CI Summer Intensive with Joerg Hassmann,
21-27 July in Berlin
BODY-MIND STATES - What holds and drives me?
For experienced Contact Improvisers.
The intensive is limited to max 30 participants.
What makes your dancing feel rich, alive, nourishing, and
deeply satisfying? Is it a particular quality in the body, a
specific quality in the connection to someone, or a certain
state of mind? How much is it actually about fancy CI moves?
What keeps me long term deeply satisfied in CI spaces is
the incredible variety of flavours, textures, and emotions
that flow through my body, heart, and mind. I’m becoming more
aware of the body-mind states I aim to invite in my teaching -
and I’m continually surprised by their depth and diversity.
How do body and mind co-create these states? How does the
mind influence the body, and how does change emerge from this
interaction? We will explore this through observation,
allowing, inviting, and actively shaping transitions.
My passion for how the human body moves in integrated ways
forms the foundation of this workshop. We will explore
developmental movement patterns and elasticity of the fascia,
weaving these elements into our practice. Contact
Improvisation will be our shared language, with weight-sharing
negotiations playing a central role. Additionally, we will
dedicate time to technical labs, where I will share some of my
findings and insights in greater detail. The rich knowledge of
other experienced dancers and teachers will boost our
learnings.
As we have the luxury of working six days with a free day
in between, I imagine proposing a rather clear concept for the
first three days and then completely go with where the energy
wants to flow during the second half of the workshop.
Fee
570€ - 370€ – sliding scale
The place
Somatische Akademie
Paul-Lincke-Ufer 30
10999 Berlin
Workshop times
21-27 July
Mon-Wed 9:30-17:00 (2 hour lunch break)
Fri-Sat 10:00-17:30 (2 hour lunch break)
Sunday 10-14
Thursday is free!