Oslo kontaktimpro

Repartnering – Contact Improvisation & Body-Mind Centering® Workshop

A Two-Day immersion in Contact Improvisation & Body-Mind Centering® hosted by Oslo Kontaktimpro in collaboration with BodyCartography Project

March 14th and 15th.

Day One: Inner Architectures

We will begin by awakening anatomical and physiological precision, embodying our structural support of skeleton and fascia, and dropping into the dimensionality and metabolic power of our organs. Through guided movement, touch, and attention, we will identify, articulate, and integrate the body’s tissues, discovering the distinct movement qualities they offer. As alignment becomes finer and more integrated, our partnering becomes more effortless, intentional, and alive.

Day Two: Developmental and Evolutionary Beings

We’ll journey from micro to macro, from cellular breathing to group flying. We will discover the relationship between the smallest inner activity and possibilities for expansive movement through space together, aligning inner cellular intelligence with outer expression.

Contact Improvisation will be our playground, a dance form rooted in physical laws of motion; mass, gravity, momentum, inertia. Body-Mind Centering® will offer an approach for embodied research where movement, perception, and consciousness meet. Together we will develop our sensory awareness, partnering skills, and improvisational expression.

Bio

Olive Bieringa and Otto Ramstad collaborate as the BodyCartography Project for 27 years, creating performances, films, installations, festivals, and workshops internationally. They have studied, practiced and performed contact improvisation for over thirty years with Steve Paxton, K.J Holmes, Karen Nelson, Scott Wells amongst many others. They teach contact improvisation, dance improvisation, Paxton’s Material for the Spine, Tuning Scores, site dance, ecosomatics, DanceAbility® and Body-Mind Centering®. They are on the board of PRAXIS Oslo and direct the Somatic Movement Education certification program for Somatic Education Australasia in Melbourne.

Schedule:

March 14th and 15th.

  • Saturday: 10:00 - 18:00
  • Sunday: 10:00 - 17:00
  • Venue: Praxis Oslo
  • Limited spaces: 16 max, so make sure to book early.

Prices:

  • Early bird artist: 1600.-
  • early bird: 2000,-
  • Full price from 14th of february: 2600,-

Payment & registration

Register by emailing oslokontaktimpro@gmail.com and pay through:

Vipps (preferred):

Vipps number: Oslo Kontaktimpro (OKI) #14486

After paying with Vipps, please mention "CI & BMC workshop" in your email to confirm your payment and complete your registration.

Or you can use PayPal (but it has a higher fee).