Hip Lifts
Fluid Partnering and Contact Improvisation Workshop #2 — Be a Better Partner Masterclass Series.
When
October 26th
6 - 9pm
Where
K77 Studio,
Kastanienallee 77
10435 Berlin
Price
Regular 40€
With USC Check-in 35€
Info
Open Level.
You should have taken some previous classes or have experience in other movement style.
The workshop is physically demanding. You do not have to come with a partner.
About this workshop
Become the dance partner everyone loves to dance with.
Fluid Partnering and Contact Improvisation Workshop #2 — Be a Better Partner Masterclass Series.
Mid level lifts are great for breaking stereotypes in lifting. Pelvis to pelvis connection brings a lot of stability and softness to the moves. You are not lifting from muscle strength but using your skeleton structure.
What you will learn
... and more!!!
Placing your center correctly, so it can float on the other is a fundamental for all lifts. Here it is important to understand the shifting of your weight, by lowering first underneath your partners' center and then taking it into space with you.
Workshop Format
You will learn practical techniques to safely integrate hip level lifts in improvisation and flows.
1. Understand the principles
2. Warm-Up Movement Patterns
We start with a warm-up introducing you to movement patterns that will help you for flying and basing in hip-level
3. Drills & Controlled Setting
To feel and refine the techniques of most hip level lifts in a controlled setting without too many variables at once. Here I will give a lot of detailed corrections and help you get correct muscle memory.
Drills & Principles
- Falling / Off Axis Practice
- Center Placement and Transition
- Entrance/Exits
- Closed vs. Open Positions
4. Exploration in a Flow
After each drill we will go a step further to integrate this idea in a short flow.
5. Lifts & Sequenced Elements
Learn specific lifts that are related to the drills and practice like a choreography that starts connecting elements.
6. Improvisation Task
Include what you learned into a real open setting, how can you give cues, listen and adjust in the moment that is not choreographed or planned.
Location
Prenzlauer Berg Studio
K77 Studio
Kastanienallee 77,
10435 Berlin (MAP)↗
Book your spot
Are you ready to take your partnering to the next level?
Let a good flow not be a magical coincidence that happened once, but the regular basis. Be in control of your movements and ready to adjust to your partner. All it takes is your curiosity and practice. Partnering feels light, when it's done right. And you become stable.
Frequently Asked QUestions
I can't make it to the workshop anymore, what can I do?
Until two weeks in advance to the workshop you can cancel, and get 50% refund. After that no refund is possible. You can always join the next workshop that is happening if you can not attend. Please let me know via e-mail.
Do I need to come with a partner?
No, you don't have to. We will mix and match with different people in class. It is important and helpful to learn from each other and work with different bodies.
I will try to match levels in the exercises where it matters.
If you are training with a specific person you can of course come together, still I recommend to switch partners for some exercises and experience the techniques and elements with different people.
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