<div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><b><i>Hi All</i></b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><b><i>Alicia Grayson, an exceptionally dynamic, talented and experienced contact teacher will be offering a 2 day workshop in Asheville NC Feb 1-2. We will host out of town folks in the homes of locals. Workshop will cost ~$75-125 sliding scale. SAVE THE DATE!</i></b></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><b><i>Come to Asheville for a weekend of dance - Alicia is a brilliant dancer and teacher!</i></b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
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</i></b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><b><i>-michael hurd</i></b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><b><br></b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<b><br></b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><b>Ease and Expression in Contact Improvisation</b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">An All Levels Workshop</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">It is likely that we all have experienced moments dancing and in life when we feel powerful, free and confident—when we can adeptly navigate whatever is put in front of us with grace and joy. What creates this quality of delight and presence that makes us feel 100% ALIVE?</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><p class="MsoNormal">In this workshop we will focus on 3 components that support dancing that is easeful, expressive, engaging and deeply satisfying.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1) We will explore ways to release tension and relax the body/mind to help create a deeper sense of listening, safety, and contentment while strengthening our ability to let go. Practices may include bodywork, meditation, the small dance and focus on the breath.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> 2) We will embody the physical principles of CI to create more clarity, efficiency and ease in how our bodies move together in three-dimensional space. Specifically, we will deepen our awareness of subtlety as we explore CI principles such as the point of contact, assessing and modulating tone, organizing our bodies efficiently, giving and receiving weight with ease and moving consistently in an off-balance way.<u></u><u></u></p>
<div class="MsoNormal">3) We will grow in fluidity with CI’s poetic, imagistic and emotional realms by using tools such as imagery, music and authentic movement.</div></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font size="3" style="font-family:Arial;text-align:justify"><span style="letter-spacing:0px"><b>Alicia Grayson</b></span></font> has been passionately inv<span style="text-align:justify">olved with</span><span style="text-align:justify"> dancing, teaching and performing CI for the past 25 years. She has taught contact improvisation as an adjunct faculty at George Washington University, University of Denver, Naropa University and Shenandoah University. She teaches CI, yoga and pilates classes in Boulder, CO and regularly travels to Europe and around the U.S. to teach. Her long time practices of authentic movement, yoga and meditation are impo</span><span style="text-align:justify">rtant influences on her dancing and teaching. She is also a graduate of the Hakomi Method of Experiential Psychotherapy and Bodymind Somanautics, an advanced training in somatic attachment, group process and anatomy re-patterning. As a registered psychotherapist she works with clients in somatic psychotherapy and movement education. She continues to delight in exploring and discovering new depths in contact improvisation and is particularly interested in the intersection of physics and expression and the mind/body relationship. </span><a href="http://tumblebones.com/" target="_blank">http://tumblebones.com</a></div>
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