mmMOMENTUM - CI & Somatics with Christine Cole

......mmMOMENTUM! <> Some of our best moments dancing are when we feel free as momentum propels us into moments of easeful and exciting dances. We cannot push or effort our way into this state, but once there you tap into a force that recreates itself. <> To access this state Christine Cole, Master BMC and SomaticBODY teacher will somatically introduce equilibrium of inner ear and three different tissues that support, direct and initiate movement: <> * Forces of equilibrium, organs in the inner ear create the initial fall , which then continues as mmMomentum, propelling the dance onward - perhaps forever * Bones & Joints - the architectural frame to inhabit space, to articulate specific motions at the joints and support the weight in and out of gravity. * Ligaments - the bands that keep the skeleton connected, guide the joints in their paths, and ever-ready resilience and rebound without extra energy loss. * Finally the muscles - here we have the 3 dimensional coordination of active contracting and expanding fibers that allow us to turn our thoughts in to actions, our experience into motion, and dance. Here we have the dynamic element of ACTION utilizing the guidance and support of the bones and ligaments. <> When we use our muscles to bind the skeleton, our muscles are not available to move freely, if we just apply ligamentous flow, we may lose out on strength and the ability to initiate dynamically and if we just swing the bones, well… We will alternate between somatic explorations and apply them specifically to the dances, giving students the opportunity to widen their range of contact skills. <> - Build the resources in your body to generate movement. - Learn to generate motion in your dances, join flow & engage. - Build your personal movement repertoire. <> Christine sees CI dances & Jams as inherently communally created, inspired by co- creation and fully based on freedom and improvisation. __________________________ ## Schedule: Friday 19:00-21:30 Saturday & Sunday 10:00-17:00 --Saturday Open Jam 17.30 - 20:30 Open to all! -- ## Investment & registration: After March 26th - Solo: 165 Euro https://buy.stripe.com/7sI3e94zK1GF0aQeVt - Bring a friend: 145 Euro https://buy.stripe.com/4gw3e9aY80CB2iYbJi ## Place Studio 239 Prinsengracht 239-M, 1015 DT Amsterdam ## Questions Ask Thijs: [email protected] _____ About Christine: Christine Cole found CI in Freiburg in 1981, and keeps this practice and research to today. She became a teacher of BMC, teacher of CI and lived in Western Massachusetts, where both Bonnie Bainbridge-Cohen and Nancy Stark Smith resided, therefore having access to both leaders in their field and curated a festival where they spoke about their history, their work and their connection. She runs SomaticBODY trainings in Europe, Israel and the USA and teaches Somatics using CI - all this time, as a versatile, alive, movement technique that is based on relating through movement, momentum, timing. She is concerned about Somatics as being understood as a nice, sensing, calming practice, but believes that Somatics must include action and allow for ALL human ways of being in the world to be expressed and supported.