Earth & Water / Tissue & Bones
In our bodies, tissues and bones are literally intertwined and go together. Not one without the other. We will take this as a compass to orient our time of practice together.
We will tap into this physical realm to understand more about the elements of water and earth and how we dance with them in CI.
Some related questions:
What does it mean to ‘feel my partner’? How can we use the volume button of our weight? How can we carry while being in motion? How can we connect to the earth while flying? How can we be safe together while falling or transitioning? How can we absorb impact? How can we find gentle strength? And what does it mean to accompany each other?
In this workshop, we will listen deeply, meet gently, play wildly, and practice seriously.
Teacher Bio
Mileen Borgonjon (BE) is a dancer, performer, facilitator, and organizer. Instant performance and Contact Improvisation are her home base.
Some years after completing her Master’s degree in Social Work and Pedagogy, she graduated in 2011 from TIP, a school of dance, improvisation, and performance in Freiburg (DE). She completed a training in arts education and, since 2012, has been deepening her practice through teaching and performing internationally. She is one of the initiators of the Contact Improvisation scene in Ghent, which she has been developing since 2013, and since 2012 she has coordinated the dance program for WISPER, a leading organization for arts education for adults in Belgium.
Her own journey as a mover, dancer, and performer has led her through various masterclasses and programs in instant composition and Contact Improvisation, as well as inspiring movement and somatic methods, including Thai Yoga Massage, Breathwork, Gaga, the Ido Portal Method, Playfight, Feldenkrais, and water dance.
As a facilitator, Mileen likes to create a context in which people can grow in body awareness. She loves a profound yet playful approach, where people can ‘plug in’ to their movement potential and explore layered physical, poetic, and artistic expression.
Earth & Water / Tissue & Bones
Mileen Borgonjon