WORKSHOP - CI SHOTS
Intensive one day workshop
“We have two legs on the ground, two arms in the air. Our body bridges earth with sky.
During the day we walk, while dreaming we fly. Contact Improvisation is a wonderful dance form, through physical contact we can experience such qualities that can enchant our movement experiences, like flying for example!
In this workshop, you will experience what flowing into flying means – giving first our support to the earth and effortlessly leave it – how does that feel, how your body can be light and what are the qualities needed inside the variety of ways to approach it.”
— Gregory Chevalier (CI SHOTS, November 2023)
* für Informationen auf Deutsch nach unten scrollen
Flowing into Flying
with/mit Grégory Chevalier (FR/HU)
ENGLISH
Since I practice CI I was always interested in flying. I remember doing a lot of muscle work, trying, making mistakes and getting injured. That was very exciting but not very safe. I felt it is an amazing thing to leave the ground, to find freedom being lost in space. Now I am more cautious, and I go to spaces which are safe for me and my dance partners, so flying comes when the opportunity appears out of the dance.
Can it really happen out of an improvisation? My answer is yes! We just need to create the conditions.
- We will:
. investigate an inner flow of nourishment.
. work with embryological consciousness for a soft and malleable inner axis.
. visit principles of material for the spine to curve into our partner axis.explore some CI principles like going with, amplifying, bouncing.
. invite our spine as our most intelligent limb.
. swing and play with the endless gifts of momentum.
see, greet each others and have fun!
- For who
Movers, dancers, pedagogues, martial artists, body workers. If you already took part of the last flying workshop in Linz we will revisit some aspects and discover some new! If you were not part last time it will work for you too!
- Level
This workshop is for all levels (beginners and advanced) – previous experience in CI will definitely help. The progression and evolution of the material will depend on the group availability and engagement, we make it together!
Grégory Chevalier (FR/HU)
I teach Contact Improvisation, Authentic Movement and Body Consciousness based improvisation since 2012. My approach focuses on a deep and honest somatisation through touch, movement and presence, providing a safe ground before playing techniques. Somatisation is mainly inspired from Body Mind Centering® that I mainly learnt from Kálmán Ferenc. I also love seeing and being seen, creating an atmosfear for dance to become visible and appreciated from both sides, audience and dancers.
I have been working in Israel, Italy, Georgia, Austria, France, Croatia, Germany, Switzerland and Holland.Mainly based in Hungary, I founded in 2018 KiT ensemble, a dance company performing Contact Improvisation and I created KiTVienna in 2023, a one year long training somatic contact improvisation into performance.
I am artistic director of Kontaktland and co-founder of The international moving man institute (movingman.org)
Where/Wo:
AUBERGiNE, Güntherstraße 1, 4040 Linz
Price/Preis:
Social discounts are possible / Sozialrabatte sind möglich
* The course will be held in english and translated to german if needed. / * Der Kurs wird in englischer Sprache abgehalten und bei Bedarf ins Deutsche übersetzt.