Matter as physical body material – texture of bones, fluids, skin...

Matter – mater – mother as origin and source of movement...

What lives in the matter and what moves it?

How does it form and inform and how it communicates within a complex organisation?

In this workshop we move through a multidimensional web of embodied information that interweaves anatomical information and kinetic images in order to expand our somatic library and our experience in attending the moving body. We experience how different qualities of awareness are transforming the perception of the moving body in relation to matter, space, time and environment.We address different layers and textures of physical matter and move from subtle and meditative into dynamic states. The workshop’s aim is to create a fertile ground where the body becomes a vehicle that finds its authentic and immediate expression through spontaneity.

To develop kinaesthetic intelligence, to find easiness and immediacy within the moving body. And to create spaces of dialogue between the individual and collective voice of body and its environment.

Under a somatic lens, we study fundamental principals of movement, axis alignment, support and physical forces with emphasis on kinaesthetic intelligence and the holistic organisation of matter. In order to reveal the eternal attraction between body and earth mass and everything that moves through this axis.

During the work, we use tools of touch, awareness, partner work, imagery and the participant is invited to explore these spaces with openness, curiosity and imagination. We work solo and in groups through moving, voicing, writing and witnessing.

All principals are drawn from extensive somatic practices (i.a. Feldenkrais and BodyMindCentering), Qi Gong, Contact Improvisation, Instant Composition and meditation.

This work emerges from a deep joy and devotion to and an endless curiosity about the matter(s) of the moving body. Initially an ongoing in-depth investigation for performative works it has evolved over time into a broader scope.

The workshop is welcoming anyone with interest and a curiosity of experiencing matters of the moving body.

The specific content and focus is adjusted to context and current time in which the workshop is taking place.