Back to Basics

Back to Basics. (Contact Improvisation Workshop) We are happy to invite you again for 5 days journey to understand the principles of Contact Improvisation, exploring ones body in relationship to others by using The principles of contact improvisation of sharing the weight, touch, point of contact, momentum, leading and following, listening and movement awareness in connection of self and with others. We will be exploring the tools and techniques of contact improvisation and other spontaneous improvisational movements in order to ease and breathe. We would also like to invite you to immerse yourself in deep contemplation through experimenting movement, painting, poetry, and how we experience, feel and perceive and turn our curiosity into the never ending. Date : 10th to 14th January Time : 10 am to 1:00 pm Venue : Satori Wellness Retreat, Arambol, Goa. Fee. : 5,000 rupees Drop in : 1,200 rupees Facilitators : Jeevak & Sasha. For registration & more information : +380634017852 / +91 8484935911 (ABOUT CONTACT IMPROVISATION) Contact improvisation is a form of improvised dancing that has been developing internationally since 1972. It involves the exploration of one's body in relationship to others by using the fundamentals of sharing weight, touch, and movement awareness. Contact improvisation (CI) is a dance practice in which the physical contact points, between at least two dancers, become the starting point of an exploration made of improvised movements. Contact Improvisation is based on playing and exploring the possibilities of two bodies meeting in the space. It involves a lot of listening and being aware of the body and the surroundings, whilst the improvisational aspect invites the curiosity of going into the unknown territory of every moment. (ABOUT FACILITATORS) About Jeevak (Facilitator) Jeevak More is a performing endurance artist who’s currently based in Goa. His work is innovational and based on extreme research. Started as a professional performing artist 12 years back, he’s been constantly experimenting in his style of Performing from various spaces like cafe, restaurant, studio, streets, black boxes and open air spaces for different pool of audience. His curious mind never stops searching for learning and experimenting in ever changing possibilities. And this led his interest expanded from theater to movement, especially to Contact Improvisation(CI). Ever since being introduced to CI 5 years back, he hasn’t ceased to participate workshops/residency/labs from all over India to learn from different teachers and to practice and experiment with many individuals. Where he has been hosting various classes and holding jam spaces. As a passionate researcher and practitioners he was naturally intrigued by the difference between theatre performing arts and CI dance trainings and started developing unique ways to introduce these two type of art forms to basic learners and professionals. Fortunately he got many opportunities to work together with national & international dancers and actors, and this led him to deepen the understanding of different approaches to practice movement. His research is mainly focused on establishing a link between Performing Art and CI by using different daily objects around us like cloth, bags, furnitures natures etc. Two main theme of his teachings are: 1. sharpening one’s awareness relation to ever-changing environments including dance partners and inner states of themselves. 2. contact improvisation as an art form can be presented to both the improviser and the observer. His classes are are known to be well break down and easy to digest and given much safe space for the participants to understand unique body languages of their own. About Sasha (Facilitator) : Sasha Vorobiova Movement practitioner, contact improv dancer and facilitator. Started my movement exploration journey with ten years of practicing and teaching yoga, with a background of outdoor sports as rock climbing, slacklining and tracking. Last four years my movement journey led to contact improv, contemporary dance, authentic movement, somatics, physical theatre and butoh. "Movement and dance for me is an endless exploration of life - learning how to be real, authentic, effortless, how to surrender to gravity, allowing the flow to happen, being as much alive, playful and present as possible."