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April 26-27 2025:Fluid Architecture CI Workshop with Alicia Grayson
“The Kinesthetics of Tempo”
I am so glad to again be meeting the DC dance community and have the chance after the Interfusion Festival to explore in greater depth the technical and creative aspects of the dance.
I look forward to sourcing from your curiosity and interests during this weekend, exploring together core themes of Contact Improvisation and its expressive relational embodiments.
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
I wish to explore the embodied experience and expression of tempo within movement. How tempo is felt, interpreted, and translated through the body and in relation to the other movers and what surrounds. Emphasizing the dynamic interplay of delving with the kinesthetic elements of in-contact dialogues and the way we engage with and convey the rhythmic pace, shift of speed and musicality of our movements.
Engaging with others and the entire group, our focus is on tuning in, synchronizing, and articulating embodied dialogues—creating spontaneous compositions with the emergence of melodies and the kinesthetic nuances of tempo.
I aim to enhance our capacity to source from our authentic and intuitive expressions, as well as compositional curiosity - creating a rich and immersive experience with our dance partners, the witnesses and the whole space.
TECHNICAL FOCUSES & INTENTIONS
TECHNICAL FOCUSES & INTENTIONS
My objective is to nurture sensorial intelligence, physical awareness and skills, leading to a profound understanding of self and empowering personal agency. Acquiring the ability to make effective choices with a lucid comprehension of the immediate necessities and the adjustments to the ever-shifting realities of the present moment during the improvisational dance process.
I am looking at a development that facilitates me to engage safely with a diverse spectrum of embodiments and individuals, and equips me with the tools to communicate with clarity and ease during CI dancing.
We will explore some of these themes according to the needs and interests of the participants
Biomechanics of movement related to the gravitational force
Centre-Axis fluid alignment and weight distribution
Floor, upside-down and tridimensional motion
Kinesthetics of physical forces within and around the body, their elemental nature and qualities
Core balancing and structural alignment in CI duet
Aerial suspensions and falls
Trajectories of weight and space
When: Jan 20 and 21, 2024
Time: 11:00 am to 6:00 pm both days
with 10:30 to 11:00 am personal warm-up time
Who: Up to 30 participants
Mixed levels welcome, familiar with CI basics expectedWhere: University of Maryland Rever Theater Studio
Pricing: Select a rate within the range that fits for you.
Early bird rate: paid by January 7: Sliding scale from $160 to $230
Essential rate: paid after Jan 7: From $190 to $260
Supporter rate: Sliding scale from $230 to $300
If you have financial limitations that would prevent you from attending at these rates let us know on the registration form.
To Register: Kinesthetics of Tempo Registration
Please be at the studio and warming up by 10:45.
This workshop is part of the InContact DC Jan 2024 program.
IRENE SPOSETTI
IRENE SPOSETTI
Irene is a versatile performing artist, facilitator, and dancemaker with a multidisciplinary background. Although originally from Italy, Irene has spent more than two decades living and traveling as an independent freelancer across Europe, Asia, and North America. Her artistic path has been shaped by diverse cultural influences and deeply rooted in self-inquiry investigations and practices.
Irene specializes in offering and producing dance training, events, and performances across esteemed institutions such as universities, companies, cultural institutes, festivals, and independent platforms. Her work has reached audiences across the globe and reflects her distinctive and diverse experiences as a passionate explorer and artist.
In 2011 she created BEING MOTION, a platform for collaborating and sharing her artistic practice, to promote independent educational and artistic projects.
Through her dance, she aims to facilitate a heightened state of presence, enabling more conscious, functional, and effortless movement, broadening the technical, creative, and compositional skills of the movers.
She has a particular interest in researching and refining the embodiment of movement biomechanics through the understanding of principles and explorative learning processes.
She is interested in the “synergy of togetherness”,
the relational, communicative and creative aspects of contact improvisation, partnering and group dancing.
Furthermore, Irene delves into the somatic, psychological, and relational transformative impacts of dance. Her exploration extends to understanding how the practice heightens self-awareness, breaks down conditioning, instill a sense of empowerment, and contributes to overall well-being.
Live music and voice are part of her performing and teachings, exploring the link to body and movement and the evocative imaginary power of word, sound and music with dancing.
To know more and stay in touch visit:
Website: https://beingmotion.com
FB page: www.Facebook.com/BeingMotion
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@BeingMotionIS
Ig: beingmotion.irenesposetti
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