SURRENDERING TO PHYSICS Contact Improvisation Dance & Biomechanics for Effortless Movement

📅 Classes: January 27 – 30 Come join us for an exploration into playful movement and dance 🤍 We dive into the exciting dynamics of free-form improvisational partner dance, where listening, sensing, and responding become the heart of movement. Contact Improvisation is a powerful mind–body practice 🧠✨ It develops refined coordination, awareness of our movement patterns, and how we meet each other in relationship. 🤸 An all-body workout 🌊 Surfing on waves of movement 💆 Movement that massages body and mind We study how to: – fly and fall safely ✨ – meet the floor with softness and flexibility 🌱 – enter and leave relationships with awareness 🤍 – move with adaptability and ease 🌀 🧭 We will explore: Somatic Movement 🌿 Functional Anatomy 🦴 Biomechanics of Movement ⚙️ Primal Movement Strategies 🐾 🎒 WHAT TO BRING (Important!) Please bring many warm layers and double layers 🧦🧥 Long sleeves, long pants, and layered clothing create a happy relationship with the floor 😊 If you sweat easily, bring extra clothes to keep yourself — and your partners — warm, dry, and comfortable 🤍 🗓 Class Schedule You are welcome to join according to your availability ✨ • Tuesday, Jan 27 | 18:00–21:00 • Wednesday, Jan 28 | 18:00–21:00 • Thursday, Jan 29 | 12:00–15:00 • Friday, Jan 30 | 12:00–15:00 💶 Pricing: • 4 classes: 180 lev • 3 classes: 150 lev • 1–2 classes: 60 lev / class 🌿 Course Instructor Chrystabel Butler brings a wide range of experience to movement and dance ✨ With a background in competitive gymnastics 🤸, she has pursued research and teaching in multiple somatic dance modalities. 🌍 She has taught Contact Improvisation in UK, Japan, Bulgaria, Egypt, and Australia 🌀 Engaged with intensive study of Axis Syllabus inspired movement since 2014 ⚙️ Passionate about dance through anatomy, physics, and biomechanics She is a certified Integrative Psychotherapist and Dance Movement Therapist 🎓, with a Master’s in Counselling and Psychotherapy and a Postgraduate Diploma in Dance Movement Therapy. Since 2009, she has led workshops in Somatic Dance and Creative Psychotherapy 🤍 🧘 Certified Yoga & Pilates instructor since 2007 🌏 Taught rehabilitative yoga and pilates in Australia and Japan 🌐 Social Media 📸 Instagram: chrystabel__danceandtherapy 📘 Facebook: Sofia Somatic Movement and Creative Psychotherapy 🌍 Website: chrystabelbutlerpsychotherapy.com