Evolove: the body as a web of relations

EVOLOVE: the body as a web of relations July Summer Residency in a Bohemian’s Monastery in Czeck Rep. An exploration on creating conscious futures through embodied practices, shared thoughts, meditation, nature and fun “The goal of bio-politics is the total management of life… Freedom is a way of resistance to the plot of bio-politics ... To resist implies to take oneself as a work of art.” Michel Foucault We have decided to transform our program including participants proposals + the possibility to come for shorter time & a suggested contribution 5 Guests teachers + sharings from participants Suggested Minimum stay: 3 days Suggested Contribution: 100 to 300E If you would like to share your knowledge and experience in any aspect that could contribute to an individual and social change, please let us know. Looking forward to fires and exchanges WHAT: An explorative residency on creating conscious futures through embodied practices and conceptual cross pollination in Bechyne’s former Franciscan Monastery, in Czech Republic We will explore the relation between the evolution of our animal being, and the social construction of our intimacy; the relation of our fantasies, personal and social projections and the economic social structure in which we live. Can we affect a change in the social system by focusing on the self as the transpersonal? Can we acknowledge that our personal production and cultural understanding shapes our conceptualization of nature? We want to contribute to the ongoing process of awareness and decolonisation by navigating multiple levels of perception and misperception and by coming together in the flesh to open crucial questions that affect a conscious embodied future. HOW: A dynamic exchange of ideas, body work tools and game plans will be nurtured by the following facilitators: Javier Cura #The Ecological Body: will elaborate ecological concepts through our bodies, getting in contact with our evolutionary design and the web of intimate, ecological and political relations created from it. Principles from Contact Impro, Taichi, tango, Physical theatre and Aquatic dance will be applied. www.javiercura.net Moss Beynon Juckes #Eso-Terra: collectively devising neo rituals: Creating self empowered, group initiated contemporary rituals, through an exploration of the endogenous body & emotional labour. This work includes Voice and Movement exploration, improvised polyphonic group singing, songs, singing massage and erotic reiki to name a few. www.mossbeynonjuckes.com Federica Fiore #Imprinting Love: cellular memory and radical intimacyWe are going to play with the hormonal levels in the body, allowing Oxytocin, Adrenaline, Endorphins to create a state of Love in our bodies, enhancing the love skills of future generations. www.federicafiore.com David Bloom #Group Dynamics of Desire: will explore dynamics of collective desire, touching on awareness, acceptance, and articulation of personal boundaries, the relationship of the individual to the group, and the notion of pleasure as a path to embodiment. www.davidbloom.info Tereza Silon #Dying to Be Alive/Transcendental Body Landscaping: An antidote to Darwin‘s survival of the fittest. We will explore our human, animal and vegetal bodies in a relation to our individual constitutions, our movement patterns and energies cycles within these bodies and our lives. What is the line between normalcy and anomaly? Who has the right to desire and to assert and how does it impact the way different bodies can heal and thrive within various constellations and realities? www.terezasilon.com WHERE: This is a fun very moving week held in a magical former Franciscan Monastery in the Bohemian village of Bechyne, just 1.30-2hrs south from Prague. The monastery is surrounded by gardens over a cliff on the valley of a flowing river between silent speaking trees. COST & INFO Suggested Minimum stay: 3 days Suggested Contribution: 100 to 300E or more IIf you would like to share your knowledge and experience with a proposal, in an aspect that could contribute to an individual and social change, please let us know: the title, 2 lines about the subject, how would the proposed event be (lesson, ritual, dinner, excursion, incursion, etc), and lastly what is the minimum and maximum duration of the event. Note: it is not compulsory to do propose anything. In case you think you might like to offer something, we are also open to a last minute "in situ" inspiration. Cost includes: Accommodation in shared rooms of two or three people in the attic of an elementary school, a 5 min walking distance from the Monastery. Food is not included in this fee. There is an enormous Kitchen in the monastery for the group where we cook together and cheap good restaurants nearby. If you wish to have more privacy or luxury we can send you a list of alternative accommodation. DEADLINE FOR EARLY BIRD: June 8th OUR CONTACTS: Tereza Silon: [email protected] +420 603 500 426 (Czech Republic) Javier Cura [email protected] +49163 638 3774 Moss Beynon Juckes [email protected] +4917657656375 / Germany FOR COMPLETE INFO please follow this link: https://evolove2017.wordpress.com/ THE WEEK PROGRAM: Welcome day Saturday 8th July: Participants can arrive from 12noon onwards. At 17hrs: Welcoming meeting. From 17.30-20hrs: Dance mixed proposals lesson towards a music and dance Jam - Milonga 8.30pm: Dinner together at local restaurant Sunday 9.30am: Presentation circle. Lessons & shared experiences: Every day: 10-13.30 & 17.30-20.30hrs The complete program will be posted online soon. Lunch & leisure time to explore, travel around architectural and natural sites from 13.30 to 17.30hrs We will also Water dance: In a warm 32C pool, we will explore our own fluidity to translate that experience to the reality of the studio. Saturday 15th: for those who desire it there will be a space dedicated for short performances and/or personal rituals. It will be followed by a Dance and Music Jam Partying Sunday July 16th: morning circle sharing and farewell. Closing and leaving around 1pm. Important Note: The time schedule will be modified daily following group needs & agreements. There will be some extra activities suggested