Contact Dance and Embodied Presence

There are regular Contact classes on the first and third Fridays of the month (6:30-8:30pm, no booking required).
There is a training  course to strengthen core skills.
There are day workshops (in 2017 these are on the 18th June, 15th Oct,  and 17th Dec )

See the diary for all dates.
For more information or to book a place on the training course or day workshops, contact Sara

Contact Dance is improvisational by nature, involving two or more bodies in contact. Engaging with movement, voice, breath, touch, impulse, weight, momentum & awareness – the discipline art of non verbal communication- discovering different ways of supporting and being supported. Open to the aliveness of the present moment and creative expression. Connect with the elements within as a resource for movement and expand movement possibilities. ​

The training course will exploring key principles and practice, including

•  Deep body listening
• Touch & non-verbal communication
• Breath awareness
• Centring-core connection
• Subtle impulses & energy
• Surrender to being moved
• Skills of lifting & flight, falling, rolling, counterbalancing
• Points of contact & movement possibilities
• Bodily & Kinaesthetic Awareness
• Mindfulness
• Sensing, perceiving in action
• Honouring the moment