Dance Marathon – 51- hours Dance immersion for the 51st anniversary of Contact Improvisation

Moving Environment – II Edition

31 July – 5 August – 2023 @ Spazio Seme

Instant Composition | Contact Improvisation | Somatic 

From laboratory to the performance Site specific at Teatro Vasariano di Arezzo 

Time: phrasing and musicality in improvisation with Paolo Cingolani

Intensive: Paolo Cingolani (IT)

Classes: Consuelo Pacheco (CL/IT), Leonardo Lambruschini (IT), Susan Haines (USA), Andrea Vazquez-Aguirre (USA/MX)

Photo Paolo Cingolani

The intensive laboratory are open to experienced movers and to anyone involved in a personal research in movement and instant dance’s practice.
The workshop foresees the participation of a group of 7 young American dance students who will be in artistic residency at Spazio Seme for the Dance & Music program (25 July – 05 August) organized in collaboration with Western Washington University
Those who want to can perform in a public performance city specific at the end of the workshop.

Where:
Spazio Seme – International Artistic Center – Arezzo, (IT)

Accomodation: Common space at Spazio Seme or B&B (if you need help to find ask to us)

Arraiving on 31 of July (activity start – 1st of August at 9.30am).
Departure on 5th of August before lunch
Finale performance city specific on friday 4th August

Intensive with Paolo Cingolani

Time: phrasing and musicality in improvisation – 

The seminar is aimed at dancers, actors and musicians who want to study and practice instantaneous composition through the lens of Time. Time will therefore be the main subject through which to enter the flow of the present moment during improvisation. Within this ‘frame’ topics such as: the different perception between instant and temporal duration, time as a pragmatic tool for creating dance phrases, the distinction between linear time and radial time will be addressed. Great space will also be given to the relationship between dance and music (recorded music and live music). Participants will learn to relate to music in a direct way and without mutual “dependencies”: no longer following or being followed by the music, but learning to dialogue with it “on an equal footing”, establishing a constantly evolving dialogue in the flow of notes and movements . The proposed exercises will focus on listening deeply to one’s body as well as one’s mind, on the emergence of spontaneity, imagination and the creation of poetry of movement. Participants will be accompanied, during the lesson, through a progressive path that will start from the simplicity of the individual act, to the complexity and richness of an instant group emotion.

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Paolo Cingolani is an Italian dancer specialized in the art of improvisation and instantaneous composition. Her work is characterized by a specific practice on intuition as the first tool to create dance and text in performance. Since 2012 he has been a member of Julyen Hamilton’s Allen’s Line company. In recent years, Paolo has also dedicated himself to creating dance performances with other artists, dancers, musicians and visual designers. In this context of freelance, he has performed extensively in many European cities (2005-2023). As a teacher, he has developed a personal technique of movement and theater (Movement Alchemy) resulting from the combination of Tai-Ji Qi Gong with the principles of contemporary dance and instantaneous composition. Since 2006 he has been invited to teach in festivals, schools and institutions throughout Europe.
more info: www.paolocingolani.com

Live CV: www.paolocingolani.com/timeline.html 

Ultimi video:  https://vimeo.com/745390963 / https://vimeo.com/791230077

Lista di video: http://www.paolocingolani.com/portfolio-page.html 

Contact Improvisation

with Leonardo Lambruschini & Consuelo Pacheco
Contact Improvisation, as a dance based on improvisation, pushes us to accept whatever happens in the present and transform it into an expressive creation.
Pay attention to what happens spontaneously, experiencing fluidity in a dance for two or more people within the improvisation.
The movement derives from a physical relationship that inspires an instant creation, that is, an improvisation.
Participants are invited to explore and move without resorting to sight, move following hearing, move and express themselves following internal and external impulses.
A child’s first relationship with the world begins with a hug.
An authentic and pure dance that welcomes our thoughts, the limits of the body and fears.
We will work following the fundamental principles of the I.C. on the relationship between weight to gravity, inertia and constant dynamics of a living body always in motion.

Leonardo Lambruschini – Italy
Contact, trust, movement are the central focus around which I develop teaching and practice, both for adults and children. Above all, trust in the present moment as a fruitful source of inspiration and meaning. I am attracted to places and contexts where various forms of art meet, communicate and create something new, that transcends languages and differences. I am also the co-founder and Art Director of Spazio Seme www.spazioseme.com – International Cultural Arts Center in Arezzo (Tuscany, IT). There, we create opportunities to research, organize, and manage festivals, intensive workshops, performances, artistic productions, and residencies. I develop and lead classes for children (ContaKids, PlayContact).
I teach C.I for adults and students, in Italy and abroad. I feel very attracted by the nature and expansive dimension of travel. I have taught at festivals and done intensive labs in India, France, Portugal, Greece, Israel, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Russia, Moldova, Georgia, Northern Ireland, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Brazil.
I am one of the organizers of ItalyContactFest – www.italycontactfest.com

Consuelo Pacheco – Chile-Italy
Dancer, Teacher and somatic researcher. Since my childhood, the Dance experience has accompanied my work as a human being.
I started practicing C.I 12 years ago, and during this time my curiosity about the phenomena of the movement continues to expand and invites me to continue to explore unknown places. I am interested in exploring the dimensions of improvisation and the virtues of creativity that can be applied to plasticity and creativity to dance. In my curiosity about the phenomenon of being alive, in recent years I have ventured into the universe of contemplative arts and somatic practices, studying the Alexander Technique in greater depth. In addition, in my daily life I spend a large part of my time lovingly and respectfully raising my daughter Amanda, researching the Montessori and Pikler methods to delve into psychomotor evolutionary development in early childhood. Currently, I am studying the Ecology of Childhood Training at the European Institute of Perinatal Mental Health.

Munz Floor 

with Andrea Vazquez-Aguirre
This innovative somatic method was created by Alexander Munz, founder of MAISON MUNZ. In this class, you will experience the benefits of spiraled sequences in the floor that promote elasticity and vital resilience within your fascial system. The class is guided verbally, and the student is empowered to work with their own capabilities.

For more information about this methodology check this website: www.maisonmunz.com
Andrea Vazquez-Aguirre (USA/MX)
Andrea Vazquez-Aguirre (MFA: SUNY Brockport, BFA: National Conservatory of Dance in Mexico D.F.) is a cross-disciplinary dance artist. She was a scholar under FONCA*, and has danced in several professional companies in Mexico and the United States. She is interested in performances that explore the idea of ‘truth in fiction’ and ‘fiction in truth.’ She is co-director along with her creative and life partner, James J. Kaufmann of Another River Interdisciplinary Ensemble. She is serving as Assistant Professor of Dance at Southern Utah University. *Federal Council for Culture and Arts in Mexico.

Movement ecology

with Susan Haines (USA)

Susan Haines is dancer, choreographer, and educator with research specializations in dance science, creative process mentoring, and movement ecology for sustainability of person, place, and planet. Her teaching prioritizes depth of inquiry and engagement with transdisciplinary work; the moving body, performance studies, group dynamics, and psychology. She has an MFA in Dance from UNC-Greensboro, is a master teacher in Pilates, and is certified in Functional Range Conditioning, AcuKinesis, Yoga, and NeuroKinetic Therapy: a sophisticated assessment and treatment modality that addresses the causes of dysfunctional movement/coordination problems at their root in the motor control center. She serves as a Dance Science expert for Apolla Performance and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Dance Education with research published in JODE and RIDE. Her dance films with musician Bruce Hamilton have been selected by jury for festivals in the US, Germany, Belgrade, and Portugal.

Program:

Monday  31 July
arriving from 19.00
20.30 sharing dinner free time

Tuesday 1 August
8.30 – breakfast
9.30 – 13.30 Intensive
14.00 – lunch
16.00 – 19.00 class
20.00 – dinner
21.30 – Contact Improv. Jam

Wednesday 2 August
8.30 – breakfast
9.30 – 13.30 Intensive
14.00 lunch
16.00 – 19.00 class
20.00 dinner
21.30 Contact Improv. Jam

Thursday 3 August
8.30 –  breakfast
10.30 – 13.30 Intensive
14.00 – lunch
16.00 – 19.00 class
20.00 dinner
21.30 – free time city

Friday 4 August

8.30 – breakfast
10.30 – 13.30 Intensive
14.00 – lunch
16.00 – 19.00 we will do what we need for the performance

19.30 – Teatro Vasariano di Arezzo – Performance di danza contemporanea –

Saturday 5 Augusto

9.00 – breakfast

10.00 – 12.30 Boodywork in to the JAM

12.30 closing circle – departure

The registration are open!
To register, a deposit is required for completing the registration. Send a mail to info@spazioseme.com and get all the information.

Costs for participants: 

Full price:

Breakfast,  Lunch and dinner are included 

–       common space study (sleeping bag) € 320 –

For more info and registration:

info@spazioseme.com – Leonardo.lambruschin@gmail.com – whatsapp +393383366049

Global Underscore 2023 and more…

Lab, Jam, classes, performance
23, 24, 25 June 2022 @Spazio Seme
Arezzo – (IT)

Underscore and Global – https://globalunderscore.com

The Underscore is a framework for practicing and researching dance improvisation that Nancy Stark Smith has been developing since 1990 based on her work with Contact Improvisation. It is an open score that guides dancers through a series of “changing states”, from solo deepening/releasing and sensitizing to gravity and support; through group circulation and interaction, contact improvisation engagements, opening out to full space improvisation with compositional awareness.
The Global Underscore is practiced globally and simultaneously every year for the Summer Solstice. It was proposed, for the first time, by Clair Filmon in 2000, following her desire to connect dancers from all over the world to create and compose all together in the present moment.

L’ORDINE DELLE PAROLE
a cura di Bruno Nacci.
Sabato 15 e domenica 16 aprile a Spazio Seme

Giulia Ravarotto

PERPETUUM MOBILE
EFFORTLESS DANCING BETWEEN DREAM AND REALITY
A workshop of Contact Improvisation with Lior Ophir (Israel/Italy)

17-18-19 March 2023 @ Spazio Seme – Arezzo (IT)

http://www.spazioseme.com/perpetuum-mobile-contact-improvisation-with-lior-ophir/

Intensive Lab. + Performance

Improvvisare con la musica dal vivo è sperimentare la conoscenza 

7,8,9,10 Aprile 2023 @ Spazio Seme – Arezzo

From laboratory to the performance city specific

Con Giorgio Rossi (danza) e Michele Marchesani (musica)

in collaborazione con Associazione Sosta Palmizi

http://www.spazioseme.com/improvvisare-con-la-musica-dal-vivo-e-sperimentare-la-conoscenza/

Contact JAM LAB – Canceled!
28 April | 1 May – @ Spazio Seme – Arezzo (IT)

4 giorni di Contact Improvisation JAMs in formato LABoratorio.

http://www.spazioseme.com/contact-jam-lab-4-days/

!!!!! work in progress at Spazio Seme, for the new roof.!!!

Sorry but we have to cancel the Contact Jam Lab event at the end of April.
We are waiting for you to dance again at Global Undescore from June 23rd to 25th!

GLOBAL UNDESCORE 2023 

23,24,25 June  @ Spazio Seme – Arezzo

http://www.spazioseme.com/global-undescore-2023-plus/

MOVING ENVIRONMENT – DANCE LAB.

31 July, 1,2,3,4,5, August 2023  – @ Spazio Seme – Arezzo

http://www.spazioseme.com/moving-environment-intensive-dance-lab-performance/

work in progress at Spazio Seme, for the new roof. Sorry but we have to cancel the Contact Jam Lab event at the end of April.
We are waiting for you to dance again at Global Undescore from June 23rd to 25th!

Contact JAM LAB
28 April | 1 May – Spazio Seme | Arezzo

4 giorni di Contact Improvisation JAMs in formato LABoratorio.
La danza è un’esperienza di trasformazione che apre nuovi sguardi e riflessioni sul corpo, il movimento e il nostro pensiero sulla vita. La danza offri uno spazio di ascolto, consapevolezza e anche coraggio per viaggiare dentro di noi, e ritrovare una vera connessione-relazione con lo spazio.

Questo incontro e una opportunità per conoscere e sviluppare le radici della tua danza, è un percorso di quattro giorni di ricerca sul movimento e l’improvvisazione attraverso il Contact Improvisation in formato JAM – Laboratorio. Proponiamo diverse proposte di esplorazione, per vivere la nostra danza come una continua novità.

La Contact Improvisation Jam è una parte della pratica di improvvisazione in contatto e offre uno spazio informale ai danzatori per concentrarsi sul movimento.

La partecipazione è aperta a tutti i livelli ma con esperienza nella pratica e formato JAM of Contact Improvisation. Contact JAM LAB apre la possibilità di fare ricerca nella danza di improvvisazione in contatto con diversi focus.

Laboratorio si svolge nelle sale studio di Spazio Seme, Arezzo. Potrai dormire con il tuo materassino e sacco a pelo. Cibo e pernotto sono inclusi nel prezzo (fatta eccezione la cena di arrivo il giovedì prima della Jam).

PROGRAMMA:

Contemplative dance & Silent JAM –  Live music jam – Sharing time – Urban JAM – Nature JAM -Focus JAM

Venerdi 28  Aprile

18.00 Arriving

21.00 Open circle JAM

Sabato 29 Aprile

8.30  Breakfast

10.00 | 13.00 JAM Lab.

13.00 Sharing time

13.30 Lunch

15.30 | 18.30 JAM Lab.

20.00 dinner

21.30 JAM Lab.

Domenica 30 Aprile

9.00 breakfast

10.00 | 14.00 – JAM Lab.

14.00 Lunch

15.00 – 17.30 JAM Lab.

18.00 Sharing time

19.00 Apericena

21.00 JAM Lab.

Lunedì 1 Maggio

9.00 breakfast

10.00 | 11.00 JAM Lab.

13.30 Lunch

15.30 | 17.00  JAM and closing circle

COSTI:

Full price: accommodation (common space), vegetarian food and dance.

130 euro – (pernotto e pasti)

Il Laboratorio si svolge presso Spazio Seme ad Arezzo – via del Pantano 36.

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4 days of Contact Improvisation JAMs in LAB format.
Dance is a transformative experience that opens up new perspectives and reflections on the body, movement and our thinking about life. Dance offers a space for listening, awareness and also courage to travel within us, and rediscover a true connection-relationship with space.

This meeting is an opportunity to get to know and develop the roots of your dance, it is a four-day path of research on movement and improvisation through Contact Improvisation in JAM – Laboratory format. We propose various exploration proposals, to experience our dance as a continuous novelty.

Contact Improvisation Jam is a part of contact improvisation practice and provides an informal space for dancers to focus on the movement.

Participation is open to all levels but with experience in the JAM of Contact Improvisation practice and format. Contact JAM LAB opens up the possibility of doing research in improvisational dance in contact with different focuses.

Laboratory takes place in the study rooms of Spazio Seme, Arezzo. You will be able to sleep with your own mattress and sleeping bag. Food and accommodation are included in the price (with the exception of the arrival dinner on the Thursday before the Jam).

Costs for participants: 

Full price: accommodation, vegetarian food, classes and performance

– € 130
The workshop takes place at Spazio Seme in Arezzo – Tuscany (IT).

Accommodation:

You can stay in Spazio Seme  for the night, common space study (with your sleeping bag)

For more info and registration:

info@spazioseme.com – Leonardo.lambruschin@gmail.com – whatsapp +393383366049

ContaKids Jam Family + Contact Improvisation Lab & Jam

Domenica 29 Gennaio – Spazio Seme (Arezzo)

ContaKids Jam Family

10.00 – 11.00 Laboratorio ContaKids

11.00 – 11.30 Pausa

11.30 – 12.30 Jam (spazio aperto all’improvvisazione) .

ContaKids Jam Family è un’esperienza di gioco e movimento che esplora nuovi modi di stare insieme, tra genitori e figli. È un’occasione per osservare le relazioni, è un momento da vivere in famiglia attraverso la danza in uno spazio e un tempo aperti all’improvvisazione.
Il contatto fisico, la fiducia e la presenza sono elementi che ci accompagnano quando danziamo insieme. Un pavimento morbido ci sostiene, sia nella caduta che nel salto, riscoprendo la natura della gravità.

Contact Improvisation Lab & Jam

15.00 – 17.00 – Lab.

17.00 – 19.00 – Jam

Laboratorio aperto a tutti con e senza esperienza. Conduce Leonardo Lambruschini e Consuelo Pacheco con il sostegno di altri amici che da anni danzano e ricercano con la danza Contact Improvisation.

La Contact Improvisation Jam è una parte della pratica di improvvisazione. Non è una lezione, talvolta può essere introdotta da un riscaldamento che permetterà di entrare nella danza con fluidità, oppure potrà avere un Focus. La Jam è uno spazio-tempo in cui ci incontramo per danzare insieme e improvvisare.

Leonardo Lambruschini – è insegnate certificato Contakids. Insegna da oltre 10 anni corsi di movimento per bambini (gioco danza, Playcontact) e adulti (danza Contact Improviastion)  in Italia e all’estero. Co-organizza dal 2013 il Festival Italiano di C.I. www.italycontactfest.com. E’ co-direttore artistico di Spazio Seme – Centro Artistico Internazionale – www.spazioseme.com

Consuelo Pacheco – Danzatrice, Praticante Somatica ed Educatrice del Movimento.
Laureata come insegnante e danzatrice di danza Moderna e Contemporanea presso il Centro di Danza Espiral di Santiago del Cile (2007-2012). La sua esperienza nella Danza inizia nell’infanzia e si sviluppa negli ultimi dodici anni principalmente nella ricerca di pratiche di improvvisazione e integrazione corpo-mente (Alexander Technique, Body Mind Centering, Contact Improvisation). Nel 2012 ha iniziato a tenere corsi di danza e improvvisazione a bambini, giovani e adulti, e anche corsi di danza in famiglia. Attualmente, ricercando i metodi Montessori e Pikler per approfondire lo sviluppo evolutivo psicomotorio nella prima infanzia.

Costo:

ContaKids Jam Family:

– 15 euro a famiglia

Contact Improvisation Lab & Jam:

–  Lab+JAM – 15 euro

–  JAM – 10 euro

Info e registrazioni:

Leonardo 3383366049

Leonardo.lamruschini@gmail.com

PERPETUUM MOBILE
EFFORTLESS DANCING BETWEEN DREAM AND REALITY
A workshop of Contact Improvisation with Lior Ophir (Israel/Italy)

17-18-19 March 2023 @ Spazio Seme – Arezzo (IT)

—English below—

“O speculatori del continuo moto, quanti vari ingegni in simil cerca avete creati!
Accompagnatevi con li cercatori d’oro [i maghi alchimisti]. “
“Oh seekers after perpetuum mobile, how many vain chimeras have you pursued?
Go and take your place with the alchemists.”
Leonardo da Vinci, 1494

MOTO PERPETUO
DANZA SENZA SFORZO TRA SOGNO E REALTÀ

with Lior Ophir (Israel/Italy)

Perpetuum mobile (moto perpetuo) è il moto di un corpo che continua per sempre in un sistema imperturbato. Un apparato perpetuum mobile è un sistema che può funzionare all’infinito senza una fonte di energia esterna. Questo tipo di sistema si è dimostrato impossibile, ma la ricerca di questo apparato risale al Medioevo e continua fino ai tempi moderni.
In questo seminario sono interessato a portare la ricerca di questo PERPETUUM MOBILE in noi stessi – esplorare l’arte della danza senza sforzo e senza fine insieme.

Esploreremo modi per lubrificare le articolazioni e muoverci con facilità e con il minimo sforzo.
Modi per rilassare la mente, così l’ascolto, l’incontro e la scelta – momento per momento – diventano organici, spontanei e piacevoli.
Conoscendo e rispettando le forze intorno e dentro di noi, il difficile diventa facile e l’impossibile diventa possibile
Attraverso il movimento continuo, rilassati e svegli, troveremo modi per riciclare e trasformare l’energia, ballando da soli e con un partner.

Ci eserciteremo usando solo la quantità di cui abbiamo veramente bisogno.
Sii chiaro e generoso – Dai energia allo spazio e ai miei partner, quando posso.
Sii aperto e disponibile – Ricevi energia dagli altri, quando voglio.
Trasformare e riciclare la mia stessa energia.
Muoviti in basso e in alto, lento e veloce, da solo e insieme.
Scopri e riscopri il piacere semplice ma profondo della danza.
L’arte di ballare senza sforzo.
L’alchimia del nostro PERPETUUM MOBILE.

Ogni giornata inizierà con una delicata messa a punto del corpo/mente.
Prenderemo quindi la qualità che creiamo e la conoscenza che otterremo, oltre all’utilizzo di alcuni esercizi dettagliati, nella contact improvisation – danza e jamming.

Lior Ophir (Israele/Italia) è un danzatore, improvvisatore, artista performativo, musicista, terapista Shiatsu, prati
cante Feldenkrais, ingegnere, insegnante, studente.
Classe 1971. Dopo anni di lavoro nel campo dell’ingegneria, ho incontrato la danza che ha cambiato la mia vita.

Dalla fine degli anni ’90 Lior pratica ed esplora varie forme di movimento, danza, corpo/mente e consapevolezza, tra cui: Improvvisazione, Contact Improvisation, Butoh, Danza Contemporanea, Terapia Shiatsu, Feldenkrais, Yoga, Meditazione Vipassana, Tai-Qi, Qi-Kong .
La sua danza e
il suo insegnamento sono influenzati da queste discipline.
Negli ultimi 20+ anni, Lior ha insegnato in Israele, Giappone, Germania, Italia, Francia, Inghilterra, Spagna, Paesi Bassi, Svizzera, Ungheria, Romania, Russia, Ucraina, Argentina, Brasile e altro ancora.
Co-fondatore dell’Israeli CI Association, co-organizzatore del festival Israeli CI e fondatore di molti altri festival ed ensemble.
Lior si è esibito in lavori solisti così come in collaborazioni con vari artisti, in teatri, gallerie e nello spazio pubblico, in Israele e in tutto il mondo.
Aveva lavorato, collaborato e ballato con alcuni dei grandi ballerini e insegnanti come Yoshito Ohno, Arye Burstein, Nancy Starks-Smith, Julian Hamilton, Susan Klein, Juan Cruz-Diaz, Nita Little, Frey Faust, Mirva Makinnen e molti altri.
Lior attualmente vive nel piccolo villaggio di Bogliasco in Liguria (Italia), insegna e si esibisce regolarmente in Israele, Italia e in tutto il mondo.

You can see him dancing at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HdXqlkLdFc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaVxsr-dRsY&t=5s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pwCcy5z8pE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njPJYlAxUFI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Am9v6maYS0&t=3s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebg_vFaYG8U

PERPETUUM MOBILE
EFFORTLESS DANCING BETWEEN DREAM AND REALITY
Perpetuum mobile (perpetual motion) is the motion of a body that continues forever in an unperturbed system. A perpetuum mobile apparatus is a system that can work infinitely without an external energy source. This kind of systemwas proven to be impossible, but the search for this apparatus dates back to the middle ages and continuing into modern times.
In this workshop I am interested to take the search of this PERPETUUM MOBILE into ourselves – explore the art of effortless and infinite dancing together.

We will explore ways to lubricate the joints and move with ease and minimal effort.
Ways to relax the mind, so listening, meeting and choosing – moment by moment – become organic, spontaneous and pleasurable.
Through knowing and respecting the forces around and within us – difficult becomes easy and impossible becomes possible
Through continuous movement, relaxed and awake, we will find ways to recycle and transform energy – dancing in solo and with a partner.

We will practice using just as much as we really need.
Be clear and generous – Give energy to the space and to my partners, when I can.
Be open and willing – Receive energy from others, when I want.
Transform and recycle my own energy.
Move low a
nd high, slow and fast, alone and together.
Discover and re-discover the simple but deep pleasure of dancing.
The art of dancing effortlessly.
The alchemy of our own PERPETUUM MOBILE.

Each day will start with soft close-to-the-floor fine-tuning of the body/mind.
We will then take the quality we create and the knowledge we will gain, as well as using some detailed exercises, into contact improvisation – dancing and jamming.

Lior Ophir (Israel/Italy) is a Dancer, Improviser, Performance Artist, Musician, Shiatsu therapist, Feldenkrais practitioner, Engineer, Teacher, Student.
Born 1971. After years of working in the field of engineering, I met with the dance that changed my life.
Since the late 90’s Lior practices and explores various forms of movement, dance, body/mind and awareness, including: Improvisation, Contact Improvisation, Butoh, Contemporary Dance, Shiatsu Therapy, Feldenkrais, Yoga, Vipassana Meditation, Tai-Qi, Qi-Kong.
His dance and teaching are influenced by these disciplines.
In the last 20+ years, Lior has been teaching in Israel, Japan, Germany, Italy, France, England, Spain, Netherlands, Switzerland, Hungary, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Argentina, Brasil, and more.
Co-founder of the Israeli CI Association, co-organizer of the Israeli CI festival, and founder of several other festivals and ensembles.
Lior has been performing in solo works as well as in collaborations with various artists, in theaters, galleries and in the public space, in Israel and throughout the world.
Had worked, collaborated and danced with some of the great dancers and teachers such as Yoshito Ohno, Arye Burstein, Nancy Starks-Smith, Julian Hamilton, Susan Klein, Juan Cruz-Diaz, Nita Little, Frey Faust, Mirva Makinnen and many others.
Lior currently lives in the little village Bogliasco in Liguria (Italy), teaches and performs regularly in Israel, Italy and around the world.
You can see him dancing at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HdXqlkLdFc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaVxsr-dRsY&t=5s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pwCcy5z8pE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njPJYlAxUFI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Am9v6maYS0&t=3s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebg_vFaYG8U

Costs for participants: 

• 150 euro including (including meals and accommodation)

Intensive Lab. + Performance

Improvvisare con la musica dal vivo è sperimentare la conoscenza 

7,8,9,10 Aprile 2023 @ Spazio Seme – Arezzo

From laboratory to the performance city specific

Con Giorgio Rossi (danza) e Michele Marchesani (musica)

in collaborazione con Associazione Sosta Palmizi

Somatic awakening and Intro. to the Contact Improv. Jam

with Leonardo Lambruschini & Consuelo Pacheco

(English below)

Ph. Erica Andreini Photo – Program dance Moving Environment 2022 – Final Performance

Improvvisare con la musica dal vivo è sperimentare la conoscenza 

Il laboratorio nasce dalla volontà e dal desiderio di Giorgio Rossi, coreografo e danzatore, insieme al musicista Michele Marchesani di approcciare l’infinito mondo dell’improvvisazione per dare la possibilità di ampliare gli orizzonti creativi, cercando un contesto più completo dove la danza, la musica, il gesto, la parola e il gioco possano rimanere liberi e uniti armonicamente alle emozioni, al sentire e alle esperienze di ciascuno, quelle reali come quelle immaginate. L’esprimersi del corpo, il movimento creativo sono la riscoperta del movimento e della sua energia, anche più primordiale; in relazione non tanto e solo allo sviluppo di competenza fisiche ma:

come possibilità di un ampliamento delle proprie esperienze di ascolto, di riscoperta e di serena accettazione di un corpo dimenticato e tuttavia reale
come esperienza poetica nell’improvvisazione in cui proprio il corpo riscoperto possa fungere da espressione delle proprie emozioni ed energie interiori aiutando la crescita di un “linguaggio delle emozioni” (malgrado sé)
come esperienza che permette di accrescere la narrazione del corpo al fine di tentare di avvicinarsi alla conoscenza del sé e ad una nuova modalità di comunicazione con gli altri
La danza produce suono ed energia e ciò va sviluppato e posto nella narrazione del momento.
Non si sta solo facendo movimento ma scoprendo nello stesso istante conoscenza.

“Ogni istante è pretesto di stupore e immaginazione. La danza è praticare l’osservazione sensuale di ciò che mi sta intorno, la vita. Sensi, ricordi, il mutamento di colori, suoni odori sapori nel tempo e nello spazio nutrono i miei gesti danzati. Un gioco di percezioni e di elaborazioni sul presente che risveglia le idee per arricchire il nostro essere e nutrire più intensamente la vita”.
Giorgio Rossi

Giorgio Rossi 

E’ confondatore nel 1984 della Compagnia Sosta Palmizi e della successiva Associazione di cui è tuttora co-direttore artistico insieme a Raffaella Giordano.

Giorgio Rossi come direbbe E. Satie‚ “è un mammifero danzante”. All’età di 4 anni‚ vedendo il clown svizzero Dimitri, ha capito che il teatro era la sua vita.  Deve la sua fortuna artistica all’aver potuto assistere ai lavori di grandi maestri (Kantor, Brook, Bausch, Carlson) e, con alcuni‚ ha imparato l’arte scenica‚ sia come allievo che come interprete. Collabora con artisti di altri campi, come: P. Fresu, B. Bertolucci, T. Gylliam, S. Benni, P. Turci, L. Poli, D. Riondino, P. Rossi, Banda Osiris, G. Mirabassi, M. Rabbia, M. Baliani e tanti altri; partecipa come danzatore autore nella trasmissione Vieni via con me di R. Saviano e F. Fazio. Nel 2013 cura tutti i movimenti della Carmen di Bizet con L’Orchestra di piazza Vittorio. Con i suoi spettacoli, oltre 30 produzioni, ha girato il mondo grazie all’universalità dell’arte poetica del movimento.
Negli ultimi anni ha creato tre spettacoli rivolti al pubblico delle nuove generazioni (Con il naso all’insù, Costellazioni. Pronti, partenza… spazio!, Esercizi di fantastica). Nel 2019 è curatore della residenza formativa e creativa presso l’École des Sables di Dakar per il progetto di scambio “Italie, Culture, Afrique”. Ha collaborato con la compagnia El Grito sia come interprete (Gran Circo Rossini) che come coreografo (Uomo Calamita).  Nel 2021 e 2022 è impegnato come autore e interprete insieme a R. Goretti e M. Bonechi per la produzione Gli ultimi giorni di Pompeo di Andrea Pazienza.

Giorgio Rossi svolge da molti anni, in Italia e all’estero, una sensibile attività legata alla formazione in cui laboratori e collaborazioni con scuole di danza, teatro e circo contribuiscono alla diffusione dell’arte coreutica.

Michele Marchesani (danzatore/musicista)

E’ un insegnante di Shiatsu, un danzatore di Contact Improvisation, un musicista e un ricercatore delle dinamiche della percezione e del movimento. Dallo studio del pianoforte e della chitarra passa dopo qualche anno alla composizione cantautorale, registrando due dischi, ed esibendosi in numerose formazioni musicali. Fondamentale per lui l’incontro con il teatro e la danza per cui registra diverse tracce fino ad appassionarsi poi quasi esclusivamente al processo improvvisativo, che è ad oggi il suo principale interesse. Integra, pratica e scrive sulle relazioni che intercorrono tra suono e corpo in movimento, improvvisa con danzatori ed attori, interseca il suono con ambienti naturali, crea e progetta spettacoli letterario/musicali e sviluppa un suo particolare stile di usare l’elettronica come strumento espressivo.

Program:

Friday 7
arriving from 15.00
17.30 – 20.00 class
20.30 sharing dinner

Saturday 8
8.30 breakfast
9.30 somatic awakening
10.30 – 13.00 class
13.30 lunch
15.30 – 18.30 class
19.30 dinner
21.30 Contact Improv. Jam

Sunday 9
8.30 breakfast
9.30 somatic awakening
10.30 – 13.00 class
13.30 lunch
15.30 – 18.30 class
19.30 dinner
21.30 Contact Improv. Jam

Monday 10
8.30 breakfast
9.30 somatic awakening
10.30 – 13.00 class
13.30 lunch
17.00 Improv. Performance

Costo:

Alloggio , cibo vegetariano, classi e performance incluso.

– € 270

In arrivo: 7 aprile dalle 15:00
Partenza:10 aprile dopo lo spettacolo (se hai bisogno puoi rimanere una notte in più)
Performance pubblica finale allo Spazio Seme lunedì 10 aprile ore 17.00

Il workshop si svolge presso Spazio Seme ad Arezzo – via del Pantano 36.

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The laboratory was born from the will and desire of Giorgio Rossi, choreographer and dancer, together with the musician Michele Marchesani to approach the infinite world of improvisation to give the possibility of broadening creative horizons, seeking a more complete context where dance, music, gesture, word and game can remain free and harmoniously united to the emotions, feelings and experiences of each one, the real ones as well as the imagined ones. The expression of the body, the creative movement are the rediscovery of movement and its energy, even more primordial; in relation not so much and only to the development of physical skills but:

as the possibility of expanding one’s own listening experiences, of rediscovering and serene acceptance of a forgotten and yet real body
as a poetic experience in improvisation in which the rediscovered body can act as an expression of one’s emotions and inner energies, helping the growth of a “language of emotions” (in spite of oneself)
as an experience that allows you to increase the narration of the body in order to try to get closer to self-knowledge and to a new way of communicating with others
Dance produces sound and energy and this must be developed and placed in the narrative of the moment.
You are not only moving but discovering knowledge at the same time.

“Every instant is a pretext for amazement and imagination. Dance is practicing the sensual observation of what is around me, life. Senses, memories, the change of colors, sounds, smells, flavors in time and space feed my danced gestures A game of perceptions and elaborations on the present that awakens ideas to enrich our being and nourish life more intensely”.
George Rossi

bio Giorgio Rossi

He was the co-founder in 1984 of the Compagnia Sosta Palmizi and of the subsequent Association of which he is still co-artistic director together with Raffaella Giordano.

Giorgio Rossi, as E. Satie would say‚ “is a dancing mammal”. At the age of 4, seeing the Swiss clown Dimitri, he understood that the theater was his life. He owes his artistic fortune to having been able to attend the works of great masters (Kantor, Brook, Bausch, Carlson) and, with some ‚he learned the scenic art‚ both as a pupil and as an interpreter. He collaborates with artists from other fields, such as: P. Fresu, B. Bertolucci, T. Gylliam, S. Benni, P. Turci, L. Poli, D. Riondino, P. Rossi, Banda Osiris, G. Mirabassi, M. Rabbia, M. Baliani and many others; he participates as an author dancer in the transmission Come away with me by R. Saviano and F. Fazio. In 2013 he curated all the movements of Bizet’s Carmen with the Piazza Vittorio Orchestra. With his shows, over 30 productions, he has traveled the world thanks to the universality of the poetic art of movement.
In recent years he has created three shows aimed at a new generation of audiences (Con il naso all’insu, Costellazioni. Ready, set… space !, Fantastic exercises). In 2019 he is curator of the training and creative residency at the École des Sables in Dakar for the exchange project “Italie, Culture, Afrique”. He has collaborated with the El Grito company both as an interpreter (Gran Circo Rossini) and as a choreographer (Magnet Man). In 2021 and 2022 he is engaged as author and interpreter together with R. Goretti and M. Bonechi for Andrea Pazienza’s production The Last Days of Pompeo.

Giorgio Rossi has been carrying out for many years, in Italy and abroad, a sensitive activity linked to training in which workshops and collaborations with dance, theater and circus schools contribute to the diffusion of dance art.

Bio Michele Marchesani

He is a Shiatsu teacher, a Contact Improvisation dancer, a musician and a researcher of the dynamics of perception and movement. From studying the piano and guitar he passes after a few years to songwriting composition, recording two albums, and performing in numerous musical formations. Fundamental for him the encounter with the theater and dance for which he recorded several tracks until he became passionate almost exclusively to the improvisational process, which is today his main interest. Integrates, practices and writes about the relationship between sound and body in motion, improvises with dancers and actors, intersects sound with natural environments, creates and designs literary/musical performances and develops his own particular style of using electronics as an expressive tool.

Program:

Friday 7
arriving from 15.00
17.30 – 20.00 class
20.30 sharing dinner

Saturday 8
8.30 breakfast
9.30 somatic awakening
10.30 – 13.00 class
13.30 lunch
15.30 – 18.30 class
19.30 dinner
21.30 improv. jam

Sunday 9
8.30 breakfast
9.30 somatic awakening
10.30 – 13.00 class
13.30 lunch
15.30 – 18.30 class
19.30 dinner
21.30 improv. jam

Monday 10
8.30 breakfast
9.30 somatic awakening
10.30 – 13.00 class
13.30 lunch
17.00 Improv. Performance

Costs for participants: 

Full price: accommodation, vegetarian food, classes and performance

– € 270

Arraiving on 7th of April from 03pm – .
Departure on 10th of April after the performance (if you need you can stay one more night)
Finale public performance at Spazio Seme, Monday 10th at 5pm.

The workshop takes place at Spazio Seme in Arezzo – Tuscany (IT).

Accommodation:

You can stay in Spazio Seme  for the night, common space study (with your sleeping bag)

For more info and registration:

info@spazioseme.com – Leonardo.lambruschini@gmail.com – whatsapp +393383366049

13,14,15,16 Oct. 2022 @ Spazio Seme – Arezzo (IT)
50-hours Dance immersion for the 50th anniversary of Contact Improvisation

50CI – 50HR is an invitation to stay together and dance for an extended time, immersed in the unstable score of the JAM. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the birth of Contact Improvisation.
For 50 hours we will co-move in the community crossing together the different landscapes of attention, emotions and sensations. The dance is always there to support us.
Dance is the center and periphery of this encounter.
During these 50 hours we will be guided by a structure – flexible – which contains us and expands at the same time. We will travel together starting from the movement, discovering ways that (dis) organize us in the community.
Improvising our dance is also rethinking our practice over and over again.
We invite all those who feel the desire and curiosity to dance and create this expanded practice space. CI practitioners with little or much experience are welcome, in a space where knowledge can mix and cause new bifurcations in the way of experiencing and investigating CI.

Some of the practices that will be present in the 50 hours:
Contemplative dance
Somatic practices
Tea ceremony
Space for reading and imagination
Video Performance / Studio
Time of Silence

Support Teachers: 

Caterina Mocciola, Mario Ghezzi, Maura Elcaras Falkenberg, ….

Supporter musicians

Antonio Alemanno, Gianfranco Pigozzi

SHEDULE:

Giovedì 13 oct. 

19.00 Arriving 

20.30 Sharing dinner

21.30 Conference

Venerdì 14 oct

8.00 – Breakfast 

9.00 – Morning practice

10.00 – building the marathon 

12.00 Bell start 50HR 

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. Sabato 15 oct

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. Domenica 16 oct

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14.00 – Bell End 50HR

The event takes place in Spazio Seme Artistic Center, Arezzo. You will find mattresses to rest, bring your sleeping bag. Vegetarian food and overnight stay are included in the cost (except for the arrival dinner on Thursday 13 October).

Cost:
150 euro – up to September 30th.
170 euro – after September 30th.
Info e registration:
Consu – movimientocircular@gmail.com
Leo – leonardo.lambruschini@gmail.com
Samu – info@50dayscontactdance.com

Moving Environment – 

2 – 6 August – 2022 @ Spazio Seme

Instant Composition | Contact Improvisation | Somatic method

From laboratory to the performance city specific

Photo by Patrick Beelaert

Teachers:

Intensive: Paolo Cingolani (IT)

Classes: Andrea Vazquez-Aguirre (USA/MX), Consuelo Pacheco (CL/IT), Leonardo Lambruschini (IT), Keith M. Bradshaw (USA)

The intensive laboratory are open to experienced movers and to anyone involved in a personal research in movement and instant dance’s practice.
The workshop foresees the participation of a group of 7 young American students who will be in artistic residency at Spazio Seme for the Dance & Music program (25 July – 07 August) organized in collaboration with Southern Utah University.
Those who want to can perform in a public performance city specific at the end of the workshop.

Where:
Spazio Seme – International Artistic Center – Arezzo, (IT)

Accomodation: Common space or Arezzo Sport College.
Lunch:  on ArezzoSportCollege Resturant (8 minut by ….) – Sarà possibile utilizzare la piscina all’interno della struttura prima della ripresa delle classi pomeridiane.
Breakfast and dinner:  at Spazio Seme

Arraiving on 2nd of agust before 03.30pm – at 4.00pm welcome circle.
Departure on 6th of Agust
Finale performance city specific on friday 5th
The registration are open!
To register, a deposit is required for completing the registration. Send a mail to info@spazioseme.com and get all the information.

Movement & Voice 
Techniques of Instant Composition

with Paolo Cingolani

Instant Composition is a method to create movements, sounds and words in an intuitive and spontaneous way. During the workshop we will work from the physicality of the body to the meaning of the words. Sounds, pre verbal text, logics of grammar, cohabitation of movements and voice will be some of the areas of study touched during the week.

The method proposed aims first of all on increasing trust in one’s own intuition and spontaneity, and then on the creative aspect of action. Through the participation of the body and the observation of the mind, the students will learn to create dances and poetry in the flow of the present moment.

Participants will be guided in the workshop through a progressive approach that starts from the simplicity of the individual act, to reach the complexity and richness of an instantaneous group composition.

Paolo Cingolani is an Italian dancer specialized in the art of improvisation and instant composition. His work is characterized by a specific training on intuition as the first tool to create dance and text in performance. Since 2012 he is a member of Allen’s Line company of Julyen Hamilton. Paolo has also dedicated to create performances with other artists, dancers, musicians and visual designers. His way to compose choreographies and characters on stage defines a clear poetic of time and space in the contemporary scenic arts. In this freelance context, he has performed extensively through Europe (2005-2020). As a teacher, he has developed his personal body’s technique resulting from the combination of Tai-Ji and Qi Gong with the principles of contemporary dance. Since 2006 he has been teaching in schools, universities and festivals all around Europe. www.paolocingolani.com

Contact Improvisation

with Leonardo Lambruschini & Consuelo Pacheco
Contact Improvisation, as a dance based on improvisation, pushes us to accept whatever happens in the present and transform it into an expressive creation.
Pay attention to what happens spontaneously, experiencing fluidity in a dance for two or more people within the improvisation.
The movement derives from a physical relationship that inspires an instant creation, that is, an improvisation.
Participants are invited to explore and move without resorting to sight, move following hearing, move and express themselves following internal and external impulses.
A child’s first relationship with the world begins with a hug.
An authentic and pure dance that welcomes our thoughts, the limits of the body and fears.
We will work following the fundamental principles of the I.C. on the relationship between weight to gravity, inertia and constant dynamics of a living body always in motion.

Leonardo Lambruschini – Italy
Contact, trust, movement are the central focus around which I develop teaching and practice, both for adults and children. Above all, trust in the present moment as a fruitful source of inspiration and meaning. I am attracted to places and contexts where various forms of art meet, communicate and create something new, that transcends languages and differences. I am also the co-founder and Art Director of Spazio Seme www.spazioseme.com – International Cultural Arts Center in Arezzo (Tuscany, IT). There, we create opportunities to research, organize, and manage festivals, intensive workshops, performances, artistic productions, and residencies. I develop and lead classes for children (ContaKids, PlayContact).
I teach C.I for adults and students, in Italy and abroad. I feel very attracted by the nature and expansive dimension of travel. I have taught at festivals and done intensive labs in India, France, Portugal, Greece, Israel, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Russia, Moldova, Georgia, Northern Ireland, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Brazil.
I am one of the organizers of ItalyContactFest – www.italycontactfest.com

Consuelo Pacheco – Chile-Italy
Dancer, Teacher and somatic researcher. Since my childhood, the Dance experience has accompanied my work as a human being.
I started practicing C.I 12 years ago, and during this time my curiosity about the phenomena of the movement continues to expand and invites me to continue to explore unknown places. I am interested in exploring the dimensions of improvisation and the virtues of creativity that can be applied to plasticity and creativity to dance. In my curiosity about the phenomenon of being alive, in recent years I have ventured into the universe of contemplative arts and somatic practices, studying the Alexander Technique in greater depth. In addition, in my daily life I spend a large part of my time lovingly and respectfully raising my daughter Amanda, researching the Montessori and Pikler methods to delve into psychomotor evolutionary development in early childhood. Currently, I am studying the Ecology of Childhood Training at the European Institute of Perinatal Mental Health.

MUNZ FLOOR

with Andrea Vazquez-Aguirre
This innovative somatic method was created by Alexander Munz, founder of MAISON MUNZ. In this class, you will experience the benefits of spiraled sequences in the floor that promote elasticity and vital resilience within your fascial system. The class is guided verbally, and the student is empowered to work with their own capabilities.

For more information about this methodology check this website: www.maisonmunz.com
Andrea Vazquez-Aguirre (USA/MX)
Andrea Vazquez-Aguirre (MFA: SUNY Brockport, BFA: National Conservatory of Dance in Mexico D.F.) is a cross-disciplinary dance artist. She was a scholar under FONCA*, and has danced in several professional companies in Mexico and the United States. She is interested in performances that explore the idea of ‘truth in fiction’ and ‘fiction in truth.’ She is co-director along with her creative and life partner, James J. Kaufmann of Another River Interdisciplinary Ensemble. She is serving as Assistant Professor of Dance at Southern Utah University. *Federal Council for Culture and Arts in Mexico.

Visual Arts ad music

Keith M. Bradshaw (USA)
Dr. Keith M. Bradshaw serves as Associate Dean of the College of Performing and Visual Arts and professor of music at Southern Utah University. He teaches courses in music theory, aural skills, analysis, composition, and orchestration. He holds a Ph.D. in composition from the University of Minnesota, and a M.M. and B.M. from Brigham Young University. Prior to coming to SUU, he founded the music program at Southern Virginia University, and served as chair of the division of arts. His music has been performed nationally and internationally. He has received numerous commissions and awards for his compositions, including a fellowship from the McKnight Foundation, two commissions from the Barlow Endowment, and winning the national “Welcome Christmas” Christmas carol contest from the American Composers Forum. He is currently composer-in-residence with the Orchestra of Southern Utah. In addition to composition, Dr. Bradshaw is the founding director of the Red Rock Singers, a mixed choir of 40 voices in Cedar City, Utah, and has conducted various college and community choirs.

To register, a deposit is required for completing the registration. Send a mail to info@spazioseme.com and get all the information.

Costs for participants: 

Full price:

If you subscribe before July 15th  –
–       common space study (sleeping bag) € 280 – e //
–       Room quadruple – Arezzo Sport College  € 350 //

Subscriptions after July 15th.

–       common space study (sleeping bag) € 320 – e //
–       Room quadruple – Arezzo Sport College  € 390 //

Lunche:  on ArezzoSportCollege resturant (8 minut by ….) – Sarà possibile utilizzare la piscina all’interno della struttura prima della ripresa delle classi pomeridiane.
Breakfast and dinner at Spazio Seme
Arraiving on 2nd of agust before 03pm – at 4 welcome circle.
Departure on 6th of agust
Finale performance city specific on friday 5th

For more info and registration:

info@spazioseme.com – Leonardo.lambruschin@gmail.com – whatsapp +393383366049

Global Underscore 2022 and more
24, 25, 26 Giugno 2022 @Spazio Seme
Arezzo – (IT)

Underscore and Global

https://globalunderscore.com
The Underscore is a framework for practicing and researching dance improvisation that Nancy Stark Smith has been developing since 1990 based on her work with Contact Improvisation. It is an open score that guides dancers through a series of “changing states”, from solo deepening/releasing and sensitizing to gravity and support; through group circulation and interaction, contact improvisation engagements, opening out to full space improvisation with compositional awareness.
The Global Underscore is practiced globally and simultaneously every year for the Summer Solstice. It was proposed, for the first time, by Clair Filmon in 2000, following her desire to connect dancers from all over the world to create and compose all together in the present moment.

Mini ContactJamLab
21-22 Maggio @Spazio Seme – Arezzo

18-19-20 June 2021 – Global Undescore –
with Caterina Mocciola, Consuelo Pacheco, Leilani Weis, Nica Portavia