Contact Improvisation & Improvisation at Dance Base starting this week!

CONTACT IMPROVISATION BEGINNERS

(5 week course)

Wed 9 Jan –Wed 6 Feb 19.30 – 21.00 £26.50 (£21.50)

Contact Improvisation is a contemporary formwhich works

on body andmind. It is usually danced with one ormore

partners in physical contact but it can also be enjoyed!

We will develop techniques and the ability to listen and

respond in improvisation,making a dance that is created in

themoment. The class introduces themain elements of

CI: working with the floor, gravity, following the point of

contact, falling, giving and receiving weight, and basic lifts.

It is suitable for beginners or anyone with some experience

in CI who would like to deepen their practice. It will be

possible for those who attend to continue to the

intermediate level in the second half of the term.

CONTACT IMPROVISATION

This second half of the termwill assume a basic level of

experience and will aimto develop furthermovement

skills and contact skills.We will work with listening and

responding, followingmomentum, falling, supporting and

lifting. The class is aimed towards those who have been

practising CI in the past few years and are interested in

developing further.

SPACE TO MOVE

Fri 11 Jan – Fri 21Mar 10.30 – 12.00

Termly £79 (£61) or Pay-on-the-day £7.50 (£6)

In this class we will support the body's intelligence using

body images and deep connection to the structure and

elements of our body such as skeleton and breath.

Awareness of floor,momentumand gravity will inform

ourmovement skills and spatial awareness.

We will also play with improvisation scores for solo, duet

and group. This is for anyone who wants to explore those

methods and also for professional dancers, actors,

performers who would like to deepen their practice and

refine their skills in improvisation.

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