common/SENSE movement // Mid-Day Intensive with Joy Davis
REGISTER July 27-29 + July 31-August 1
 

In this workshop, Joy will share her knowledge of the Countertechnique to create an environment for movement discovery based in the reality of space, time, gravity, and anatomy. The Countertechnique, a system of movement developed by Anouk van Dijk, provides a clear framework of exercises in which dancers explore ways to continuously direct and counter-direct the weight of the body through space. The workshop will veer from the technique class orientation of Countertechnique towards a guided space for improvisational research in which dancers will work with specific principles and tools for directing/counter-directing. Movement explorations with this common sense information will illuminate possibilities for attentive presence, dynamic balance, anatomical availability, and big wide smiles. Joy’s teaching also draws heavily from her experience in authentic movement/contemplative dance, capoeira, contact improvisation, meditation/yoga, and performed improvisation. *This class will incorporate learning some Countertechnique exercises but will be oriented primarily towards improvisation

http://velocitydancecenter.org/program/sfdi/