Workshop Contact Improvisation by Leonie der Kinderen

As organisation we are happy to offer workshops that can help you to deepen the Ecstatic Dance experience on an individual level but also as a tribe.

In this Contact Improvisation workshop/playground we will make a journey through many elements that are also at home within Ecstatic dance; Anchoring our attention in somatic awareness, moving with your sensations and impulses, being inspired by the music and the people around you and playful exploration in movement. However in this workshop we will specifically explore how to be connected to yourself while connecting to others in dance. In individual and shared movement research we will dive into the art of contact improvisation!

Contact Improv is a playful movement improvisation that is explored through sharing contact with others. It involves the exploration of one's body in relationship to others by using the fundamentals of attunement, sharing weight, touch, and movement awareness. No experience is needed, just a curious mind.
Since this form of dance includes touch we will pay special attention to communication and consent during the various exercises to make sure that everyone feels safe and comfortable.

“The simplicity of the form Contact Improvisation is a gift. Its value is that it is a way for you and I to dance together. To befriend the forces of gravity and momentum is to dance with a sense of humor and constant humility, is to discover one's being self, is to discover true togetherness.” - Denny Lepkoff

Facilitated by Leonie der Kinderen; drama therapist and aspiring dance and movement therapist. Lover of contact improvisation, movement exploration, playfulness and currently studying Laban Bartenieff Movement Analysis.

Program:
10.45 Doors open
11.00 Start workshop
13.30 End
Feel free to bring some (healthy) snacks/fruits to share at the end.

Practical:
* Wear layers of comfortable clothes in which you can move freely, take into account that you will sweat and take care of good hygiene,
* Bring a yoga-mat, sheepskin and or meditation-pillow to sit on (we won't sit a lot ;-),
* Returning tickets once purchased is not possible. No refunds will be made unless the event is canceled by the organization,
* We do our very best to guarantee your safety, but we would like to point out that participation is entirely at your own risk.
* Please bring your own water bottle!

Location: This workshop takes place at an old gym at Hunnenweg 4 in Maastricht. While facing the building walk to the back through the gate on the left side to find the entrance. There are a limited number of parking spaces at the venue. As always we encourage carpooling, the venue is at walking distance from the trainstation.