Inspire by Fighting Monkey Practice with Alanna Kraaijeveld

Focus: FM Body / Body practice

Monday May 13 - Friday May 17 2024
10am to 12pm daily

Espace 215

215 Jean Talon Ouest, 3rd floor

This is an open workshop for professional, pre-professional and curious movers.  All are welcome.

Body / Body practice is an aspect of FM that explores stress tolerance of joints and behavioral flexibility in relation to a partner.  It is comprised of task or point-of-connection (ex. interlaced fingers, hand to foot, etc.) based dances, and done in contact with fellow participants.

Additionally, we will explore the quality of our movement and listening through encounters with
Joint Articulation
Coordination
Improvisation 

Body / Body practice
Movement Situations with Practice Ball or martial arts belt

The aim is to expand our physical capacity, nurture our elasticity, and release tension, move and explore with greater awareness of how dynamic contexts unlock our ability.

$125 for full workshop or $30 per day
Registration required

ACCESSIBILITY

Workshop is delivered in english and french
Espace 215 is equipped with a wood floor.  The studio is located on the third floor, accessible by stairs.

Sessions are comprised of :
Joint Articulations
– Standing, on place, focused on spiral movements
– Continuous demonstration style that participants follow

Coordinations
- explore the quality of mobility of our joints through multi plane, multi joint coordination patterns that dance through space
- Continuous demonstration style that participants follow

Improvisations
– Individually explore qualitative or task-based improvisations
– Demonstration and voice provide visual and verbal cues, after which it is up to the participants to manifest each proposition
– We take our time with each proposition
– Work takes place standing as well as on the floor, and can be adapted if needed

Body / Body practice

- work in contact with a partner

- task or point-of-connection based dances are set in motion verbally and through demonstration

Movement Situations
- task-based dances with the FM practice ball or martial arts belt
- explored with a partner
- We take our time with each proposition
– Work takes place standing as well as on the floor, and can be adapted if needed