Bodysurf Scotland

Waves: Heaven & Hell

A 5Rhythms® workshop with Kathy Altman

A rare opportunity to work with one of the world’s foremost 5Rhythms teachers and Co-director of The Moving Centre School USA

Most of us spend our lives seeking heaven, what we imagine will make us finally feel good forever, and running like hell, from everything that makes us uncomfortable. In Waves: Heaven and Hell, we use our movement practice to find true heaven – being grounded, centered and expanded in each moment life brings. This is the real value of practice, to learn how to be open, available and maybe even playful as we get knocked off kilter or kicked out of our comfort zone. Finding and sustaining our presence, no matter what we feel or what goes on around us, is the dance that will reverberate throughout our lives.

While highly trained in many forms of dance, it wasn’t until Kathy’s catalytic meeting with Gabrielle Roth 30 years ago that her true calling found her. As Co-Director of The Moving Center School, Kathy was the first person asked to help Gabrielle bring her work out into the world. Over the past 20 years Kathy’s teaching has brought thousands of people back to the joy of their own, original movement. Using dance as the medium, Kathy illuminates for her students “as on the dance floor, so in life”. She is devoted to inspiring people to live the teachings of presence, patience and practice long after the music ends. www.movingcenterschool.com

Kathy is assisted on this workshop by Tim Foskett, Deborah Jay-Lewin and Sue Rickards.

The workshop begins with registration, 11am Saturday June 28th & ends lunch time on Thursday July 3rd.
Cost: £350 - 10% early booking discount if paid in full by 1st April. Limited concessions available, please apply.

The workshop is non residential but includes one vegetarian meal per day.
To book send a 25% non-refundable deposit payable to Bodysurf Scotland.

The workshop takes place in The Findhorn Foundation Community, known throughout the world as a major international centre of personal and spiritual transformation and sustainable living. The community itself is situated on a 2 mile long peninsula amongst beautiful beaches, sand dunes and woodland. Follow the links on our web site for more information.

The Goddess and the Whore

Exploring the sacred and sexy through dancing The 5 Rhythms ®

A weekend treat for women with Julie Deal
7th-9th March 2008Newbold House Retreat Centre

When given space to flourish, our spirituality and sexuality enrich the whole of our lives. Too often the expression of these vital aspects of our nature become divorced from each other and compartmentalised to culturally acceptable parts of life. I am inviting you to this weekend to take time out in the company of other women to welcome our natural sensuality and renew our connection to spirit.

We will dance the 5 Rhythms®, inviting the dance of our wild, tender sexuality and sacred connection to spirit. Embracing all of who we are, our vulnerability, passion, innocence, power, sensuality, shyness, playfulness, and creativity. The myriad of selves that united, make us whole. As we shed the baggage that inhibits our natural expression we begin to reclaim the deep pleasure and connection that is our birthright as women, a playful, healing force that can infuse the whole of our life.

Together we will hold a safe and sacred space, using ritual and ceremony we will support and witness each other, sharing and celebrating our journey, our stories and our gifts.

The weekend will also include other forms of creative bodywork, massage, time to relax, time to play, dress up and let your hair down!

Minimum pre-requisite 1 Waves® class with an accredited 5 Rhythms® teacher.

The workshop will take place at Newbold House, a beautiful retreat centre in the heart of North East Scotland. The house and group rooms are comfortable and tasteful, with a beautiful garden. Newbold House is situated in the town of Forres nearby to the Findhorn Foundation, Spiritual Community and Eco-village. It is an idyllic place for the workshop, providing a sanctuary outside daily life and delicious food!

The nature of this workshop makes it preferable to stay residentially.
For further information about the venue see www.newboldhouse.org

I have been moving and dancing as a spiritual practice since 1990. In 1994 I began SOULWAVE with David. In 2004 I trained with Gabrielle Roth to teach the 5 Rhythms®. I am a mum, a (young) grandmother, and a natural birth teacher. I have worked with teenage parents and with rites of passage. My work is a tapestry, woven with the different approaches, teachings and experiences that have inspired my own healing journey.

Times - Fri 7th (7.30-10.30pm),
Sat 8th (10am-11pm), Sun 9th (10am-5pm)

Cost - fully residential (in shared rooms) £200; limited concessions £150 (please apply).
Non residential (inc. 3 meals) £150; limited concessions £100 (please apply).

To book please send a 50% non-refundable deposit payable to Bodysurf Scotland, to the address below.

For further information visit www.bodysurf.findhorn.com
or contact Bodysurf Scotland, The Universal Hall, Findhorn,
Moray IV36 OTZ, Scotland.
+44(0)1309 691661 bodysurf@findhorn.com

Opensource: {Videodance} 2007

20th - 24th November 2007

Cost: £300 funded and financially supported places: £180 standard price. Early registration discount - All delegates registering and paying in full by 15th October will be entitled to £20 discount on their fee.

An open symposium for artists, academics, curators and producers coming together, to share ideas and work, network and debate, and provide a valuable platform for current issues in the area of screen dance practice to come to the surface.

Building on the strengths of the 2006 event, this symposium expressly aims to place current screen dance practice in a wider theoretical and critical context and to bring people from the collaborating disciplines to gether in a way that rarely happens, in order to impact significantly and positively on the lives and work of the participating individuals. The vision is to create an exciting and supportive place for people to engage, talk, hang out, relax, think, and listen, and to enable the spontaneous and dynamic unfolding of events. The greater part of the programme for the four days will be dedicated to open forums initiated by the participants. This year we also have some formal presentations from six artist /academics selected from submissions and four guest evening speakers.

Guest Evening speakers:

Award-winning and leading screendance academic Douglas Rosenberg Associate Professor Dance, University Wisconsin USA will open the symposium with a presentation and curated screening of works from ADF Screendance festival plus a special documentary on Dance for Camera made in 1982 for US TV, written by Sally Banes and Noel Carroll. Other Guests speakers will be confirmed soon.

Prof. Tim Ingold, the highly respected social anthropologist at Aberdeen University, has been invited to present his most recent research interests that are currently exciting him. The territory he covers is wide and fascinating from environmental perception and skilled practice to language and technology, from the dynamics of pedestrian movement to the creativity of practice, from lines and line-making to cultural improvisation and art. www.abdn.ac.uk/

Australian Richard James Allen is Artistic Director with Karen Pearlman of The Physical TV Company, a multi-award-winning and critically lauded leader in the international dance on screen landscape. The Physical TV Company develops and produces works within and across the media of film, dance and literature. Karen and Richard have a wealth of professional experience in cinema and dance and a sustained and visionary commitment to integrating the two arts. www.physicaltv.com.au/

“In conversation” special event with improvising comedian Phil Kay. To be at one of Phil's shows and expect stand-up would be a big mistake Anything can happen and invariably does! Phil's comedy is a unique blend of energy, improvisation and leaps of imagination that take his audience on a joyride they'll never forget. In this one off event he talks about his work and creative processes.

Artist /Academics Presentations

Claudia Kappenberg (Senior Lecturer Dance and visual Art -University of Brighton, UK)

Marisa Zanotti (Senior Lecturer Dance on Screen, University of Chichester)

Dr Simon Ellis – (Choreographer & Research Fellow Performance Studies, University of Northampton)

Becky Edmunds – (video artist, UK )

Harmony Bench – (Doctoral candidate UCLA Dept. of World Arts and Cultures and Editor-in-chief, Extensions Journal)

Kamma Siegumfeldt – (University of Trondheim, Norway / Dansenshus Copenhagen)

Artists in residence

We are very pleased to have designer, illustrator and artist, Cavan Convery joining our ‘scribe’ team. Cavan’s role will be as artist in residence drawing from his scant knowledge of dance on screen, but his wealth of knowledge in science interpretation and media arts combined with highly tuned polemical skills and warm humour will surely force us to have to explain ourselves properly. www.artsci.co.uk

Based on participants’ feedback from the first Opensource, each morning of this year’s event will start with a 45-minute movement-based warm-up session. We are delighted that these will be lead by choreographer and dance film-maker Litza Bixler. Find out more about Litza at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litza_Bixler

Produced by Bodysurf Scotland and Videodance.org.uk . Funded and supported by Scottish Arts Council and The School of Media Arts and Imaging, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK

Visit videodance.blogspot.com for updated bulletins on Opensource: {Videodance}

Body Mind Centering

Catherine Hossenlopp

Sense & Perception
28, 29, 30 September 2007
The skin, vestibular system, mouth, nose, ears and eyes are the senses of our physical body. In this workshop we will explore perception through the inter-relationship of the different senses and their relationship to the developmental process.

Body Mind Centering is an approach to somatic education through movement and touch, developed by Bonnie Bainbridge-Cohen. It involves the experiential study of dynamic, embodied anatomy and infant developmental movement, using imagery, touch and movement. The uniqueness of the work lies in the experiential embodiment of the material. It is this process of embodiment that makes the work transformative and allows us to deepen our appreciation of how we express who we are, how we perceive the world, others and ourselves.
One workshop: £150 Full Waged; £120 Limited concessions
Both workshops booked together: £280; £220

Dance/Video/
Improvisation

With acclaimed international artists and teachers

Kirstie Simson,
Katrina McPherson
and Simon Fildes

25th August - 1st September

An intensive course for dancers & video dance-makers interested in exploring the creative interface between improvised dance & video dance practice.

For examples of Kirstie, Katrina and Simon’s current collaborative project, visit www.move.org.uk and select the Move.org link.

To take place at venues and locations in and around the Findhorn Foundation Community, in rural North East Scotland – with it’s beaches, duneland, woodlands, expansive summer skies.

Daily Schedule: Each day will commence with a physical practice for all the workshop participants led by Kirstie. The session will consist of simple warm up exercises to awaken the body and sharpen the senses. The remainder of the day will consist of focused practical sessions facilitated by Kirstie, Katrina and Simon looking at different issues for dancing and filming. There will be times for the pursuit of personal interests and reflection that can be brought back and shared with the group. There will be open times of dancing when cameras might or might not be present.

Course Aims: Our aim as facilitators will be to seek a perfect balance between teaching, experimentation, enquiry and support. The nature of improvisation is process, on-going investigation and the practice of giving. We will look at ways in which improvisation can be used to generate video dance material – that is, work that will be experienced on-screen. We will also explore how camera and editing techniques can capture the characteristics of improvised dance performance – spontaneity, energy, presence, connection to the audience. The whole week will be focused around investigation, geared towards generating ideas, questions and debate.

Dancer or Video Maker? People can opt to attend the workshop as a dancer, or video dance-maker, or both. Some people may move between the two areas of activity. During some parts of each day, the entire group will work and watch together, and at other times, smaller groups will form to explore particular ideas, tasks or projects. We will have a number of studios and indoor locations available to us, although it is anticipated that much of the work will take place outside, in the many beautiful and interesting locations in and around the Findhorn Foundation site.

Those participants who wish to work with video should come with some experience of filming and editing, although technical support will be on hand.

Equipment: Video equipment will be supplied in the form of Sony Z1 cameras, as well as small, tapeless cameras and digital editing systems loaded with Final Cut Pro. Participants are also encouraged to bring their own cameras and laptops for editing if they wish.

Preparation: Participants interested in joining this workshop can come with ideas they wish to pursue and they can also come empty handed but curious. However, everyone is invited to come with a spirit of open-mindedness, so that this week can hold surprises and discoveries for us all.

cost: £350 – funded places; £250 - full price.

Locator 15

with

Simon Whitehead

28th June - 1st July

Locator is a workshop for artists exploring the relationships between ecology and performance and concerned with developing an approach to deep ecology through movement and perceptual practice.
“In movement artist Simon Whitehead’s work, to walk, to journey in order to encounter the other are essential processes. Through the movement of the body, his work is sensitive to place. Some works involve ritual reconstruction, live performance and sound media transposed to a distant place. His work happens in motion - walking between rural wellsprings, or with a horse’s pace across a drover’s road, or travelling to plant an apple tree.”
Wallace Heim – Enter Change (greenmuseum.org).
Simon has led fourteen Locator events both nationally and internationally; this will be his fifteenth and his first in Scotland.
cost: £250 - funded places; £190 – full price;
£160 – limited concessions

Extending Borders

A cross-arts workshop for movers and makers

Eva Karczag & Chris Crickmay

31st May - 3rd June 2007

One of the pioneers of Release Work and Alexander Technique teacher, Eva Karczag leads this four day workshop with visual artist and writer Chris Crickmay. This will be Eva’s second visit to Findhorn, following her successful workshop in 2006.

Extending Borders is an exploration of mind, body and environment in terms of opening up space, freeing movement, releasing energy and finding a fresh connection between ourselves and what we encounter in the world around us. The workshop will include; moving, making environments, writing and looking, and will explore how each one of us can find imagery and form that is particular and relevant to our own lives through kinaesthetic, sensory and imaginative exploration of our physicality and surroundings.

This cross-arts workshop will appeal to people with movement experience who are interested in extending their creative practice into visual art and writing, or equally to people with visual art experience who want to extend into movement. The work will be taught at a level that is accessible both to those with already developed skills or those who are fairly new to either one or the other.
cost: £250 - funded places; £190 – full price;
£160 – limited concessions.