In this "NOW" - a movement research in relation with time by Catalin Diaconu 4-7 March, Koh Phangan

𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝑵𝑶𝑾 A movement research in relation with time with Cătălin Diaconu 4,5,6,7 March 2024 Siam Healing Centre Description: I invite you to join a collaborative exploration of observing and listening to what is here and now. Not what I want it to be, not what I am planning it to be, not what I "know" it to be. Agreeing to what is present doesn't mean we don't have agency anymore, doesn't mean there's a lack of choice or options. Just as we sail a boat down the river, following the direction of the stream and paying attention to the waves, we can still envision an infinity of possible pathways. Likewise, in contact improvisation, we can fine-tune our listening to the tendencies of movement, and still discover plenty of space to improvise, research, find new qualities and opportunities. I would like to create a collaborative space where we research together a certain quality of attention: not forcing, not committing to something that is not there, dropping the plans moment by moment, and be open to other ideas that may come and inspire us to incorporate them in our dance. In the workshop there will be time for labing, jamming with specific focusses and discussions about our findings. SCHEDULLE: 4,5,6,7 March, 2024 4,5 March 10:00 - 14:00; 6.7 March 16:00-20:00 VENUE: Siam Healing Centre REGISTRATION & PRICE: Slidning scale: 4500 THB - support price. 3500 THB - normal price. 2500 THB - low income price. If you are unable to pay the low income price direct your inquiry to: [email protected] Registration form: https://forms.gle/uCTiukRda9g5z4qg6 / 𝑪𝑨𝑻𝑨𝑳𝑰𝑵 𝑫𝑰𝑨𝑪𝑶𝑵𝑼 Cătălin studied Automatics in college and worked in this field in the period 2005-2021. His interest in music, theatre and movement led him to become more and more involved in various artistic projects, and at present, he dedicates himself almost exclusively to this direction. He studied guitar at the age of nine, and during college, he started playing in the rock band Avatar and continued for ten years. He later discovered electronic music and in 2012 began studying electronic music production. Over time he has been invited as a DJ to several events and festivals; participated in classes with Tom Cosm, Mr Bill, Simon Neumann, Keith Mills, Warp Academy, and in 2017 organised at SAE Institute Bucharest an electronic music laboratory inviting Simon Neumann as a mentor; composed the music for dance performances, ‘’Pe Bune’’, ‘’After.Life’’, and for the dance film: "Ship of Fools", "The one here is not the one there". All this time his passion for movement has led him from Kung Fu in childhood, Tai Chi in college and later on to Contact Improvisation and Aikido. In 2015 he began to study CI intensively in workshops, international courses and dance festivals. In 2017, in response to the invitation to teach, he decided that he could take the CI study to another level, initially as a course assistant and then leading his own classes. Those who inspired and guided him in this process were: Virginia Negru, Sveta Pashko, Cyrus Khambatta, Sergey Golovnea and Alexandra Soshnicova, Steve Batts, Scott Wells, Malcolm Manning, Sasha Dodo (CI), Kira Kirsch and Antoine Ragot (Axis Syllabus). In 2018 he held classes, individually and in collaboration with other teachers, in Bucharest and at a few international CI festivals (India, Thailand, Ukraine and Ireland). His experience and versatility in both movement and music opened up new opportunities for him and aroused his interest in the performative area: he performed in the dance performances "After.Life", "Pe Bune" and numerous performances of dance improvisation, organised in various unconventional spaces. At the present moment, he is part of the ongoing improvisation and instant composition Lab "Perspectives in motion"; produces electronic music; initiates, seeks and experiments, individually and together with other musicians, different frames for composing music; supports and facilitates, in partnerships with Virginia Negru, Contact Improvisation workshops, dance jam sessions and performances for which he creates live music, acoustics and electronics.