CONTACT & SHIATSU

a laboratory to explore qualities of touch and boundaries within Contact

Januar 2nd - 3rd 2006,
each day 10 til 4

With Benno Enderlein in Freiburg (Germany)
directly after the New Jears-Jam

Flyer download Contact & Shiatsu in pdf
http://www.dolphin-touch.de/downloads/CON&SHIA06_eng.pdf


Shiatsu, is a kind of finger-pressure-massage.
About Contact and Shiatsu: This weekend we will dive into the work witch
arises when we relate contact with shiatsu. In my own experience with
contact and with shiatsu, in the past 13 years, there occured a dialog. In
both touching art forms the body-mind-spirit gets constantly fed with
informations. Contact is a dance, Shiatsu is a massage practice. In both
cases I deal with touch. In Contact both partners are equal, both giving and
taking. In Shiatsu the roles of giving and taking are divided. In Shiatsu
you focus on developing the ability to touch in the "right way" . There are
terms like: "How deep do I sink into the TSUBO (Akupessure-Point), how long
do I stay, in witch rhythm do I work. Witch parts attract my consciousness,
were do I want to give weight? From this point of view isn't Contact a
continoues treatment in witch the movers get the touch they like to get? Or
the other way around: don't I give a perfect treatment wile dancing contact
and both partners have pleasure? Don't I fulfill an unspoken need within a
contact-dance or a shiatsu treatment? The consciousness in both cases might
not be the same but it is at least very similar. In a shiatsu treatment I am
in a state of not wanting. There is no will, no aim, I fulfill my task
through my moving presence. The other way around: In contact improvisation I
had my most precious dances in this open state of mind. A dance ends when
the exchange happened, when every thing has been "said", when the talk
between the bodys has been completed.
In Shiatsu it feels very similar. There is a feeling as if a circle is
beeing closed. It might be the energy circle witch builds the 12 Meridians.
Then the energy flows fluidly and builds a hole. In contact we find a
greater variety of qualities of touch than in Shiatsu. Here we can play with
fluid or soft touch and also with surprising or pointed qualities.
This workshop is a laboratory to explore all kinds of qualities, up to
pinching, grabbing or even scratching and biting?! Where are the limits,
what is your way of dancing contact? How far do you allow yourself to go,
are you willing to play with new qualities?

In adition to that there`s the question: what is contact? Is it a pure
physical dance form? Is there space for emotions and sexual feelings? How do
I draw the line, how do I show what I want and don`t want? Do I speak or
what kind of tools do I use to express myself clearly? Do I manage to
respect and communicate my boundaries in my daily life? In this laboratory
we will explore saying "no" any time as a kind of "safetygear". Saying "no"
allowes for a "yes" in the very next moment.

Location:
Germany, Freiburg, The MOVE in der FABIRK, Habsburger Str. 9 a

Accommodation:
is possible in the studio, 5 Euro

To bring:
if possible bring a blanket

Level:
experience in Contact is basic. If you have doubts, please talk to me on the
phone

Flyer download:
http://www.dolphin-touch.de/con&shia06_eng.pdf

Cost:
105,- Euro / 95,-Euro if you register 7 days in advance

Account international:
IBAN DE55 5001 0060 0415 3236 06 BIC PBNKDEFF
Account from Germany:
Postbank Frankfurt, BLZ 50010060, KoNr. 415323-606

Instructor:
Benno Enderlein studied from 1989 till 1993at the"European Dance Development
Center" (EDDC) in Arnhem (NL). His work is inspired by Nancy Stark Smith,
Steve Paxton,Bob Rease, Eva Karczak, Mark Tomkins, DieterHeitkamp a.o..
Since 1991 he is teaching Contact-Improvisation and bodywork and giving
danceperformences. He is a Shiatsu-Praktitioner since1991 and since 1997
with the licence of the GSDâ (German Shiatsu Association). Further more he
initiates and organizes international Contact-Jams (Arnheim, Göttingen,
Freiburg) since 15 years. He is a cofounder and a organizer of the Contact
Festival Freiburg.

Info and registration:
Benno Enderlein, Marie-Curie-Str. 8, 79100 Freiburg,
T.: 0049 (0) 761 / 707 85 33,

Online registration:
http://www.dolphin-touch.de/anmeldung.htm

e-mail:
bennoenderlein@...

website:
http://www.dolphin-touch.de