Contact & Shiatsu
a laboratory to explore qualities of touch and boundaries within Contact
December
28th and 29th,
10 - 5pm and 10 - 4 pm
With Benno Enderlein in Freiburg (Germany)
directly after the New Jears-Jam
Flyer download Contact & Shiatsu in pdf
Shiatsu, is a kind of finger-pressure-massage.
About
Contact and Shiatsu: This weekend we will dive into the work witch arises
when we relate contact with shiatsu. In my own experience with contact and
with shiatsu, in the past 13 years, there occured a dialog. In both touching
art forms the body-mind-spirit gets constantly fed with informations. Contact
is a dance, Shiatsu is a massage practice. In both cases I deal with touch.
In Contact both partners are equal, both giving and taking. In Shiatsu the
roles of giving and taking are divided. In Shiatsu you focus on developing
the ability to touch in the "right way" . There are terms like: "How deep
do I sink into the TSUBO (Akupessure-Point), how long do I stay, in witch
rhythm do I work. Witch parts attract my consciousness, were do I want to
give weight? From this point of view isn't Contact a continoues treatment
in witch the movers get the touch they like to get? Or the other way around:
don't I give a perfect treatment wile dancing contact and both partners have
pleasure? Don't I fulfill an unspoken need within a contact-dance or a shiatsu
treatment? The consciousness in both cases might not be the same but it is
at least very similar. In a shiatsu treatment I am in a state of not wanting.
There is no will, no aim, I fulfill my task through my moving presence. The
other way around: In contact improvisation I had my most precious dances in
this open state of mind. A dance ends when the exchange happened, when every
thing has been "said", when the talk between the bodys has been completed.
In Shiatsu it feels very similar. There is a feeling as if a circle is beeing
closed. It might be the energy circle witch builds the 12 Meridians. Then
the energy flows fluidly and builds a hole. In contact we find a greater variety
of qualities of touch than in Shiatsu. Here we can play with fluid or soft
touch and also with surprising or pointed qualities.
This workshop is a laboratory to explore all kinds of qualities, up to pinching,
grabbing or even scratching and biting?! Where are the limits, what is your
way of dancing contact? How far do you allow yourself to go, are you willing
to play with new qualities?
In adition to that there`s the question: what is contact? Is it a pure
physical dance form? Is there space for emotions and sexual feelings? How
do I draw the line, how do I show what I want and don`t want? Do I speak or
what kind of tools do I use to express myself clearly? Do I manage to respect
and communicate my boundaries in my daily life? In this laboratory we will
explore saying "no" any time as a kind of "safetygear". Saying "no" allowes
for a "yes" in the very next moment.
Location:
The MOVE in der FABIRK,
Habsburger Str. 9, 79100
Freiburg
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Germany or
directly to Habsburgerstr.
Cheap flights
and travel connections
here...
Tram:
from the station go by tram direction center, step over at "Bertholdsbrunnen"
to stram 2 (direction ZÄRINGEN)
step out: OKENSTRASSE
Accommodation:
is possible in the studio, 5 Euro
To bring:
if possible bring a blanket
Level:
experience in Contact is basic. If you have doubts, please talk to me on the
phone
Flyer
download:
here....
Cost:
120,- Euro / 110,-Euro if you register 7 days in advance
Cancelation
fee: 20 € / from on 7 days bevor full fee
Account
from Germany:
Benno
Enderlein
Postbank Frankfurt, BLZ 50010060, KoNr. 415323-606
Account
international:
IBAN DE55 5001 0060 0415 3236 06
BIC
PBNKDEFF
Instructor:
Benno Enderlein studied from 1989 till 1993at the"European Dance Development
Center" (EDDC) in Arnhem (NL). His work is inspired by Nancy Stark Smith,
Steve Paxton,Bob Rease, Eva Karczak, Mark Tomkins, DieterHeitkamp a.o.. Since
1991 he is teaching Contact-Improvisation and bodywork and giving danceperformences.
He is a Shiatsu-Praktitioner since1991 and since 1997 with the licence of
the GSDâ (German Shiatsu Association). Further more he initiates and organizes
international Contact-Jams (Arnheim, Göttingen, Freiburg) since 15 years.
He is a cofounder and a organizer of the Contact Festival Freiburg.
Info and registration:
Benno Enderlein
T.: 0049 (0) 761 / 707 85 33,
Online registration:
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e-mail:
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