From Floorwork to Higher ground. Amsterdam

HUMAN MOVES – FROM FLOORWORK TO HIGHER GROUND

This workshop develops slowly from inside to out. Often starting with individual floor-work, offering particular principles and tasks, and then gradually building up. We will be using ideas around momentum, suspension, inertia & falling, to find effortless ways into weight transfers and lifting, leading and following, falling, flying and spiraling.

Time will also be given to work with dance-scores, which allows participants to get into the flow of their own movement, giving time and space to integrate the learnt technique into their dance.

We will explore the idea of dancing open questions, such as:

Why do I move? What do I feel when I am dancing? What impact does this practice have on how I choose to live my life?

Finding words to describe our dancing is sometimes not enough. Sometimes dancing our inquiries is the best way to get more informed about what is…