Lucid Touch, Lucid Weight

Sept 24-27

and/or

Nov 5-8

Charlottesville, VA

Two intensive four-day workshops in

Contact Improvisation with:

Martin Keogh

and

Brad Stoller

You are invited to deepen your investigation and understanding of Contact Improvisation – to find new pathways, skills, and ease, as you dance into an awake and responsive body. 

In these workshops we will explore:

* Movement that’s both organized and released

* A supple and resilient responsiveness through our fascia and tissue

*  Practice at the edge of our skills: lifting, supporting, yielding, etc.

* A visceral appreciation for the spiral 

* An ability to see and venture into the backspace

*  Putting words to our experience

* A greater capacity for sensation, risk, and pleasure

Join us in good company. Together we use bodywork, games, some sweat, and the skills and thrills of the form to encourage lucidity in our dancing. 

Lucidity: clear, penetrating, confident, relaxed, far reaching, precise.

Level: For those with an understanding of Contact Improvisation fundamentals.

Sliding scale for one or both workshops: 

(Struggling artist/unemployed: $165/$295) 

(Just getting by: $215/$395) 

(Fully employed w/ benefits: $265/$495) 

Bio: Martin Keogh has taught and performed contact improvisation for thirty years. For his contribution to the development of the form he is a Fulbright Senior Specialist and listed in Who's Who in the World. Martin spent time traveling to monasteries in Japan and Korea and was the director of the Empty Gate Zen Center in Berkeley before discovering the world of dance. He co-facilitated CI36 and teacher's conferences on four continents. He is the author of The Art of Waiting and As Much Time as it Takes. More info at: www.martinkeogh.com.

Bio: Brad Stoller began his love affair with contact improvisation 30 years ago (Martin being one of his first ever partners). since then Brad has studied Aikido for over fifteen years, certified as an Alexander Technique teacher and has a masters degree in playwriting. He has taught contact within many different formats including several universities, festivals and jams.  He is currently involved in local social issues using theatrical arts to support greater awareness and facilitation of lively dialogue. 

Registration: Send checks to

Brad Stoller

4545 Mill Run lane

Earlysville, VA 22936

Or paypal to bradstoller@comcast.net

More information at www.sharingpresence.org

Email at bradstoller@comcast.net