Practice & Poetics in Contact Improvisation w. Anjelica Doniy

Praksa i Poetika u Kontakt Improvizaciji Radionica sa Anželikom Donij 8. i 9.3.2025. ........................................ Practice and Poetics in Contact Improvisation Workshop with Anjelica Doniy 8. & 9.3.2025. (scroll down for English) ........................................ Sa radošću vas pozivamo na jedinstvenu radionicu sa Andželikom Donij u Beogradu! Bilo da ste početnik/ca u kontakt improvizaciji ili iskusni plesač/ica, ovo je prilika da produbite svoju praksu i povežete se sa lokalnom zajednicom. O RADIONICI Ova radionica istražuje principe pokreta u kontakt improvizaciji, fokusirajući se na tehničke osnove i poeziju plesa. Zajedno ćemo otkrivati nove načine kretanja, povezivanja i stvaranja značenja kroz ples. Postoje principi pokreta u kontaktu sa partnerom koji služe kao praktična osnova ove discipline u svakom plesu, za svakog plesača. Tehnički aspekti povezani su s principima pokreta solo, s partnerom i u grupi, uz održavanje sigurnosti i intuicije. Ali tu je i poetičnost – slike, privlačnost ka stvaranju značenja i kompozicionom razmišljanju. Želim da razmotrimo ove aspekte odvojeno i damo plesu priliku da iskoristi celu paletu mogućnosti.. Praksa Počećemo zagrevanjem u solo plesu. Kroz ove vežbe istraživaćemo kako telo funkcioniše i kako može da se kreće efikasno i udobno. Proučavaćemo Bartenief obrasce i elemente savremenih plesnih tehnika kako bismo proširili puteve kroz koje se telo može kretati ekonomično, jasno i sigurno. Kontakt improvizacija • Vežbaćemo kompoziciju u prostoru, vremenu i mestu kroz kontakt improvizaciju. • Slušaćemo sopstvenu kinosferu, dodirom, pogledom i srcem. • Istraživaćemo „Mali ples” (Small Dance). • Proučavaćemo razmenu težine, njen tok, pomeranje, spuštanje i viseće pokrete. • Istražićemo tehničke tajne oslonaca na različitim nivoima plesa – od poda do vazduha. • Vežbaćemo kontinuitet, protok i spontanost pokreta u prostoru. • Prilagođavaćemo prostor iza leđa sferičnom, povezanom i tehnički poetičnom plesu. Poetika plesa • Rad na opuštanju, oslobađanju i usavršavanju tehnika za sam ples, poput bodywork-a, release tehnike i autentičnog pokreta. • Korišćenje slika koje podstiču čulnu stranu plesa, maštu i kreativnost. • Vežbanje obraćanja pažnje na atmosferu u prostoriji i energiju koju stvaramo plešući sa partnerom ili u grupi. • Rad na pažnji, kvalitetu slušanja i prepuštanju plesu da se prirodno dešava i vodi plesače. Poziv na pauzu i usporavanje. • Istraživanje odnosa između pokreta i pogleda. • Soliranje, kontakt s partnerom i prepuštanje kolektivnom stvaranju. • Jam kao prostor kreativne praznine, gde tehnika prelazi u praksu, a praksa otkriva poeziju. Pitanja za istraživanje • Šta je vidljivo, predvidivo i podučljivo? • Šta je skriveno, nepredvidivo i nemoguće naučiti? • Može li se jam posmatrati kao umetničko delo u nastajanju? • Kako posmatrač utiče na plesača? Kako plesač utiče na posmatrača? Volim da stvorim mesto gde se život i ples sreću, duh i materija mešaju svoje kvalitete, i počinjemo da spoznajemo ono što nije uvek dostupno rečima. Kao da imamo jednu zajedničku tajnu. Ponesite sveske sa sobom – pisaćemo, a možda i crtati. O ANŽELIKI Anželika Donij je plesna improvizatorka, koreografkinja i predavačica sa više od dve decenije iskustva u kontakt improvizaciji. Nakon formalnih studija klasične koreografije, baleta i scenskih disciplina, provela je 10 godina kao pozorišni koreograf pre nego što je otkrila svoju pravu strast: „1997. godine sam ugledala čudo kontakt improvizacije, gledala Stiva Paktsona na sceni, uronila u radionicu Endrjua Harvuda gde je oko 70 plesača preklapalo svoje pokrete jedni preko drugih. Bilo je neverovatno, zemlja je postajala živa. Videla sam ostvarenje svog sna o svetu koji raste iz povezanosti, interakcije, harmonije između pojedinca i grupe.“ Od 2002. godine, Anželika vodi džemove i radionice širom sveta, inspirišući plesače svih nivoa—od početnika do profesionalaca. „Volim da vodim ljude u ples, inspirišem ih da istraže sopstveno telo i probudim ono što je već tu. Takođe, uživam da dugogodišnje plesače iznenadim tajnama tela, malim ključevima koji otvaraju poznati ples u nove prostore. Posebno me zanima jasnoća u kontakt improvizaciji. Jasnoća prema praksi. Iskrenost prema tome kako pomeram svoju težinu u prostoru gravitacije. Pažnja usmerena na oslobađanje plesa od ličnog. Dopuštanje da se stvari dešavaju.“ Anželika je imala priliku da uči od velikih učitelja poput Regin Šopeno, Stiva Pakstona, Nensi Stark Smit, Denija Lepkofa, Benoa Vorhama, Lise Nelson, Ester Gal, Janiva Minzera, Martina Kea i mnogih drugih. Sa više od 200 održanih radionica širom sveta, dugogodišnjim radom na usavršavanju tehničkih veština i jednako dugim putem meditacije i svesne prakse, Anželika prenosi svoje znanje u formu "životnog plesa" – kontakt improvizaciju. RASPORED Radionica: 8.3.2025 – 9.3.2025 Jutarnji deo: 10:00–14:00 Popodnevni deo: 15:00–17:00 Džem: 10.3.2025 (detalji uskoro) LOKACIJA Mandir, Resavska 30b CENA Sa namerom da radionicu učinimo dostupnom ljudima različitih finansijskih mogućnosti, radionica se nudi po modelu klizne skale: 95 – 150 € za rane prijave do 15.2.2025. 120 – 150 € regularne prijave nakon 15.2.2025. Donji kraj skale je za one sa nižim primanjima, dok je gornji za one koji žele da podrže druge da prisustvuju događaju. Izaberite iznos koji vam odgovara. Cena ne uključuje otvoreni džem u ponedeljak. PRIJAVA Link za registraciju: https://form.typeform.com/to/R4EdzWJg Za sva pitanja, pišite nam na [email protected]. Radujemo se prilici za učenje i ples sa vama! ............................................................................ (ENG) With excitement, we invite you to a unique workshop with Anjelica Doniy in Belgrade! Whether you’re new to contact improvisation or an experienced dancer, this is a chance to expand your knowledge and practice, explore authentic movement, and connect with the local community. ABOUT THE WORKSHOP This workshop explores the principles of movement in contact improvisation, focusing on both technical foundations and the poetry of dance. Together, we will uncover new ways of moving, connecting, and creating meaning through dance. There are principles of movement in contact with a partner that serve as the practical basis of this discipline in every dance, for every dancer. Technical aspects related to the principles of movement in solo, with a partner and in a group, maintaining safety along with intuition. And also, there is poetry, images, attraction to the creation of meanings, and compositional thinking. I want to consider these aspects separately and give the dance a chance to draw on the whole palette of possibilities. Practice We will warm up in solo. This will be our learning of movements that point to understanding the ways the body works and how it can move efficiently and comfortably. We will study Bartenieff patterns and elements of contemporary dance techniques to expand the routes along which the body can move economically, clearly and competently. Contact Improvisation • We will practice CI composing in the space, time, and place. • We will listen with the kinesphere, with the touch, vision, and heart. • We will explore the Small Dance. • We will study the exchange of weight, its flow, shifts, lowering, hanging. • We will check the technical secrets of supports at different levels of dance, from the ground to the air. • We will practice continuity, flow, spontaneity of movement in space. • We will adapt the space behind the back to a spherical, connected, technically poetic dance. Poetry of dance • Relaxing, releasing, fine-tuning techniques for the dance itself, such as bodywork, release technique, authentic movement. • Images that affect the sensual side of the dance, activating imagination and creativity. • Practice paying attention to the atmosphere in the room and the climate that we create by dancing with a partner or in a group. • Working with attention, quality of listening, making the dance happen and lead the dancers. An invitation to pause and slowing down. • Exploring the relationship between movement and vision. • Soloing, contact with a partner and surrender to ensemble thinking. • Jam as a space of creative emptiness, where technique turns into practice, and practice has access to poetry. Questions of interest What is visible, predictable, and teachable? What is hidden, unpredictable, unlearnable? Can jam be seen as an act of art in progress? How does the witness influence the dancer? - How does the dancer influence the witness? I like to create a place where life and dance meet, spirit and matter mix their qualities, and we begin to know what is not always available in words. As if we have one secret for all. Take notebooks with you, we will write and maybe draw. ABOUT ANJELICA Anjelika Doniy is a dance improviser, choreographer, and teacher with over two decades of experience focused on contact improvisation. With formal studies in classical choreography, ballet and stage disciplines, she spent 10 years as a theater choreographer before discovering her true passion: “In 1997, I saw a wonder of CI, watched Steve Paxton on stage, flew into Andrew Harwood workshop where some 70 dancers were rolling over each other. This was unbelievable, the earth was becoming alive. I saw a realization of my dream of the world growing from connection, interaction, harmony between one and many.” Since 2002, she has been facilitating jams and workshops across the globe, inspiring dancers of all levels—from beginners to professionals. “I love to guide people into the dance, inspire them with their own body, and awaken to what is already there. I love to surprise long-time dancers with secrets of the body as little keys opening a familiar dance into new spaces. My special interest in contact improvisation is clarity. Clarity towards the practice. Honesty towards how I move my weight in the space of Gravity. Attention towards clearing the dance from the personal. Letting things happen as they go. I am grateful to have met and studied with such teachers as Regine Chopinot, Steve Paxton, Nancy Stark Smith, Danny Lepkoff, Benno Voorham, Lisa Nelson, Esther Gal, Yaniv Mintzer, Martin Keo, and many others.” With over 200 workshops taught worldwide, many years of work in acquiring and transmitting technical skills, and an equally long path of meditation and mindfulness practice, Anjelika blends her knowledge into this life dance, contact improvisation. SCHEDULE Workshop 8.3.2025 – 9.3.2025 Morning: 10:00–14:00 Afternoon: 15:00–17:00 Harvest Jam 10.3.2025 (details coming soon) VENUE Belgrade city center (exact location to be confirmed after registration) PRICE We offer a sliding scale intending to make this workshop accessible to people with different financial circumstances: 95 – 150€ Early Bird until 15/2 120–150€ Regular The lower end is for people with lower incomes. The higher end is for those who want to support others to be able to join the event. Please choose any amount in between that feels right to you. Prices do not include open jam on Monday. REGISTRATION Link for registration: https://form.typeform.com/to/R4EdzWJg If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at [email protected]. Looking forward to dancing with you!