Contemporary into Contact

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Contemporary into Contact by Alkis Barbas & Johanna Sauër

🌞Thursday evenings from February till June at Dansplaats Arnhem
18.30 - 19.30 Contemporary by Johanna Sauër
19.45 - 21.15 Contact Improvisation by Alkis Barbas and Johanna Sauër (alternating)

💃 Contemporary class by Johanna Sauër

In this one hour class we will work with both improvisation and set movement patterns (choreography). We use improvisation to develop an understanding of different tools we can use to enrich our dance. Tools can be for example; spirals, tension and release, working with the floor and the anatomy of the body. The tools we will work with are connected to the tools that will be used in the contact improvisation class afterwards.

We will also work with set movement to develop coordination, strength, flexibility and musicality. We train both sides and we will widen your movement vocabulary to enrich your dance. We will work on tools that we also touch in the contact improvisation class, but then in a solo setting to develop a deeper understanding of your own dance.

🦋 Contact Improvisation class by Alkis Barbas & Johanna Sauër

In this class we dive deeper into contact improvisation and its tools and techniques. Every month the practice centres around a different theme, each with various key elements like grounding, extension, spiralling, action and reaction, playfulness, falling into contact or group improvisation. Alkis and Johanna will be alternating the teaching, and sometimes lead the class together (mostly at the start and end of the trajectory).

During these 5 months you will have a chance to:
🔅Experience new ways of expressing yourself and connecting freely with others in the dance
🔅Expand your physical and mental capacities to sense, offer, and make use of support without overthinking it
🔅Cultivate a healthy relationship to the self and others, within a touch-based practice
🔅Try lifts/moves further away from your comfort zone in a safer container.
🔅Practice movement patterns for a body that stays elastic and dynamic without chronic pain.
🔅Enjoy dancing in a supportive environment, embedded in the local CI community.
🔅Have a weekly appointment with yourself to be present and embodied

and much more…

Accessibility
Both these classes are meant for everybody that wants to explore movement together, with a curious mindset and an eagerness to learn. Previous experience with CI or other dance practices is welcome. We wish to make these classes more inclusive and accessible, while keeping the focus and quality on movement. Reach out to us with your doubts or questions!

🌳You can choose to join one of these classes or both. They are connected to each other and explore the same themes in different ways of movement. But they are designed as separate entities as well, allowing you to follow one of them without feeling you are missing out.

If you want to join one or both of these classes, we do ask you to commit to either one or both of them for half a year. We ask this in order to create a group of people that you train with. In this way, we build trust together and from there we can grow as a group. We want to give you the chance to really develop a deeper set of skills in this practice and we see this works better when the group commits to the training. Of course, you are free to miss some sessions if you have reasons to do so.

If you are not ready to commit for half a year yet, we also offer a drop in class on Wednesday evening at the Vasim Circus Space in Nijmegen with a potluck afterwards. That is a great to get to know us as teachers, and build up your condition and familiarity with the form.


If you have any other questions you can email Johanna Sauër johannadanst@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you, and even more to meet you on the dance floor!