BODY TONE AND BLESSING - Contact Improvisation and more with Anjelika Doniy 18-21 February, Thailand

𝗕𝗢𝗗𝗬 𝗧𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗕𝗟𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚 Contact Improvisation and more with 𝗔𝗻𝗷𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗮 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘆 18-21 February 2023 Koh Phangan, Thailand 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽: Tone of the body is not tension. It is the movement of Life between birth and death. From 0 to 100. It is not tension between life and death. A baby makes no effort. It is life itself. It is sleeping, waking up, crying, laughing, relaxed, trying to lift the head. Life is moving it through the body, emotions, seeing, hearing. But the body, emotions, eyesight, hearing - all this is not what makes the moves, this is what is moving. Tone is what we want to explore. We've lost the innocence of a baby who lives in freedom, simply in 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜𝗦 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗧. An adult lives through HOW? WHY? WHERE? What if we keep the intention to live and act as an expression in tone – from relaxation to unfolding of the spirit in all its power? TA DA! We are exploring relaxation shifting from the concepts "tired" and "lazy" to "I express myself without judgments, with love and appreciation." This is a process. It cannot be learned. We can only go through it from moment to moment. Where thinking about myself ends. Where starts: I am what is true, alive and sensitive to changing surroundings, smelling the air of changes, able to trust intuition. Where it does not matter anymore how others see me. Who are the others and whether they exist. Or there is only me – all including and accepting. If we honestly look at the life of nature, everything lives, giving birth and letting go. How is this survival happening? Life is in-tense but not in tension. We will study our tensions. Maybe this will help us realize something through this vision. To start letting go of what hinders life from flowing freely. Body and mind become an adventure, riffles, waterfalls, geysers, or peaceful lakes in the flow of dance. If we are lucky, we'll feel the emptiness, the space in which all this soma soup is cooking. I promise to create conditions for the process. Place, time, consciousness, and feedback. Fine thread of informal communication between what is and what we are becoming. Description of the workshop 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿. That what becomes clarity - is 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴. This is what our meeting is about. The workshop is 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆-𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆, all levels welcome. 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲: 18th 10:00-14:00 19th 10:00-14:00 20th 16:30-20:30 21st 10:00-14:00 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲: THE SOURCE KOH PHANGAN https://www.thesourcekpg.com 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲: 6000 THB 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 8000 THB 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 - supporting scholarships and people who can't afford to pay regular price. 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: https://forms.gle/akWuxN4c8RQJRraD9 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: https://forms.gle/gfMNec4pnZQ2MyvY7 There will be 𝟯 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 for dedicated emerging practitioners/artists who are unable to pay regular price. Each application will be reviewed and if accepted you will receive a confirmation 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆. If you have any questions - please write to: [email protected] 𝗔𝗻𝗷𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗮 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘆 is a dance improviser, choreographer and teacher focused on contact. After 5 years of formal studies of choreography, ballet dance and other stage disciplines at the Higher School of Culture (St-Petersburg), she worked for 10 Years as a theater choreographer. Until… In 1997, I was at the Impulse Dance Festival in Vienna. There, I saw a wonder of CI, watched Steve Paxton on stage, flew into Andrew Harwood workshop where some 70 dancers were rolling over each other. This was unbelievable, the earth was becoming alive. I saw a realization of my dream of the world growing from connection, interaction, harmony between one and many. It was love from the first sight. From 2002 I started facilitating first jams and CI workshops in Russia and initiated International Contact Improvisation and Performance Festival in Moscow in 2006–2010. My path in CI as a teacher began as long journey of workshops for beginners. I love to guide people into the dance, inspire them with their own body, and awaken to what is already there. I love to surprise long-time dancers with secrets of the body as little keys opening a familiar dance into new spaces. This year, I am following a program of the Institute for Integrative Bodywork and Movement Therapy to go deeper into the body and its anatomy, to touch the cells, to breathe through the navel, and to use this resource in my practice. My special interest in contact improvisation is clarity. Clarity towards the practice. Honesty towards how I move my weight in the space of Gravity. Attention towards clearing the dance from the personal. Letting things happen as they go. I am grateful to have met and studied with such teachers as Regine Chopinot, Steve Paxton, Nancy Stark Smith, Danny Lepkoff, Benno Voorham, Lisa Nelson, Esther Gal, Yaniv Mintzer, Martin Keo and many others. 𝗔𝗻𝗷𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗮 𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟬 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘀. 𝗛𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗰𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. https://anjelikadoniy.com BODY TONE AND BLESSING is a part of the program of 𝗧𝗢𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗦 - 𝗮 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 / 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮. https://towards.contact 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽: Yuri Novitsky, Sasha Dodo, Dolores Dewhurst Marks, Xenia Isaeva.