Andrew de Lotbinière Harwood
Contact Improvisation

Contact Improvisation I This class is open to all levels of experience. Release Technique, imagery and anatomically based sequences lead us to a grounded internal experience of our weight in motion. Practising rolling, falling, supporting, lifting and catching, we aim to move together safely yet spontaneously, energetically yet sensitively, while maintaining an ever shifting point of contact. Contact Improvisation II This is a workshop open to students with at least a year of solid contact experience. The role of perception, sensation, expression and imagination will be examined. We will challenge the mind's beliefs about space and time and experience the dramatic effects on our bodies and movements. Finding a sense of timelessness in our dancing – a state of consciousness that is aware but not self-conscious. Dancers will be encouraged to explore the outer edge of their physical limits while still attending to the world of sensation, imagination and inspiration.