WELCOMING THE BODY
DANCE WORKSHOP INSPIRED BY THE SPIRITUALITY OF BUTOH
„So it is absolutely necessary for everyone to believe in nothing. But I do not mean voidness. There is something, but that something is something which is always prepared for taking some particular form, and it has some rules, or theory, or truth in its activity.” Shunryu Suzuki about Believing in Nothing
This workshop could be considered as a research into the unknown in order to find the dance already immanent in the body of each of us based on the spirituality of butoh dance.
In exploring dance together, we connect to our bodies to develop awareness and sensitivity and to sharpen our listening abilities. We make our bodies stronger and more flexible with yoga elements and streching. We practice physical training for strength and concentration. We broaden our consciousness to change its quotidian conditioning. We open to new perceptions of time and space. We go beyond the automatic movements of everyday life to instill imagination and poetry into them. We let the body search the dance by extracting the self out of it – transcending the personal. We allow the body to be moved by and transformed into anything possible: imagery, landscapes, hidden characters, memories, dreams, elements, processes of nature, etc. We work on the subtle boundary between body and mind to explore unknown territories. We give time and space for the inner contents to appear, to take shape and to be shown.
Previous experience in dance is not required, only open-minded attitude.
NEXT WORKSHOPS
WELCOMING THE BODY / Workshop in the nature
5th June 2021 at 14h - 19h
At the Hameau de La Brousse, Sers (France)
WELCOMING THE BODY / Workshop in Paris
12th June 2021 at 11h - 17h (with a lunch break)
At the Association culturelle franco-japonaise de Tenri
Registration: 01 44 76 06 06,
WELCOMING THE BODY / Dance workshop and laboratory
14th - 18th July 2021
At the Studio Juillaguet (France)
Accommodation is possible on the spot, it is payable separately.
For more information, please contact:
ANIM'BULLES
DANCE AND DRAWING WORKSHOPS WITH TEENAGERS WITH DIFFICULTIES
I work with the Association Anim'bulles since 2015.
We work on connecting to our bodies in order to be able to find its creative energy and use is for creation on stage and during the drawing / fine art session following the dance / movement workshop led by Sandolore Sykes.
The youngsters were involved in different artistic projects in the past years:
Trajectoire (2016), Sillage et texte (2017) and Blanc (2018-2019)
PARCOURS
DANCE AND FINE ART WORKSHOPS AND CREATION 'IN SITU' WITH STUDENTS
Artistic project "Habiter poétiquement le monde" organized by L'Épiphyte with the students from the School of Dirac in the framework of "Education Artistique et Culturelle” de GrandAngoulême realized at the Dirac School, at the Épiphyte and at the Fountain of Frégeneuil (Charente, France) between February - May 2018
Artists : Brigitta Horváth (dance) and Sandolore Sykes (visual arts)