MEET IN THE MIDDLE
This workshop brings together some of the basic principles that form the core of practicing Contact Improvisation. From physical fragments, such as the sensation of weight and support in motion, dialogues of touch, and the art of making choices -together with others – will frame some of the key focuses.
We pay attention to these different approaches as we tune our bodies to encounter each other with heightened ability to listen, respond, and stay sensitive. Strengthening our understanding around the technical principles of CI is to gain more tools to dance at ease. Emphasizing our wild and fierce dancing is to manifest the heart of improvisation at the core of this practice, and build bridges towards our imaginary landscapes.
KATJA MUSTONEN (FIN/GER) is a Finnish dancer, teacher and dance maker, who is based in Berlin and works as a nomad. She graduated from the Vocational Dance School in Outukumpu, Finland 2004 as dancer, and holds a MA degree in „Contemporary Dance Education“ from the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Frankfurt, Germany. Since 2008, she’s been teaching Contemporary Dance Technique, Improvisation and Contact Improvisation internationally. She is curious about the states of presence and the body’s ability to transform, embody, and transmit images, into knowledge, emotions and atmosphere’s. She is interested in jointing photography, video and text among other interdisciplinary approaches into her artistic work and continues being in awe with the dance as her teacher.