Dancing the language beyond you and me
a deep research into improvisation
open level, July 5-9, 4 hours,

The research will be grounded on extensive physical as well as mental explorations. By raising awareness and encouraging the examination of habitual patterns, conditioned perceptions, and rational concepts of any nature, participants will be invited to experience a state that can take them safely beyond their expected limits. Liberated from any obligation to either physical or mental structures, we are seemingly left in a void; where only bare sensorial awareness remains intertwined with imagination. The unfolding of an uncharted and possibly intimidating landscape, can in fact provide fertile terrain for new discoveries, where the language beyond you and me is trusted in creation. What emerges is an artist unknown to the self – a being with no name or accreditations to rely on – trapped, yet free, in the continual "play" of the moment.

morning class  10-12 am

afternoon class 4-8 pm

Bruno Caverna (BRA/NOR) is an internationally recognized dance artist/teacher well known for his charismatic and friendly personality. He has a vast background of capoeira, contemporary dance, acrobatics, contact-improvisation and qi gong. Over the last 15 years, Caverna has been extensively researching ways of assimilating and integrating elements of these diverse forms into a more expansive somatic understanding. Caverna has always invigorated the passion of his profession with an inevitable humane impulse to interact with people of all kinds. This drive has propelled him into numerous eclectic projects.  He has been invited to share his particular approach to dance and improvisation among the major schools, festivals and dance companies in Europe and overseas.
 
Marcela Giesche (USA/NL) studied dance and choreography at the Rotterdamse Dansacademie and The Ohio State University where she received her BFA.  She has danced for Bianca Van Dillen and Beppie Blankert in the Netherlands, and with Neuer Tanz (VA Wölfl) in Germany. She has also been developing her own research in movement improvisation and choreography. A training of heightened sensory awareness and the use of strong imagery are the foundation of her desire to create a free and spontaneous mind–body connection. By shifting the way we perceive ourselves and our relation to the outside world, we can enter into transformative and highly creative state of mind. Dance is what happens when we let our imagination run away with our bodies!