Somatic Movement and Contact Improvisation
Weekly Improvisation Practice Course with Gaelin Little Wednesdays 14th October - 16th December 7–9 pm @ Inner Space, Norwich
Gaelin Little facilitates creative, fun and expansive experiences using dance as a medium for a fine-tuning of the senses, turning them toward a renewed discovery of ourselves and the world around us.
This autumn she will offer a ten-week improvisation course alternating between Dance with Somatics and Contact Improvisation. Moving between these two approaches offers an opportunity to explore different pathways in dance improvisation, moving between form and unform.
Each session will begin with a led class and end with a 30-minute facilitated jam space where all ways of being and dancing, in and out of contact, will be welcome.
This holistic course will draw on principles from Authentic Movement, Somatic Psychology, Experiential Anatomy, Contact Improvisation, Infant Movement Development and Repatterning, alongside a wealth of experiences and insights as a dancer, performer and maker.
You can book the full ten weeks or choose to join every other week for five sessions, depending on your interests.
Autumn term dates
Wednesdays full course 14th October- 16th of December 7–9pm at Inner Space
Dance with Somatics: 14 October, 28 October, 11 November, 25 November, 9 December
Contact Improvisation: 21 October, 4 November, 18 November, 2 December, 16 December
Copyright: Mari Joyce
What are the different approaches?
Dance with Somatics
Somatic practice is not a specific dance form, but an exploration of movement in its widest potentiality.
Explorative sessions aim to embody and cultivate different qualities of movement that ignite the body's creative and expressive nature. Guided solo explorations encourage awareness through sensation, perception and imagination. Using improvisation techniques, play and intuitive composition, we build confidence in your unique way of moving. Focused touch and contact with others and along with connection with our environment feed and inform the solo body and vice versa.
From there we welcome what kind of dance emerges.
Contact Improvisation
Contact Improvisation is a relational form of dance exploring what happens when two or more bodies share weight and attention. Dialogue through touch creates a dynamic interplay between momentum and support that is both energetic and soft, playful and poignant.
Each session begins with tuning into our own bodies moving into improvisational structures to support dancing in duets, trio’s and as a group. Session will focus on learning the foundational techniques to share weight safely, negotiate and work with momentum, helping us build the confidence to explore, adapt and take risks together.