In this workshop, we will play with essential physical states and core movement principles, looking at what supports us in arriving into the experience of a body that is relaxed and ready to respond. We will meet our responsive body as a vital state that is available and familiar to us, deeply rooted in our early movement development. As an integral part of ourselves, it is both our source and our doorway into improvisation.

We will explore useful technical aspects of Contact Improvisation, as well as work somatically – sensing and understanding movement from within – arriving into a state of awareness, clarity, and deep learning.
Key ingredients as we move and discover will be:
The Falling Body, Following Through, Moving Support and Alignment, Spherical Space, and The Interplay of Spirals Through All Levels.

I am particularly interested in looking at what is needed in order to follow through in both low and high flying with a relaxed and responsive body.
How do we adapt our body tone as the dance changes from moment to moment?
How do we organize our awareness and our body in the air with fluidity and ease while dancing with the constant possibility of disorientation?
How do we land and allow the falling weight to continue through our bodies and into our improvisation?

Sharing my work, I would like to offer inspiration as well as tools to ease, stimulate, and support the individual growth and development in each of us as we improvise and play together in this workshop and beyond.