TANZWORKSHOP “Continued Adventures of the Apple”

Dance workshop with Charlie Morrissey

As part of TANZWERKSTATT EUROPA, the workshop "Continued Adventures of the Apple" will take place daily from 10.08.26 - 14.08.26 from 14:30 - 16:30 for participants of all levels.

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Description: Discover the power of contact improvisation! This workshop offers you a lively introduction to the basic principles of contact improvisation - open to anyone who likes to move, regardless of their level of experience. Explore your body, new impulses and develop your own movement language.

The focus is on elementary movement qualities such as rolling, shifting weight, falling and sliding effortlessly in and out of the floor. You experience your body in dialog with gravity and playfully explore the giving and taking of weight as well as the interplay of balance and counterweight. Physical intelligence and a wide range of movement meet a practical, explorative space that provides a context for both individual exploration and shared experience.

Through clear structures and guided improvisations, you will deepen your kinaesthetic perception and develop a finer sense of movement and its possibilities. How do we listen to our own body? How does this inner listening give rise to immediate, authentic movement?

The title refers to Steve Paxton's image of Newton's apple - an invitation to consider the body in relation to gravity and the ongoing experiment of being in motion.

Charlie Morrissey is a performer, teacher and director who has been working with movement for over 35 years. His practice is influenced and inspired by collaborations with artists such as Steve Paxton, Lisa Nelson, Scott Smith, K. J. Holmes, Kirstie Simson, Karen Nelson, Siobhan Davies, Katye Coe, Andrea Buckley, Becky Edmunds and many others. He has worked on performance projects in the UK and internationally in theaters, galleries and site-specific contexts.

Language: EN