The Body Orchestra 1 & 2: Axis Syllabus Somatics CI

The Body Orchestra Axis Syllabus - Somatics - Contact Improvisation 𝗔 𝗧𝘄𝗼-𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗥𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 & 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 with Kira Maria Kirsch Sit. Lie down. Stand. Move. Listen. Breath plays the scales of tissue tone. Fluids ebb and flow. Bones whisper their grand time scale shape shifts. Fascia conducts forces through elastic reverberations and a wave like movement in your spine is singing of an omnipresent pulse. Together all these rhythms form an incredible dynamic polyphonic system. An orchestra responding to gravity, touch, music, space and one another with sheer endless variations. The Body Orchestra is Kira Kirsch's evolving movement practice, emerging from more than twenty years of research in dance pedagogy, biomechanics, somatic inquiry, Contact Improvisation and contemporary dance. Informed by her long-standing engagement with the Axis Syllabus, Moving Alchemy and Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy. Kira ’s intensive trainings offer a dynamic dance and movement practice that bring together somatic inquiry, analytical approaches to movement, and physically expansive dancing. The training focuses on refining and deepening an embodied and applicable understanding of anatomy, functional biomechanics, physics, and chronological body architecture as a basis for cultivating sustainable, context-sensitive, and creative response-abilities. This ten day training is set up in two parts. In each part movement principles and concepts are explored through images, video, anatomical models, hands-on work, partnering/contact, improvisation, and looping movement patterns. In the second part material will gradually unfold into more complex phrases as well as offer more dynamic contact including focus on musicality, interpretation and compositional scores. 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗞𝗶𝗿𝗮 𝗞𝗶𝗿𝘀𝗰𝗵 Kira Kirsch is a movement artist, community organizer, and experiential researcher, originally from East Berlin. After spending seven years in San Francisco, she now resides in Berlin with her family as residents of Lake Studios —a vibrant, artist-run space for dance, performance, and creative production. Kira is deeply invested into creating and shaping spaces for people to experience, learn about and sensitize their mind-body-movement continuum. She has pioneered, taught and continuously researched through the lens of the Axis Syllabus (AS) for more than 20 years and has established dance research communities in Brussels, San Francisco and Berlin. Her work is deeply informed by studies in Moving Alchemy with Sarah Shelton Mann, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, Mind in Motion with Nita Little, Nonviolent Communication (NVC), and Body-Mind Centering (BMC). As a curator, Kira has been involved with projects like the "SENSING IN" festival, mov*ed—a peer exchange platform for movement educators—and leads the Movement Artisans educational program in Berlin. Kira’s teaching spans internationally, from contemporary dance festivals to contact improvisation gatherings, and she is a regular presence in professional dance institutions. Recent artistic collaborations include Many Lives with choreographer Jorge de Hoyos, (dis)comfort behaviours with actress Anneke Schwabe, Earth Will Come with filmmaker Katelyn Stiles and musician/poet Barnaby Tree, as well as the music video We Are the Flood and the short film Dreamstroy with the collective Cargocult. The training is in 2 parts: 1. Part: 18-22 of February 2027, 3 hours in the mornings and every second day lab time in the afternoon. 2. Part: 24.-28. of February 2027, 3 hours in the mornings and every second day lab time in the afternoon. Early Bird until 𝟭𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 December: 300 Euro / 12000 Baht per Part, both together 500 euros / 20000 Baht. 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 December: 350 Euro / 14000 Baht per Part, both together 600 euros / 23000 Baht. Registration at: https://forms.gle/yRxkyjNWPrQjmC9B8 Update: As accommodation is not included, you have to check on booking or you can write me that you would like to stay on the campsite that is a 5 min scooter ride from the workshop venue. More information about what is happening on the island: www.contactimprovkohphangan.com