Kalarippayattu workshop, a traditional Indian martial art.

Kalari is a holistic discipline that combines intensive movement training with internal focus, traditional rituals and healing elements (e.g. kalari massage).

We will learn the basics of two styles of kalarippayattu: vadakkan (mostly northern) and thekkan (southern), both of which originate from southern India, the state of Kerala.

During the workshop we will learn:
– traditional kalari training with 5 breathing exercises (including: warm-up of the whole body, strengthening, stretching, coordination exercises)
– several of the eight traditional animal positions called ashtavadivu
– at least 4 (out of 12) exercises/leg swings characteristic of kalari
– the beginning of an intensive and spatial meypayattu sequence (maybe the whole one, depending on the psycho-physical abilities of the participants)
– basics of working with a long kettukari stick
– 1 or 2 kalari movement sequences from the southern style

About the lader:

Karolina has been involved in Kalarippyattu and yoga since 2005. From 2005-2012 she studied the southern style of Kalari called Thekkan first with Jayachandran Nair and then with Thankappan Assan (the oldest living Kalari master, who is currently 96 years old) and Ajith Kumar in Thiruvananthapuram, India. She has been involved in the northern style since 2012 and studied with Shaji John in Chennai, India, 2012-2019. From 2019-2023 she occasionally took part in Kalari training at the Kalarigram school (near Auroville, India). From 2009 to 2023 she studied classical Odissi dance with Dr. Rekha Tandon in Bhybaneswar, Odisha, India and later Auroville, Pondicherry, India. Karolina currently teaches classes, live and online workshops in Kalarippyattu, yoga, body conditioning. Karolina dances and choreographs her own performances.

She is working on developing her own dance language that combines traditional Indian performance arts with contemporary dance.

Instagram: @karolina_salomea
Website: www.increativebody.com
Contact: khasalomea@gmail.com
What’s app: +48 695793610

ORGANIZATIONAL DETAILS:

⏰️ Saturday, June 28 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

⚡️PRICE: PLN 140

info and REGISTRATION: khasalomea@gmail.com or what’s app +48695793610

PLACE: KONTAKT, Space of Movement, Dance and Music,
Szpitalna 40, Ip, KRAKOW