MUSICAL MOVEMENT TRAINING

Mit Nik Bärtsch und Andrea Pfisterer
24./25. September 2022, Tanzhaus Zürich

Präsenz- und Flowtraining gepaart mit Rhythmus-Bewusstsein

Der Workshop richtet sich an Menschen, die interessiert sind an kreativen Körper-Techniken, Rhythmus-Relationen und musikalischen Bewegungs-Meditationen – unabhängig vom Status als Amateur:in, professionelle Musikschaffende:r oder Student:in.

MOVEMENT
Wir werden an fundamentalen Aspekten von funktionalem Bewegen arbeiten, die relevant sind für Performer:innen und Menschen mit Fokus auf Bewegung wie Tänzer:innen, Musiker:innen oder Kampfkünstler:innen.

• Ausdehnung und Entspannung

• präsent und geerdet bleiben

• Zentrums-basierte Bewegung

• die Balance unter Druck bewahren

• Flow und Flexibilität

• Fokus und Bewusstheit

• Kontakt und Interaktion

MUSIK
Rhythmus-, Präsenz- und Reaktions-Training in der Gruppe und als Gruppen-Organismus: Klatsch- und Shaker-Kreise, Pattern und Zyklen-Übungen.

MEDITATION
Wir beginnen die Workshop-Tage mit einer 20 minütigen Meditation. Bewegungs- und Rhythmus-Meditationen sind auch Teil der Trainings-Einheiten.

Samstag 24. September 2022
10.00 - 18.00 Uhr
(Pause von 60 Minuten)

Sonntag 25. September 2022
10.00 - 17.00 Uhr
(Pause von 60 Minuten)

LOCATION
Tanzhaus Zürich Hauptsaal
Wasserwerkstrasse 129, Bühne 2 (3. Stock)
8037 Zürich

– Workshop in Deutsch (oder Englisch)

– Limitierte Workshop Kapazität

– Keine musikalische Erfahrung notwendig

Nik Bärtsch
Arbeitet als Pianist und Komponist an seiner RITUAL GROOVE MUSIC. Leader des Zenfunk-Quartetts RONIN und der Musik-Ritual-Gruppe MOBILE. Lehrauftrag für ‘Praktische Ästhetik’ an der Musikhochschule ZH/Winterthur. Interesse am Einfluss und der Kombination von Musik und Bewegung, im speziellen von Aikido, Feldenkrais, Gyrotonic. Nik trainiert im Kokoro Aikido Dojo Zürich.

Residencies, Workshops und Lectures an versch. Institutionen: Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance London (UK), Musikhochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig (DE), Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (CH)

TEDx "Listening as a state of presence in music and martial arts":
https://youtu.be/WTz6VVvX6s0
Masterclasse Interview Part 1:
https://youtu.be/79hbpuNs24w

Andrea Pfisterer
Arbeitet als Aikido-Lehrerin (4. Dan) in ihrem eigenen Dojo und gibt internationale Seminare www.kokorodojo.ch.
Sie ist Shiatsu-Therapeutin mit einem PhD in Biologie.

Websites:
www.nikbaertsch.com
www.andreapfisterer.ch

KONTAKT

David Suivez
info@movementmasterclass.com

TICKET

https://eventfrog.ch/de/p/sport-fitness/sonstige-veranstaltungen/musical-movement-training-6951202971108394330.html

Cancelled

“BEWEGUNG UND INTENTION”

Auf dem Weg der Verkörperung von Lebensthemen und Bewusstseinszuständen. Auf der Suche nach dem Flow von Körper, Gefühlen und Gedanken. Das Kommunikationsrepertoire der Innen- und Aussenschau wird inspiriert durch Techniken aus Performance, Anna Halprin, Play-fight und Butoh.

Keine tänzerischen Vorkenntnisse nötig.
Dafür Neugier und Offenheit zur Inspiration.

Aufwärmen
Ralf legt grossen Wert auf ein gutes Warm-up, was den Körper dehnt, die Muskulatur flexibel macht, den Kreislauf aktiviert und auch den kinästhetischen, räumlichen- und Gruppensinn schärft. Dazu gehören Gruppendynamische Übungen, die unsere Wahrnehmung und Achtsamkeit steigern und uns mehr mit uns selbst und unserem Gegenüber in Verbindung bringen.

Ressourcenentwicklung
In einem Wechselspiel zwischen subtilen Bewegungstechniken und sich daraus entwickelnden Improvisation, engen und weiten wir unseren eigenen Freiheitsbegriff aus und ein. In der Bewegungsforschung forschen wir mit Nähe und Distanz, mit äusseren und inneren Grenzen und reflektieren das erlebte in Dialogen und der Gruppe miteinander.

Performance
Am Ende Kreisen wir jeweils bestimmte Elemente des bis dahin erlebten ein, mit denen du vorher am meisten resoniert hast. Performativ teilen wir voreinander ein paar Essenzen des Tages, als Destillate von dem was du für dich herausziehst und gern mitnehmen möchtest, in deinen Alltag. Dies kann absichtsvoll mit Intention und einen rituellen Charakter haben oder offen gestaltet, improvisiert sein im Moment. Es soll vorallem Spass machen was wir tun und dürfen wir uns gegenseitig inspirieren.

Ralf Assmann

Geboren 1984 in Karl-Marx-Stadt (jetzt Chemnitz), lebt Ralf seit vielen Jahren freischaffend als Künstler (Performer, Maskenbauer und Singer/Songwriter) in Bern.

Ralf ist an einer Art zu denken interessiert, die vom Körper und einem sinnlichen, direkten erfahren der Welt ausgeht. Er sucht in seinem vielseitigen Arbeiten nach der Fähigkeit, auf die Wirklichkeit in der wir leben bewusst zuzugehen und eine neue innere und äussere Wirklichkeit damit auszurufen. In seiner Arbeit ist Ralf spezialisiert auf das bauen von rituellen Masken, das begleiten von Menschen in künstlerischen Prozessen und im initiieren von Kunst- und Performanceprojekten zu Klima- und ökologisch brisanten Themen. 2017 gründete er dasTanzKunstWerk, einen achtsam-kreativen Kunst- & Tanzraum in den Berner VIDMARhallen. Seine Lehrer*innen waren: Anna Halprin (Life/Art Process), Minako Seki (Seki Method), Matteo Tangi (Playfight), Ko Murobushi (Butoh) und andere.

Ralfs unterrichten ist inspiriert von jahrelangem Training in Martial Arts, Breathwork, Tanzimprovisation, Rhythmus-, Stimmarbeit und Körperwahrnehmung wo intuitiv und gezielt in den Workshop mit hineinfliessen.

www.ralfassmann.ch
www.tanzkunstwerk.ch

Datum:
Samstag 5.12.20
Sonntag 6.12.20

Zeit:
13.00 - 17.00

Ort:
Tanzhaus Zürich
Wasserwerkstrasse 129
8037 Zürich

Preis:
CHF 180.- Reguläre Teilnehmer
CHF 150.- Early Bird Anmeldung (bis Ende November) und Profitänzer

Cancelled

“Verkörperte Simulation in Bewegung”

Nathalie’s Interesse ist die Arbeit mit Tieren, ob mit ihrem Chihuahua Zyva oder mit Gänsen. Seit ein paar Jahren ist sie leidenschaftlich an Tintenfischen interessiert und arbeitete mehrere Monate lang in der zoologischen Station in Neapel. Sie denkt über szenische Vorrichtungen nach, um sich ihnen zu nähern, zu verstehen und um sich mit diesen ganz besonderen Tieren auszutauschen. Als Tochter eines Präparators wuchs sie mit Stofftieren auf. Die Nase über offenen Tier Leichen haltend, versuchte sie schon damals, Informationen über das Leben und wie es funktioniert zu sammeln. Ihre Vorliebe war damals eher unbeliebt. Seit einigen Jahren arbeitet Nathalie als Schauspielerin. Mit Studenten aus den Bereichen Medizin versucht sie Erfahrung zu verkörpern: in diesem Setting müssen angehende Ärzte herausfinden, woran der simulierende Patient leidet.

- Wie verkörpert man einen simulierenden Patienten?

- Was, wenn wir 9 Hirne und 3 Herzen (wie ein Oktopus) hätten?

Diese Fragen und mehr, eingebettet in spielerischem Umgang mit Übungen aus Schauspiel, Performance, Dressurtechniken, Yoga und Movement.

Nathalie Kuttel (CH)

Berufsausbildung zur Schauspielerin mit Kursen am Genfer Konservatorium. 3-jährige Ausbildung an der Theaterschule Les Teintureries. Seit 2005 arbeite sie als Schauspielerin unter anderem unter der Leitung von Emmanuel Pouilly, Pip Simmons, Axel De Booseré von Arsenic Cie (Belgien), Denis Maillefer (Théâtre de Vidy) und Evelyne Pieller (Grand Théâtre Tilhomme) Praktika bei Oona Doherty, Thomas Ostermeier (Théâtre de Vidy), Jean-Yves Ruf (Manufacture), Cyril Casmèze (Animality, Zoomorphy, Cie du Singe Debout), Praktika an der Dimitri Schule, Eric Salama (St-Gervais), Sohn Marionetten (Théâtre de Marionnettes de Genève). Martine Bürer (Clown-Training) Im Jahr 2009 wechselte sie zu Shanju Co., einem Unternehmen, das Theater, Zirkus und Reitkunst vereint. Dann kehrte sie zu einer Leidenschaft aus der Kindheit zurück: der Arbeit mit Pferden und dem Zirkus. Sie trainiert Lufttraining (festes Trapez, Luftgewebe, Reifen). Sie absolviert mehrere Praktika in ihrer Schule bei Stéphane Drouard (Cie des Arts Sauts) in den Bereichen Akrobatik, Etienne Regnier (Zingaro) im Reitkunstflug und mit Hélène Roche im Clicker. Training mit Pferden. Sie nimmt regelmäßig Unterricht bei Silna Chappuis (Dressur, Qualität im Kontakt mit Pferden). Seit 2011 unterrichtet Nathalie an der Shanju School Workshops. Seit 2017 gestaltet Nathalie Zirkus- und Theaterworkshops an der Vivalys-Schule. Im April 2017 arbeitet Nathalie unter der Leitung von Judith Breikers mit sechs anderen Schauspieler, ein Chihuahua, sechs Pferde, drei Ziegen, ein Schaf und zehn Hühner, bei der Erschaffung von eine Performance im Theater Vidy. Im selben Jahr besuchte sie mehrere Improvisationsworkshops mit Alain Borek, Odile Cantero, Adrien Knecht, Yvan Richardet. Im Jahr 2015 beginnt Nathalie eine Zusammenarbeit mit Professor Fiorito an der Zoologischen Station von Neapel (Forschung in Neurobiologie, Lernen, Verhalten) und arbeitet mit Tintenfischen. Fasziniert von diesem Tier, bereitet sie eine Performance im Rahmen der Museen für zeitgenössische Kunst vor

Datum:
Sonntag, 29. November, Bühne 2

Zeit:
13.00 - 18.00

Ort:
Tanzhaus Zürich
Wasserwerkstrasse 129
8037 Zürich

Preis:
CHF 95.- / EUR 90.- regular fee (student fee, professional dancer)
CHF 85.- / EUR 80.- early bird (before end of October)

Cancelled

“WiseMotion”

This workshop is designed for all curious movers, regardless of their background in movement practice. The method improves physical and cognitive skills, self-awareness and creativity with movement, meditation and neuroscience.

The WiseMotion workshops consist of movement practice, neuroscientific presentation and conversations. The workshops are designed to promote processes in creativity, concentration, stress-reduction and social interaction. In addition, physical abilities such as the joint and muscle dynamics, relaxation and balance are improved. During the neuroscientific presentation, the content is clarified by using practical examples and the latest scientific discoveries are connected to everyday life. During the conversations, the group deepens their knowledge about the topic of the workshop, based on the personal experiences of the participants and the neuroscientific approach.

Dr. Hanna Poikonen

WiseMotion method is developed by Dr. Hanna Poikonen. She is a neuroscientist, dancer and movement specialist, and holds a PhD in the neuroscience of movement, dance and music (Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland). She works at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ) in the brain research and education focusing on the fields of intelligence, creativity and embodied cognitive education. In addition, she is a Guest Researcher at the Örebro University Hospital in Sweden focusing to movement-based rehabilitation of brain-related illnesses.

She has studied movement and dance in cities such as New York (Gibney Dance, Movement Research), Barcelona (La Caldera, Institut del Teatre), Montreal (Circuit-Est Centre Chorégraphique) and Berlin (Marameo). Explorations in kung fu, tai chi, butoh and somatic methods have taught her a holistic approach to the body and mind.

She has toured with WiseMotion worldwide in institutions, festivals and wellness centers such as Harvard Medical School (USA), Double Tree by Hilton Montreal (Canada), Technical University of Berlin (Germany), Kuopio Dance Festival (Finland), Alive Wellness (Hong Kong), and Institute del Teatre (Barcelona).

WORKSHOP CURRICULUM

1 - The Brain Intertwined - Movement, Emotion and Cognition
2 - Creativity and the Brain
3 - Concentration, Memory, and the Brain
4 - The Brain in Rest – Sleep and Calming Down

The Brain Intertwined - Movement, Emotion and Cognition

Different brain regions play distinct roles in processes of movement anticipation, preparation and execution. Interaction of these regions enables smooth movements in the everyday life. Importantly, these interactions are improved by both professional athlete and rehabilitative training. Many motor brain regions are also involved in cognitive and emotional processes. Specific brain-based training programs can be created for expertise, everyday wellness and rehabilitation to support healthy cognition, emotion and movement.

During the workshop, we learn how different brain regions interact to create complex continuous movements. We understand how movement can be used in enhancing the cognitive performance and emotional well-being.

Creativity and the Brain

Creativity is a versatile state in the brain. During creation, two large neural networks interact. One is crucial in focused attention, the other one in a relaxed state, such as day-dreaming. During the creative process, the interaction of these two neural networks is crucial, making embodied creation both a demanding and a highly pleasurable experience. The state of arousal plays a major role in the functioning of the neural networks. Modifying the arousal state by breathing, movement and awareness practice has a direct influence on the creative process.

During the workshop, we learn how different neural networks in the brain influence to creativity. We understand how movement can be used in enhancing the intuitive and creative processes as well as emotional expression. We learn the fundaments how to enhance creativity by modifying the state of arousal and by adjusting the surroundings.

13.00-14.00 LUNCH BREAK

Concentration, Memory, and the Brain

Nowadays, problems in concentration and memory are on the rise. A lifestyle requiring constant distribution of attention and denying possibilities to concentrate on one thing at the time is overloading the brain. On the other hand, the brain needs an adequate amount of cognitive challenge. The problems in concentration and memory can be alleviated by an optimal combination of versatile exercise and rest. Increasing number of neuroscientific studies show that multidomain training combining cognitive challenge, movement and social interaction slows down the aging of the brain.

During the workshop, we learn with movement and neuroscientific theory how to reach a state of concentration, and how to act from that stage with ease. To enhance the brain potential, the practical part of the workshop focuses on movement coordination during meditation and a collective memory task. After the workshop, we know how to maintain the healthy cerebral functions of attention and memory in a long run.

The Brain in Rest – Sleep and Calming Down

Good quality sleep is the base for the holistic health. Sleep deprivation disturbs the cognitive and emotional processes in the brain in a versatile way. Sufficient rest and different phases of sleep are irreplaceable for the maintenance of brain health, and luckily, there are many natural ways in improving sleep and relaxing.

Through the workshop material in breathwork, music and meditation in movement, we gain tools to calm down and improve the quality of sleep. With the neuroscientific theory, we understand the neural bases of the embodied exercises of the workshop and gain knowledge in the importance of good sleep and the adverse effects of the lack of sleep to the brain.

Dr. Hanna Poikonen
Founder of the WiseMotion Community
Academic Guest at the ETH Zurich
Member of the IADMS Dance for Health Committee

www.wisemotionco.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannapoikonen/
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/wisemotionco
Twitter and Instagram: @wisemotionco
Prescribe the monthly WiseMotion newsletter at https://mailchi.mp/9b881d0f92ec/wisemotion

Tanzhaus Zürich, Bühne 2
Wasserwerkstrasse 129
8037 Zürich

Date: Saturday, 24. October
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
with a 1 hour break

CHF 170 / 160 EUR Regular Fee
CHF 136 / EUR 128 Reduced Fee (early bird pay until end of September, students, professional dancers)

“Stillness and Dynamic”

This training is open to all ages and levels of training - It requires a strong commitment of body/mind.

Part 1
We train the body to become a more expansive and dynamic container so we can develop more speed, adaptability and the capacity to deal with change. To begin, we soften the body, develop functional flexibility and strengthen connective tissue,
tendons and joints. This promotes a more energy-efficient and fluid state through which impulses can travel through the body with minimal resistance. We discover how thoughts and the mind’s attention can change the quality of the physical form.

Part 2
And then we test ourselves. Each step, sound, word or action we generate extends an invitation to those around us, prompting a series of responses and interactions which become the flesh and bones of a new organism. Provided that we remain aware of this relationship, it lives. To craft this life, we play with timing and space while connecting to our internal states.

About Shinichi:
I’ve prepared myself within the forms or containers of Action Theater (improvisation), Qi Gong, Aikido, Noguchi Taiso, Noh Theater and Butoh Dance. From these forms I have learned what I know about body mobility and circulation, awareness of weight, breath, and physical mechanics connected to feeling states, moods, the space around. As a teacher and an artist, my first task is to tend to these forms/containers/pathways. The next piece is to step away from these particulars, to hold them up against rigorous inquiry and to reconsider them or re-assemble them in order to create something new. It is this process, of both pursuing skill and facing the unknown, that I strive to share with my students.
My teaching is also informed by various forms of collaboration (Ann Carlson, Ko Murobushi, KT Nelson, Yuko Kaseki, Yumiko Yoshioka) and mentorship (Anna Halprin, Ralph Lemon, Ruth
Zaporah).

I am the Artistic Director of the Physical Theater and Dance company called inkBoat.
inkBoat is a physical theatre and dance company founded in 1998. With members based in San Francisco, Luzern, Paris and Berlin, the company performs throughout North America, Europe, South Korea and Japan in theaters and site-specific locations. Repertory and research integrate the interplay of multiple artistic disciplines and viewpoints, both experimental and traditional, resulting in original performance compositions. Themes and subjects arise from meticulous examination of everyday life, with primary content arising from the body, resulting in both refined and raw expressions.

www.inkboat.com

- 25.1.2020
- Saturday
- 13.00 - 17.00
- Tanzhaus Zürich

CHF 85.- Early bird, professional dancer, student (pay before end of december)
CHF 95.- Regular price

"Musical Movement Training"

Wer den Künstler Nik Bärtsch mal live erlebt hat, spürt sofort, dass dieser Mann an seinem Bewusstsein gearbeitet hat. Nicht nur sein Outfit ("Christa de Carouge") ist augenfällig, auch seine prägnante Art zu sprechen und sich zu bewegen. Alles ist von einer fliessenden Leichtigkeit und Lebendigkeit durchdrungen. Die Instrumente seiner Arbeit sind Bewegungsformen wie Aikido, Feldenkrais und Gyrotonic - und entsprechen einer Brücke zu seiner polyrhythmischen Musik (Piano), wo Taktgefühl und Fluss einander systematisch herausfordern.

Diese Movement Masterclass ist für alle Levels bzw. ohne musikalischen oder bewegungstechnischen Background besuchbar.

Offenheit, Neugierde und Spielfreude sind wichtiger als detaillierte Vorkenntnisse.


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MUSICAL MOVEMENT TRAINING

- Presence training
- Rhythm awareness
- Movement merging techniques

Der Workshop richtet sich an Menschen, die interessiert sind an kreativen Körper Techniken, Rhythmus Relationen und musikalischen Bewegungs-Meditationen – unabhängig vom Status als AmateurIn, Profi oder StudentIn.

MOVEMENT

Wir werden an fundamentalen Aspekten von funktionalem Bewegen arbeiten, die relevant sind für PerformerInnen
(z.B. Bewegungs-Leute wie TänzerInnen, MusikerInnen oder KampfkünstlerInnen):

• Ausdehnung und Entspannung
• präsent und geerdet bleiben
• Zentrums-basierte Bewegung
• die Balance unter Druck behalten
• Flow und Flexibilität
• Fokus und Bewusstheit
• Kontakt und Interaktion

MUSIC

Rhythmus-, Präsenz- und Reaktions-Training in der Gruppe und als Gruppen-Organismus: Klatsch- und Shaker-Kreise, Pattern und Zyklen-Übungen.

MEDITATION

Wir beginnen die Workshop-Tage mit einer 20 minütigen Meditation. Bewegungs- und Rhythmus-Meditationen sind auch Teil der Trainings-Einheiten.


Nik Bärtsch
hat den Kunstpreis der Stadt Zürich 2019 erhalten und arbeitet als Pianist und Komponist an seiner RITUAL GROOVE MUSIC. Er ist Leader des Zenfunk-Quartetts RONIN und der Musik-Ritual-Gruppe MOBILE. Er ist Lehrbeauftragter für ‘Praktische Ästhetik’ an der Musikhochschule ZH/Winterthur und ist stark interessiert am Einfluss und der Kombination von Musik und Bewegung, im speziellen von Aikido, Feldenkrais und Gyrotonic. Nik trainiert im Kokoro Aikido Dojo Zürich. Residencies, Workshops und Lectures an versch. Institutionen: Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance London (UK), Musikhochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig (DE), Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (CH)

Nik spielt jeden Montag mit RONIN im EXIL, Zürich

https://www.nikbaertsch.com


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Samstag
13.00 - 19.00 Uhr
20.00 Uhr Gemeinsames Abendessen TBA
(freiwillig - nicht im Preis inbegriffen)

Sonntag
10.00 - 17.00 Uhr

Movement Masterclass w/ Imre Thormann (CH/FR)

Butoh & Noguchi Taiso

A two day workshop in which master dancer Imre Thormann is taking you on a journey into the principles behind his movements and expression.

"In my workshop I do not convey any fixed form or technique, but the principles that form the basis of movement (spiral, wave, gravity, emotion etc.). We will focus on everyday movements like standing and walking, as well as on emotional forms of expression. We will establish a basis that will enable us to exchange conventional patterns of movement for fresh approaches that will help us to execute movements more easily.

This workshop is for professionals in dance and theatre, amateurs of all ages and people who are open and curious to work with the body, mind and soul.

My work is based on a training of seven years in Tokyo with Kazuo Ohno (Butoh) and Noguchi Michizo (founder of Noguchi Taiso, a Japanese form of body work), and education in Alexander Technique and my experience as a dancer who is living the dance. My workshops are inspiring for people with a background or interest in tai chi, aikido, dance, performance, acting, yoga, body work and body-mind oriented therapy."

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Saturday 23.11.
10-13:00, Lunch Break, 14:30-17:30
Sunday 24.11.
10-13:00, Lunch Break, 14:30-17:30

Tanzhaus Zürich
Wasserwerkstrasse 129
8037 Zürich

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Movement Masterclass w/ Adrian Russi (CH)

WORKSHOP

"Die CI fasziniert mich in ihrer Vielschichtigkeit und ihrem Facettenreichtum immer wieder aufs Neue. In jedem Tanz und jeder Klasse kann ich aus einem immensen Spektrum an Möglichkeiten das gerade Passende wählen bzw. mir widerfahren lassen - und so mit der belebenden, fortwährenden Dynamik zwischen klarer Absicht und Hingabe an das Unbekannte spielen.

Dieses Mal liegt der Fokus auf dem Schwungvollen im Tanz, was Leichtigkeit und Lust auf mehr vermitteln soll. Der für Manche
unverständliche Fachbegriff heisst «Momentum». Unser Körper kennt dieses Momentum seit Kindesbeinen. Es ist etwas sehr
Organisches und Selbstverständliches, das in der CI aber oft verloren geht, weil zu verhalten getanzt oder mit zu viel Kraft
gepusht wird.

Momentum ist spannend und beinhaltet verschiedene Aspekte. Es hat mit Schwung und eher bogenförmigen Bewegungen
zu tun. Es hängt mit Schwerkraft und dem physikalischen Begriff der Trägheit zusammen. Ein gutes Timing ist grundlegend, um die Energie des Momentums lustvoll zu nutzen. Und: Bewegungen mit Momentum sind nicht immer schnell, sondern können auch sehr gemächlich von statten gehen.

Wie gewohnt geht es in diesem Workshop darum, tanzend zu forschen und zu geniessen, die Wahr-nehmung zu schulen und
ein vertieftes Verständnis für die CI zu erlangen. Ich freue mich sehr auf das Thema, welches schon lange Teil meines
Unterrichts ist, jedoch noch nie so richtig im Zentrum stand.


BIOGRAFIE

Adrian Russi ist Lehrer für Contact Improvisation und Neuen Tanz und wird europaweit zum Unterrichten und Performen eingeladen. Nach seiner Ausbildung bei „bewegungs-art“ in Freiburg/D bildete er sich bei verschiedenen LehrerInnen kontinuierlich weiter, u.a. bei Steve Paxton, Nancy Stark Smith und Nita Little. Ihm sind eine präzise Bewegungstechnik und differenzierte Wahrnehmung wichtig, sowie eine Kreativität, die dem differenzierten Körperbewusstsein entspringt. Die Freude am Spiel und das Sich-Wirklich-Einlassen sind für ihn die Grundlage, um im Tanz aus dem Vollen zu schöpfen. Weitere Einflüsse stammen von seinem Studium verschiedener Kampfkünste und der Craniosacraltherapie sowie von seiner eigenen Forschungsarbeit (u.a. über die Faszien).

Offen für TeilnehmerInnen mit Erfahrung in CI.

www.adrianrussi.com

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Samstag 19. Oktober
13-18h
Sonntag 20. Oktober
13-18h

Tanzhaus Zürich
Wasserwerkstrasse 129
8037 Zürich

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MOVEMENT ARCHERY

“The right art is purposeless, aimless. The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the sake of hitting the goal, the less you will succeed in the one and the further the other will recede. What stands in your way is that you have a much too willful will. You think that what you do not do yourself does not happen.” - Eugen Herrigel

Each day of workshop will consist of 3 parts:

* Part 1 - Warm-up
Tom’s concept of warm-up is based on the mover’s need to tune into a clear and subtle quality before their practice and execution. The routine Tom follows and teaches is inspired by concepts of Chaya (Shadow) Yoga and particularly the “Balakarma” series (stepping into strength), and other forms of soft martial arts. The warm-up routine emphasizes the opening of the darkest parts of our bodies - our legs, which are also the most distant from our eyes. Demanding postures alongside gentle flow with circular motions and spirals will be introduced in order to provide better awareness of the lower parts. The second principle Tom wishes to unfold is preparations (or introduction) to low movement while maintaining the gentle functions of the wrists and neck as tools for balance, sensing the space and organically digesting physical information; internal and external.

* Part 2 - Technique/ Floorwork
Tom’s technique of floor work serves as a “risk management” mechanism which ultimately, leads to freedom in a much larger scale than usually experienced by performers of a single discipline. Tom introduces dynamics of falling, rolling, collapsing, flipping and melting down in order to reduce and eventually eliminate the type of actions we usually refer to as “failure” in dance, athletics and martial arts. The practice is composed both of simple, almost “daily” actions, alongside “complicated” acrobatic risks without distinguishing between them or judging what’s important and unimportant. This approach allows a blend of influences from the Animal Kingdom, Capoeira, Gymnastics, Tae Kwon Do, Parkour, Brazillian Jiujitsu and Bboying to fall effortlessly into an empty category of functional motions.

* Part 3 - Archery
The “Archery” practice is Tom’s sincere attempt to create a practice of movement which lies in the space between fight and gestures-free expression. The practice can be executed with two movers and up, and involves the development of both circular and sharp reactions which leads to high levels of awareness and a fluent - “tactical” mind. The movers will go through different forms of “games” which can wear strict rules and objectives or just a physical play of examining and interacting - a play we are all familiar with but tend to lose during our mature life in modern society. Upon practicing Archery one can feel either like he or she is involved in a very skillful combat or in a passionate dance full of risks and traps. It is important to note that the name “Archery” ultimately holds nothing behind it as it constantly changes and flows into the shape the practitioners make up according to their needs and passions.


BIO
Tom Weksler began practicing martial arts and various acrobatic disciplines from a young age. After graduating from 'The Workshop For Dancers And Choreographers' in Haifa Israel in 2009, Tom went on to perform with the Israeli Opera and then with 'Inbal Pinto & Avshallom Pollak Dance Company'. after having toured extensively and internationally, Tom later became a performer with Rootlessroot under Jozef Fruček and Linda Kapetanea in their work, ‘Collective Loss Of Memory’, which was produced by the Czech Company DOT 504. in 2014 Tom created two duets, 'Saru’ and ‘Heder’ in collaboration with Tokyo-based dancer and choreographer, Mayumu Minakawa, which were performed in many theatres and festivals in Europe and Japan. Since 2014 Tom has also been collaborating with Circus Director and Performer Yogi Dekel, creating together both the Quintet Lobos which was co-produced by the Israeli Council for Culture and Arts and 'Mifal Hapais', and the Duet 'Pilim' Co-created with ' ON center for Contemporary Circus' and 'Bat Yam Festival for street Theater' in 2017 Tom joined Guy Nader & Maria Campose for the creation process of 'Set of Sets' in Barcelona. Since 2017 Tom has also been collaborating with Roser Tutusaus, creating together the Duet 'After the Rain' and practicing dance. Tom has been teaching in various Dance Schools, Universities, Circus Schools, Dojos and Dance Companies all over the world.

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Friday 27.9.
17:30-21
Saturday 28.9.
10-13:30, Lunch Break, 15:00-17:30
Sunday 29.9.
10-13:30, Lunch Break, 15:00-17:30

Tanzhaus Zürich
Wasserwerkstrasse 129
8037 Zürich

Organic Movement - Flowacrobatics

Das Konzept Organic Movement sieht Bewegung als ein Grundbedürfnis des Menschen. Viele vermissen es und wissen gar nicht wo sie mit Bewegung anfangen sollen obwohl der Wunsch da ist. Hierbei stehen die Wirbelsäule und die Körperwahrnehmung im Vordergrund, wodurch die Bewegungen organischer, natürlicher und fließender werden.


Über den Workshop

Auf der Basis des Organic Movement tauchen wir gemeinsam in die Welt der Flowacrobatic ein. Die Basics, Kombinationen & Choreos werden angeleitet, erforscht und bieten anschließend Raum für Improvisation. Durch Solo und Partnerübungen wirst du spielerisch wieder zu einem funktionellen & harmonischen Zusammenspiel des gesamten Körpers finden. Wir spielen mit fließenden Bewegungen, die im Softacro durch akrobatische Elemente untermalt werden. Die Inspirationen kommen aus dem Capoeira, Akrobatik, Contemporay Dance und Tanzakro.

Über Lukas

In Berlin aufgewachsen entdeckte er schon früh seine Liebe zur Bewegung. Anfangs eignete er sich autodidaktisch Wissen über Training, Ernährung und Gesundheit an, später dann die Artistikausbildung mit Fokus auf Boden und Luftakrobatik, sowie Contemporary Dance, Ballet, Schauspiel und Pantomime Aspekten in Berlin. Unter anderem bei der Movement Awakening tour 2017 gab er Workshops In ganz Deutschland und performte in Tv, Events, Shows, dem Pfefferberg Theater und dem Berliner Ensemble. Derzeit performed Lukas Duo- und Soloshows und unterrichtet Workshops zum Thema Flowacrobatic, Organic Spine, Ring-Strength and Handbalancing.

www.instagram.com/LukasFlint
www.facebook.com/organicmovementpage

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Sonntag 30.6.
13.00 - 17.00

WORKSHOP (4h)

Combining movement approaches from south east asian and eastern philosophy and contemporary dance:

Subjects:

- Introducing dynamics of balancing, stabilizing, falling, rolling, flipping and melting down
- Awareness of relationship between the space and our core
- Improvisational and choreographed patterns as a tool to explore the space
- Maintain flow without unnecessary tension using circular motions and spirals
- Partner work and games

BIO
Hoyoung is a black belt Tae Kwon Do martial artist and intertwines improvisational movements with contemporary dance, traditional Korean traditional dance and Ashtanga yoga. He’s also a theatre and dance performer, dj and musician He graduated from Seoul, South Korea, Cinema & Theatre, BA of Art. One of the member of theatre company, ‘Elephant Manbo’ and an art director of art project group, ‘UmZikßi’. As an actor Hoyoung has worked with Dong-Hyun Kim from Elephant Manbo, National Theater Company of Korea and Evgeny Kozlov from the physical dance “DO Theater” from Russia.


Open for all Levels

Intensive „Physical & Cognitive Practices"

EASTER INTENSIVE 2019

The Physical & Cognitive Practice Intensive represents the entirety of our practice. This intensive focuses on different topics depending on the participants, the time of year and the locations, and can be visited at any time. Recommended for anyone who comes with an open mind.

The physical and cognitive practices

Our practice is in a continuous state of development and change. Statically and dogmatically doing the same thing is a foreign concept to us. Our practice should be dynamic and thus alive. This practice consists of both the physical and the mind, the cognitive. Learning and practicing our ability to learn is one of our ideals. Our practice shall be helpful for the people.

The physical

Our physical practice consists of the elements of movement practice, development of potential, including preparation of the body, athleticism and capacity, as well as bodily control and loosening.
Through the joining of these aspects, a comprehensive, universal training arises. The idea is to become physically capable and develop skills, thereby creating freedom and joy. Our physical training is the opposite of a society that has become too intellectualised and focused on consumption, in which physical training is presented in isolated and highly specified systems. Being a "jack of all trades" is the goal of our training.

The cognitive

The mind practice consists of different forms of thinking, such as reflection, contemplation, concentration, imagination, memory training, and attention. The mind practice contains in it the recognition of the world through observation and perception, through reflection and discussion. The practice also contains aspects of logic such as mathematics and argumentation, as well as creativity, meditation, empathy and mental control.

Being in the world

Our practices deal with existing in the world. The crucial point is the way we balance wilderness and technology, and the way we balance doing and calmness.

Who are we, what is our place, and what do we do?

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Workshop held in DE/EN
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"Dance improvisation is an expression on real time! It is like automatic writing. In order to transform this automatism into creativity, we need body and space awareness."

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Suitable for everybody interested in movement.
No prerequisites necessary!
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Sunday, 24.3.19

13.00-17.00
Tanzhaus Zürich
Wasserwerkstrasse 129
8037 Zürich
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HOW
to melt these approaches into one:

Ballet, Graham, Release Techniques, Passing through - Flying low, Fighting Monkey, GAGA

Develop your own improvisation:

How to coordinate the whole body into small and big movement pathways. How to be aware of the full body when you improvise. To actually train the body's totality and be able to activate the muscles and each body part by keeping it connected with the center and the spine.

WHAT
We will train the spine to move, cut, go through and transform the space around us including arms and legs. We will explore different impulses of the body and we will insist on understanding these impulses and make them travel through the spine and travel through the space.
We will work with different intensities of muscles and we will learn to create musicality in the body by choosing short or long movement pathways.
We will challenge the speed and the stamina because in those places we will be forced to activate our technique tools in order to keep our dance alive.

We will be working with technical tasks, statically, on spot and with partners. The purpose is for the participants to understand the meaning of conscious and unconscious dance, to believe in it, to trust different movement possibilities and unlock their imagination continuously beyond their well known forms.

How to find "new" movement?

Inside the flow of the class, we challenge our own existence, share and demand inspiration from what is around us, inside us, in and out of our imagination. We want to make our presence appear through its physicality. We will train the body to talk and represent what it is and how it feels, developing its own dramaturgy and being alive inside the stories which can be told though dancing.


ABOUT EVA
Being trained and inspired by the most important figures of dance in Israel, she developed her own style of Gaga and contemporary dance.
She's a performer, dancer, teacher and also a lawyer which makes her approach on movement clear and also creative.

Zurich, Switzerland
2 & 3 February

How we age and what we do to slow down this process.

We invite athletes, educators, physiotherapists, scientists, dancers, artists and all kind of enthusiasts from different disciplines who have the courage to test, discuss and experience:
how we move, when meeting obstacles
how we think, when we know less than we know
how we communicate, because we always need to communicate especially in challenging times
how we observe to find solutions that are better than just good

Zero Forms
Athletic Leg, Axis and Spinal health

We are highly interconnected and we age as a whole system. We move, interact and communicate and the way we do it makes us more or less vulnerable to physical and social forces that affect our allostatic balance and influence how we age and live.

We gradually accumulate damages by exhausting ourselves.
We gradually lose our synaptic inter-connections and movement qualities.
What practices, training habits and everyday behaviour lead to loss of proprioceptive variability?

Coordinations
Inductive reasoning, spacial orientation and memory

We investigate and promote mobility that contributes to body musicality and rhythm. We practice coordinations as a way to improve the health of joints through communication and their inter-relation.
How do we learn?
We research the strategies we use to learn and the ways we can improve our memory by involving more networks of our body to give us more creative opportunities, more unique associations. We do this through movement that provokes improvised, sudden and unexpected connections that can break your limitations.

Movement Situations
Chaos and disruption

Irregularity, difficulty and pressure are important factors in the development of complex systems such as life. Movement Situations embrace those elements in open games, created to increase the adaptive value of your movement qualities, your strategic decisions and your creative variability in changing and unpredictable environments.
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Upcoming FM events, EU 2019:
15, 16, 17 March - Copenhagen
18, 19 May - Lausanne
31 May & 1, 2 June - Berlin
28, 29, 30 June - Rotterdam
5 - 10 August - Slagesle / Gerlev Sports Academy

Upcoming FM events, North America 2019:
5, 6, 7 April - Toronto, CA
9, 10, 11 April - Quebec, CA
13, 14 April - Asheville, North Carolina
20, 21 April - Berkeley, California

Contact us for more info at info@fightingmonkey.net
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Workshop address:
Tanzhaus Zürich, Wasserwerkstrasse 129, 8037 Zürich
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Dates:
Saturday, 2 February --> Sunday, 3 February 2019
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Time:
Saturday: 10:00 - 18:00
Sunday: 10:00 - 18:00
* with a 1 hour break for each day

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

The 'MoveMore: Movement Workshop' is continually adapted to participants, the facility, and my own research. No two workshops are the same. Whilst content changes, underlying objectives remain the same:

To create a learning space through which participants can begin to map, explore & interpret our subject: Movement. By creating 'containers' - individual & partner games, drills, movement tasks & scenarios - we can give temporary definition to our movement experiences and extract meaningful learning outcomes.

Investigate micro-subjects such as organic strength, lower-body complexity, locomotion, hand-balancing, floor communication, object manipulation, softness & tension, play/fight & more. Under these contexts we can begin to appreciate the complexity & potential of human movement.

Arm participants with practical tools & methodology to develop attributes such as mobility, strength, balance, coordination and structural awareness as well as injury prevention & rehabilitation. By understanding these attributes as on a SPECTRUM, rather than a fixed measurable, we can develop a more experienced, complex, and intelligent body - our vessel for continued movement exploration.



ABOUT JASON

Jason is a movement practitioner who travels to develop and share his continually evolving movement practice and perspective. He is a bricolage and 'filter' of all his teachers and movement experiences driven by three 'wheels' which guide the 'MoveMore' project: learn, share & connect.

'MoveMore' is the platform through which Jason reaches out to those interested in developing their own 'movement practice'. Further, he proposes and encourages development of a critical 'movement perspective' through which we might interpret & direct our individual and social experiences.

MoveMore on Facebook & Instagram:

@movemoremove

BASICS OF INTERNAL WORK

A Two Day Workshop for Martial Artists, Dancers, Yogis and General Movers. (German/English)

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15./16.12.18
Saturday / Sunday
13.00-17.00
Tanzhaus Zürich
Wasserwerkstrasse 129
8037 Zürich


ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

The term Internal Work is translated from the Chinese „Nei Gong“ and describes the Meditative Methods in Internal Martial Arts like Bagua Zhang, Xingyi Quan or Taiji Quan.

Internal Work is designed to cultivate a practicioners physicality, his mental capacities and personality. It is a strong instrument meant to support the artist, no matter if martial artist, dancer, climber or general mover.


Through the connection of physical movement, breath and intention, Internal Work seeks to harmonize our organism. It utilizes internal cues, and usually starts without external movement.
What we are looking for is conscious awareness of our body, of our posture and our movement. Therefore we don’t need to learn more movement, but reduce it as far as we can. Standing still and reducing all variables of movement to a minimum will enable us to pay attention to our physical state, to recognize the alignment of our joints, the pressure of gravity, internal rhythms and for example the influence of our breathing on our balance.

From this starting point we will dive deeper into more complex physical movements, leading us from techniques of „Silk Reeling“ to the daoist method of Circle Walking.
Internal Practice will help you move with the ease of a child and the power and precision of an adult.
The Methods shown in this workshop are easy to learn and very accessible. No prior Martial Arts experience needed. We will dive deep into stillness practice, and spend extended periods of time in the quiet. We will also work with a partner to understand the connection of Internal Work and External Application (for example fighting or dancing.)

Internal Work is an essential method of physical cultivation. A daily practice to tune in, to connect with your environment and nature. It doesnt require much time, but is best practiced on a regular basis. This way it can be a very strong tool to nourish your own practice, the kind of self care every artist needs to esablish livelong and sustainable development.

ABOUT THE TEACHER

Carsten Stausberg is the founder of Yizong Bagua in Cologne, Germany. A multidisciplinary space with emphasis on Martial Arts & Movement Training.

As a long time student of Luo Dexiu, his main background are the Internal Martial Arts of Bagua Zhang, Xingyi Quan & Taiji Quan, which he teaches in classes, workshops and through Online Coaching. He spent 20 years in various martial arts such as Shaolin Gong Fu, Chen- & Yang Style Taiji Quan and Qi Gong, focussing solely on the Internal Arts over the last 15 years.

Lately he worked intensively with dancers, such as Tom Weksler, to explore and research common ground in martial arts and dance as well as deeper layers of craftsmanship and artistic expression. Using Internal Work as a tool to refine and nourish the different disciplines.

He also founded a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Team in 2016 where he implements his approach of training and coaching into a more competitive environment.
Apart from his martial arts background, Carsten holds a B.A. in Chinese Philosophy & Literature, graduated from a Chinese Medicine school and is a Certified Coach for Personal Development.

His way of teaching is very „down to earth“, using the least amount of „chinese“ possible to explain and introduce the concepts and principles of Internal Work. Therefore making the experience fun and enjoyable, rather than overserious and mystical.

http://www.yizongbagua.de
https://www.facebook.com/Carsten.Stausberg.Coaching/
https://www.instagram.com/martial.movement.arts
https://www.youtube.com/user/casitor1

Saturday 7.7. 2018

Decoding Motion

Dancers, martial artists, circus people, yogis and all freestyle movers: You're all invited to come and explore new ways to develop and expand your movement intelligence

DECODING MOTION project is a movement intelligence development intensive practice.

We learn how to develop our own movement intelligence using different exercises and techniques practiced and inspired from different disciplines, mainly from the worlds of martial arts, contemporary dance, and soft acrobatics.
finding and exploring the connections and interfaces they all share between them.

We will practice and learn different principles and techniques of martial arts, floor work and soft acrobatics and explore how they can all be merged together in order to achieve more freedom and flow in our movement."

Iftach is a movement artist who's profound background in martial arts and his recent years research and experimentation within contemporary dance have allowed him to create a unique platform of integration between the disciplines.

Alchemising various ideas, concepts and principles into his teachings he allows movers from multiple disciplines to grow and expand in their own fields and movement capabilities.

Iftach's DECODING MOTION movement development seminars and workshops are held around the world.

www.decodingmotion.com/

"The Practice"

Saturday 16.6.2018

13.00 - 17.00
MEDIACAMPUS TH2 Tanzhaus Zürich
Freihofstr. 7
8048 Zürich

We are in a Cambrian explosion of fitness/sport/movement culture. The 20th century saw many amazing developments in the study of human physical potential, across many cultures and continents. What we have in the 21st century is an incredible wealth of that research at our fingertips (thanks internet). This is a blessing if you have the base knowledge and learning skills to filter through the hype. Practitioners who laboured for years, making mistakes, learning and training, finding perhaps only a few peers to share methods and discuss with, are now able to share their wisdom quickly and easily with many of us.

However the legacy of the 20th century is that many of these writers and training methods are specific, which has pro’s and con’s. If I am a runner writing for runners, I won’t have much advice for how to blend in a jiu jitsu practice. How can we frame these ideas? There is a trend towards hybrid-knowledge that goes across many disciplines. Science is experiencing similar boundary blurring and cross-disciplinary pollination. I think the next goal of the movement culture is to create more resources and experiments for multi-disciplinary movers. How does a runner/bjj/ olympic weightlifter train? How does a bouldering, dancing, acro-yogi train?

Specializing is important for achieving high level performance, but most of us, lets be real, we just want to have fun, stay interested, enjoy moving, get release from our thoughts, be healthy, and look good.

- Introduction of some simple strength and conditioning strategies that leave time and energy for skill practices

- breakdown of the idea of general and specific training

- discussion of mindset

- technique vs capacity, somatics vs training

- necessary limitations of cross-disciplinary practices of all kinds

- strength training

- playing games

Bio

Nik Kosmas’ work navigates the thin line between design, sport, and business. He has recently published ‘Essays on Physical Practice’ where he proposes a holistic approach to the relationship with the body-mind. A pioneer of post-internet art, he has exhibited worldwide in institutions such as the New Museum in New York, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, the Berlin Biennial, the Venice Biennale and the Moscow Biennale for Young Art.

https://www.spikeartmagazine.com/en/articles/qa-nik-kosmas

http://kaleidoscope.media/nik-kosmas

http://www.aids-3d.com

Saturday, May 12, 2018

From Butoh to Taichi

Exploration of unconsciousness in performance. How can sounds transform into body movement? How can we research and celebrate emptiness and use it as a tool in everyday movement, and movement based disciplines like contemporary dance.

- Introduction of passive waves inspired from ancient QiKung
- Spinal warm up with organic voice techniques
- Creative dialogue between hairs, toes, tongues
- Butoh steps, Taichi steps, fusion steps
- Perception of momentum in poetic rollings & fallings
- Playful fighting games in Duo

Dresscode: entire white or entire black


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“Karada ha Karada. The body is empty. The Tao is open”

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Bio

Sylvie Xing Chen is a chinese-swiss berlin-based performer and choreographer in dance theater, specialized in japanese Butoh, chinese opera & Taichi-Dance. Her solo & group choreography have been shown in various festivals in Switzerland, Vienna, Berlin, Tokyo, Macau, Guangzhou & Shanghai China.
Her last engagement as dancer was collaborating with ZHDK project choreography Emanuel Gat. Since 2014 she teaches Butoh dance & guided improvisation Workshop for professional dancers & comediens in Fengmian Art Center in China, Rui Cunha Foundation in Macau, Tanzfabrik Berlin & in Zurich Tanzhaus Wildcard. Since 2010 with her company ButoInSwitzerland, promoted by swiss embassy, they are touring their dance theater piece with art installation and film production each Dec. in China & in Japan.

Her childhood spent in Shaolin temple & later studied in Zen temple in Japan bring her on the practice of emptiness. This enriches her research in different artistic expressions such as dancing, painting, calligraphy. Always switching between Asien & Europe , she takes inspirations from her daily life cultural fusions & conflicts and translates them into creative process.

www.sylviexingchen.com

Saturday, April 14, 201

*Open to all levels*

Explore the value of personal expression using movement as the medium.

A movement-based workshop exploring creative processes and individual movement styles, participants will gain practical tools to:

- Enhance spinal mobility, locomotion and floor work
- Experiment with aesthetic and movement influences
- Articulate and play with distinctive personal movement styles
- Combine outside influences within the movement practice

Bring your smartphone (if you have one… if you don’t, good for you!!).

Last but not least, prepare to smeeze... East Oakland is coming to your door, Zurich! See you there!

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“We have no art. We do everything as well as we can.”
- Corita Kent
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Bio
Samantha Pak is a US/Barcelona-based artist that uses movement as a creative medium.

Approaching the urban environment as a creative canvas, she merges movement culture with her interests in street fashion, contemporary art and music. She captures her work in video and photography, as well as collaborations with artists and movers of all sorts.

Her collaborations are as wide-ranging as a pop up shop at Hotel Brummell (Barcelona), a dance collaboration between STR/KE MOVEMENT Vancouver) and the TURF FEINZ (Oakland) and a cuisine and movement collaboration with James Beard Foundation award winning chef, Cortney Burns (San Francisco). She creates her own garments for use in her movement videos and photos, combining her interests in streetwear (most especially Gosha Rubchinskiy, Cottweiler, Rhude Clothings), pop art (including works from Tom Sachs, Ed Ruscha and Corita Kent), skating and music.

She works with athletes and movers including Olympic hopefuls to college athletes. Some of her faves include pro skater, Corey Duffel, and judo athlete Tsukasa Yoshida, winner of the silver medal at the 2017 World Judo Championships in Budapest.
A student of the Ido Portal Method since 2012, movement is the common thread in all the creative works and collaborations she’s involved in. Her training helps her explore the potential and depth of human movement, helping her explore the ideas and concepts she’s most compelled to get out in the world.

www.sampak.xyz
www.instagram.com/sampakxyz

Save the date for the second edition of Tomislav English's Movement Masterclass.
Last year was sold out pretty quickly!

Mar 17, 2018 at 12 PM – Mar 18, 2018

2 Days workshop at Tanzhaus Media Campus.
Mediacampus TH1
Freihofstrasse 7
8048 Zürich

Timetable
Saturday:
12.00 - 17.00
Sunday
11.00 - 16.00

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Ferus Animi // Terra Nova is a movement research collective based in Europe. Working across disciplines, the practice seeks to examine the principles behind many of the modern and traditional movement techniques we have come to recognise, through the lens of evolutionary physiology, environmental adaptation and neuroplasticity.

We look to better understand our mechanics, neurological & cognitive function, biological processes and the physical laws which govern our motion, in search of a richer range of possibilities in our movement and athletic development, as well as taking anthropological and philosophical examinations of our modern habits and lifestyles.

Our collective works with professional dancers, martial artists, athletes, somatic practitioners, yogis, circus artists and the like as well as psychologists, physiologists, neurologists and neuroplasticians, to make sure we are presenting the most up to date research available from each field. Our workshops are open to anyone passionate about Human movement.

Workshop leader Tomislav English‘s personal practice is informed by ongoing movement research under the teachings of Grand Master Tae Yong Lee (Teukgong Moosool), Moshe Feldenkrais (Feldenkrais Technique), Wim Hof (Wim Hof Method), David Zambrano (Flying Low & Passing Through), Cameron Shayne (Budokon), Jozef Frucek & Linda Kapetania (Fighting Monkey Practice), Bruno Caverna (Formless Arts) and Ido Portal (Ido Portal Method), in addition to the writings of Neuroplastician Norman Doidge, and academic research at Oxford Mindfulness Centre (Oxford University Department of Psychiatry), Barça Innovation Hub (F.C. Barcelona), England Rugby (RFU) and Higher Education qualifications from the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance (FD), London Contemporary Dance School (BA (Hons)), Oxford School of Drama/Trinity College (FD), and Royal Holloway, University of London (PGC).

Movement Masterclass w/ Natalia Pieczuro

*Open for dancers, actors, circus and sports people and movers of all sorts*

Saturday 24. February
14.00-18.00
Tanzhaus Zürich
Wasserwerkstrasse 129
8037 Zürich

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«We can create complex, full of sounds music, but what counts the most in it’s beauty, is the silence between the notes. The duration of silence. The same applies to dance. "The silence" is the moment when everything and nothing can happen. (…) »
- Claude Debussy
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The work is totally based on the Fighting Monkey practice and dedicated to strengthening and elaborating your partnering skills - it's all about: «communication».
Working with changing partners will provide precious irregularity in training, thus influence our behavior, diversity of qualities, tempi and rhythm of our movement.

Through partnering work - “movement situations”, coordinations, working with tools, injury prevention and body conditioning we will work on strengthening the focus, awareness and the whole system.
We will brake the patterns to learn new patterns.

How can one be open to the "new" and still be well rooted.

BIO

Born in the Wild East.
- Believes that reality is ultimately timeless and in logic of the universe.
- Often named: dancer, performer and teacher.
- Rooting herself with: FM practice and studying anthropology of culture
- graduated with a double diploma in choreography and performing at SEAD
- walking the FM path since over 10 years
- As a pedagogue she is motivated by an urge for movement - as consequence of being alive - and by endless will to share.

Currently busy with:
Fighting Monkey Practice, TCM, Stillness/Meditation,
awaking the archetypes together with CHVE, searching for mindful shapelessness under the gaze of Lisbeth Gruwez.

https://fightingmonkey.net/about

Apply here:
https://www.movementmasterclass.com/applyforworkshop/
CHF 105.- (regular)
CHF 95.- (Student, Pro Dancer)

Fighting Monkey Practice - Open Workshop / hosted by Movement Masterclass & David Suivez

Which games do you play to stay young?

It is a seminar that serves as a basic platform for further study of the Fighting Monkey Research. We will give you an overall introduction to the qualities and ideas that we have developed over the last 15 years of our F.M. research.

It is for dancers, movers, martial artists and people who are interested in human development.

You will experience mainly “movement situations”.

Irregular training methods to provoke and increase the adaptive value of your behavioral traits and strategic planning. We will work with complex structures to improve your movement qualities and increase your creative variability.

We will help you to understand the underlying principles of human motion and how stress and pressure affects our perception, behaviour and actions and how creatively adaptive you are in complex situations.

Foster improvisation, imagination and creativity.

The above are vital to problem solving.

Which is vital to adaptability, longevity and sustainability.

Play games.

Expose yourself to difficulties.

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Workshop address:
Tanzhaus Zürich, Wasserwerkstrasse 129, 8037 Zürich
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Dates:
Saturday, 20 January 2017 —> Sunday, 21 January 2017
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Time:
Saturday 10:00 – 18:00
Sunday 10:00 – 18:00
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Total Event Price:
400€
Early Bird Price:
360€
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To book a spot, please click here:
https://fightingmonkey.net/.../115-pstrongfighting-monkey...
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#fightingmonkey
#fightingmonkey_practice
#fightingmonkey_rootlessroot
#fightingmonkey_games
#fightingmonkey_zurich2017
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www.fightingmonkey.net
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For more details, please contact our host David Suivez at: info@movementmasterclass.com

Movement Masterclass w/ Martin Kilvady (SK)

I'm personally looking forward very much to his workshop. Not only since i have heard so much praise about him throughout all the dance and performer scene.
Checking out his vast array of Youtube clips makes me excited even more...

ALL INCLUSIVE
Ground level

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DESCRIPTION

"For past 25 years I have been growing unique and personal expression. I have been teaching, performing and dancing it during the same amount of time.

What I'm doing at this point is a style that embraces various interconnected elements. Simple headtitels that represent these elements and give name to What, How and Why are: Skillfulness, Personal fulfillment and Treatment.

The fact of mentioning the interconnection is important key point since integration and seeking the connections are very subject of my research and not the unconscious byproduct of practicing specialized disciplines or styles.

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STUDY SUBJECTS

- Form-shape-posture as a extremely useful container to investigate the content.
- Scale of muscular Tensions-Release as a practical tool to create physical sensations.
- Dynamics or movement velocity as a major game changer in the human orchestration.

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FOR WHOM

This workshop is a suitable occasion for you to discover my artistry. The experience of it does not depend on your background but requires hunger and interest.

I will be dancing. You can be dancing too if a definition of what dancing means for you has a degree of clarity.

Good wishes to all.
Martin"

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Saturday 16.12.2017
13.00 - 19.00

Sunday 17.12.2017
10.00 - 17.00

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Tanzhaus Zürich
Wasserwerkstrasse 129
8037 Zürich
Switzerland
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Fee
- 180 CHF for professional dancers and students and early bird (pay before end of November)
- 210 CHF regular

Apply here:
www.movementmasterclass.com

Youtube Clips:

For ever young "dance improvisation on the music"
https://youtu.be/I3RBXQEBcec
Faking martial arts
https://youtu.be/U2YWSXP7BJI
Shoulders treatment session
https://youtu.be/b3PDn08fqIM
Skiing-Dancing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tezfA4qaj1A
Pushing the floor
https://youtu.be/sjmIoHnAqeA
Effortless, relaxed, released, stylish
https://youtu.be/mXv2Dq9YHXs
Trampoline styles
https://youtu.be/8b2zYBW8aWI
"Travelling through All Asanas"
https://youtu.be/Oj6zdo_yKhM
Performing in "middle level" holy smoking thighs
https://youtu.be/llYHJFdSgAA
Usual-less usual, Ordinary-Extraordinary, Common-uncommon
https://youtu.be/WOUPy-hf2VY
CLARITY on bending forward and coming upright in 3 repetitions.
https://youtu.be/81ueZnhyhiE
Warm up, full body motion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSQKwbOS5ms
Shifting Dance 1
https://youtu.be/jRPvwnJwxjI
Warm down
https://youtu.be/1e0ftkmBBpI
Obviously video
https://youtu.be/8yjqPw6G9E0
Soft and Hard
https://youtu.be/zZ5KPWiPn2o
Suarez - Sur tes lèvres (Clip Officiel) (Official Music Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9DHSTl6FLw
Foot-Ankel BALANCING ON THE WET RAIL.
https://youtu.be/V72Bc_j2mRQ
BENDING-STRAIGHTENING ARMS + TREMBLING(Transposition of the same posture in space).
https://youtu.be/oDcVfw_4qu8

Movement Masterclass w/ Matt Mulligan (UK)

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In this 4h workshop we will be exploring different body-mind states:

* Comfort & Play
Finding playful comfortableness in the body through sensation, visualisation, partnerwork, improvisation

* Flow & Transition
Tasks to bring greater awareness to the flow state, and awareness of flowing between the different planes of the body.

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Matt Mulligan (BA, FdA, AHEd) is a professional physical educator and founder of BODYROOTS, where he encourages freedom of movement for all. He works with people everyday to help them feel happier, healthier and fitter in body and mind.

Matt's practice is grounded in over a decade spent working intensively with the moving body. He is a conservatoire graduate of both the Northern School of Contemporary Dance and Circomedia Academy of Physical Performance, and has had a touring career as a professional dancer, acrobat and physical theatre specialist.
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Matt also graduated from the University of Durham with a degree in Philosophy (1st Class Hons), focussing on the body-mind connection

https://www.bodyroots.org/

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Sunday 19.11.
13.00 - 17.00

Media Campus, Trakt 7
Freihofstrasse 7
8048 Zürich

CHF 95.- Early Bird / Student price (pay before end of October)
CHF 105.- Regular price

Reserve your spot here:

www.movementmasterclass.com

Instinct Insolite Movement

Instinct:
1. An inborn pattern of behavior that is characteristic of a species and is often a response to specific environmental stimuli
2. A powerful motivation or impulse
3. An innate capability or aptitude

Insolite:
1. What is against the usual, against the rules
2. Which is different from the habitual and surprises

Instinct Insolite is an oxymoron, a rhetorical figure in which contradictions are combined. It is in this collision that potential for movement happens.

Instinct Insolite is a movement exploration started in 2014 in my degree research project about the importance of physical mobility and contact and connection in daily life. It is a movement vocabulary that has since then been enhanced from travelling to the 4 corners of the world, extracting the essence of each part and blending them together for further explorations.

Instinct Insolite is inspired by contemporary life, movement and dance, martial arts as Kung Fu, Systema & Bjj, Play-Fight, Contact Improvisation, social dances as Lindy Hop & Tango, somatic explorations and performative practices. In Instinct Insolite we dig into a specific term and dissect it enough to reassemble and connect it anew with opened senses, broadened meaning and possibilities. It is the physicalisation of 'when you change the way you look at things the things you look at change.'

This masterclass will be focused on Impact and we will approach the term from which impacts we meet in our daily surroundings. We will pass through different exercises, from shaking method, to systema breathing and drills from martial arts. Getting into and through the aspects of impact, which would normally block and stop us, the class will supply us with tools to confront, meet and change our preconceptions favouring the physical potential of movement and encounter. This is open for everybody, regardless of age and "fitness".

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French-Danish dancer and performer Manon will light up the room with her radiance being. Expect her to provide a playground for your inner child - without pre-knowledge, for all ages!

Sunday 22. October
13.00 - 17.00
(4h workshop)

Mediacampus TH2
Freihofstrasse 7
8048 Zürich

Fee
- CHF 85.- for professional dancers, students and early bird (pay before 15. October)
- CHF 95.- regular

"Elite Athlete Training"

Note:
Movement Masterclasses are open for everybody interested in movement - No pre-knowledge necessary.

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WHAT

In this class we will investigate and work on:
• The role of a repetitive practice as a daily immunity check in the career of the athlete
• What is the basis of athletic movement quality?
• How to develop an athletic learning environment without intruding in the creative process of the individual?
• What are dominant stressors, individual triggers and how do they influence our motoric decision-making skills?

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HOW

Participants will be challenged to train their movement ability in a state that demands constant observation. The athlete can never 'sleep' and has to be constantly aware of multiple perceptual tasks at the same time, with additional stressors added as they become better at the task.

The game, whatever your discipline, is never the same. Therefore athletes are stimulated as much as possible in a way that they can learn through self-observation how they cope in demanding moments during practice. Through this type of athletic situations their behavioral flexibility is tested in a training environment that provokes their habitual way of reacting to game-like requirements both physically and emotionally.

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WHY

The trainer - functioning as the creator of the situations - rather than giving solutions, asks questions such as:
- How well can you stay in your axis during chaos?
- How many things can you be aware of while executing a task?
- How does the quality of your skill-set change under pressure?
- How do different verbal, perceptual and physical stressors influence you?
- What does it mean to be an athlete in relation to your context?
- What is currently overlooked in the development of athletes?
- What is the aging process of the athlete?
- What is the difference between playing on the highest level and
staying at amateur level?

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Saturday 23. September 2017
13.00 - 19.00

Sunday 24. September 2017
10.00 - 17.00
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Tanzhaus Zürich, Hauptsaal
Wasserwerkstr. 129
8037 Zürich
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Teacher
Olivier Goetgeluck, Belgium
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Fee
- CHF 180 for professional dancers and students and early bird (pay before end of August)
- CHF 210 regular

APPLY:
www.movementmasterclass.com

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SHORT BIO

Olivier Goetgeluck researches these questions as one of the few close students of Fighting Monkey Practice. Through his experience with athletic development in his homebase Elite Athletes Belgium he functions as a research collaborator for Fighting Monkey, which is a wide cross-disciplinary research platform that aims to expand the capacities of human beings.

Through the experience of Fighting Monkey founders Linda Kapetanea and Jozef Frucek in gymnastics, contemporary dance, sports, martial arts and theater, Fighting Monkey Practice offers a unique and innovative perspective on the domain of human development now extending into the world of athletic domains.

http://www.eliteathletes.be/

∞OS /eight-os/ is a free open-source operating system for the bodymind. Its objective is to provide a set of habits, tools and patterns that promote adaptability, resilience and evolutionary development – both on the personal (user) level and in society at large.

http://8os.io/principles/

∞OS is a software that runs on the hardware of the human body and that is the primary scale it operates at. Human body is a vessel for discovering, understanding, storing and transmitting information. Life itself has been shaped by evolution and contains many efficient strategies for dealing with the constantly changing world – both on the micro level (biology) and on the macro level (social dynamics). We distill and extract those principles and then systematize them into coherent frameworks, algorithms and procedures, which can be applied in a variety of contexts: from everyday life and intersubjective relations to management and governance.

In our lab sessions we explore various physical, psychological and behavioral patterns in order to challenge our limits and enhance our perception, endurance and adaptability. We hack our own psyche and physicality, playing with it and surprising ourselves with the new outcomes.

In order to do that, we use various bodymind practices, such as Systema martial art, which trains endurance and adaptability, both on the physical and psychological levels. We also apply principles from many other body / cognitive practices, including Noguchi Taiso, aerodynamics, nonlinear dynamics, motion capture, Butoh, Techno, contemporary dance, network science, biology and life sciences, various technological tools, fiction – everything that can stimulate our imagination and expand our horizons.

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More info: http://specialagency.co/8os/

A basic principle of ∞OS explained:
"re~receive, re~redirect, re~configure"
https://vimeo.com/212614302

Nike x Riccardo Tisci collaboration:
https://vimeo.com/177596790

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Saturday 5. August 2017
13.00 - 17.00
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Tanzhaus Zürich
Media Campus Freihofstr. 7
8048 Zürich
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Teacher
Dmitry Paranyushkin (BLN)

"Since I was a child I realized that while our mind is very good in understanding things, it’s only through our bodies that we can really make sense of them. I learned Karate, Kung-Fu, piano, swimming, contemporary dance, yoga and many other practices and they were all really inspiring in their own way. The most interesting part, however, is combining everything you have learned into a system, abstracting the movement principles in order to better understand how they could be applicable outside of the learned context, creating your own figures of movement (just like we have figures of speech) in order to better communicate with yourself and with the world around."

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Fee
- 95 CHF regular
- 85 CHF for professional dancers, students and early bird (pay before end of July)

Limited capacity.
Open for everybody.
No previous experience needed.

Apply here:
www.movementmasterclass.com

PRIMAL PRACTICE

Primal Practice is an intuitive, playful practice that draws from multiple yoga, martial, meditation and movement disciplines for inspiration and insight.

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Aaron explains what's it about:

"The practice really needs to be experienced to be understood, but think Yoga, parkour, martial arts, dance, bodywork, meditation, brain-plasticity, improvisation, and creativity. It is strengthening, restorative, calming, intense, playful, contemplative, and immediately applicable to life. - It’s about enhancing physical intelligence; the ability to adapt, learn and thrive in any situation. It’s about increasing our ability to care.
Primal Practice makes you feel smart, strong, and agile. It builds relationships, enhances creativity and it nurtures loving-kindness.
I love teaching and I seek to create environments in which people can learn from each other."

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Foundations Of Physical Freedom:

A colorful cluster of foundational practices that nourish your body with a broad spectrum of healthy movement. Over time, these exercises form the neural networks and physical structures that generate vibrant health and foster physical freedom. These preparatory exercises teach you to:

- Modulate tone in your body
- Harness momentum
- Skillfully run the forces of ground and gravity through your system
- Quiet mental chatter
- Amplify awareness of your "inner body"
- Generate altered states of consciousness

Kinetic Koans:

Koans are Zen riddles that reveal our true nature. They cannot be solved by being clever. A koan is cracked when we see beyond the constraints that the question imposes. Kinetic Koans are movement puzzles that invite us to step beyond what the puzzle proposes, into an new relationship to self and space.

Infinite Play:

Play potentiates learning. Games create the conditions for play to occur. We can play from a "finite" or an "infinite" perspective. Finite play aims at ending play, victorious. The goal of infinite play is to continue playing. Primal Practice games are a space in which insight and skill arise and can be refined. The games pique curiosity, evoke laughter, cultivate physical intelligence and develop us as infinite players.

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Sunday 4.6.17 (Pfingstsonntag)
---> 13.00 - 17.00

Media Campus, Trakt 7, TH1
Freihofstrasse 7
8048 Zürich

How to get there with public transport
Bus No 31 to stop «SBB-Werkstätte»
Tram No 2 to stop «Freihofstrasse»

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COST
Regular CHF 95.-
➝ CHF 85 for professional dancers, students and early bird (pay before end of May)

Payment Details:
https://www.movementmasterclass.com/booking/

Reservations only after payment!
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SHORT BIOGRAPHY
"My father introduced me to yoga when I was 3. Master Wu began teaching me mixed martial arts when I was 8. Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and the Thunder Cats helped out from time to time. I climbed lots of trees. I loved talking to my teachers and thinking about the meaning of life. I did art and ran a lot. I studied Zen, read philosophy and learned to walk on my hands. I became excellent at triathlons and starred in the musical HAIR. I dropped out of standardized schooling to join a dance company. I was never a stripper and was never paid to kill. I made modest money painting houses, working on farms, and doing construction. Then I moved to India to do yoga, meditate and look into enlightenment. I live in Western Massachusetts (USA) with my boys Bodhi and Jasper and teach workshops around the world."

www.aaroncantor.com

Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/aaron.cantor.75

MUSICAL MOVEMENT TRAINING
13./14. Mai, Tanzhaus Zürich

- Presence training
- Rhythm awareness
- Movement merging techniques

Der Workshop richtet sich an Menschen, die interessiert sind an kreativen Körper Techniken, Rhythmus Relationen und musikalischen Bewegungs-Meditationen – unabhängig vom Status als AmateurIn, Profi oder StudentIn.

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Samstag 13. Mai 2017
13.00 - 19.00 Uhr
20.00 Uhr Gemeinsames Abendessen TBA
(freiwillig - nicht im Preis inbegriffen)

Sonntag 14. Mai
10.00 - 17.00 Uhr

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LOCATION
Tanzhaus Zürich Hauptsaal
Wasserwerkstrasse 129
8037 Zürich

PRICES
Regulär CHF 210.–
Early Bird (Zahlung bis Ende April) CHF 180.–
Profi Musiker / Studenten Ermässigung CHF 180.–

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RESERVATION NACH EINGANG DER ZAHLUNG!

ANMELDUNG:

www.movementmasterclass.com

– Workshop in Deutsch (oder Englisch)
– Limitierte Workshop Kapazität
– Keine musikalische Erfahrung notwendig

KONTAKT
David Suivez
info@movementmasterclass.com -

FB: Movement Masterclass
www.movementmasterclass.com

Nik Bärtsch
Arbeitet als Pianist und Komponist an seiner RITUAL GROOVE MUSIC. Leader des Zenfunk-Quartetts RONIN und der Musik-Ritual-Gruppe MOBILE. Lehrauftrag für ‘Praktische Ästhetik’ an der Musikhochschule ZH/Winterthur. Interesse am Einfluss und der Kombination von Musik und Bewegung, im speziellen von Aikido, Feldenkrais, Gyrotonic. Nik trainiert im Kokoro Aikido Dojo Zürich.
Residencies, Workshops und Lectures an versch. Institutionen: Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance London (UK), Musikhochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig (DE), Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (CH)

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MOVEMENT

Wir werden an fundamentalen Aspekten von funktionalem Bewegen arbeiten, die relevant sind für PerformerInnen
(z.B. Bewegungs-Leute wie TänzerInnen, MusikerInnen oder KampfkünstlerInnen):

• Ausdehnung und Entspannung
• präsent und geerdet bleiben
• Zentrums-basierte Bewegung
• die Balance unter Druck behalten
• Flow und Flexibilität
• Fokus und Bewusstheit
• Kontakt und Interaktion

MUSIC

Rhythmus-, Präsenz- und Reaktions-Training in der Gruppe und als Gruppen-Organismus: Klatsch- und Shaker-Kreise, Pattern und Zyklen-Übungen.

MEDITATION

Wir beginnen die Workshop-Tage mit einer 20 minütigen Meditation. Bewegungs- und Rhythmus-Meditationen sind auch Teil der Trainings-Einheiten.

Movement Masterclass
in collaboration with Tanzhaus Zürich presents:

Play-Fight Easter Retreat

Thursday 13. April to Monday 17. April

“Since i met Bruno and the other teachers at the Play-Fight Camp 2016 in Tuscany i could sense, this would change my life. Not only has the practice he offers led to the creation of the Movement Masterclass but I also started to deviate and expand from the frame of Yoga which I’ve been teaching for almost 4 years. His sensible, uplifting and direct approach both on personal and teaching level are one of the most inspiring i’ve met so far. I can strongly say, that this workshop can improve the way you perceive life.”

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Play-Fight / Liquid Body / Formless Art

Play-Fight is a self-empowering physical practice that weaves together elements from various dancing styles, capoeira and russian martial art systema. The exploration goes beyond the fringes of mere physicality. Play-Fight carries the potential to be a” life practice”, as often been portrait by participants, for acknowledging and including a myriad aspects in human interactions and expressions. Apart from developing instinctual intelligence as well as flexible and strong bodies, we learn how to keep a calm and resilient mind under controlled stress-induced events. The embodiment of principles of non-resistance and non-violence is at the top of all achievements allowing us to go back to the flow, our original state of being.

TOPICS

Ground engagement and movement
Tactile sensitivity
Flow state
Spiral power
Breathe work and Mind States
The Human Gym
Tension/relaxation – from external to internal movement

BRUNO CAVERNA

Bruno Caverna is originally from Rio de Janeiro and started practicing a vast array of physical practices at the age of 8, such as capoeira, contact-improvisation, contemporary dance, acrobatics, taiji, qi-gong and russian martial arts – systema, just to mention a few. In 1994 Bruno started teaching/sharing passionately and tirelessly his life experiences with people from all walks of life in more than 30 countries. He authored Formless Arts, an umbrela for Play-Fight and Liquid Body practices as a result of a vision that questions our crystalized concepts while at the same time interweaving a multitude of disciplines and tribes through a common thread. Currently Bruno currently is based in Russia where he is given the privilege to learn internal martial arts and other concealed knowledge from renowned russian masters.

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DATE / TIME

Thursday 13.4. at 17.00
➝ Open Information/Demonstration/Get-together
Everybody welcome! Free entry.

Friday 14.4. - Monday 17.4.
- Workshop Days
10.00 - 17.30 (tbc) with Lunch Break

Monday 17.4. at 14.00
➝ Open Jam, Zack Bernstein will lead into the Jam with a CI warm up
(CHF 30.- for not Workshop attendees)

Tanzhaus Zürich Hauptsaal
Wasserwerkstrasse 129
8037 Zürich

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COST

4 days
CHF 410.-

➝ Early Bird (Pay before the end of March)
CHF 380.-
➝ Professional Dancer / Student Price
CHF 360.-

RESERVE YOUR SPOT!

Payment / Information Details:
https://www.movementmasterclass.com

PLAY DANCE
Where dance meets martial arts principles
"From confrontation to collaboration"

Friday 24. March 17 / 3pm - 5pm
Venue: CCDC Studio

➝ Price 100 HKD (pay at the door)

Reserve your spot by sending an email
to info@movementmasterclass.com

In this course, applied fighting principles are re-contextualised in the context of dance. References to Capoeira, Aikido and Tai-chi, tango and contact improvisation flow into one another and form unique movements and states of the body and mind.

The workshop will consist of:
- Movement meditation and breathing
- Mobility and Yoga stretching
- The art of touch
- Partner Games
- Principles of non resistance
- Play-fighting

David Suivez teaches Yoga and researches in the field of Bruno Caverna's "Play-Fight". His background is a deep interest in movement based forms such as martial arts, Yoga, Dance and transdisciplinal approaches of the healing arts (Cranio-sacral Therapy, Thai Yoga Massage). His main focus is to bridge different movement based disciplines like yoga, martial arts and healing arts.

The class is supported by
CCDC Dance Centre Partnership Program.

LINKS
www.davidsuivez.com
www.movementmasterclass.com

"MOVEMENT PLAY"

"I haven't met Benjamin yet, but I stumbled upon his name several times while researching movement in different frameworks.
I saw some videos and then immediately wanted to invite him.

His heartfelt approach of balancing spirituality and movement seem very focused on awareness. Something everybody can definitely profit from - looking very much forward meeting him!"

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DATE / TIME*
Saturday 11.2.17
---> 14.00 - 18.00

Media Campus, Trakt 7, TH1
Freihofstrasse 7
8048 Zürich

How to get there with public transport
Bus No 31 to stop «SBB-Werkstätte»
Tram No 2 to stop «Freihofstrasse»

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COST
85.-

RESERVE YOUR SPOT!

➝ Student's Price 65.-
➝ Early Bird Price 65.- (Pay before the end of January)

Payment Details:
www.movementmasterclass.com

Reservations only after payment!
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Movement Play is a playful practice for the exploration and development of the human potential and is based on three pillars: PLAY - MARTIAL ARTS - AWARENESS

PLAY.
Develop the intelligence and creativity of your body and strengthen your joints and muscles through a playful, natural and holistic practice.

FIGHT.
In addition to the principles of self-defense, you discover the qualities of a peaceful warrior: equanimity, self-confidence, compassion, intuition, surrender, clarity, strength and gentleness.

BE STILL.
Meditationen in movement and silence promotes your mental abilities and supports the natural flow of energies.

The workshop will cover different topics:
- Meditation exercise
- Warm up & mobility exercises
- Principles from martial arts
- Partner/Sparring Games
- Principles of contact improvisation
- Playfighting

PLAY. DANCE. SHARE. MEDITATE.
WALK. MASSAGE. BREATHE. LAUGH.
EAT. HOST. CONNECT. SERVE. CREATE.
LISTEN. OBSERVE. FEEL. MOVE. LOVE.

SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Benjamins 'Movement Play' is particularly marked by his passionate relationship with the martial arts. Since his childhood, he has been practicing the principles and techniques of Judo, Kickboxing, Kung Fu, Qi-Gong, MMA and Jiu Jitsu. Other influences come from various meditation exercises, Rootlessroot Fighting Monkey, Matan Levkowich Animal Instinct and Contact Improvisation. His meditation practice is influenced by Sri Ramana Maharshi, Lars Basczok, Thich Nhat Hanh and Byron Katie.

LINKS
www.benjaminjoon.com
https://www.facebook.com/joon.benjamin
https://www.instagram.com/benjaminjoon/

Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/Art-of-Connection-397194413646943/?fref=ts

SOLD OUT!

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Ferus Animi // Terra Nova

"After Tom's physically intense workshop i felt my body as if it has been thrown all over the floor... but I felt also great and energetically uplifted - why? Having danced and play-fighted with him I experienced the softness of his teaching (not talking about the hard floor!), his precise and technical knowledge to deeper layers of human movements. I felt understood and i was able to integrate many insights from the workshop into my own practice of movement."

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DATE / TIME*
Sunday 15.1.17
---> 12.00 - 16.00

Media Campus, Trakt 7
Freihofstrasse 7
8048 Zürich

How to get there with public transport
Bus No 31 to stop «SBB-Werkstätte»
Tram No 2 to stop «Freihofstrasse»

http://www.tanzhaus-zuerich.ch/projects/movement-masterclass

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COST
85.-

RESERVE YOUR SPOT!

➝ Student's Price 65.-
➝ Early Bird Price 65.- (Pay before the end of December)

Payment Details:
www.movementmasterclass.com

Reservations only after payment!
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Tomislav's practice is informed by ongoing movement research under the teachings of Grand Master Tae Yong Lee (Teuk Gong Moo Sool-8th Dan, Tae Kwon Do-8th Dan, Hap Ki Do-8th Dan, Kick Boxing-7th Dan, Gum Do-8th Dan), David Zambrano, Rootlessroot, Bruno Caverna, Ido Portal, Iñaki Azpillaga and Edivaldo Ernesto amongst others, in addition to academic research at Royal Holloway, University of London and the University of Oxford (Department of Psychiatry).

Tomislav English is a co-founder of movement research collective Ferus Animi // Terra Nova, a group of cross disciplinary artists and scientists researching in the field of human evolutionary physiology and environmental adaptation, through both a scientific and artistic lens.

More info, pictures and videos here: https://www.facebook.com/FerusAnimiTerraNova/

MOVEMENT MASTERCLASS

The monthly workshop series starts with Matan Levkowich from Vienna, hosted by Tanzhaus Zürich at Media Campus.

I met Matan at the Play-Fight Camp in Italy where his profound knowledge in movement based form is only topped by his hunger and eager to learn and understand more of what movement does and is.

I'm very happy to experience his approach of his ongoing research called "Animal Instinct - Universal Movement Practice"

What to expect:
- Swinging weirdly with your arms
- Rolling on the floor like a child
- Pushing, falling, hanging, crawling
- Punching, absorbing, recycling
- etc.

I hope to see you there - Yogis, Dancers, Movement Specialists, Martial Art People, Curious Minds and everybody in between.

David.

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DATE / TIME
Saturday 8.10.16
14.00 - 18.00

LOCATION:
Media Campus - TH1, Freihofstrasse 7, 8048 Zürich
13 Minutes from Zürich Mainstation by BUS 31 towards Schlieren.

*PLEASE BE AWARE THAT IT'S NOT AT THE TANZHAUS MAIN LOCATION*

COST
85.-

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Secure your spot via
www.paypal.me/davidsuivez/85

Or via email:
suivez@gmail.com
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Now let the man talk by himself:

"Animal instinct is an ongoing movement research. The hardcore of this practice is to gain freedom in motion. By moving away from any ideology, style or form, we can reexamine our physical abilities with fresh eyes. The work refers to information from various movement disciplines (functional anatomy and biomechanics, martial arts, somatic practices, contemporary dance & C.I) and offers a wide spectrum of tools to study our body, to understand movement and communicate physically."

Topics that will be investigated:

• Body preparations (warmup/cool down)
• Flexibility and movement fluidity
• Undulations, spirals and figure of 8 patterns
• Muscle tonality & contraction types
• Static and dynamic equilibrium
• Hands as feet and feet as hands
• Proprioception & Reflexive awareness
• Structural limitation & manipulation
• The full range of speed
• Physical Adaptation & mental resilience
• Freedom of expression

MATAN LEVKOWICH
Matan Levkowich is a dancer, choreographer and graphic designer. Movement Lab represents all his artistic engagements in the field of dance, performance and movement education. Matan's approach to movement is based on the study of the body's intuition. The study of intuition enables to navigate through instability and develops trust in the body's capacities. His choreographic works inspired by social phenomena and human behavior. From his base in Vienna, Austria, he tours around Europe, presenting his choreographic work, performing and leading workshops.

www.matanlevkowich.com