Tanzfabrik workshop with Cathie Caraker

Somanatomic Explorations in BMC and Improvisation Sourcework for Movement Artists july 21 - 25 at Tanzfabriek Kreuzberg Body-Mind Centering® (BMC) is an embodiment practice, a forum for experiential research into the sources of human movement. Each day we warm up with developmental movement states to fine-tune the sense perceptions and balance our physical tone in relation to the earth, gravity, space and each other. Next, we delve into our body systems through movement and touch. We explore the architectural clarity of the bones, the 3D support of the organs, the kinetic dynamics of the fluids, the specificity of the nerves and how the “mind” of each of each system expresses through our dancing. This research forms the ground for extended periods of Authentic Movement practice and improvisation, during which we cultivate an attitude of curiosity, fluid specificity of attention and openness to the unknown. Cathie Caraker is a dance artist, performer and teacher from San Francisco. Formerly based in Amsterdam, she was on the faculty of the School for New Dance Development for 10 years. She is a certified practitioner of Body-Mind Centering® (1990) and holds an MFA in Dance from Bennington College. Her work has been widely presented in dance centers across Europe, North and South America. Her writings on dance and somatics have been published in the Belgian dance journal Nouvelles de Danse. www.caraker.com to register: http://www.tanzfabrik-berlin.de/wsbescheibung.php?d1=2014-07-21&d2=2014-07-25