In the practice of Play-Fight we engage in mutual confrontation in a cooperative spirit to precisely mirror our blind spots, our suppressed shadows, our best and our worst. In this process of integrating the inevitable dichotomies, unconscious resistances surface. Taking notice of them is an act of sheer bravery, which has a profoundly transformative potential, however challenging it may be to face this exposure of the undesirable. Recycling darkness into light without ever giving up individual integrity is the spirit of Play-Fight. Recognizing our vulnerabilities and fearlessly owning them is a subtle personal power, soft but an immeasurably overwhelming form of power, just like water that resists nothing and nothing can resist it.
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PLAY-FIGHT PRACTICE
Dance is one of the ancient, bodily ways of expressing our inner world through movement.
This is a space of uncertainty and unpredictability, when we do not know what will happen in the next moment. But in order to navigate the heart of this process, we need to know some destinations, have a map and an alphabet with us in order to communicate with clarity and confidence. The main focus of the practice is to harmoniously combine your inner sense of movement with physical vocabulary, to awaken individual creativity. Participants will explore several topics that will help them connect with space, music, gravity, contemporary dance technique, floorwork and other tools that will enrich the dancer's skills.
THEMES
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This is a space of uncertainty and unpredictability, when we do not know what will happen in the next moment. But in order to navigate the heart of this process, we need to know some destinations, have a map and an alphabet with us in order to communicate with clarity and confidence. The main focus of the practice is to harmoniously combine your inner sense of movement with physical vocabulary, to awaken individual creativity. Participants will explore several topics that will help them connect with space, music, gravity, contemporary dance technique, floorwork and other tools that will enrich the dancer's skills.
THEMES
- Moving in cooperation with gravitational force
- Following the direction of the momentum
- State of resistance and state of relaxation
- Connections of isolation and integrity
- Developing creativity through improvisational tasks
- Feeling the Influence of speed, time and space
- "Paper Body" games
- Group work through the principles of Play-Fight Practice
- Dialogue between gentleness and precision
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DANCE AND MOVEMENT RESEARCH
Liquid Body is a holistic movement practice, philosophy in flow, that invites each of us to get in touch with our ancestral aquatic roots. In the early embryonic stages, the human body is essentially made up of fluids. We are originally liquid beings and water, the archetype of the feminine, is the maternal cradle of human creation and evolution.
The processes of body crystallization and degeneration, associated with natural aging, are immensely accelerated by conditioning of internal struggle, and as such mental patterns are reflected in the gravitational relationship. We will address the relationship with gravity and the exploration of free-fall as starting points on our liquid journey. We will investigate the possibility of conceiving the implications of the fall beyond the physical and motor dimension. Practice will guide us through states of non-resistance awareness. We will release the dammed waters and awaken sensitivity in the perception of an aquatic flow latent in mechanical manifestations, commonly overshadowed by excess muscle toning.
Getting in touch with this embodied oceanic legacy is an invitation to delve into deep individual and transpersonal transformation processes. Liquid-Body is a fine work that provides sophistication in expressions of movement and in the qualities of individual, interpersonal and collective connections. Finally, the practice aims at synergistic integration between this continuous flow of information and the exchange of endless forces and stimuli that bathe the trillions of cells of our being every second.
The processes of body crystallization and degeneration, associated with natural aging, are immensely accelerated by conditioning of internal struggle, and as such mental patterns are reflected in the gravitational relationship. We will address the relationship with gravity and the exploration of free-fall as starting points on our liquid journey. We will investigate the possibility of conceiving the implications of the fall beyond the physical and motor dimension. Practice will guide us through states of non-resistance awareness. We will release the dammed waters and awaken sensitivity in the perception of an aquatic flow latent in mechanical manifestations, commonly overshadowed by excess muscle toning.
Getting in touch with this embodied oceanic legacy is an invitation to delve into deep individual and transpersonal transformation processes. Liquid-Body is a fine work that provides sophistication in expressions of movement and in the qualities of individual, interpersonal and collective connections. Finally, the practice aims at synergistic integration between this continuous flow of information and the exchange of endless forces and stimuli that bathe the trillions of cells of our being every second.
LIQUID-BODY AND SOMATICS
Вreathing is not only the most vital physiological function, the one that animates the body, but also a portal to self-knowledge allowing deep explorations of the being in its most intimate mysteries.
Class content
THEORY
● The role of carbon dioxide in the oxygenation of internal organs (Bohr Effect)
● Buteyko method
● Regulation of the autonomic nervous system through respiratory control
● Benefits of apnea exercises
● Breathing as an instrument in relieving stress and anxiety
● Importance of nasal breathing and its influence on sleep quality
PRACTICE
● Body oxygenation level test
● Exercise for nasal decongestion
● Increased tolerance to CO2 accumulation in the body
● Functional diaphragmatic breathing
● Static and dynamic apnea exercises
● Optimization of respiratory rate
● Meditative breathing practice in mindfulness
Class content
THEORY
● The role of carbon dioxide in the oxygenation of internal organs (Bohr Effect)
● Buteyko method
● Regulation of the autonomic nervous system through respiratory control
● Benefits of apnea exercises
● Breathing as an instrument in relieving stress and anxiety
● Importance of nasal breathing and its influence on sleep quality
PRACTICE
● Body oxygenation level test
● Exercise for nasal decongestion
● Increased tolerance to CO2 accumulation in the body
● Functional diaphragmatic breathing
● Static and dynamic apnea exercises
● Optimization of respiratory rate
● Meditative breathing practice in mindfulness
BREATH-ABILITY
