Contact Improvisatie - Quiet: Dance Emerging out of Stillness

About this event

QUIET: DANCE EMERGING OUT OF STILLNESS

In this workshop we approach dance through quieting down, and presence in stillness and minimal movement. From this place the dance can unfold in any form, through attention, patience and an open, receptive approach.

We work with a somatic approach, connection and presence. From this space of openness and potential, movement and connection arise by themselves, and meaningful moments of dance appear. We will feel that stillness is full of life. The body is awake: the small dance of balance, the breath, subtle shifts of weight. We explore minimalism as a start in contact with a partner, with active pauses filled with listening. For some this comes naturally; for others it is a real challenge, because the urge to fill an empty moment with action is strong.

Quietening down will give back a rich and lush experience, where listening is refined, every detail gives impressions, and the dance gains a profound depth.

About the teacher:
Robin Berkelmans is a Tilburg-based dancer, performer and teacher, with Contact Improvisation and Instant Composition at the centre of his practice. In the Netherlands he organises CI workshops and co-organises the national CI Festival and the four-day Gathering. He teaches Contakids, a parent-child class that grew out of CI. He also teaches CI at the Amsterdam University of the Arts and leads a yearly four-day intensive in Freiburg since 2017. You can find him performing with the dance company Concert Curieus. Website: www.robinberkelmans.nl Instagram: @robinberkelmans