Tonus Awareness - Festival

Service Description

Workshop with Sabin Parzer Tonus Awareness or how to be soft and clear in Contact Improvisation In Contact Improvisation we are faced with the challenges of dancing with a body that is responsive, reflexive and sends clear messages. We need a Bodymind that is awake and intuitive, and we thrive on subtle and playful communication. In my dancing I notice that I am most efficient at these challenges, when I am in a state of „released tonus – acute awareness“. This seemingly contradictary state plays an important role in the development of the healthy and powerful dancer I look to see on stage, in the workshop, in daily life. How do we work with a soft tonus and articulate ourselves in strong, clear movements and intentions? In times of high risk, but also in times of boredom or „in between states of unclarity” I am asked to activate my potential of presence and intuitive knowledge of the body. In this intensive we will investigate different approaches to achieve this state: • Conscious breath and its effectiveness on movement qualities • Touch qualities and how it relates to our tonus • Accessing fascia and extending it into movement and contact • Relating to the three-dimensional possibilities of the spine • Attending to the relationship between the pelvic and the shoulder girdle • Being in contact with my partner through different states of attention We will work with Contact Improvisation, Feldenkrais® Principles and Applied Anatomy in solos, duets, and group formations. This workshop is open to all participants. Organizer & Registration: TanzTageTempelhof www.tanztagetempelhof.de Location: Schloss Tempelhof close to Crailsheim, Germany (c) photo Chris Waikiki