WHAT IS A CONTACT IMPROVISATION?

Contact Improvisation is a form of dance of financial partners on the basis of touch, momentum, shared weight, and above all – following common contact.
This dance practice explores the skills of falling, rolling, counterbalancing, with minimal rescue, how to make yourself light during installation, centering and breathing techniques, and reacting to our partners and surroundings.
“Contact Improvisation is honoring every moment. It is the sweet surrender to have when our body is later faithful to what is happening now and now … and NOW!
We learn to recognize and distinguish subtle impulses in our movement choices and choices. We begin to decode the directions we give and receive that tell us when to lead or follow, when to go up, when to descend, where to touch, how to lift, when to slow down, and when not to move. In this form we stay honest in every choice, never forcing, never rushing.
When Body, Mind and Spirit are united in their instinctive wisdom, they sell themselves at home every moment, expressing their true nature “- Moti Zemelman

“Contact improvisation for an open exploration of the kinesthetic possibilities of bodies moving through contact. Sometimes wild and athletic, sometimes silent and meditative, it is a form open to all bodies and inquisitive minds.” Rey Chung

This very unconventional form of dance / movement of countless challenges and stimuli for the development of the spontaneous intelligence of our bodies. A variety of quality, pace, levels, work with balance, workload and the other person; constant, moment by moment changeability. I fell in love with improvisation contacts from the first contact😄
I love KI for its extraordinary freedom and freedom of expression, for its unpredictability, for being present, with itself and with a partner, for how it pulls us powerfully into the present moment, where we spontaneously co-create movement. It is truly a magical dance 🙂

WHAT WILL WE DO IN THE CLASSES? During the classes we will learn and practice the basic issues and techniques of contact-improvisation and simply practice. No prior knowledge of KI is required – all you need is a willingness to learn this form of dance, curiosity and a willingness to play and learn. I cordially invite you, Karol Swoboda

~~ About the Leader:
Karol Swoboda – personal development trainer with an integral approach. Both professionally and in my personal life, I explore and use various methods of working with the body, mind and spirit. I lead people through transformation and assist them on the way to live with passion, joy, harmony and power. I support through training, workshops, coaching and mentoring, as well as teaching meditation or conducting regular movement classes. Two years ago, I included the traditional Hawaiian Lomi Lomi Nui massage in my work – the unusual spirit of this practice is very close to my heart and I am happy to carry its gifts further, soothing the bodies and souls of my clients. I am a cyclist by nature and passion. Sport and body work have always been on my way. In my youth, I trained in running, swimming and kyokushin karate for 8 years. A more conscious approach to the body started 16 years ago when I started my adventure with yoga and then with meditation. Soon after, the first experiences with choreotherapy joined. I have always loved to dance, but this passion has fully developed in the last 5 years. During this time, I immersed myself in improvisation, body awareness, spontaneous dance and contact improvisation (it was love at first contact 😃). I have learned from many great teachers at workshops and festivals and freely experimenting and exploring the potential of my body. I have been practicing Qi gong regularly for 4 years, I am delighted with it and thankful for what it gives me. The most recent, but very fruitful practice in this repertoire are Lowen’s bioenergy exercises or energy work per se, which I have also been using for several years. I believe in diversity, synergy and integrity, both in the development of our entire being and in the very area of ​​the body and movement. I believe in the intelligence and intuition of our bodies. I believe the body is the gateway to our vital energy, to our presence, to our grounding and centering. I believe the body is a source of pleasure, joy and power. I believe that conscious work with the body hides wonderful gifts, at your fingertips. So let’s go dance, move and wake our bodies ~~~~

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