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From: Stirling Steward <stirling.steward@...>
To: UK CI egroup <Contact_Improvisation_UK_Network@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Fri, 1 May 2009 9:51
Subject: CI UK Network – The Poetry of Motion
hoping this doesn't all arrive in such big letters this time!
The Poetry of Motion 14th to 16th August 2009.
Improvisation and Partnering Skills
with Kirstie Simson
in Abercych, west Wales
In recent years Kirstie has been drawn more forcefully towards the practice of deep listening within her own practice of improvisation. During this workshop she will be sharing her insights and understanding of the essential quality of listening within the art of improvisation.
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The workshop takes place in a large village hall with a view out to the beautiful Cych Valley, with opportunities for river and woodland walks. The sea just 15 minutes drive away.
Kirstie will give classes in dance-improvisation, drawing from her knowledge of contact improvisation, dance techniques, Aikido and her extensive experience of improvisation in performance. The focus will be on exploring uninhibitedly the huge potential of the body’s response to
the primal urge to move, inspired by deep energies released through human interaction, physical challenge and through the excitement of discovering new territory, new sensations and a daring to go beyond inherent ideas of limitation.The classes will be built on very simple physical principles allowing students to explore their experience of moving and to understand their own bodies more profoundly, which is often experienced as joyful and liberating.
Kirstie will be focusing on various aspects and techniques for freeing up the body - allowing it to move with greater ease and grace. She has spent many years researching ways of moving which generate full and fearless dancing, and she enjoys the challenges of intense physicality. Kirstie will be sharing her=2
0discoveries with students. The classes offer students a way to extend and deepen their experience of moving, to practice the skills of dancing Contact Improvisation and Spatial Improvisations.
Freedom is Kirstie's eternal subject as she dares to go beyond the boundaries of form and structure to create movement out of the rhythm of life itself. She is renowned today as an excellent teacher and captivating performer who is a leading light in the field of dance improvisation and she is currently involved in making a film about Dance Improvisation with filmmaker Katrina McPherson. In January 2008 Kirstie joined the faculty of the Dance Department at the University of Illinois in Urbana Champaign.
Cost: £100
Location: Abercych village hall, west Wales
Times: Friday 14th August 7.30 - 9.30 pm; Saturday 15th 10am - 6pm; Sunday 16th 10am - 5pm
For more info, accommodation list (camping, self catering, b&b), and to book contact:
Stirling - 01239 841488 virgin.net
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