BEING READY
an intermediate-advanced course in Contact Improvisation
with Andrew Harwood
in London

15 – 19 October 2007

 What does it mean to be ready to dance at any time, with anyone, anywhere ? There are no set formulas, but there is an attitude and a state of mind and body that can be cultivated toward this objective. Being completely attentive and always prepared on all levels, will enable us to go beyond thinking our way through the dance, and help us be attuned to what is actually taking place. This total presence allows us to be freed of the mental chatter, planning ahead, and judgement, which so often override the body’s ability to make appropriate split-second choices. In this way the improvisations can be entirely physical, playful, heartfelt, surprising and enjoyable. Explored themes will include: tumbling, flying, use of variable speeds, use of direct action and initiation, resistance, disappearance, subtle ways of moving weight, flowing through unfamiliar circumstances, extending our personal range of movement, and integrating our imagination and our heart.

Because of the advanced nature of this workshop, this intensive is for those with a solid grasp of Contact fundamentals and with at least two ongoing years of regular C.I. practice.

Venue: Moving East Centre for Dance, Martial Arts and Complementary Medicine
St Matthias Church Hall, Wordsworth Road, Stoke Newington,
London, N16 8DD

Times: 11.00 – 18.00

Cost: £170 full-time salary, £160 part-time/freelance, £150 unwaged

Further information: robert@...
07814 790 757

To book a place send a deposit of £50 (payable to LCI) to 11a Uplands Road, London, N8 9NN.

Andrew de Lotbinière Harwood is the artistic director of AH HA Productions a project oriented company focusing on improvisation as a performing art. Andrew is recognized as an exceptional international teacher, performer and creator in the field of instantaneous choreography and contact improvisation since 1975. His work has been presented in numerous international festivals since 1980 (Impuls Tanz, La Biennale, Festival Montpellier, F.I.N.D., Festival des Antipodes, IF/ New York, Bates Dance Festival, etc). He has danced with the companies of Fulcrum, Jo Lechay, Marie Chouinard, and Jean-Pierre Perreault, and has collaborated with many renowned dance artists including Steve Paxton, Nancy Stark Smith, Lisa Nelson, Kirstie Simson, Peter Bingham, Chris Aiken, Ray Chung and Benoit Lachambre among many others. His background includes athletics, gymnastics, yoga, modern dance, Release Technique, improvisation and Aikido. He was awarded the Canada Council’s Jacqueline Lemieux dance award in 2000.

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