Reading Pathways
In this workshop we will focus on moving in and out of contact fluently and freely. In order to do so, we need to know where the other bodies are in the space around us. We will start to 'read' their pathways in space, by using our whole body awareness (not just the eyes).
As we are getting familiar with where they are in space and time, we can play with catching their weight, using its direction and force and transform this into a new direction, or lift upon the direction the body already had. We will play with sharing weight, speeding up, momentum and slowing down again. Where listening always comes first.
Teacher Bio
Johanna is a dancer, choreographer and educator. She graduated as an artist educator in dance from Artez in 2022. She then deepened her dance practice by studying contemporary dance and choreography at La Faktoria Choreographic Centre, in Spain.
For me, dance has different faces. It allows me to ground myself, allowing me to be present in my body. Through movement I find different dimensions or capacities of my physical body that I want to research, explore and share with others.
I encourage a curious mindset and playfulness in my workshops, as well as stillness, deep listening to yourself and the other and reflection through movement. Contact improvisation in specific is, to me, both a physical research and play with gravity, as well as a listening practice that allows you to connect differently to the people around you and can offer a mirror to your ways of relating to the ones around you.
Reading Pathways
Johanna Sauer