I would like this time to be joyful, in a way building something together can be joyful. You can probably approach improvisation in a countless number of ways and I’d focus on the shapes we form.
Shapes seem to be very inclusive in a sense that everyone is capable of taking many of them, which to me is a good enough reason to make them part of your dancing. I think they are also where you can spot some of your habitual movement vocabulary. What I would like to offer is to take a closer look at the shapes we like, learn about them and introduce them into dancing with other folks.
I imagine we also experiment with reshaping, by stretching the contours, shifting directions, spreading the weight.
This is the workshop where we’ll do quite some solo improvisation, because I believe finding a curiosity and satisfaction in one’s own movement creates a greater opportunity for refined and multi-layered duo (trio, other constellations).
As a material for soloing we’ll use ideas from BMC and sculpture. We’ll also take some time for looking at one another and writing.
But hey, don’t worry! We’ll also do a lot of contact improvisation – share weight, fall, roll and stuff. My hope is just that we’ll do it in a bit different way than usually.
Andrzej Woźniak is a warsaw based contact improvisation teacher and somatic movement educator (bmc). besides his dance practice which he’s been persistently engaged in for the past 15 years, he works in the field of literature (published debut book with poetry in 2022) and music as a frontman of a punk band ułła. woźniak occasionally performs and creates choreography work for stage.
Zeiten Samstag 10.00 - 13.00 + 15.00 - 17.30 (+ Jam 19.00 - 21.30) Sonntag 10.00 - 13.00 + 14.30 - 16.30
Kosten 120€ - 180€
Ort
Physiotherapie 101
Großenhainerstr 101
01129 Dresden