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MEETING THE OTHER is a workshop that will explore the foundations of partnering work or contact.
The first sense that the Human Being develops is touch. Already in the belly of the mother, this first sense is the beginning of our connection with the other. It is through touch that we realize the borders in between my body / your body.
When working on accessing our own body, we can’t avoid the fact that this very first experience – of being in contact with another – has left a memory in our cells, certain knowledge. This primal information is a skill acquired through experience and ready to be “re-connect”, in order to serve the ability of being in contact with another body and, eventualy, create a duet.
The first part of the day we will work on warm up the body (and the mind) through deep manipulation. This manipulation is always guided by two basic principles: to open and release the body in order to let the movement grow organically
The second part of the day we will integrate this « body quality » into duets, while working to develop and increase the following skills:
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Define a particular quality of touch-ing
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Being specific and smart in reading the information that can emerge through touch (direction, trajectory, texture and intention of the movement)
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Using the other’s body to create your movement material
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Being precise with the choices we made: push, pull, reject, go with, etc
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Focusing our eye in “what is being produce in the instant” (Dramaturgy)