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We will practice how to develop our solo dance, our “way of dancing”, to use that experience in a touch and weight exchange, which happens in a meeting with our dance partners, in contact improvisation. We will explore simple exercises and movement patterns coming from basics of CI dance, improvisation and body awareness. From this point we can go further and make research for more advanced dances and movement playfulness. We will dance a lot and have fun:)

Language: English Level: open About Contact Improvisation: What is contact improvisation (CI) ? This dance form is originating from the contemporary dance technique and created by Steve Paxton, an American dancer and choreographer. Many of inspiration for the creation of CI gave him Aikido practice and analysis of the use of the laws of physics of motion, such as body mass, momentum and gravity. The dance is spontaneous, creative, its forms are created without planning. It has no predictability and common patterns of movement. This form of dance is a game with infinite possibilities. Each dance is a journey into the unknown and the type of dynamic meditation. The body becomes an instrument of exploration and discovery opportunities arising from the varying point of contact between the partners and the interaction between the law of gravity, the force of momentum and interaction. Dancing triggers creativity, developing nonverbal communication skills. About: Małgorzata Antonina Pianowska (PL) I adore the movement and the human body wisdom :) 4 recent years co-created Contact Improvisation Festival Poland – Warsaw Flow and 2013 ECITE (European Contact Improvisation Teachers Exchange), as well as many other festivals and dance workshops . I was teaching CI and Improvisation in Poland, Portugal, Spain, Bulgaria, Denmark, Norway and Israel. I studied dance with such teachers such as Nancy Stark Smith, Keith Henessy, Daniel Lepkoff, Nita Little, Arie Bursztein, Daniel Schwartz & Ecki Muller, Angela Dony , Milan Kozanek, Ray Chung, Scott Welsh, Adrian Russi, Itay Yatuv, Mitzler Yaniv, Tal Avni Eszter Gal, Ilona Kenova, Daniel Werner, Robert Anderson, Joerg Hassmann, etc. As a dancer and performer worked with international choreographers such as: Wili Dorner, Shahar Dor, Pipaluk Supernova, les gens d’ uterpan etc. I also work on solo performances and site-specific art projects. I am interested in development tools which can be use in a field of dance improvisation and group communication. I am a certified massage therapist, Craniosacral therapy practitioner (interested in Trauma subject) and Body Balanced Pilates Instructor, and to Iyengar yoga adept. I practice also Aikido. drawing by: Samuel Overington