Létanec PreFestival Workshop 2020

THE REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! Register here: https://forms.gle/TW3Ggs3oTBLi7Pc88 TOUCHING INTIMACY, ORGANIC AUTHENTICITY with Grégory Chevalier (Fr/Hu) Since I am dancing CI, I recently understood that I still keep on looking for a place where I can truly sense, feel and meet my partner. A place where the origin of movement becomes a conscious research within my own body and our collective body. A place where the basic principles of Contact Improvisation like rolling, sliding, giving and receiving support become sensitive, sensuous, senseful. A place where we can feel home, share intimacy and feel safe. A place where support becomes effortless, momentum becomes fluid. A place where we surprise ourselves doing movements we never did before just by noticing them. We will touch, listen, explore, move, be moved and dance from and around those places. We will work with organs and bones, using basic material taken from Body Mind Centering, Material for the Spine and Authentic Movement. We will play and compose into space. Everyone is welcome regardless her/his experiences in CI. Being open, sensitive and curious is necessary. BIO Grégory Chevalier (Fr/Hu) I started my dance career in China doing show dancing in clubs in 2004, then back to Europe I studied intensively contemporary and improvisation techniques. When I discovered Contact Improvisation in 2008 I gradually made it my main practise. In 2012 I completed Sabine Parzer’s holistic dance teacher training specialised in Authentic Movement. I am continuing my Authentic Movement studies with her this year. Then five years learning and assisting a non official Body Mind Centering training led by Kálmán Ferenc. I offer Contact Improvisation, Somatic Improvisation and Authentic Movement sessions in weekly classes, weekend workshops, schools and international festivals (Georgia, France, Austria, Hungary, Israel, Serbia, Italy, Holland, Ukraine, Switzerland, Germany). I perform and collaborated in performance projects with/for Claire Filmon, Bérczi Zsofi (Living Art Pictures company), Berger Gyula (Zerobalett company), Dora Attila, Ruri Mito, Lior Lazarof, Hrotkó Heléna, Rubik Ernő Zoltán and Lévai Viola (Levegru company). I am mainly inspired by Nancy Stark Smith, Steve Paxton, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, Stéphanie Auberville, Otto Ramstad, Karczag Éva, Janet Adler, Josef Nadj and Julyen Hamilton’s works. I love community projects and I recently initiated an Underscore research group, the Hungarian Contact Improvisation Festival (www.kontaktland.com) and a Central European CI teachers gathering. For years I was connecting BMC together with CI. Now I am interested in solo practise whithin CI, mainly inspiring from Material for the spine, and also in exploring intimacy from our environment, especially nature, closed and open eyes. More infos about my workshops : https://www.facebook.com/gregorychevalierbudapest/ Létanec Prefestival Workshop prices: 100 eur (Includes the workshop, exquisite vegan/vegetarian food and accommodation in tent or in shared bedroom). If you come for the whole 10 days (Prefestival workshop + festival) you will get the Prefestival workshop for only 80 eur. Your Létanec team