Zero to Flying Workshop with Scott Wells

Scott’s annual Zero to FLYING workshop w/ special (optional) Monday event: An old school contact improv flying jam - think Magnesium (Steve Paxton). We will document with video which will be available to participants. Zero to flying Aerial aspects of contact improv: flying, catching, landing, fluid acrobatics, deft maneuvers. The progressions build from somatic practices and contact skills to flying. Everyone will work at their own level and learn best building group safety and trust. I aim to connect the work to somatic knowledge. (For example, Jumping ≠ Flying because jumping is a muscular action, whereas flying is in the bones and is affected greatly by emotions and attitude.) We’ll do favorite contact exercises and current curiosities. created or learned over decades of investigation and indulgence. Sat 1-6pm @ Athletic Playground Sun 12-6 @ Wildcat Studio (2525 8th St, Berkeley) Monday 11-3 @ Athletic Playground (Monday is optional and is included in the price) Cost: $350 Early bird by 2/10 with code FLYINGEARLY: $260 Single days: $185 SCOTT WELLS BIO Scott Wells has been practicing Contact Improvisation since 1981, has an MFA in Dance and directed an award winning dance company in San Francisco. He has created works for skateboarders, for boxers and choreographed West Side Story for Sonoma University. Wells has been teaching and performing in Europe for the last 28 years in festivals in Moscow, Barcelona, Budapest, Berlin, Vienna, Zagreb, Bucharest and Ankara to name a few. His current research passions are eyebody practice, moving from the organs and contact improvisation. Register here: https://momence.com/Scott-Wells/Zero-to-FLYING-workshop-/109711220