[CI-Announce] San Francisco, January Intensive, Scott Wells and Cathie Caraker, BMC and Contact

[scott wells]

Contact
Improv and Body Mind Centering JANUARY 8-17  With Scott Wells and Cathie
Caraker



Dear Friends,



Cathie Caraker and I are teaching a ten day intensive on Body Mind Centering 

and Contact Improvisation.  I have found that BMC and particularly Cathie's


approach to it uniquely alters my body and movement experience. And I have 

wanted more affordable opportunities to study BMC and the other somatic 

wonders that are generally more expensive than contact/dance workshops.

 

Drumroll.....so at $450 10 days is a great deal,  but we want to get
the 

ball rolling with early registrations so, 

we've made a $150 DISCOUNT:  $300

(To receive discount send your deposit of $75 postmarked on or before 

December 15.  Check payable to
Scott Wells mail to 1805 divisadero, SF 94115  

Attention Winter Intensive).

Space is limited, so the earlier the better. Please email me at 

scottbwells at hotmail.com to confirm.

 



 

THE INTENSIVE

Body-Mind Centering®, Contact Improvisation and Performance Research

JANUARY 8-17

Experiential,
Technical, Somatic and Acrobatic

For experienced dancers and contactors.

 

A 10 day intensive with Cathie Caraker and Scott Wells

At Danceground Keriac;  1805 Divisadero, San Francisco

 

SCHEDULE:    JANUARY 8-17

(10 - 4 M-F)  12-6
Saturdays,  Sundays and 7:30-10
Friday and Saturdays 

The first class is
January 8 at 7:30pm

Informal performance Party Sunday Night January 17th

(There will be studio space available for other meetings and rehearsals)

 PS:  January 18th
is a holiday, so there may be transition time.



Cost:  $450 (priced for artists)

Pre-registration ($75) recommended

Check payable to Scott Wells

Mail to 1805 Divisadero,  SF  94115



for bios: 

ScottWellsdance.com

Caraker.com

Video info: SW&D 1 minute trailer:     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h1-LQ0Dufo



 

 

BODY-MIND CENTERING® WITH CATHIE CARAKER

Body-Mind Centering® (BMC) is an innovative approach to movement reeducation 

developed by dancer and occupational therapist Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen. 

Integrating anatomical, psychological and developmental principles, the work 

leads to an understanding of how the mind is expressed through the body in 

movement. BMC offers an experiential approach to learning about our living 

anatomy, as well as a method of movement analysis which can be useful in the 

creative process. In this workshop we will use the BMC work as a lens 

through which we investigate our creative resources as movers. We will study 

each of the major body systems (skeleton, muscles, organs, fluids, nerves 

and endocrine glands), experiencing their structures, functions and 

individual expressive qualities through intentional touch and improvisation. 

We’ll also explore the developmental movement process, which underlies all 

our movement expression. Reintegrating these fundamental patterns and 

principles helps to increase our clarity and coordinaton as movers, allowing 

us longer and healthier dancing lives. This workshop is highly recommended 

for dancers, actors, movement therapists and others who work with movement.

 

CONTACT IMPROV WITH SCOTT WELLS

CI into Performance Jam

We take one element (yes, we'll learn some flying and fluid acrobatics) work 

it inside out, practice integrating it into jamming then use it for 

performance experiments.

Performance research:

1)  We start with our own body.  Sensing self, desires, body
awareness.

2) We expand our awareness to partners ( contact improvisation).

3) We expand our awareness to watchers (or audience).  We connect to their


experience.  This is improvisational performance. To connect to the 

audience, we must also practice being an audience.


 		 	   		  
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