Julija Melnik (Vilnius-Berlin) – Master of Science in Education with 13 years experience in dance pedagogy (from hip-hop dance to argentine tango, from improvisation to sacred dances of the dervishes), teacher of Samara Yoga, instructor of Choreographic Samadeva and constellator by method of Idris Lahore. Since 2006 she has been developing and teaching contact improvisation (IC) in Baltic and in many other countries, including teaching at various CI festivals and other related conferences or events.
She also explores other forms of improvisation and performance, and her search for movement is also informed by practices of meditation, bodywork, dance therapy and other psycho-corporal techniques such as the Feldenkrais method.
Julija studied contact improvisation with CI pioneers – Steve Paxton and Nancy Stark Smith, as well as Nina Martin, Andrew Harwood, Angela Donii, Joerg Hassman, Charlie Morrissey, Adrian Russi and many others. Improvisation and performances she also studied with Julyen Hamilton, Daniel Lepkoff, Nita Little, Alexander Girshon, Keith Hennessy, David Zombrano and others.
Her teaching at CI includes projects with various educational and artistic institutions in Lithuania and abroad, as well as the Lithuanian Association of the Blind and Visually Impaired.
The Principles of CI – the conditions for structure, force, depth and evolution
Class on Saturday 10:30-14:00
The workshop is designed for all levels of experience in CI. The aim – to prepare or to strengthen foundations in CI, that will allow to enter into a mutually satisfying dance duet, depending on the level of each dancer and their relation quality.
Contact improvisation can become an ,,Art of Staying Connected”, that allows to maintain the contact in the dance with another, the continuity, fluidity and harmony of the movement with others. It is a wonderful instrument to experience what happens at the moment of contact, to approach the reality through touch and to engage into the path towards joy and freedom!
This movement-dance requires not only the physical technique, but also training of attention and cultivation of quality relationship with others. It’s a great way to see, expand and transcend our own limits.
I will be very happy to meet and investigate the dance with those, who want to enter into contact with themselves and the others through conscious movement and touch.
Masha Grudskaya (Moscow) – teacher of contact and dance/movement improvisation, somatic therapist, performer.
Has been dancing CI since 2003, teacher of Moscow Center of CI (contactimprovisation.ru), teaches in Russia and other countries.
Participates in performance projects in collaboration with dancers, musicians, painters, worked with TabulaDanza dance theater company, with choreographers Steve Batts (UK), Benno Voorham (Sweden) and others.
IBMT Somatic Therapist, graduated Institute of Intergative Bodywork and Movement Therapy Program (ISMETA-certified program directed by Linda Hartley, UK). IBMT includes Body-Mind Centering ®, Authentic Movement and Somatic Psychology (ibmt.co.uk). In her practice she also used elements of Bartenieff Fundamentals, Laban Analysis, Feldenkraiz Method. Coordinator of IBMT Russia ibmt-russia.ru.
Maria is an organizer and teacher of Russian and international CI festivals: Winter Festival in Moscow Region, Festival of CI and Water Dance in Thailand “Catch the Wave” (ci-thai.com), CI Festival on Ladoga Lake in Karelia (ladoga-dance.ru).
Lives at Tarusa Creative Farm “Bobry” (fermabobry.ru) – beautiful nature not far from Moscow.
Fascial Dance – everything connected to everything. Class on Sunday 10:30-12:30
I love to use body images and information about body systems to inspire my dance, we can direct the “flash light” anywhere in the body and find which quality of movement is activated, probably find new support, energy, desire for movement and contact.
In this class I invite you to fascia – connective tissue around bones, muscles, organs, vessels, cells etc. – everything in the body. This time we’ll focus more on bones and ligaments. From somatic images and hands-on we’ll come to movement and shared dance.
And here are some inspirations that you can try right now, you don’t even have to wait for the class :)!
– feel deep effortless connection between bones, how they talk to each other
– every movement in every direction in every place in the body is supported
– spiral ligaments connect spiral bones
– connective tissue like honey flows around all organs and muscles and bones
– connection between people – how do you feel the connective tissue of the group right now?
LT: Maša Grudskaja (Maskva) – kontakto ir šokio-judesio improvizacijos mokytoja, somatikos terapeutė, artistė. Nuo 2003 m. šoka KI, Maskvos KI Centro mokytoja. Moko Rusijoje ir kitose šalyse.
Dalyvauja pasirodymuose ir bendruose projektuose su šokėjais, muzikantais, dailininkais. Dirbo su šokio teatro grupe TabulaDanza, su Steve Batts (JK), Benno Voorham (Švedija) ir kitais choreografais.
Somatikos terapeutė Integratyvaus Bodyworko ir Judesio Terapijos Institute (ibmt.co.uk). Jame įgijo išsilavinimą pagal ISMETA patvirtintą programą, vedamą Lindos Hartley (JK). IBJT (Institute) dėstoma Kūno-Proto Centravimas, Autentiškas Judesys ir Somatinė Psichologija. Savo praktikose ji taipogi naudojo Bartenieff Pagrindų, Laban Analizės, Feldenkraiz Metodo Koordinavimo iš IBJT, elementus.
Marija yra Rusijoje ir užsienyje rengiamų KI festivalių rengėja ir mokytoja: Žiemos Maskvos regiono festivalis, KI ir Vandens Šokio festivalis Tailande „Pagauk bangą“ (ci-thai.com), KI festivalis ant Ladoga ežero pakrantės Karelijoje (ladoga-dance.ru).
Gyvena Tarusos Kūrybinėje Fermoje „Bebrai“ (fermabobry.ru) – graži gamta netoli Maskvos.
Fascialinis šokis – viskas su viskuo susiję. Sekmadienis 10:30-12:30
Mėgstu naudoti kūno vaizdus ir informaciją apie kūno sistemas savo šokio įkvėpimui. Mes galime nukreipti žibintuvėlį į bet kurią kūno vietą ir rasti kuri judesio kokybė yra aktyvuota, galbūt rasti naują atramą, energiją, polinkį judesiui ir kontaktui.
Šios pamokos metu kviečiu jus į fascia – materiją, jungiančią kaulus, raumenis, organus, kraujagysles, ląsteles ir t.t. – viską kas yra kūne. Šį kartą daugiau dėmesio skirsime kaulams ir raiščiams. Nuo somatinių vaizdų pereisime prie judesio ir pasidalinimo šokiu.
O čia yra yra keletas dalykų įkvėpimui, kuriuos gali išbandyti kad ir dabar:
· pajausk gilią, nereikalaujančią pastangų jungtį tarp kaulų, kaip jie bendrauja
· kiekvienas judesys kiekviena kryptimi kiekvienoje kūno vietoje turi palaikymą
· spiraliniai raiščiai jungia spiralinius kaulus
· jungianti medžiaga – kaip medus aptekantis visus organus, raumenis ir kaulus
· jungtis tarp žmonių – kaip tu jauti grupę žmonių jungiančią medžiagą?.
Maria Podolskai
a (Riga) has been dancing CI since 2010. She took part in many international and Russian CI festivals and workshops, as well as organized and facilitated classes, labs and performances. So far her dance practise has been influenced by dance and movement therapy. She visited various workshops led by Alexander Girshon in Vilnius and worldwide. Her main interests in dancing are dynamic, honesty and flow.
Emotional Dance. Class on Saturday 15:30-17:30
We’ll dance with our basic emotions, express them in movement and contact through them. Joy, sadness, fear, anger, excitement and many more feelings make us alive and complex. We’ll integrate them into our solo and contact dance, finding a balance between them and giving life and fruitiness to our interactions. Class is based on dance and movement therapy, as well as on my own observations and research.LT: Maria Podolskaia (Riga) šoka KI nuo 2010 m. Dalyvavo daugelyje tarptautinių KI festivalių ir workshop’ų, taip pat kuravo ir rengė pamokas, laboratorijas ir pasirodymus. Iki šiol jos šokio praktikai įtaką darė šokio ir judesio terapijos praktika. Maria dalyvavo įvairiuose Alexander Girshon užsiėmimuose Vilniuje ir svetur. Pagrindiniai jai įdomūs aspektai šokyje yra dinamika, nuoširdumas ir tėkmė.
Emocionalus šokis. Šeštadienis 15:30-17:30
Mes šoksime kartu su savo pagrindinėmis emocijomis, išreikšime jas judesyje, jų dėka vystysime kontaktą. Džiaugsmas, liūdesys, baimė, pyktis, jaudulys ir kiti mus užpildantys ir gyvais darantys jausmai. Mes juos įtrauksime į solo ir konktaktinius šokius, ieškosime jų pusiausvyros, suteiksime gyvybės ir vaisingumo mūsų interakcijoms. Pamokos pagrindu bus šokio ir judesio terapija bei mano pačios tyrinėjimai ir pastebėjimai.
Vilnius Contact Improvisation & Performance Minifestival 