Dance

Various notes...

Copenhagen:

Berlin

Nijmegen

Barcelona

Katalog / idéer til øvelser ved workshop

introduction to the concept
walk or dance with the music
- play with it: slow/fast
- body scan awareness
- fill empty places
connection
- dyad mirroring with eye contact, start out with leader + follower, raise hand.
  - mirroring physical and emotional
  - remember different levels
  - add background music
- connection mirror: increase/decrease
- practice weight changes together
- blindfold lead-follow
circle mirror - no initiative, just amplification
composition of space, – create a picture, one person at a time
words
- zip-zap-zop.
- association circle.
- no, yes-but, yes-and.
- dyad guess / describe the other person what you imagine from the impression (positive).
tango embrace
- about the tango culture, eye contact
- circle eye contact swap spaces
- embrace, breath together, leave
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Places where I like to go out dancing in Copenhagen:

5rytmer – fredage
Happy Feet Studio – nogle fredage
Absalon – morgendans, samt nogle fredage/lørdage, (contact impro is also nice, but collides with my schedule)
Tinkuy – desværre sjældent dansearrangementer forøjeblikket
Studenterhuset – swingdans om tirsdagen

I prefer fusion dance, such as contact-tango.
My roots come from argentine tango (since 2003),
and later many other dances, both solo and social.

Get in touch, if you feel like a dance exchange,
especially if you have different dance roots than I,
as that often lead to interesting

2018-04-05 point of weightlessness, when walking heel first
2018-03-28 exercise: clap-patterns for measure crowd musicality, standing “push-ups” for teaching connection.
2018-03-22 deciding to log dance experiences to remember them
2018-03-21 using momentum/jerk of leg/arm to extend movement of the body
2018-03-19 mythological dance: connection between Ask Yggdrasil and the chakras
2017-10-03 “light fibers” during dance
2017-10-03 slowness as source of intensity
2017-10-02 stopping and ask participants to reflect with each other during dance class
…

The dance trance, forget the border between oneself and the universe
Use mythological figures and archetypes in the dance, like the indian Shiva(tandava), the eagle(shamanic), 天(tai chi), the norse and greek gods, warrior(african dance), etc.
When not knowing what to do, breath and feel the connection between the foot and the floor
You dance with the floor, the partner, the music, and much more
Remember and join the intention of each of the trillions of cells of our body

Tango

Walking, one blind-folded, and one protecting against collisions.
Standing – connection – just initiating movement from center to partners feet
Just walking to music in the direction of the dance.
The embrace: hug, and then release one arm. (show example of good/bad hugs, for laughs and rememberance)
Dance with objective of minimising distance between oneself and the couple in front (good for teaching floorcraft).
“Look ma’, no hands”: visual connection, chest connection
Connection through various points: shoulders, head, stomach, fingers, …
Musicality: same song (different versions / artist) through most the lesson, to get to know its structure well, and make it easier to play with
Dancing individual instruments.
Being slow and fast on the beat. Going against the beat. Walking individually and in couples.
Make a dance of just walking. Make it interesting through music.
Crossed/parallel system.
Lead without walking, counter lead (from standing)
Enumerate all possibilities of where to move.
Mirror figure
Reverse in middle of figure
Front to back connection (show-dance-like, but can be good in social too)
Follower closes eyes and connects with hand to leads center, to origin of movement.
Blindfolded couple + one/two caretakers
Changing roles, changing roles during dance, diffused roles
Balloon dance
Arms along stick/broom behind neck, – practice dissociation
Leader impulse – follower intepretation – leader following the follower
…

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