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From: "ZIP.Orvietofestival" <info@...>
Date: July 24, 2005 20:01:47 BST
To: "ZIP.Orvietofestival" <info@...>
Subject: Upcoming October Workshops - Caravajal15 Orvieto Italy

26 OCTOBER - 1 NOVEMBER 2005
Orvieto (Italy) MiniZip
Residential Movement Research Projects
Intensive Workshops
Contact Improvisation
Scores for Improvising in Contact
Authentic Movement
and
Jams , performances

with

Andrew de Lotbinière Harwood and Judit Keri
Rossella Fiumi
Marcia Plevin

In the picture:
Andrew Harwood and Ray Chung at Zip.Orvietofestival 2005

Dear friends, dancers, movers of Contact Improvisation and
Improvisation,
After the success of the Zip.Orvietofestival of June 2005, the
Caravajal15 dynamic residence announces the upcoming initiatives for
Autumn 2005 in Orvieto, Italy.
We’re setting up three residential projects, on the whole aimed at
those who wish to pursue and continue their studies in the field of
dance.
The projects will be for a limited number of participants and
intensive workshops (each of 4 / 6 hours a day) are planned, with
resident performances of the participants, Jams, discussions and forum
on the themes of the individual workshops, as well as videos and themes
dealing with multimedia exploration of improvisation.
A few moments will also be set aside to review together the video
materials from Zipfestival 2005, to share, communicate, and exchange
experiences and impressions.
We believe it is important to continue in our commitment to the
diffusion and promotion of dance in this field, so as to strengthen and
broaden the community of Contact dancers  and make the participants
aware of the importance of continuity.

Those interested in signing up early for any of the initiatives, can do
so by sending an e-mail with their name and choice of workshop.
The deadline for registration is on the 30rd of September.
Since there will be a limited number of openings, we advise you to let
us know in time what your choices and interests are, so that the
projects can be properly organized.
With thanks and hoping to hear from you soon.
Caravajal15 dynamic residence team

Workshops calendar:

WORKSHOP with ANDREW HARWOOD and JUDIT KERY
26 - 30 OCTOBER
EMPTYING, LANDING, SOARING
max. 20 participants
An intensive  Improvisation \ Contact Improvisation workshop
Performance Saturday October 29
For dancers, choreographers, movers and improvisers
(27 hours workshop)

WORKSHOP with ROSSELLA FIUMI
27 - 31 OCTOBER
SCORES FOR IMPROVISING IN CONTACT
max. 20 participants
An intensive workshop on composition in improvisation performances
Performance Sunday October 30
For dancers, choreographers, movers and improvisers
(18 hours workshop)

WORKSHOP with MARCIA PLEVIN
30 OCTOBER - 1 NOVEMBER
AUTHENTIC MOVEMENT
max. 16 participants
Orientation and elaboration in Authentic Movement
For dancers, movers, psychotherapists and improvisers
Evening of October 31: Forum with video projections and discussion on
Authentic Movement
(14 hours workshop)

      
Information:
Caravajal15 residenza dinamica
Via Malabranca 15
05018 Orvieto - TR - Italy
tel +39 0763 34 14 79
fax +39 0763 34 06 69
info@...
rossella@...



Cost for each workshop ( each fee includes intensive workshop, jams,
accomodation and meals):
Andrew Harwood - Judit Kery 320 Euros
Rossella Fiumi 250 Euros
Marcia Plevin 180 Euros

Cost for two workshops:
Harwood-Kery and Fiumi workshops : 430 Euros
Harwood-Kery and Plevin workshops: 400 Euros
Fiumi and Plevin workshops: 380 Euros

Cost for the whole program (three workshops) 510 Euros

for registration please contact  rossella@...

WORKSHOP with ANDREW HARWOOD and JUDIT KERY
26-30 OCTOBER
EMPTYING, LANDING, SOARING

Focusing on: gravity/levity - relaxation/activity -
center/periphery - the spine and the senses

We begin by arriving in the space physically, emotionally and mentally,
alone, in pairs and collectively. To be ready for the present moment,
we empty ourselves so that we can learn and receive,
explore and experience, give and take. We build a connection with our
body on a deeper level, we let go and relax fully into a spacious sense
of time which allows for various activities to come into play, we
explore gravity and the inner energy which comes from our center and
moves through our whole body right to the periphery.

We will spend special attention to the relationship of the head/tail
connection and strengthen the relationship of the center to the
extremities of the body so that our take-offs and landings and our
traveling through space are all brave, smooth and safe. Breath,
relaxation and letting go is directly connected to being grounded and
centered while moving dynamically.

Each day we will practice a specific Contact skill and work with
enlivening the senses so that we can be really open to finding
immediate creative solutions.
Tuning, toning and enlivening our entire being, creates a state of
readiness which leads us to fuller, vibrant, connected dancing. We can
then enjoy the richness of our dancing alone, in pairs and as agroup.
We will also have opportunities to perform for each other, to view,
discuss and share the work at hand.



 

WORKSHOP with ROSSELLA FIUMI
27 - 31 OCTOBER
SCORES FOR IMPROVISING IN CONTACT

The Score is an ensemble of rules and parameters to which the dancers
respond as they develop their awareness through improvisation and
instantaneous composition.
The object of the workshop is to make the participants more aware of
and to develop their capacities for perception and observation in
movement, to facilitate group tuning, to interact with the environment
and integrate these qualities in improvisation.

The purpose of this work is also that of producing a language based on
observation and the ability to make decisions that become actions and
to organize independently a dance, or an ensemble of physical actions.

Introducing the world of sensations into the creative work.
Developing different ways in and out of Contact.
Developing skills throughout release imagery exercises and gradually
incorporating them into improvised dances.
Allowing for different dances to unfold in a supportive environment
with time to sit out and watch, and space for individual needs.
Work will be done in solo, in group and in duet form.

WORKSHOP with MARCIA PLEVIN
30 OCTOBER - 1 NOVEMBER
AUTHENTIC MOVEMENT - To Move and Be Moved

The inclusion of the discipline of Authentic Movement in the dance of
Contact Improvisation serves to enrich the sources from which a mover
can move or be moved.
We come together in pairs or groups, we come to find out what is
already in us waiting to emerge, we come knowing that we don't know
what we will do.
Our purpose is to awaken that part of us that is our internal witness,
which observes and participates in moving from the tiniest physical
impulse to the most complex physical expression.

Being “present” in the moment with exactly what is you will practice
witnessing yourself as you will-fully move, surrender to personal or
group movement by being moved, or as you remain in stillness. You will
learn the beginnings of a discipline that brings consciousness to how
the whisper of a breath may lead to doing or non-doing, and which leads
ultimately to knowing oneself.

We will learn and practice through a particular form of Authentic
Movement called the “Ground Form” in which seeing and being seen and
the relationship we have to ourselves and others are central points of
focus.
Being present and in contact with yourself you will wake up to the
deepest resources within which can spark spontaneity, clarity and
recognition of the when, where and how you move or don't move.

Authentic Movement is based on the relationship between a person who
is moving [the mover] and a person who observes [the witness], on the
experience of seeing and being seen, the restitution of past
experiences.
Sharing through movement, words or design opens new deep poetic spaces
in the individual and collective psyche, enriching personal and
interpersonal experience.
In learning to turn a receptive attention to our kinesthetic,
sensorial and emotional flow, with eyes shut we can let our spontaneous
and self-directed movement flow.
In learning how to recognize and to let go of the impediments that
obscure the free flow of being, the body will be seen as an alchemical
container, aware that this is where the transformation mind/body/spirit
takes place.

Objectives of the laboratory:
- the discovery and development of the active presence of the inner
witness;
- attention concentrated on the constant flow of being both in
movement and in immobility;
- exploration of our relationship with the contents emerging in the
practice.

Brief notes on the history of the Authentic Movement
The roots of the discipline lie in Jung's concept of Active
Imagination. The movement developed in the early 1960s in the United
States and is the result of the encounter of the dance movement therapy
and depth psychology in the person of Mary Starks Whitehouse.
Two main currents branched off from her teachings: one refers to the
work of Joan Chodorow, a Jungian analyst and dance movement therapist,
and the other the proposal of Janet Adler, a dance movement therapist
and Ph.D. in mystical practices.
Plevin refers to J. Adler's teachings.

Workshops and program Timetable

Harwood-Kery Workshop 26-30 October
(27 hours workshop)
26, 27 and 28 October from 4 to 9 pm
29 and 30 October from 10 am to 4 pm

Fiumi Workshop 27-31 October
(18 hours workshop)
27 and 28 October from 10 am to 2 pm
29 October from 4,30 to 8,30 pm
30 October special evening performing scores from 10 pm to over
Midnight
31 October from 4 am to 8 pm

Plevin Workshop 30 October – 1 November
(14 hours workshop)
30 October from 4,30 to 8,30 pm
31 October from 9,30 am to 1,30 pm
31 October from 10 to 12 pm: Forum on Authentic Movement
1 November 9,30 am to 1,30 pm

Jams are under plans for every night
Free performances are planned for the nights of 29 and 30 October at 9
pm.

Food: breakfast and fast snacks are prepared at Caravajal15 residence -
Lunch and Dinner are made in local restaurants.
Lodgings:  Accommodation at the Caravajal15 headquarters is possible
with your own sleeping bags.
Registration: in registering for the workshop, a pre-registration fee
of 80 Euros is required, as reservation for the workshop in which one
wishes to participate.
The remainder of the fee will be paid upon arrival in Orvieto.

Registration procedure:
The deposit of 80 Euro may be paid as follows:
1 - via postal or telegraphic money order of 80 Euro addressed to:
Associazione ALEF, Via Malabranca 15, 05018 Orvieto (TR) - ITALY
in the money order indicate the choice of the workshop (that is the
name of the teacher);
indicate your name, surname, address, telephone and e-mail;
after having made the payment, send a copy of the money order via fax,
to +39 0763 34 06 69.

2 - via bank credit transfer of 80 Euro made to:
Account with Institute: CASSA di RISPARMIO di ORVIETO SPA
(SWIFT FIELD 57) branch of Orvieto sede centrale
Benefic customer: Associazione Culturale ALEF - Orvieto - Italy
Name-Surname or Style-Address-Account number
Associazione Culturale ALEF
(IBAN): IT18F0622025710000000440C00
(SWIFT FIELD 59)
Charges details: our
Correspondent Bank: Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze S.P.A.
Swift code = CRFI IT RR XXX
Cassa di Risparmio di Orvieto SPA
Banking trust Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze
In the bank credit transfer indicate the choice of the workshop (that
is the name of the teacher);
indicate your name, surname, address, telephone and e-mail;
after making the bank credit transfer, send a copy of the transfer
itself via fax to the number: +39 0763 34 06 69
Caravajal Simoncelli’s fresco (16th Century)