About this Event

We are excited for you to discover a deeper sense of connection, authentic relating, and physical well-being. This workshop will take you through 3 practices: massage, movement, words: Philip will guide you through a Thai massage & Polarity Balancing exercise, which you will both give and receive. Alexia will then bring you into authentic movement and dancing in pairs. You will then be guided through exploring communication through words, sharing feelings in the present moment. Location: Community house, 3769 Grand View Bld LA Timing: 7-9pm Price: suggested donation 20$ About Philip Martin As an integrative bodyworker, improvisational dancer & therapeutic movement practitioner, Philip's excitement comes from seeing others experience flow, ease, authentic self-expression. He practices bodywork in Culver City, is a staff instructor at the IPSB Massage School, and teaches movement at GYROTONIC South Bay in Manhattan Beach. About Alexia Périneau Authentic and group dance facilitator in Paris, she is passionate about bringing people to a flow and connected state through improvisation. She is inspired by Gaga dance, Contact Improvisation, Ensemble Improvisation and Ecstatic Dance. She explored the practice of group improvisation through a research project in Paris with the CNRS, and workshops in various places including Earth Dance with Nita Little and Rey Chung. She studied Gaga dance, which is a form of contemporary dance, in Israel and Paris, and contact improvisation all over the place. She currently teaches in Paris at the Acting School Paris Meisner Studio, at Loft Lechapelais, and Agapë events. She is also a Dance Performer, Yoga Teacher and ex-Engineer.

Dance Styles

Contact Improvisation (50%)
Ecstatic Dance (50%)

Organizer

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Alexia Perineau

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Philip Martin