5 Day intensive Contact Improvisation workshop in Goa India

From Fear of Falling to Free Form Flying – Intensive workshop 14-18 January Goa, Arambol – Jungle Dance Theatre The fear of falling is innate in us, it is a born reaction that everyBODY shares from birth. As soon as the floor heads towards you, or you fall towards the floor ,your body's reflexes kick in, your muscles tension rise and you embrace yourself for the impact. Tension rises not from falling but from the fear of it. In this intensive workshop we will learn to see, feel, experience this and go beyond the fear of falling into a different place. Once the body learns to go beyond this reaction a numerous pathways opens up, and the way to higher levels of dancing is opened - dancing with and over your partner, sliding on and off a body in different heights, and flying higher. When the fear of falling is gone the joy of flying can be experienced, and with that comes the free form dancing of Contact Improvisation. In this workshop we will experience and explore how we can learn to override our reactions into a freeform, dancing and extending it into flying. By the end of the workshop we will see how we will be flying on a partner in a safe way, and how to feel secure and to ride this flow even in a less secure situation, which in the past might have brought our reflexes and reactions to burst out. In the first two days of this intensive workshop we will practice and investigate how to increase our physical abilities in Contact Improvisation - Sharing weight, different pathways, lifting and flying. Once we will have our Contact Improvisation language on a higher level we will start to challenge our reflexes and reactions our fears and our tendencies and see what physical sensations arrive. We will learn to be light as a feather and to land quietly on the floor, we will learn to use our entire body – muscles, bones, joints and connective tissue in order to achieve this not so easy task. This workshop is intended for all levels practitioners of Contact Improvisation from beginners to very experienced practitioners. Places are limited and registration is required - To secure your place in the workshop transfer a deposit of half of the payment to this bank account NL77 ABNA 0428 582 907 - under the name Tom Goldhand For people outside Europe - IBAN: NL77ABNA0428582907 BIC: ABNANL2A (Write your full name and the name of the workshop) And send a mail to [email protected] ,you will get an e-mail confirmation with more details on the workshop and what to bring. You can also pay through PayPal ([email protected]) Place – Jungle Dance Studio Schedule: 14-18 January (10:30 till 17:00 with a break of one hour). On the last day we will have an open jam (Free for the workshop participants) 19:00-22:00 Investment -Sliding scale – Willing to support others: €195 – Normal income: €180 – Low income: €165 We have 8 places for Indian dancers with a scholarship program 6000-8000 INR (According to financial state). For inscribing to the scholarship program send a mail to - [email protected] , and you will get an e-mail of confirmation with more details on the workshop and what to bring.