In the Feldenkrais
Method we use simple, exploratory movements to free
ourselves from unhelpful
patterns and discover new functional
alternatives. Establishing a clear
connection to our own bodies through
Feldenkrais allows us to enter into
contact with others with confidence,
awareness and
precision. Tecnical exercises to refine our CI
skills will involve
subtle weight exchange, moving from
center, spherical orientation, flying and
upside-down dancing.
We
will develop our contact dances by exploring how to stay committed to
the
duet while maintaining the independence of our own dancing. By
working on our
awareness of the center of the duet (the point of
contact) and the edges of
the duet (the parts of us furthest from the
point of contact) we can bring a
sense of composition to our dances.
Finally working in trios and larger
groups we will practice scores
which highlight our decision-making process in
improvisation and reveal
how we create order and disorder in our
compositions.
Ultimately we will be dancing together with sensitivity, risk,
humor and
a vigorous physicality.
Rick
Nodine after completing a degree in Biology, Rick went on to study
Contact
Improvisation with the pioneers of the form, including 13 years of
study
and performance with Kirstie Simson. He began a performing career in
the
early 90's, and has danced for Gaby Agis, Kate Brown, Sue
MacLennan,
Karl Jay-Lewin and spent five years (96-01) dancing in the company
of
Yolande Snaith. In 2001 Rick became a member of staff at
London
Contemporary Dance School where he teaches Composition
and
Improvisation. He is currently working on an MA in Choreography at
LCDS.
Rick is also working with ESP, a group of actors, dancers and
musicians
creating a hybrid form of improvised performance. His
newest
choreography, Rough Eights, has been touring the UK in
autumn/spring
2005/6. Rick's collaboration with Jovair Longo began in 1999
and they
are touring their duet Ongoing in May 2006 in
Scotland.
Simonetta Alessandri studied classic and contemporary dance,
obtaining the T.C.- Royal Academy of Dancing®- London and she is a qualified
teacher of the Feldenkrais ® Method.She studied post-modern techniques
improvisation, contact improvisation and release technique in Europe and in the
United States with the foremost teachers.She has participated in performances in
Italy and abroad, collaborating as dancer and choreographer with various
companies including: MDA – R. Garrison, Il Pudore Bene in Vista-G. Summo,
Incanto-R.Gelpi, Dark Camera –M. Sambati, La Fabbrica dell'attore-G.Nanni.She
signed the choreographies for Solo Suoni Gesti, Danze Cosmiche and Animarmonica
for MDA Produzioni Danza. She has participated improvisation festivals
such as the Zip.Orvietofestival, Israeli Contact Festival,Freiburg Festival.She
has been teaching for years (Contact Improvisation, Improvisation,
Feldenkrais, Release) and she has kept Contact Improvisation alive in Rome
,through her classes and jams,for the last 10 years.
