Work with the body and Authentic Movement
with Angelika Doniy

Leonardo Lambruschini
Performance artist and CI and teacher. Artistic Director of Spazio Seme International Artistic Center
www.spazioseme.com a place where we create opportunities to research, design, teach and manage
festivals, intensive workshops, shows, artistic productions and international residencies. Contact, trust,
movement are the central fulcrum around which I develop didactic and research, both for adults and
children. Above all trust in the present moment as a source of inspiration and meaning. I am attracted to
places and contexts where various art forms meet, communicate and create something new, which
transcends languages and differences. I teach CI for adults and university students, in Italy and abroad. I
feel a lot attracted by nature and the expansive dimension of travel. I taught at festivals and carried out
intensive workshops in India, France, Portugal, Greece, Israel, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Russia,
Moldova, Georgia, Northern Ireland, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Brazil. I am one of the organizers of
ItalyContactFest since 12 years – www.italycontactfest.com . Artistic Director of the International Dance
and Music “Moving Environment” in collaboration with Southern Utah University (USA). Over the past 15
years I've participated in numerous performances with other artists, continuing my research on
improvisation and instant composition, and produced theater/dance shows/performances.

ImagSomaInation • BMC® meets Tuning Scores • LAB with Otto Ramstad

21 – 24 November 2024 @ Spazio Seme (Arezzo, Tuscany)

Dance Music Program – MOVING ENVIRONMENT  – III Ed.

21 – 27 of July –  2024

Spazio Seme  – Arezzo 

Il progetto di residenza artistica “Moving Environment”  giunge alla sua terza edizione e prevede realizzazione di una performance finale al Teatro Petrarca di Arezzo nella serata conclusiva  di Opera Seme Festival con lo spettacolo “Jazz on Broadway” Teatro Petrarca di Arezzo, Sabato 27 Luglio, ore 21.15

Il programma di danza “Moving Environment” è organizzato da Spazio Seme &  Western Washington University (USA), con il patrocinio del Comune di Arezzo e la collaborazione di Arezzo Music Fest e Associazione Music, Oida Orchestra di Arezzo, Fondazione Guido di Arezzo e Fondazione Arezzo Intour, Confcommercio Arezzo.

Teachers Program:

Contact Improvisation in to performance:  Leonardo Lambruschini (IT) & Consuelo Pacheco (CL/IT)

Movement ecology: with Susan Haines (USA)

Bio:

Leonardo Lambruschini
Contact, trust, movement are the central focus around which I develop teaching and practice, both for adults and children. Above all, trust in the present moment as a fruitful source of inspiration and meaning. I am attracted to places and contexts where various forms of art meet, communicate and create something new, that transcends languages and differences. I am also the co-founder and Art Director of Spazio Seme www.spazioseme.com – International Cultural Arts Center in Arezzo (Tuscany, IT). There, we create opportunities to research, organize, and manage festivals, intensive workshops, performances, artistic productions, and residencies. I develop and lead classes for children (ContaKids, PlayContact).
I teach C.I for adults and students, in Italy and abroad. I feel very attracted by the nature and expansive dimension of travel. I have taught at festivals and done intensive labs in India, France, Portugal, Greece, Israel, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Russia, Moldova, Georgia, Northern Ireland, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Brazil.
I am one of the organizers of ItalyContactFest – www.italycontactfest.com

Consuelo Pacheco – Chile-Italy
Dancer, Teacher and somatic researcher. Since my childhood, the Dance experience has accompanied my work as a human being.
I started practicing C.I 12 years ago, and during this time my curiosity about the phenomena of the movement continues to expand and invites me to continue to explore unknown places. I am interested in exploring the dimensions of improvisation and the virtues of creativity that can be applied to plasticity and creativity to dance. In my curiosity about the phenomenon of being alive, in recent years I have ventured into the universe of contemplative arts and somatic practices, studying the Alexander Technique in greater depth. In addition, in my daily life I spend a large part of my time lovingly and respectfully raising my daughter Amanda, researching the Montessori and Pikler methods to delve into psychomotor evolutionary development in early childhood. Currently, I am studying the Ecology of Childhood Training at the European Institute of Perinatal Mental Health.

Susan Haines (USA)

Susan Haines is dancer, choreographer, and educator with research specializations in dance science, creative process mentoring, and movement ecology for sustainability of person, place, and planet. Her teaching prioritizes depth of inquiry and engagement with transdisciplinary work; the moving body, performance studies, group dynamics, and psychology. She has an MFA in Dance from UNC-Greensboro, is a master teacher in Pilates, and is certified in Functional Range Conditioning, AcuKinesis, Yoga, and NeuroKinetic Therapy: a sophisticated assessment and treatment modality that addresses the causes of dysfunctional movement/coordination problems at their root in the motor control center. She serves as a Dance Science expert for Apolla Performance and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Dance Education with research published in JODE and RIDE. Her dance films with musician Bruce Hamilton have been selected by jury for festivals in the US, Germany, Belgrade, and Portugal.

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Dance Marathon – 51- hours Dance immersion for the 51st anniversary of Contact Improvisation

Moving Environment – II Edition

31 July – 5 August – 2023 @ Spazio Seme

Instant Composition | Contact Improvisation | Somatic 

From laboratory to the performance Site specific at Teatro Vasariano di Arezzo 

Time: phrasing and musicality in improvisation with Paolo Cingolani

Intensive: Paolo Cingolani (IT)

Classes: Consuelo Pacheco (CL/IT), Leonardo Lambruschini (IT), Susan Haines (USA), Andrea Vazquez-Aguirre (USA/MX)

Photo Paolo Cingolani

The intensive laboratory are open to experienced movers and to anyone involved in a personal research in movement and instant dance’s practice.
The workshop foresees the participation of a group of 7 young American dance students who will be in artistic residency at Spazio Seme for the Dance & Music program (25 July – 05 August) organized in collaboration with Western Washington University
Those who want to can perform in a public performance city specific at the end of the workshop.

Where:
Spazio Seme – International Artistic Center – Arezzo, (IT)

Accomodation: Common space at Spazio Seme or B&B (if you need help to find ask to us)

Arraiving on 31 of July (activity start – 1st of August at 9.30am).
Departure on 5th of August before lunch
Finale performance city specific on friday 4th August

Intensive with Paolo Cingolani

Time: phrasing and musicality in improvisation – 

The seminar is aimed at dancers, actors and musicians who want to study and practice instantaneous composition through the lens of Time. Time will therefore be the main subject through which to enter the flow of the present moment during improvisation. Within this ‘frame’ topics such as: the different perception between instant and temporal duration, time as a pragmatic tool for creating dance phrases, the distinction between linear time and radial time will be addressed. Great space will also be given to the relationship between dance and music (recorded music and live music). Participants will learn to relate to music in a direct way and without mutual “dependencies”: no longer following or being followed by the music, but learning to dialogue with it “on an equal footing”, establishing a constantly evolving dialogue in the flow of notes and movements . The proposed exercises will focus on listening deeply to one’s body as well as one’s mind, on the emergence of spontaneity, imagination and the creation of poetry of movement. Participants will be accompanied, during the lesson, through a progressive path that will start from the simplicity of the individual act, to the complexity and richness of an instant group emotion.

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Paolo Cingolani is an Italian dancer specialized in the art of improvisation and instantaneous composition. Her work is characterized by a specific practice on intuition as the first tool to create dance and text in performance. Since 2012 he has been a member of Julyen Hamilton’s Allen’s Line company. In recent years, Paolo has also dedicated himself to creating dance performances with other artists, dancers, musicians and visual designers. In this context of freelance, he has performed extensively in many European cities (2005-2023). As a teacher, he has developed a personal technique of movement and theater (Movement Alchemy) resulting from the combination of Tai-Ji Qi Gong with the principles of contemporary dance and instantaneous composition. Since 2006 he has been invited to teach in festivals, schools and institutions throughout Europe.
more info: www.paolocingolani.com

Live CV: www.paolocingolani.com/timeline.html 

Ultimi video:  https://vimeo.com/745390963 / https://vimeo.com/791230077

Lista di video: http://www.paolocingolani.com/portfolio-page.html 

Contact Improvisation

with Leonardo Lambruschini & Consuelo Pacheco
Contact Improvisation, as a dance based on improvisation, pushes us to accept whatever happens in the present and transform it into an expressive creation.
Pay attention to what happens spontaneously, experiencing fluidity in a dance for two or more people within the improvisation.
The movement derives from a physical relationship that inspires an instant creation, that is, an improvisation.
Participants are invited to explore and move without resorting to sight, move following hearing, move and express themselves following internal and external impulses.
A child’s first relationship with the world begins with a hug.
An authentic and pure dance that welcomes our thoughts, the limits of the body and fears.
We will work following the fundamental principles of the I.C. on the relationship between weight to gravity, inertia and constant dynamics of a living body always in motion.

Leonardo Lambruschini – Italy
Contact, trust, movement are the central focus around which I develop teaching and practice, both for adults and children. Above all, trust in the present moment as a fruitful source of inspiration and meaning. I am attracted to places and contexts where various forms of art meet, communicate and create something new, that transcends languages and differences. I am also the co-founder and Art Director of Spazio Seme www.spazioseme.com – International Cultural Arts Center in Arezzo (Tuscany, IT). There, we create opportunities to research, organize, and manage festivals, intensive workshops, performances, artistic productions, and residencies. I develop and lead classes for children (ContaKids, PlayContact).
I teach C.I for adults and students, in Italy and abroad. I feel very attracted by the nature and expansive dimension of travel. I have taught at festivals and done intensive labs in India, France, Portugal, Greece, Israel, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Russia, Moldova, Georgia, Northern Ireland, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Brazil.
I am one of the organizers of ItalyContactFest – www.italycontactfest.com

Consuelo Pacheco – Chile-Italy
Dancer, Teacher and somatic researcher. Since my childhood, the Dance experience has accompanied my work as a human being.
I started practicing C.I 12 years ago, and during this time my curiosity about the phenomena of the movement continues to expand and invites me to continue to explore unknown places. I am interested in exploring the dimensions of improvisation and the virtues of creativity that can be applied to plasticity and creativity to dance. In my curiosity about the phenomenon of being alive, in recent years I have ventured into the universe of contemplative arts and somatic practices, studying the Alexander Technique in greater depth. In addition, in my daily life I spend a large part of my time lovingly and respectfully raising my daughter Amanda, researching the Montessori and Pikler methods to delve into psychomotor evolutionary development in early childhood. Currently, I am studying the Ecology of Childhood Training at the European Institute of Perinatal Mental Health.

Munz Floor 

with Andrea Vazquez-Aguirre
This innovative somatic method was created by Alexander Munz, founder of MAISON MUNZ. In this class, you will experience the benefits of spiraled sequences in the floor that promote elasticity and vital resilience within your fascial system. The class is guided verbally, and the student is empowered to work with their own capabilities.

For more information about this methodology check this website: www.maisonmunz.com
Andrea Vazquez-Aguirre (USA/MX)
Andrea Vazquez-Aguirre (MFA: SUNY Brockport, BFA: National Conservatory of Dance in Mexico D.F.) is a cross-disciplinary dance artist. She was a scholar under FONCA*, and has danced in several professional companies in Mexico and the United States. She is interested in performances that explore the idea of ‘truth in fiction’ and ‘fiction in truth.’ She is co-director along with her creative and life partner, James J. Kaufmann of Another River Interdisciplinary Ensemble. She is serving as Assistant Professor of Dance at Southern Utah University. *Federal Council for Culture and Arts in Mexico.

Movement ecology

with Susan Haines (USA)

Susan Haines is dancer, choreographer, and educator with research specializations in dance science, creative process mentoring, and movement ecology for sustainability of person, place, and planet. Her teaching prioritizes depth of inquiry and engagement with transdisciplinary work; the moving body, performance studies, group dynamics, and psychology. She has an MFA in Dance from UNC-Greensboro, is a master teacher in Pilates, and is certified in Functional Range Conditioning, AcuKinesis, Yoga, and NeuroKinetic Therapy: a sophisticated assessment and treatment modality that addresses the causes of dysfunctional movement/coordination problems at their root in the motor control center. She serves as a Dance Science expert for Apolla Performance and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Dance Education with research published in JODE and RIDE. Her dance films with musician Bruce Hamilton have been selected by jury for festivals in the US, Germany, Belgrade, and Portugal.

Program:

Monday  31 July
arriving from 19.00
20.30 sharing dinner free time

Tuesday 1 August
8.30 – breakfast
9.30 – 13.30 Intensive
14.00 – lunch
16.00 – 19.00 class
20.00 – dinner
21.30 – Contact Improv. Jam

Wednesday 2 August
8.30 – breakfast
9.30 – 13.30 Intensive
14.00 lunch
16.00 – 19.00 class
20.00 dinner
21.30 Contact Improv. Jam

Thursday 3 August
8.30 –  breakfast
10.30 – 13.30 Intensive
14.00 – lunch
16.00 – 19.00 class
20.00 dinner
21.30 – free time city

Friday 4 August

8.30 – breakfast
10.30 – 13.30 Intensive
14.00 – lunch
16.00 – 19.00 we will do what we need for the performance

19.30 – Teatro Vasariano di Arezzo – Performance di danza contemporanea –

Saturday 5 Augusto

9.00 – breakfast

10.00 – 12.30 Boodywork in to the JAM

12.30 closing circle – departure

The registration are open!
To register, a deposit is required for completing the registration. Send a mail to info@spazioseme.com and get all the information.

Costs for participants: 

Full price:

Breakfast,  Lunch and dinner are included 

–       common space study (sleeping bag) € 320 –

For more info and registration:

info@spazioseme.com – Leonardo.lambruschin@gmail.com – whatsapp +393383366049

Global Underscore 2023 and more…

Lab, Jam, classes, performance
23, 24, 25 June 2022 @Spazio Seme
Arezzo – (IT)

Underscore and Global – https://globalunderscore.com

The Underscore is a framework for practicing and researching dance improvisation that Nancy Stark Smith has been developing since 1990 based on her work with Contact Improvisation. It is an open score that guides dancers through a series of “changing states”, from solo deepening/releasing and sensitizing to gravity and support; through group circulation and interaction, contact improvisation engagements, opening out to full space improvisation with compositional awareness.
The Global Underscore is practiced globally and simultaneously every year for the Summer Solstice. It was proposed, for the first time, by Clair Filmon in 2000, following her desire to connect dancers from all over the world to create and compose all together in the present moment.

L’ORDINE DELLE PAROLE
a cura di Bruno Nacci.
Sabato 15 e domenica 16 aprile a Spazio Seme

Giulia Ravarotto

PERPETUUM MOBILE
EFFORTLESS DANCING BETWEEN DREAM AND REALITY
A workshop of Contact Improvisation with Lior Ophir (Israel/Italy)

17-18-19 March 2023 @ Spazio Seme – Arezzo (IT)

https://www.spazioseme.com/perpetuum-mobile-contact-improvisation-with-lior-ophir/

Intensive Lab. + Performance

Improvvisare con la musica dal vivo è sperimentare la conoscenza 

7,8,9,10 Aprile 2023 @ Spazio Seme – Arezzo

From laboratory to the performance city specific

Con Giorgio Rossi (danza) e Michele Marchesani (musica)

in collaborazione con Associazione Sosta Palmizi

https://www.spazioseme.com/improvvisare-con-la-musica-dal-vivo-e-sperimentare-la-conoscenza/

Contact JAM LAB – Canceled!
28 April | 1 May – @ Spazio Seme – Arezzo (IT)

4 giorni di Contact Improvisation JAMs in formato LABoratorio.

https://www.spazioseme.com/contact-jam-lab-4-days/

!!!!! work in progress at Spazio Seme, for the new roof.!!!

Sorry but we have to cancel the Contact Jam Lab event at the end of April.
We are waiting for you to dance again at Global Undescore from June 23rd to 25th!

GLOBAL UNDESCORE 2023 

23,24,25 June  @ Spazio Seme – Arezzo

https://www.spazioseme.com/global-undescore-2023-plus/

MOVING ENVIRONMENT – DANCE LAB.

31 July, 1,2,3,4,5, August 2023  – @ Spazio Seme – Arezzo

https://www.spazioseme.com/moving-environment-intensive-dance-lab-performance/

work in progress at Spazio Seme, for the new roof. Sorry but we have to cancel the Contact Jam Lab event at the end of April.
We are waiting for you to dance again at Global Undescore from June 23rd to 25th!

Contact JAM LAB
28 April | 1 May – Spazio Seme | Arezzo

4 giorni di Contact Improvisation JAMs in formato LABoratorio.
La danza è un’esperienza di trasformazione che apre nuovi sguardi e riflessioni sul corpo, il movimento e il nostro pensiero sulla vita. La danza offri uno spazio di ascolto, consapevolezza e anche coraggio per viaggiare dentro di noi, e ritrovare una vera connessione-relazione con lo spazio.

Questo incontro e una opportunità per conoscere e sviluppare le radici della tua danza, è un percorso di quattro giorni di ricerca sul movimento e l’improvvisazione attraverso il Contact Improvisation in formato JAM – Laboratorio. Proponiamo diverse proposte di esplorazione, per vivere la nostra danza come una continua novità.

La Contact Improvisation Jam è una parte della pratica di improvvisazione in contatto e offre uno spazio informale ai danzatori per concentrarsi sul movimento.

La partecipazione è aperta a tutti i livelli ma con esperienza nella pratica e formato JAM of Contact Improvisation. Contact JAM LAB apre la possibilità di fare ricerca nella danza di improvvisazione in contatto con diversi focus.

Laboratorio si svolge nelle sale studio di Spazio Seme, Arezzo. Potrai dormire con il tuo materassino e sacco a pelo. Cibo e pernotto sono inclusi nel prezzo (fatta eccezione la cena di arrivo il giovedì prima della Jam).

PROGRAMMA:

Contemplative dance & Silent JAM –  Live music jam – Sharing time – Urban JAM – Nature JAM -Focus JAM

Venerdi 28  Aprile

18.00 Arriving

21.00 Open circle JAM

Sabato 29 Aprile

8.30  Breakfast

10.00 | 13.00 JAM Lab.

13.00 Sharing time

13.30 Lunch

15.30 | 18.30 JAM Lab.

20.00 dinner

21.30 JAM Lab.

Domenica 30 Aprile

9.00 breakfast

10.00 | 14.00 – JAM Lab.

14.00 Lunch

15.00 – 17.30 JAM Lab.

18.00 Sharing time

19.00 Apericena

21.00 JAM Lab.

Lunedì 1 Maggio

9.00 breakfast

10.00 | 11.00 JAM Lab.

13.30 Lunch

15.30 | 17.00  JAM and closing circle

COSTI:

Full price: accommodation (common space), vegetarian food and dance.

130 euro – (pernotto e pasti)

Il Laboratorio si svolge presso Spazio Seme ad Arezzo – via del Pantano 36.

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4 days of Contact Improvisation JAMs in LAB format.
Dance is a transformative experience that opens up new perspectives and reflections on the body, movement and our thinking about life. Dance offers a space for listening, awareness and also courage to travel within us, and rediscover a true connection-relationship with space.

This meeting is an opportunity to get to know and develop the roots of your dance, it is a four-day path of research on movement and improvisation through Contact Improvisation in JAM – Laboratory format. We propose various exploration proposals, to experience our dance as a continuous novelty.

Contact Improvisation Jam is a part of contact improvisation practice and provides an informal space for dancers to focus on the movement.

Participation is open to all levels but with experience in the JAM of Contact Improvisation practice and format. Contact JAM LAB opens up the possibility of doing research in improvisational dance in contact with different focuses.

Laboratory takes place in the study rooms of Spazio Seme, Arezzo. You will be able to sleep with your own mattress and sleeping bag. Food and accommodation are included in the price (with the exception of the arrival dinner on the Thursday before the Jam).

Costs for participants: 

Full price: accommodation, vegetarian food, classes and performance

– € 130
The workshop takes place at Spazio Seme in Arezzo – Tuscany (IT).

Accommodation:

You can stay in Spazio Seme  for the night, common space study (with your sleeping bag)

For more info and registration:

info@spazioseme.com – Leonardo.lambruschin@gmail.com – whatsapp +393383366049

ContaKids Jam Family + Contact Improvisation Lab & Jam

Domenica 29 Gennaio – Spazio Seme (Arezzo)

ContaKids Jam Family

10.00 – 11.00 Laboratorio ContaKids

11.00 – 11.30 Pausa

11.30 – 12.30 Jam (spazio aperto all’improvvisazione) .

ContaKids Jam Family è un’esperienza di gioco e movimento che esplora nuovi modi di stare insieme, tra genitori e figli. È un’occasione per osservare le relazioni, è un momento da vivere in famiglia attraverso la danza in uno spazio e un tempo aperti all’improvvisazione.
Il contatto fisico, la fiducia e la presenza sono elementi che ci accompagnano quando danziamo insieme. Un pavimento morbido ci sostiene, sia nella caduta che nel salto, riscoprendo la natura della gravità.

Contact Improvisation Lab & Jam

15.00 – 17.00 – Lab.

17.00 – 19.00 – Jam

Laboratorio aperto a tutti con e senza esperienza. Conduce Leonardo Lambruschini e Consuelo Pacheco con il sostegno di altri amici che da anni danzano e ricercano con la danza Contact Improvisation.

La Contact Improvisation Jam è una parte della pratica di improvvisazione. Non è una lezione, talvolta può essere introdotta da un riscaldamento che permetterà di entrare nella danza con fluidità, oppure potrà avere un Focus. La Jam è uno spazio-tempo in cui ci incontramo per danzare insieme e improvvisare.

Leonardo Lambruschini – è insegnate certificato Contakids. Insegna da oltre 10 anni corsi di movimento per bambini (gioco danza, Playcontact) e adulti (danza Contact Improviastion)  in Italia e all’estero. Co-organizza dal 2013 il Festival Italiano di C.I. www.italycontactfest.com. E’ co-direttore artistico di Spazio Seme – Centro Artistico Internazionale – www.spazioseme.com

Consuelo Pacheco – Danzatrice, Praticante Somatica ed Educatrice del Movimento.
Laureata come insegnante e danzatrice di danza Moderna e Contemporanea presso il Centro di Danza Espiral di Santiago del Cile (2007-2012). La sua esperienza nella Danza inizia nell’infanzia e si sviluppa negli ultimi dodici anni principalmente nella ricerca di pratiche di improvvisazione e integrazione corpo-mente (Alexander Technique, Body Mind Centering, Contact Improvisation). Nel 2012 ha iniziato a tenere corsi di danza e improvvisazione a bambini, giovani e adulti, e anche corsi di danza in famiglia. Attualmente, ricercando i metodi Montessori e Pikler per approfondire lo sviluppo evolutivo psicomotorio nella prima infanzia.

Costo:

ContaKids Jam Family:

– 15 euro a famiglia

Contact Improvisation Lab & Jam:

–  Lab+JAM – 15 euro

–  JAM – 10 euro

Info e registrazioni:

Leonardo 3383366049

Leonardo.lamruschini@gmail.com

PERPETUUM MOBILE
EFFORTLESS DANCING BETWEEN DREAM AND REALITY
A workshop of Contact Improvisation with Lior Ophir (Israel/Italy)

17-18-19 March 2023 @ Spazio Seme – Arezzo (IT)

—English below—

“O speculatori del continuo moto, quanti vari ingegni in simil cerca avete creati!
Accompagnatevi con li cercatori d’oro [i maghi alchimisti]. “
“Oh seekers after perpetuum mobile, how many vain chimeras have you pursued?
Go and take your place with the alchemists.”
Leonardo da Vinci, 1494

MOTO PERPETUO
DANZA SENZA SFORZO TRA SOGNO E REALTÀ

with Lior Ophir (Israel/Italy)

Perpetuum mobile (moto perpetuo) è il moto di un corpo che continua per sempre in un sistema imperturbato. Un apparato perpetuum mobile è un sistema che può funzionare all’infinito senza una fonte di energia esterna. Questo tipo di sistema si è dimostrato impossibile, ma la ricerca di questo apparato risale al Medioevo e continua fino ai tempi moderni.
In questo seminario sono interessato a portare la ricerca di questo PERPETUUM MOBILE in noi stessi – esplorare l’arte della danza senza sforzo e senza fine insieme.

Esploreremo modi per lubrificare le articolazioni e muoverci con facilità e con il minimo sforzo.
Modi per rilassare la mente, così l’ascolto, l’incontro e la scelta – momento per momento – diventano organici, spontanei e piacevoli.
Conoscendo e rispettando le forze intorno e dentro di noi, il difficile diventa facile e l’impossibile diventa possibile
Attraverso il movimento continuo, rilassati e svegli, troveremo modi per riciclare e trasformare l’energia, ballando da soli e con un partner.

Ci eserciteremo usando solo la quantità di cui abbiamo veramente bisogno.
Sii chiaro e generoso – Dai energia allo spazio e ai miei partner, quando posso.
Sii aperto e disponibile – Ricevi energia dagli altri, quando voglio.
Trasformare e riciclare la mia stessa energia.
Muoviti in basso e in alto, lento e veloce, da solo e insieme.
Scopri e riscopri il piacere semplice ma profondo della danza.
L’arte di ballare senza sforzo.
L’alchimia del nostro PERPETUUM MOBILE.

Ogni giornata inizierà con una delicata messa a punto del corpo/mente.
Prenderemo quindi la qualità che creiamo e la conoscenza che otterremo, oltre all’utilizzo di alcuni esercizi dettagliati, nella contact improvisation – danza e jamming.

Lior Ophir (Israele/Italia) è un danzatore, improvvisatore, artista performativo, musicista, terapista Shiatsu, prati
cante Feldenkrais, ingegnere, insegnante, studente.
Classe 1971. Dopo anni di lavoro nel campo dell’ingegneria, ho incontrato la danza che ha cambiato la mia vita.

Dalla fine degli anni ’90 Lior pratica ed esplora varie forme di movimento, danza, corpo/mente e consapevolezza, tra cui: Improvvisazione, Contact Improvisation, Butoh, Danza Contemporanea, Terapia Shiatsu, Feldenkrais, Yoga, Meditazione Vipassana, Tai-Qi, Qi-Kong .
La sua danza e
il suo insegnamento sono influenzati da queste discipline.
Negli ultimi 20+ anni, Lior ha insegnato in Israele, Giappone, Germania, Italia, Francia, Inghilterra, Spagna, Paesi Bassi, Svizzera, Ungheria, Romania, Russia, Ucraina, Argentina, Brasile e altro ancora.
Co-fondatore dell’Israeli CI Association, co-organizzatore del festival Israeli CI e fondatore di molti altri festival ed ensemble.
Lior si è esibito in lavori solisti così come in collaborazioni con vari artisti, in teatri, gallerie e nello spazio pubblico, in Israele e in tutto il mondo.
Aveva lavorato, collaborato e ballato con alcuni dei grandi ballerini e insegnanti come Yoshito Ohno, Arye Burstein, Nancy Starks-Smith, Julian Hamilton, Susan Klein, Juan Cruz-Diaz, Nita Little, Frey Faust, Mirva Makinnen e molti altri.
Lior attualmente vive nel piccolo villaggio di Bogliasco in Liguria (Italia), insegna e si esibisce regolarmente in Israele, Italia e in tutto il mondo.

You can see him dancing at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HdXqlkLdFc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaVxsr-dRsY&t=5s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pwCcy5z8pE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njPJYlAxUFI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Am9v6maYS0&t=3s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebg_vFaYG8U

PERPETUUM MOBILE
EFFORTLESS DANCING BETWEEN DREAM AND REALITY
Perpetuum mobile (perpetual motion) is the motion of a body that continues forever in an unperturbed system. A perpetuum mobile apparatus is a system that can work infinitely without an external energy source. This kind of systemwas proven to be impossible, but the search for this apparatus dates back to the middle ages and continuing into modern times.
In this workshop I am interested to take the search of this PERPETUUM MOBILE into ourselves – explore the art of effortless and infinite dancing together.

We will explore ways to lubricate the joints and move with ease and minimal effort.
Ways to relax the mind, so listening, meeting and choosing – moment by moment – become organic, spontaneous and pleasurable.
Through knowing and respecting the forces around and within us – difficult becomes easy and impossible becomes possible
Through continuous movement, relaxed and awake, we will find ways to recycle and transform energy – dancing in solo and with a partner.

We will practice using just as much as we really need.
Be clear and generous – Give energy to the space and to my partners, when I can.
Be open and willing – Receive energy from others, when I want.
Transform and recycle my own energy.
Move low a
nd high, slow and fast, alone and together.
Discover and re-discover the simple but deep pleasure of dancing.
The art of dancing effortlessly.
The alchemy of our own PERPETUUM MOBILE.

Each day will start with soft close-to-the-floor fine-tuning of the body/mind.
We will then take the quality we create and the knowledge we will gain, as well as using some detailed exercises, into contact improvisation – dancing and jamming.

Lior Ophir (Israel/Italy) is a Dancer, Improviser, Performance Artist, Musician, Shiatsu therapist, Feldenkrais practitioner, Engineer, Teacher, Student.
Born 1971. After years of working in the field of engineering, I met with the dance that changed my life.
Since the late 90’s Lior practices and explores various forms of movement, dance, body/mind and awareness, including: Improvisation, Contact Improvisation, Butoh, Contemporary Dance, Shiatsu Therapy, Feldenkrais, Yoga, Vipassana Meditation, Tai-Qi, Qi-Kong.
His dance and teaching are influenced by these disciplines.
In the last 20+ years, Lior has been teaching in Israel, Japan, Germany, Italy, France, England, Spain, Netherlands, Switzerland, Hungary, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Argentina, Brasil, and more.
Co-founder of the Israeli CI Association, co-organizer of the Israeli CI festival, and founder of several other festivals and ensembles.
Lior has been performing in solo works as well as in collaborations with various artists, in theaters, galleries and in the public space, in Israel and throughout the world.
Had worked, collaborated and danced with some of the great dancers and teachers such as Yoshito Ohno, Arye Burstein, Nancy Starks-Smith, Julian Hamilton, Susan Klein, Juan Cruz-Diaz, Nita Little, Frey Faust, Mirva Makinnen and many others.
Lior currently lives in the little village Bogliasco in Liguria (Italy), teaches and performs regularly in Israel, Italy and around the world.
You can see him dancing at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HdXqlkLdFc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaVxsr-dRsY&t=5s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pwCcy5z8pE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njPJYlAxUFI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Am9v6maYS0&t=3s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebg_vFaYG8U

Costs for participants: 

• 150 euro including (including meals and accommodation)