CATCHING WAVES :::Contact Improvisation
6:00 PM
Friday Nov 11th 6-9 pm
Saturday Nov 12th 1-4 pm
with ISABELLE KIROUAC Contact Improvisation - Dance Workshop
CATCHING WAVES ::: Dancing the body migrations (all levels)
We will learn to fall and rise with grace, release the unnecessary tensions in our body and move with ease and flow. Finding support from the floor and our partner, we will learn to trust, play off balance, lift, fly, catch the body waves and allow them to migrate. We will dare to dive in the moment, engage with the consequences of our actions and notice the process of holding on and letting go. Through exposing ourselves, witnessing others, receiving and giving feedbacks, we will develop a greater awareness of our own bodies and explore the nature of our relationships with one another. This work is not about teaching a style. Everyone has his own world of possibilities. This is what needs to be revealed.
*Please note the CATCHING WAVES ::: Dancing the body migrations workshop takes place over 2 sessions folks are encouraged to come to both sessions each session COSTS $15
Biography
ISABELLE KIROUAC
Born in Quebec, Isabelle Kirouac is a performance artist primarily trained in Contact Improvisation, release technique, somatic practices, physical theater, butoh, acrobatic stilts and music. Over the years, Isabelle has been presenting her artistic work and teaching internationally at numerous festivals, including the San Francisco International Performing Arts Festival (US), Israeli Contact Improvisation Festival (Israel), Symposium Imagining Bodies (Estonia), Forum Internacional de Las Culturas (Mexico), Festival Internacional de Teatro de Manizales (Colombia), Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Scotland), etc. Isabelle is a member of The Carpetbag Brigade Physical Theater company and work currently as a choreographer and performer with Theatre Junction in Calgary, Canada. She has been performing with Karl Frost/Body Research, Felix Ruckert, Superamas, Flam Chen Pyrotechnic Theater, Nemcatacoa Teatro and collaborating with experimental film artists Daichi Saito and Karl Lemieux (Double Negative Collective). Contact Improvisation - Dance Workshop
CATCHING WAVES ::: Dancing the body migrations (all levels)
We will learn to fall and rise with grace, release the unnecessary tensions in our body and move with ease and flow. Finding support from the floor and our partner, we will learn to trust, play off balance, lift, fly, catch the body waves and allow them to migrate. We will dare to dive in the moment, engage with the consequences of our actions and notice the process of holding on and letting go. Through exposing ourselves, witnessing others, receiving and giving feedbacks, we will develop a greater awareness of our own bodies and explore the nature of our relationships with one another. This work is not about teaching a style. Everyone has his own world of possibilities. This is what needs to be revealed.
Biography
ISABELLE KIROUAC
Born in Quebec, Isabelle Kirouac is a performance artist primarily trained in Contact Improvisation, release technique, somatic practices, physical theater, butoh, acrobatic stilts and music. Over the years, Isabelle has been presenting her artistic work and teaching internationally at numerous festivals, including the San Francisco International Performing Arts Festival (US), Israeli Contact Improvisation Festival (Israel), Symposium Imagining Bodies (Estonia), Forum Internacional de Las Culturas (Mexico), Festival Internacional de Teatro de Manizales (Colombia), Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Scotland), etc. Isabelle is a member of The Carpetbag Brigade Physical Theater company and work currently as a choreographer and performer with Theatre Junction in Calgary, Canada. She has been performing with Karl Frost/Body Research, Felix Ruckert, Superamas, Flam Chen Pyrotechnic Theater, Nemcatacoa Teatro and collaborating with experimental film artists Daichi Saito and Karl Lemieux (Double Negative Collective).
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