Improvisation for Contacters

8 May
9-16h
Dschungel Bühne 3

9 May
10-17h
TQW, Studio 1

10 May
9-16h
Dschungel, Bühne 2

We get lost in the dance, and we like it. Getting lost can be a break from planning, controlling, wanting. It can be a break from the responsibility of being oneself. So we stop planning ahead and become available. Available for what though? Someone or something is sensing and responding there, where I become an available observer. It’s not exactly me, and yet I'm also not excluded.

What are those processes, observed in action? How can I, while also being the medium, still notice them from a(nother) perspective? Once I do notice them, can I perhaps redirect them? Sustain them? Take them as far as they will go? By naming them in a verbal exchange, how can I share them with my partners? How can this dialogue remain ‘a proposition in form of a question, to be answered daily’, which lies at the root of the original proposition of Contact Improvisation?

Jurij Konjar is a Slovenian dancer, improviser, choreographer and teacher. He studied dance at PARTS in Brussels and later with Steve Paxton and Lisa Nelson, amongst others. His teaching includes elements of improvisation and writing practices, the Tuning Scores of Lisa Nelson, Material for the spine of Steve Paxton and contact improvisation. Jurij is a part of the worldwide contact improvisation community and is a creator of the shared, nomadic working space called Habitat. More information on www.jurijkonjar.com

Rather than the level of their expertise, the participants’ suitability for this work will depend on their readiness to concentrate, learn and support the others doing the same. We preferably have no drop-ins.
Due to limited capacity, interested parties are asked to send us an email with 2-3 sentences briefly explaining their motivation for participating.

Costs: 150€