What makes the body one? Does it make the body one? And what fragments it?

During this meeting we will understand and dance the body as a set of interconnected, intimately communicating and integrated parts that relate to each other in a cause-and-effect logic of movement. We will observe the value and benefits that this view of interdependence and concatenation between the parts can offer during movement dynamics, in the management of weight, supports, balance, and how a sequential organization of movement affects the management of structure during movement. We will look at how the emergence of a felt sense of wholeness can be supported by macro and micro compensations, oppositions and counterbalances that the body can implement with the aim of not fragmenting itself, preserving wholeness and health. For example, we will look at the relationship between spine and limbs, between lower and upper body, between the volumes of the head, chest and pelvis in relation to the behavior of the spine. To do this we will move into practices that intentionally exploit certain properties and functions of the fascia and inform movement with some principles of biomechanics. This workshop happens as part of an Axis Syllabus study group.

FRIDAY 6 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. / SATURDAY 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.