[CI-Announce] Workshop "Poetics of Touch" by Karl Frost, June 29th- July 3rd 2011, Cardona/Barcelona, Spain

[J.B.]

Karl Frost will be running a 4-day Intensive called “The Poetics of  
Touch” from 29th June to 2nd July 2011 in Cardona near Barcelona, Spain.


THE POETICS OF TOUCH

This four-day intensive will focus on the art-making inside of the  
practice of contact improvisation. We use our base in the physical  
skills and sensitivities of contact improvisation to explore a kind of  
collaborative art-making of personal experience… the poetics of human  
contact. The workshop will look at the kinesthetic side of the dance  
and the somatic-psychological possibilities of touch and human  
interaction. The dance will be explored in terms of the felt  
experience of the dance, both for its own sake and as a potential  
source for stage performance… dance not just about repeating  
acrobatics, but looking at a sense of personal meaning within the dance.


KARL FROST
Karl Frost, director of Body Research(www.bodyresearch.org), has been  
teaching and performing contact improvisation and related work in body- 
based creative process since the 80s. He is known internationally for  
his dynamic and articulate movement style, his rigor in physical  
research and teaching, and for the edge-pushing nature of his work in  
both practice and performance. His work, influenced by studies in  
contemporary release technique, Alexander technique, martial arts,  
somatic psychology, and human ecology, has been showcased across North  
and South America, Western and Eastern Europe, and Israel. His  
performances take the body and emotionally and physically felt  
experience as their reference points. He is currently based out of  
Davis, California, where he is pursuing graduate studies in  
Choreography and Ecology. Some of his recent projects have included  
the Dancing Wilderness Project, the participatory performance works  
AXOLOTL, PROXIMITY, and BODY OF KNOWLEDGE, The Sierra Contact  
Festival, and Contact Camp at Burning Man.


Fee: 200,- Euro
More: http://www.bodyresearch.org/workshops/poeticsoftouch.shtml
Details: http://2011.touchandplay.org/what/post-festival-intensive-by-karl-frost/
Registration: http://2011.touchandplay.org/registration/

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Touching & Playfully yours,
Daniel, Jenny and Jan

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