Contact-Fusion

Contact-Fusion: A fusion between contact improvisation, internal and somatic practices, partner games, solo improvisation and partnering. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R_JgrTJ-3M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE4-FI_LFCM 12 hours of Workshop: Saturday & Sunday:10.00-13.00 and 15.00-18.00 In this workshop we will connect to ourselves through internal and somatic practices in order to feel more, relax and surrender to the unknown flow of dancing with another person or group. We explore the spontaneity of play through partnergames and dancing in trios and duets. Finding presence in our improvisation. Techers and facilitators: Pawel Konior and Sarah Solea Paweł Konior is a performer, dancer, teacher. After graduating Academy of Physical Education and Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance, Paweł has been working in the fields of performing arts in Holland,Belgium and Poland as a dancer and performer for several years. Working with such artists as Rita Vilhena, Pedro Goucha, Einat Tuchman, More Shani, T.r.a.s.h Company, Ugo Dehaes, Tomasz Wygoda, Iwona Olszowska. Before dancing Paweł has been training gymnastics, tennis and running. His sport background had a big impact on his way of moving and thinking. His way of teaching is based on organic and fluid way of moving. Improvisation is intertwine with technique, body awareness, and playfulness. Among others he has studied C.I. with Iwona Olszowszka, Ray Chung, Andrew Harwood, Nancy Stark Smith, Tal Avni, Joerg Hassman, Daniel Werner. Sarah is student and teacher from the heart. Her broad interest brought her to exploring different disciplines and methods like martial arts, contemporary dance, dance improvisation solo and CI, Ido Portal method, capoeira, surfing, gymnastics and more. She practices Yoga since 2013 and could learn from different teachers around the globe, doing her TTC in Ashtanga-Vinyasa in Goa, India. Sarah learned about the body and movement through her own practice, in her studies of sports science, through her education and work as a fitness instructor. She gives classes and workshops around the topics yoga, dance and meditation.