Dancing All The Way Workshop – Berkeley

DANCING ALL THE WAY 2010

Saturday – Sunday  September 25 -26 2010

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

(This workshop is not appropriate for beginners. Fundamental skills of rolling, falling, weight sharing and dancing off-balance are required)

A weekend intensive training with Martin Keogh

One way to look at Contact Improvisation is as a framework of skills that encloses the place where we meet to dance: in the empty middle.

During this weekend workshop we will focus on technique, enlarging the frame, to give us more empty space as we dance all the way.

Rather than dance our skills, we will use them as a foundation of safety and possibility as we enter the raucous, intimate and unpredictable flow of contact improvisation.

We will explore:

• Moving from a base of sensation
• Dancing with a shared central axis
• Seeking ease in going off balance
• Finding the spontaneous acrobatics of the form
• Spending more time in nuance, disorientation, and extended follow-through

Location: Studio 12, Sawtooth building,
Address: 2525 8th St.  Berkeley, CA  94710

When:  Saturday – Sunday  September 25 -26,
( Saturday – 12:30-7:30pm and  Sunday – 12-7pm)

Cost:  Sliding Scale – $210, $180, $150.
Limitation: 30 spaces max