Shared Ecologies - Somatics & Contact Improvisation workshop 14 - 16 April Koh Phangan

Shared Ecologies - Somatics & Contact Improvisation workshop 14 - 16 April, Koh Phangan 3 mornings exploring the anatomical nature of the human body in solo and contact improvisation. Understanding how we are internally organised brings integrity and ease to our moving body, developing our physical awareness and extending it to our dance partners. We will enter anatomical structures experientially, discovering their functions, inherent qualities, rhythms and motions. Processing the embodiment of anatomical images through touch based movement explorations, solo improvisations, and partner exercises. This somatic approach to contact improvisation invites deep listening of our internal landscapes and opens an integrative perspective in the bodymind we inhabit; expanding our imagination, cultivating a wholeness and directness in our expression, bringing relational insights and awareness for our inter-dependence. We are complex organisms, I hope to make it simple enough for our curiosity to lead us, to sense and trust our bodies innate wisdom. The explorations are designed for all kinds of bodies and experience levels of contact improvisation. Time: 10:00-13:00 Location: The Source Price: 900 THB for 3 days Registration: PM Dolores Dewhurst Marks. Places are limited to 20 Following on from Shared Ecologies will be Stone & Water - dance in nature, somatics, poetry retreat, 18 - 21 April. In which we will work directly in nature, expanding our ecologies to our environment: https://fb.me/e/4voF1NV1g Shared Ecologies is part of BEING NATURE PROJECT - Encouraging people to discover their own way of connecting with deeper self and the natural world. Inspiring them to feel nature as part of their body, and from that embodied understanding move towards positive change, with acknowledgement of the current environmental situation. Offering space for exploration, collaboration, artistic expression and environmental activism. https://beingnature.space/ About Dolores: Dolores is a multidisciplinary artist, working with somatics, dance, performance, poetry and nature. In collaboration with Sasha Dodo directing and curating REVERSE RIVERS COMPANY, a vehicle for their artistic work; ART CONTINUUM NOMADIC RESIDENCY, designed for international artistic exchange, development and production of art, focused in fields of dance improvisation, performance, poetry and film. Co-organiser of TOWARDS centre for the education and research of Contact Improvisation, THAILAND CONTACT & MOVEMENT ARTS FESTIVAL, and THAILAND CONTACT IMPROVISATION CONFERENCE. In teaching, she is curious to shape spaces where knowledge can unfold in a mutual stream of creation, beyond the usual format of student - teacher relationship. Providing an environment for the investigation of body intelligence in relation to spatial awareness and the imagination. The approach for this workshop is inspired by Body-Mind Centering. BMC is an integrated and embodied approach to movement, the body and consciousness. Developed by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen. About BMC: https://www.bodymindcentering.com/ About Contact Improvisation: https://bit.ly/aboutcontactimprovisation Art Work: Greg Dun