1985 to 1995, she performed in the company's various productions, such as "Him?", "Black Grey White", "Le Langage du Sphinx", "En Chasse"...Besides touring worldwide, she taught but? in Tokyo, and continued her training in New York and Paris, where she experimented with new forms of corporal expression, through the use of masks and the art of the clown. www.yumifujitani.info/ FEE: 150 Euro REGISTER: per email to xs4jan at gmx.de SLEEPING: We can host up workshop participants basic opportunities to stay overnight. The cost is 10 EUR a night per person. More options: http://www.schwelle7.de/GAESTE.html VENUE: Schwelle 7 Uferstra?e 6, backyard, 2. floor 13357 Berlin - Wedding / Germany http://www.schwelle7.de http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=286059761953 Traffic link: U8 Pankstra?e, U9 Osloer Stra?e, U9 Nauener Platz, SB Gesundbrunnen, SB Humboldthain, Bus M27 Brunnenplatz http://maps.google.de/maps?daddr=13357+Berlin,+Uferstr+6 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From xs4jan at gmx.de Sun Aug 8 22:49:08 2010 From: xs4jan at gmx.de (J.B.) Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 22:49:08 +0200 Subject: [CI-Announce] SABINE SONNENSCHEIN & FELIX RUCKERT: Contact Improvisation based on Tantra / CI als Tantrische Praxis, WORKSHOP October 4-8, 2010, Schwelle7, Berlin/Germany Message-ID: <169BCDA9-F5BB-4002-961D-1908F0F35C59@gmx.de> -------------ENGLISH Version ---------------- (Deutscher Text unten) Sabine Sonnenschein & Felix Ruckert Contact Improvisation based on Tantra Retreat / Monday to Friday, October 4 to 8, 2010 / all day, 10am -10pm (10am to 1pm / 3pm - 6pm / 8Pm -10 pm) Sabine and Felix will direct this retreat together. Sabine will focus on the Tantric aspects and Felix will provide the Tools for Contact improvisation. Contact improvisation (ci), as a dance practice and social event has a deeply sensual aspect where bodies find each other and come together. In classical ci classes, this aspect is basically ignored. The idea of setting aside sensuality and with it the erotic element, created a space for ci to develop, which is important, but nevertheless based on fiction. In this retreat, through tantric techniques, ci becomes a tantric practice and sensual dance experience in which space for sexual energy is provided within a defined form. That means: We?ll learn techniques that enable us to sense sexual energy in the body, to direct it consciously and to open an exchange with a partner in a subtle and delicate way. Dances find their form in that we allow ourselves to be moved by sexual energy. We?ll experience how these dances take shape among women, among men, and in a mixed group. A deep tantric experience requires adequate time, space, and intensity, which is why the workshop will be held as a retreat. Kashmir tantrism says that everything is vibration.This retreat allows dance to become a uniting with the world, a spiritual practice. Dance is an expansion into the space, tantra is expansion; and of course more than just etymologically: tan (Sanskrit) = to expand Based on breathing and physical exercises as well as a ritual of touch we sense ourselves as well as each other and dance together. We fine- tune our perception; we refine all of our senses in order to enter into play with one another. Belly breathing and its observation will be the initial issue for all meditations, dances, and movements. I find a very deep connection to my dance partner by concentrating on his or her breathing, which leads us into a shared dance experience with and in one another. Is the impulse initiating a movement a common one? There are impulses that lead us deeper into each other and open spaces inwardly, and that that allow us to move outwardly, expanding into the space. We use our sexual energy in a defined and guided way, and also classical CI techniques to arrive at a spiritual dance practice.The sensual fusion of bodies and sensual dances are sheltered and sustained by the group. What aesthetic dimensions open up to us when we see such dances? Addendum: This retreat provides a safe space for personal as well as group experiences. Most work will take place in mixed groups, but there will also be women-only and men-only times. Personal limits will be respected. All of the dances can be stopped at any time, if it does not feel right. Nakedness in dancing may be explored, here, too, personal borders will be respected. The workshop is oriented towards participants with and without experience in contact improvisation and tantra. Open for everybody! That means: none of the heteronormativity of classical Tantra! SABINE SONNENSCHEIN Sabine Sonnenschein (1970, AT) studied theatre science, philosophy and history of art and has been a freelance choreographer and performer since 1992. Her work has been shown, among other places, in Vienna (Tanzquartier Wien, ImPuls Tanz, Tanzsprache, imagetanz,...), Munich, London, NYC, Stuttgart, Prague, Pula, Berlin, and St.Petersburg, www.wuk.at/sonnenschein She has been involved with sensitizing the body since 1990, and Contact Improvisation since 1991. She has training in tantric full body massage (AnandaWave/Cologne) and also lomi lomi nui. She was introduced to yin yang massage by Andro, has studied pelvic massage by K. Ruby; intensified her tantric experience at AnandaWave and SkyDancing (Munich), and has been introduced to Kashmir tantrism and Kashmir yoga of touch by Daniel Odier. In Vienna she has practiced tantric body work since 2006, primarily individual work, www.tantrischekoerperarbeit.at She gives workshops focusing on the fusion of Tantra and Contact Improvisation. Teacher at ImpulsTanz in Vienna 2009. As initiator of the Lab for Performance and Post Dramatic Acting (2000-2003), she questioned conventions of reception and mechanisms of production. In 2005, as choreographer, she created the philosophical pornographic video heteronom 1. Since 2006 she has been involved with the reception of pornographic films (hardcore porn as well as art film). In this, she collaborates with the performer Brigitte Wilfing, film theorist Matthias Wittmann, theater and film maker Armin Anders, performance theorist Marty Huber, philosopher Stefan Nowotny, film theorist as well as author Tim St?ttgen, and performer Robert Steijn. As part of the project, three Open Labs took place at Tanzquartier Wien in 2007. The project finale was the symposion pornonom ? a discourse on pornography at WUK (Vienna): Lectures [by Barbara Eder (media theorist, queer studies/ A), Laura M?ritt (communications expert, manager of ?Sexclusivit?ten?/ D), Peter Rehberg (literary scholar, queer studies / D), and Sabine Sonnenschein], performances by Sabine Sonnenschein and Brigitte Wilfing, film screenings, party, lounge with Sexclusivit?ten/Laura M?ritt (sex toys, literature, films) and Boudoir/ Renate Christian (lingerie couture, linens) and erotic cuisine. FELIX RUCKERT Felix Ruckert is a dancer, choreographer, ad conceptor. His experimental dance pieces and installations, his participatory work, but also his choreographies for ballet companies earned him an international reputation as an innovative contemporary choreographers. Since 30 years he is interested in all sort of body techniques. He studied ballet, modern and contemporary dance, Improvisation, Feldenkrais, Yoga, Chi Kung Tantra, Kyudo and much more. He worked as a dancer with several renowned european companies, before concentrating on choreography and conceptual work. Since ten years he is also involved in a practical and theoretical investigation of BDSM and explores connections between BDSM techniques and artistic practices, developing an art and philosophy of sensual communication. He directs the performance space schwelle7 in Berlin and curates and organizes ? in collaboration with Caprice Dilba ? the annual festival xplore. More at: www.felixruckert.de FEES: 250 EURO Registration: info at felixruckert.de SLEEPING: We can host up workshop participants basic opportunities to stay overnight. The cost is 10 EUR a night per person. More... http://www.schwelle7.de/GAESTE.html ------------------------------------------deutscher Text------------------------------------------------- Sabine Sonnenschein & Felix Ruckert Contact Improvisation als Tantrische Praxis Intensiv Woche / Montag bis Freitag, 4. bis 8. Oktober 2010 / ganzt?gig, 10 -22 Uhr (10-13 / 15-18 / 20-22 Uhr) Sabine und Felix werden dieses Retreat gemeinsam leiten, wobei sich Sabine auf die tantrischen Aspekte konzentriert, w?hrend Felix sich mehr um das Vermitteln von Contact Techniken k?mmert. Contact Improvisation (CI) als Tanzform und soziales Event hat eine zutiefst sinnliche Seite, bei der tanzende K?rper zu- und ineinander finden. Dieser Seite wird im klassischen CI-Unterricht im Grunde nie Aufmerksamkeit geschenkt. Die Idee, diese Dimension und mit ihr die Erotik aus dem Spiel zu lassen, hat der Contact Improvisation einen Entwicklungsfreiraum geschaffen, der wichtig ist, aber zugleich auf einer Fiktion basiert. In diesem Retreat wird Contact Improvisation durch tantrische Techniken zur tantrischen Praxis und zum sinnlichen Tanzerlebnis, bei denen innerhalb einer festgesetzten Form Raum f?r sexuelle Energie gegeben ist. Das hei?t konkret: Techniken werden erlernt, um sexuelle Energie im K?rper wahrzunehmen, bewusst zu lenken sowie Austausch mit einem/r PartnerIn auf sehr subtiler Ebene stattfinden zu lassen. T?nze entstehen, indem wir uns von der sexuellen Energie bewegen lassen. Wir werden erfahren, wie sich diese T?nze von Frauen unter Frauen sowie M?nnern unter M?nnern gestalten und wie sie in der geschlechtlich gemischten Gruppe aussehen. Ich lege den Workshop als Retreat an, weil eine tats?chliche Auseinandersetzung mit spirituellen Praxen des Tantra Zeit, Raum und Intensit?t ben?tigt. Alles ist Vibration, hei?t es im kaschmirischen Tantrismus. Dieser Retreat l?sst Tanz zur Einswerdung mit der Welt, zur spirituellen Praxis werden. Tanz ist Ausdehnung in den Raum, Tantra ist Ausdehnung; und das freilich nicht nur etymologisch; tan (sanskrit) = ausdehnen. Ausgehend von ?ffnenden, energetisierenden Atem-/K?rper?bungen sowie Ber?hrungsritualen sp?ren wir uns selbst und einander, tanzen wir miteinander. Wir verfeinern unsere Wahrnehmung, wir sensibilisieren alle unsere Sinne f?r ein Spiel miteinander. Die Bauchatmung und ihre Beobachtung werden zentral sein; Meditation, Tanz und Bewegung setzen bei ihr an. Zu meinem/r TanzpartnerIn entsteht eine tiefe Verbindung, wenn ich mich auf meinen sowie seinen/ ihren Atem konzentriere und davon ausgehend ein Ineinander, ein gemeinsamer Tanz gefunden wird. Ist der Impuls, der dann eine Bewegung initiiert, ein gemeinsamer? Ist er deiner, meiner oder unserer? Es gibt Impulse, die uns tiefer ineinander f?hren und R?ume nach innen er?ffnen und solche, die uns raumgreifend nach au?en gehen lassen. Wir nutzen unsere sexuelle Energie in gelenkter Form und die klassische CI-Technik f?r eine spirituelle Tanzpraxis. Das sinnliche Ineinander von K?rpern, die sinnlichen T?nze werden von der Gruppe getragen und durch sie gesch?tzt. Was er?ffnet sich uns ?sthetisch, wenn wir diese T?nze sehen? Nachsatz: Der Retreat versteht sich als gesch?tzter Raum f?r pers?nliche Erfahrung und Gruppenerlebnis. Es wird die meiste Zeit in der geschlechtlich gemischten Gruppe gearbeitet, wird aber auch Frauen- und M?nnerzeiten geben. Pers?nliche Grenzen werden gewahrt. Ein Tanz kann jederzeit beendet werden. Nacktheit kann ein Thema werden, auch f?r sie gelten pers?nliche Grenzen. Der Workshop richtet sich an Contact Improvisation-Erfahrene und ? Unerfahrene sowie Tantra-Erfahrene und ?Unerfahrene. F?r alle, d.h. frei von Heteronormativit?t des klassischen Tantra! SABINE SONNENSCHEIN Sabine Sonnenschein (1970, AT) hat Theaterwissenschaft, Philosophie und Kunstgeschichte studiert und ist seit 1992 freischaffende Choreografin und Performerin. Ihre Arbeiten wurden seither u.a. in Wien (Tanzquartier Wien, ImPuls Tanz, Tanzsprache, imagetanz,...), M?nchen, London, NYC, Stuttgart, Prag, Pula, Berlin und St.Petersburg gezeigt; www.wuk.at/sonnenschein Sie besch?ftigt sich seit 1990 mit k?rperlicher Sensibilisierung und seit 18 Jahren mit Contact Improvisation. Sie ist in tantrischer Ganzk?rpermassage (AnandaWave/K?ln) sowie Lomi Lomi Nui ausgebildet. Auseinandersetzung mit der Yin Yang-Massage von Andro und mit der Beckenbodenmassage bei K.Ruby; Vertiefung tantrischer Erfahrung bei AnandaWave und SkyDancing (M?nchen), Einf?hrung in kaschmirischen Tantrismus und kaschmirisches Yoga der Ber?hrung bei Daniel Odier. In Wien gibt seit 2006 tantrische K?rperarbeit, vornehmlich Einzelarbeit; www.tantrischekoerperarbeit.at Sie gibt Seminare, die sich mit der Verbindung von Tantra und Contact Improvisation besch?ftigen und hat 2009 auch bei ImpulsTanz in Wien unterrichtet. Als Initiatorin des Labors f?r Performance und postdramatisches Agieren (2000-2003) hinterfragt sie Rezeptionskonventionen und Produktionsmechanismen. 2005 produzierte sie als Choreographin das philosophisch pornographische Video heteronom 1. Seit 2006 besch?ftigt sie sich mit der Rezeption von pornografischen Filmen (Hardcore-Pornos sowie Kunstfilme), vor allem gemeinsam mit der Performerin Brigitte Wilfing, aber auch mit dem Filmwissenschaftler Matthias Wittmann, dem Theater- und Filmschaffenden Armin Anders, der Performancetheoretikerin Marty Huber, dem Philosophen Stefan Nowotny, dem Filmwissenschaftler sowie Autor Tim St?ttgen und dem Performer Robert Steijn. Im Tanzquartier Wien fanden 2007 drei Open Labs im Rahmen des Projektes statt. Abschluss dieses Projektes war symposion pornonom - ein Diskurs ?ber Pornografie im Februar 2009 im WUK in Wien: Vortr?ge [von Barbara Eder (Medienwissenschaftlerin, Queer-Theoretikerin / A), Laura M?ritt (Kommunikationswissenschaftlerin, Betreiberin von ?Sexclusivitaeten? / D), Peter Rehberg (Literaturwissenschaftler, Queer-Theoretiker / D) und Sabine Sonnenschein], Performances von Sabine Sonnenschein und Brigitte Wilfing, Filme, Party, Lounge mit Sexclusivit?ten/Laura M?ritt (Sextoys, Literatur, Filme) und Boudoir/Renate Christian (Dessous, Bettw?sche) und erotischer Cuisine. FELIX RUCKERT Felix Ruckert ist einer der ungew?hnlichsten europ?ischen Choreografen. Bevor er mit stark konzeptuell gepr?gten St?cken wie HAUTNAH, RING, DELUXE JOY PILOT und SECRET SERVICE international bekannt wurde tanzte er u.a. mit Wanda Golonka/ VA W?lfl, Mathilde Monnier und Pina Bausch. Oft gibt Ruckert dem Zuschauer eine aktive Rolle in der Auff?hrung und konfrontiert ihn mit intensiven Emotionen. F?r diese interaktiven Choreografien erfindet er spezielle Techniken zur physischen Kommunikation und Wahrnehmung und entwickelt diese zu einer Kunst der Ber?hrung. Ein weiterer Schwerpunkt seiner Arbeit ist die Entwicklung von Improvisationsstrukturen und Kompositionstechniken. In den letzten Jahren arbeitete er auch vermehrt als Gastchoreograph f?r klassische Ensembles (Ballet du Rhin, Mulhouse; National Ballet Vietnam; Tokyo Star Dancers; Ballet Castro Alvez, Salvador da Bahia). Er besch?ftigt sich seit mehreren Jahren mit BDSM und integriert auch diese Erfahrungen in seine Arbeit. Seit M?rz 2007 leitet er die schwelle7 in Berlin-Wedding. Mehr unter www.felixruckert.de WORKSHOP: http://www.schwelle7.de/SabineSonnenschein.html FEES: 250 EURO Registration: info at felixruckert.de SLEEPING: We can host up workshop participants basic opportunities to stay overnight. The cost is 10 EUR a night per person.More... http://www.schwelle7.de/GAESTE.html ----------- LOCATION -------- Schwelle 7 Uferstra?e 6 HH 1. OG 13357 Berlin/Germany Phone: +49 (0) 173 - 6118404 http://www.schwelle7.de Email: info (at) felixruckert.de TRAFFIC LINK: U8 Pankstra?e, U9 Osloer Stra?e, U9 Nauener Platz, SB Gesundbrunnen, SB Humboldthain, Bus M27 Brunnenplatz http://maps.google.de/maps?daddr=13357+Berlin,+Uferstr+6 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From xs4jan at gmx.de Wed Aug 18 18:04:26 2010 From: xs4jan at gmx.de (J.B.) Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:04:26 +0200 Subject: [CI-Announce] Workshop ADRIAN RUSSI: Contact Improvisation & Instant Composition, October 11-15, Schwelle7, Berlin/Germany Message-ID: Contact Improvisation & Instant Composition: integrating movement technique, improvisation and skills for performance ? (or: stories coming from our hands and feet and the pelvis too) 5 day intensive workshop ? with ADRIAN RUSSI WHEN: October 11-15, 2010, 12am-6pm WHERE: Schwelle 7, Berlin, Germany CONTACT IMPROVISATION & INSTANT COMPOSITION In this workshop we will explore intensively the relation between movement technique and performance, how CI-skills and knowledge about instant composition can support and enrich each other. This year there will be a focus on the use of our hands and feet and therefore also on the connection of center and periphery. In the morning classes we will work on movement skills in solo, duet and trio. We will look for ways how to deal with gravity in a clever way, how to move upside-down and to integrate flying and falling into our dance. The key ingredients will be a distinguished body awareness in order to move and to communicate with our partner precisely, the playful interaction of technique and improvisation and the conscious use of timing and space - what in fact are also fundamentals for performing CI. In the afternoon classes we will go beyond CI-technique and improvisational skills to see what is changing deeply when one is exposed to an audience. It?s a lot about getting more present and connecting the inner with the outer space. Having trust in your instincts and your intuition will be as much important as learning about compositional aspects and using CI-technique in order to give a clear base to the performance. The clever use of hands, feet and pelvis as intimate, expressive and skillful body parts will enable us to meet each other not only on a physical level but also more personally and to go deeper towards manipulation and sensitive touch. For those who will feel ready the workshop will end with a public studio performance to show our work to an audience and of course to bring our practice into reality. Good to know: finally performance can be trained only while performing. Come prepared to both move a lot and dive deep down into a subtle work with your body and to get energized from being on stage! PERFORMANCES The workshop will therfore culminate in an evening of Performance/ showing on Friday, October 15 at 8:30 pm ADRIAN RUSSI: Adrian Russi is a one of the leading CI-teacher in Switzerland and travelling all over Europe to teach and perform Contact and Free Improvisation. He is deeply involved in CI since 1992 and in the meantime he is dedicating the biggest part of his life to this wonderful dance form. After his studies of New Dance at ?bewegungs-art? in Freiburg/Germany he continued his education with many different teachers, among them Steve Paxton and Nancy Stark Smith who have started to develop CI in the early seventies with a group of other movers. Besides this his teaching is also influenced by his studies of different kinds of martial arts and Craniosacral Bodywork. He offers his work as a free lancer to a wide range of people and also gets regularly invited to teach in schools. In his teaching he focuses on the technical aspects of CI (ease, precision and strength) as well as on matters of perception (body-sensation, connection of inner and outer space, of bottom and top, centre-periphery) and on a creativity coming from a distinct body-awareness. For him the pleasure to play, deep engagement in the dance, and respect for others are the basis for gaining the most possible in dancing CI. As a performer he works with many different international artists and his performances are primarily based on Free Improvisation incorporating Contact Improvisation, dance, dance-theatre, voice and live music. In 2007 he initiated ?Moving Men?, a men?s trio with Charlie Morrissey and Jacky Miredin touring with there performance- work all over Europe. As an organizer of CI-events he is involved in many festivals, jams and teachers-meetings, among them the ?Moscow Contact and Performance Festival? and the ?International Berner Jam?. For more information go to www.adrianrussi.com FEE: 150 Euro REGISTER: per email to xs4jan (at) gmx.de UPDATES: http://www.schwelle7.de/Adrian%20Russi.html SLEEPING: We can host up workshop participants basic opportunities to stay overnight. The cost is 10 EUR a night per person. More options: http://www.schwelle7.de/GAESTE.html VENUE: Schwelle 7 Uferstra?e 6, backyard, 2. floor 13357 Berlin - Wedding / Germany http://www.schwelle7.de http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=286059761953 Traffic link: U8 Pankstra?e, U9 Osloer Stra?e, U9 Nauener Platz, SB Gesundbrunnen, SB Humboldthain, Bus M27 Brunnenplatz http://maps.google.de/maps?daddr=13357+Berlin,+Uferstr+6 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eeeeemikew at verizon.net Fri Aug 27 03:58:31 2010 From: eeeeemikew at verizon.net (mike weaver) Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:58:31 -0400 Subject: [CI-Announce] eastcoast fall contact improv jam Message-ID: <000601cb458b$59facb10$0df06130$@net> Hi Everybody! The eastcoast fall jam is October 13-17 this year, at Claymont in Charles Town WV as always. The sauna will be in operation. Yay!! You can find more information and online registration at our new website which is now up and running. Our poster is attached. 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