Yielding together is a four days workshop in Contact Improvisation.
Simply put, yielding means to actively
meet something. And actively meeting something means your relationship to that something will change. In application it is
not just one’s own body weight in
relationship to the earth but also into the space around. In sharing the practice of yielding together, the invitation is to melt into the easeful dance of life feeling both supported and easeful.
Through Contact Improvisation, we will dive into movement as an open-ended exploration of sometimes wild and athletic, sometimes quiet and meditative expression of ourselves.
Turning inwards, with a somatic approach, spending time with our inner landscapes, letting the outer and more larger expression appear from the sensations inside.
Some of the aspects of Contact Improvisation that we would be studying in this workshop are:
– communicating through weight and how it supports our movement in solo and in contact with other bodies.
– spirals and effortless movement together
– breathing, trusting and deep listening
– support, following and leading momentum
– qualities that we wish to cultivate are listening, stillness, curiosity, fluidity, playfulness,
spontaneity

WORKSHOP FACILITATOR
Harmandeep Singh
Harman is a Contact Improvisation practitioner and
facilitator who comes from a technical background of
building mobile apps and websites. He studied Electronics
And Instrumentation Engineering and earned a living as a
software developer. Much later, he got introduced and
immersed into the experience and exploration of art and body movement. He was deeply touched and moved by the practice of Contact Improvisation 7 years ago and since
then, he has been exploring different dimensions of
movement and awareness that it has to offer.
To support his adventure of Contact Improvisation, he has studied various movement
practices including axis syllabus, body mind centering (BMC), feldenkrais method, contemporary dance floor work, somatic practices, body work and capoeira. He is
interested in the art of facilitating, creating and holding spaces for collaborations of
various art forms and practices with Contact Improvisation. There is curiosity to explore existing and new applications of Contact Improvisation in different aspects of life as an experience. He likes to travel to different places, spaces and cultures while sharing the practice of Contact Improvisation along the way.

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OTHER DETAILS
Location: Auroville

Dates
20th Feb to 23rd Feb, 2025

First two days, 20th & 21st Feb, are beginner friendly and are open to all levels of experience and can be only enrolled for a complete workshop.
Existing practitioners with some experience can also choose to join only the last two days,
22nd & 23rd Feb.

Registration & enquiries
aurovilleartworld(at)gmail.com

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