BMC® into CI auf Aegina, Griechenland

Substance and Space
5 day Body-Mind Centering® into Contact Improvisation Workshop

In our early lives in fluid environment and through fluid movement our body tissues grew. We went through a history of folding and unfolding, of migrating, spiraling, embracing and touch. These aspects are still inherent in all our body tissues and in our many ways of expression of life. We will use this understanding of body growth and travel through the richness of embryology-  a story of fluidity and space; receiving and giving, condensing and expanding, being and resting.
We will explore milestones in our movement development – aspects of an intrinsic movement alphabet and initial movement vocabulary that formed the sentences, poems, novels of our movement and being. We will open to the inner potential for growth and continuous learning through the relation with ourselves and the world around us.

Movement alone and with a partner, specific anatomical details and clear touch, will take us into the dance. Basic Contact Improvisation aspects will be deepened and provide the ground for more physically challenging dances that can develop from the supposedly “simple”. We will explore fluids, organs and our nervous system and integrate them into the research of the dances.

This 5 day Workshop will be held at the Retreat Center Oikia Karapanou on Aegina Island. Aegina is 1h ferry ride away from Athens, easy to reach. https://www.karapanou.com/ 

The center is 5 min walk away from the sea, the workshop will be held in a beautifully crafted yurt surrounded by pistachio trees with the view directly to the sea and another island on the opposite.

The house in which we sleep and eat delicious vegetarian greek food is an old mansion from the 19th century, surrounded by a huge garden. It has been restored to provide an atmosphere of peace and inspiration, an oasis on the soul’s journeys. More infos and registration write to Daphne: dpropercy@gmail.com