Contact improvisatie - workshop op zondag met Maaike

Over dit evenement

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Join us for a Sunday of dance and contact!

"Just the pleasure of using your body is, I think, maybe the main point. And the pleasure of dancing with somebody in an unplanned and spontaneous way..."
Steve Paxton

Contact improvisation is an open, improvised dance involving 2 or more bodies, with physical contact as the main mode of communication. The dance includes rolling, falling, being upside down, following a physical point of contact and giving weight to a partner. Dance partners often move in and out of physical contact, flow together, and improvise while mutually supporting and following each other's movements. Sometimes wild and athletic, sometimes quiet and meditative. It is a form of dance accessible to all bodies and inquiring minds.

For all upcoming dates in Nijmegen go to: https://hipsy.nl/vasim-circus-space

Workshop by Maaike
12:00 doors open
12:30 - 15:00 workshop part 1
15:00 - 15:45 break
15:45 - 17:30 workshop part 2
17:30 - 18:00 bodywork cooling down
18:00 potluck

✨ the topic: Ménage à Trois - Dancing in trio's ✨

When we dance in the field of contact improvisation, it is mostly in duos. Today, however, we are going to play in trios! We will explore the different roles and relationships that can be formed within this trio. We will experience how one dancer can be guided, supported, and carried by the other two dancers. You will see how much easier it is to surrender when you have four extra legs to support you, four helping arms and two backs to move across. We will also explore some simple forms in which one body is manipulated by two others. The moving body will surrender even more in order to follow all the input. After a while, this can feel truly liberating when you surrender completely to your partners' impulses. We realise that, when dancing in connection with two other bodies, the amount of communication, choices and decision-making triples. This is why we practise listening and tuning in even more, challenging ourselves to break our patterns and find ourselves in unexpected, refreshing situations. As we experiment with different tools, we enter a free flow state in which the body begins to use its own knowledge and decision-making abilities. Let's go while letting go!

✨ the facilitator ✨

Maaike van der Westeringh is a dance teacher, contemporary dancer and choreographer who is passionate about the ephemeral beauty of the present moment. She believes that dance is a powerful medium through which we can connect with each other and our surroundings on a deeper level than words allow. She derives great joy from creating and sharing playful, interactive dance experiences through workshops and performances.

Maaike is deeply fascinated by improvisation and contact improvisation. She has studied intensively with renowned figures such as David Zambrano and attended workshops with Julyen Hamilton. Since 2010, she has been teaching dance workshops in nature at Buitenkunst and other venues, taking a dynamic approach to movement exploration.

Motivated by her desire to understand the contribution of dance to mental and physical well-being, Maaike co-founded the Kudde foundation (www.kudde.info). Through this initiative, she develops dance and theatre projects for the arts and community settings. In recent years, she has focused on creating interactive musical dance performances for young children and their families, collaborating with musician Jonathan De Neck. You can find a trailer if you are interested here: https://youtu.be/CvMGR2fvHlc?si=dNeMupHbOc6M8SQZ

✨ Open for all levels of experience ✨

There will be coffee and tea, bring your own small snack for during the break. And after the jam there will be a potluck. Everyone will bring something to eat, to share, and so we will have a delicious picnic where we can have a nice chat.

Important! Early bird tickets are on sale until 11:59 p.m. Wednesday night before the event. So buy your ticket on time! Tickets are non-refundable, but you can sell your ticket to someone else who wants to come. Please let us know who took your ticket.


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Kom langs voor een zondag vol dans en contact!

“Ik denk dat het plezier om je lichaam te gebruiken misschien wel het belangrijkste is. En het plezier om met iemand te dansen op een ongeplande en spontane manier...”
Steve Paxton

Contactimprovisatie is een open, geïmproviseerde dans met 2 of meer lichamen, met fysiek contact als belangrijkste manier van communicatie. De dans omvat rollen, vallen, ondersteboven zijn, het volgen van een fysiek contactpunt en het geven van gewicht aan een partner. Danspartners bewegen vaak in en uit fysiek contact, flowen samen, en improviseren terwijl ze elkaars bewegingen wederzijds ondersteunen en volgen. Soms wild en atletisch, soms rustig en meditatief. Het is een vorm van dans die toegankelijk is voor alle lichamen en onderzoekende geesten.

Ga voor alle aankomende data in Nijmegen naar: https://hipsy.nl/vasim-circus-space

Workshop
12:00 deuren open
12:30 - 15:00 workshop deel 1
15:00 - 15:45 pauze
15:45 - 17:30 workshop deel 2
17:30 - 18:00 lichaamswerk cooling down
18:00 potluck

✨Open voor alle niveaus/ervaringen ✨

Er is koffie en thee, neem zelf wat kleins mee om te snacken in de pauze. En na de jam is er een potluck. Iedereen neemt wat te eten mee, om te delen, en zo hebben we een heerlijke picknick waarin we nog gezellig nakletsen.

Let op! De early bird tickets zijn te koop tot de woensdagavond voor het event 23:59. Koop je kaartje daarom op tijd! Kaartjes zijn non-refundable, wel kan je je kaartje bij verhindering doorverkopen aan iemand anders die wil komen. Fijn als je ons dan laat weten wie je kaartje heeft overgenomen.