Lightness and Freedom in Contact

About the event

I invite everyone to the workshop who wants to explore how to freely improvise in contact: what to do to remain light in various situations or to gain that lightness. The workshops are intended for people who already have their first experience with CI behind them, but dancing is still difficult for them, they cannot feel free in dance, they think they are heavy, or they think about it while dancing, which distracts them from the dance itself, they focus on their limitations and would like to change that, or simply for people who want to gain even more lightness in dance. 📅 The workshops take place on Sunday, September 28, from 11 AM to 5 PM. During the classes, we will work on relaxing the body and finding a compromise between control and lack of it. We will learn to softly enter into contact with a partner and with the floor. We will look for ways to make the body free and light, also during lifts and unforeseen situations. We will also go through several technical issues: - Where to find the strength for lifts - How to do it without straining and overloading the spine - How to support lifts as a flyer - How to fall safely In a series of mini-jams, we will explore body qualities and try to turn off the mind, searching for levels from which to dance a duet/trio. 📍 Where: The workshop will take place at Zimba on Skaryszewska. 📅 When: Sunday, September 28, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM (with a lunch break) 💰 Cost: 200 PLN for registration before September 20, 250 PLN after this date Registration required, limited spots available. 📧 Applications: [email protected] About me: Tomasz Domański, dancer, performer, educator. He has been dancing CI for 10 years. He teaches contact improvisation and partnering, facilitates jams, and conducts workshops for adults and youth. For many years, he co-created the performative collective Szur-Sure, with which he performed on stage and in urban spaces in site-specific performances, and he was part of the partnering group Oddaj Ciężar led by Karolina Kroczak. He is interested in exploring the infinite possibilities of movement and the elements that influence it, the relationship with a partner, intention, body awareness, attention, and building deeply rooted trust in one's body.