Core Connections, From Floor to Flight

Contact Improv (CI) Intensive

 Sept 4 | 12:30-4:30pm  | 750 k | PARADISO

Beginner, Beginner-Intermediate

In this 1/2 day CI Intensive we will harness the power of core connection with our dance partners, bringing a sense of one being. Two dancers, one body. 

From this central point of contact, through dynamic shared weight, we feel, relate and explore with harmonious fluidity. If and when we choose. 

What we'll explore:

-The quality of becoming one animal with a partner

-Fluidly changing levels within the dance

-Maintaining fluid connection at the floor level

-Harnessing shared weight and balance for greater freedom of movement

-Some fundamentals of improvised flight 

-Feeling and co-regulating dancers nervous systems

The intention of this workshop is to develop our proprioception so we may move in radical & pleasurable ways without ‘doing’ anything.

Please bring pants, long sleeves, knee pads and a change of clothes for best results!

*CI isn’t about always being fluid and harmonious. Awkward moments and tipping points of transit and chaos often lead us down beautiful winding paths. Part of fundamentals training however is developing the capacity to consciously embody ease and grace in our dance.