Join us for a 2 hour class exploring Contact Improvisation facilitated by Joerg Hassmann.

$25 cash or direct deposit on the night

Contact Improvisation is a dance form that involves the exploration of one’s body in relationship to others by using the fundamentals of movement awareness, touch and sharing weight. It supports a sense of connectedness on many levels.

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A small dedicated group has been meeting regularly on the Coast for a couple of years, exploring this form of dance. We welcome new dancers keen to give Contact Impro a try. No experience necessary.

$25 cash on door
($20 concession)

The session will be split between a mini-workshop and a jam, determined by the individual teacher.

We are fortunate to have a pool of rotating teachers:

Joerg Hassman
Gabriel Sol
Anat Greenberg

Everyone is welcome.

Contact Improvisation (CI) is a dance form based on the physical principles of touch, momentum, shared weight, and following a shared point of contact.

The form was founded in 1972 by Steve Paxton, integrating his background as a modern dancer and his studies in the martial art form Aikido.

CI plays with all the ways we can contact with another person or the floor…rolling, sliding, mutual balance, the mechanics of lifting others and being lifted and even how to fall.

The interplay between dance and touch is a powerful somatic practice and the shifting points of balance creates new cognitive learning.

It can be healing and liberating to allow your whole body to experience touch in a creative dance form.

In this workshop I want to introduce basic principles of this multilayered dance form around leading & following and the question of how to give & take weight in explorative and consensual ways. Through working with the weight of other people we’ll get in touch with very basic experiences of trusting and being trustworthy with the potential to relate more fully to another person.

I am endlessly inspired how technical aspects of this dance can draw us into deeper connections to oneself and others, especially when coming from a somatic approach, where listening to the body and it’s motivations & limitations is an integral part of the inquiry.

No previous experiences needed to join this workshop, just enough openness to try things out and a body that is happy to move between the floor and standing.

TIME
10am – 5pm (90 min break)

FEES
$120 normal
$150 supporting others
If you are experiencing financial hardship, there are a couple of tickets available by donation.

WHERE
THE FARM, 7/18 Mountain View Ave, Miami QLD 4220

FURTHER INFORMATION
Maja: [email protected], 0403718583

Joerg Hassmann
Dancer and passionate movement teacher. Deeply interested in learning and the question ‘what is it that makes us feel connected?’ – on many different levels. He is one of the leading figures in Europe in the field of Contact Improvisation through teaching for more than 25 years, offering Training Programmes and organising festivals. Since a bit more than a year he lives in Maleny with his australian wife and his son.
www.joerghassmann.com

“I attended a workshop with Joerg Hassmann and I found it madly intriguing, deeply confronting, childishly playful, spiritually important and ultimately a gateway into a whole new way of interacting with people.” (Karl – first time participant)

“Joerg delivers in a way that sparks curiosity and empowers each dancer to discover themselves through their own exploration.” (Lilli – regular practitioner)

“For me, Joerg’s classes are a gift, and I’m grateful to have ongoing opportunities to learn with such a highly skilled, passionate, internationally respected teacher and dancer.”(Joana – long term practitioner and organiser)

“I felt as if my inner child was allowed to be free and expressive but not at the expense of my adult self (…) all held in deep safety and care.” (Jacinta – first time participant)

Self-Responsibility Agreement

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In attending this workshop I take full responsibility of my own health and wellbeing. I acknowledge the nature of this workshop involves proposals to participate in exercises and movements that may be new to me. I recognise that the proposals are simply offers to try, and I take full responsibility to participate only within my own capacity as I see fit at the time. I acknowledge that the workshop facilitator has no liability for any injuries which may occur during this workshop.

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Cancellation Policy RE C-Word
We are aware of the current covid situation on the gold coast and will see what’s possible in terms of gatherings in the days leading up to the workshop. If we need to cancel the workshop we’ll refund the paid fees, of course.

What a special time of the year! This gap after the Christmas and New Year’s busyness, before normal life kicks in again. A good time to reconsider what we can let go off and what we’d love to see emerging.

What emerges when we give our bodies, minds and hearts space to move, connect and play? More being than doing with a sense of timelessness.

Contact Improvisation will be our main language with a curiosity on how movements and connections begin, how we surf the waves of curiosity and when it’s time to let go, allowing change instead of holding onto things. Basic techniques and pricinples of the form around leading & following, sharing weight and probably some lifts will anchor our journey.

Beginners are welcome! You need to be comfortable to move between floor & standing and interested in acknowledging your limits.

TIMES
Sunday 2:30pm -8pm
Monday 9am-6pm (looong lunch & chillout time)
Tuesday 10:30am-4pm

WORKSHOP COST
Prices include one warm meal per day.
$270 Regular price
$320 Support others
$220 Concession

BOOKINGS
https://www.trybooking.com/BVNFE
A few tickets are available by donation… Contact Joerg: [email protected] or 0492803149

DANCE LOCATION
Cooran Hall
14 King St, Cooran QLD 4569

ACCOMODATION
There is the option to camp at the nearby, extremely beautiful Hillier Retreat for $20 per night.
It has an outdoor kitchen, a big dam for swimming, non-heated showers, composting toilets …
Hillier Retreat, 236 Arthys rd, Cooran, QLD 4569.
https://www.facebook.com/hillierretreat