CENTER OF GRAVITY MIGRATION
advanced technology for the CI dancer
12th -16th February 2024, 10 am – 5 pm, Paris
 

Principles before form.

CI requires an acurate awareness of where the Center Of Gravity is and where it is traveling to, in order then to share it with our partners and collaborate wisely.

There are different applications of the principles that manifest as movement in each context. CI in particular requires the study of and therefore allows us to play with a modular support variable, and many other parameters that open when we seek agreement with another person on how to inhabit space and time.

In this workshop we will look at the physical principles that support our dances, allowing us to get past the spoken word and into the continuum flow of a shared creative expansion.

The Axis Syllabus is a compendium of useful information about the treatment and preparation of the human body that continues to be edited, but that I first consolidated in 1997.

The information in the AS is drawn from the relevant sciences, which is tested through the real world application of this information and an experiential feedback process. The AS mission is to empower the individual to make informed choices for themselves when making a dance, teaching or learning movement. The understanding that each body has a slightly different history: physical, medical and psychological, implies a suggestive rather than dictatorial leadership role.

In this class you will learn about the complexity of joint surface topography alignment and discover how to conserve your body’s health through the understanding of what limits are appropriate. This work is an excellent preparation for CI, as it enhances personal discipline and the sense of responsibility for mutual welfare when dancing with others.

Schedule : 10am-12:30am – 2-5 pm

Address: Carreau du Temple 4 rue Eugène Spüller 75004 Paris – Dojo du pou volant

Registrations : https://forms.gle/Df1GkPMxsetQ8DZC9

Prices :

250€ early bird price before July 1st 2023 !!
260 € reduced fee
280 € normal rate
300 €support rate
310€ After 1st of january 2024 til the workshop
+ annual fee
 

Cancellation policy:

In the event of cancellation by you up to 12 January 2024, half of the amount paid will be refunded. If you cancel after 12 January 2024, we will make no further refunds.

Infos: etlamain@gmail.com

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Born in 1960, Frey Faust began performing at the age of 8 with his family as a traveling troubadour. He is a second generation contact improviser and an alumnus of the 80´s New York dance scene. Some of his more important early influences came from: Shekhinah Mountainwater, Nita Little, Pavel Rouba, Rene Bazinet, and Janet Panetta.

He has worked with and for a number of artists (order of appearance): Ohad Naharin, Donald Byrd, David Parsons, Gina Buntz, Howard Katz, Merce Cunningham, Meredith Monk, Randy Warshaw, Bob Een, Stephen Petronio, Danny Ezralow… to name a few.

He founded or co-founded three dance companies, and has created or co-created over 40 choreographic solo and group works. Following an independent study of anatomy, biomechanics, and physics, he has been able to build a pedagogical approach that has made him a sought after teacher, personal coach and technical counselor. After fifteen years of research, he consolidated his findings in a book, ‘The Axis Syllabus – human movement lexicon’, which he continues to edit with the help of the Axis Syllabus Research Meshwork. Founded in 2009, the ASRM is a rapidly expanding group of experts from many related fields in the human movement and education sciences.

Recently, his work on the AS has been focused on the provision of an online « university » for the study of the human body: The ASRM Forum, as well as the construction of a symbol set with the potential to streamline movement documentation, creation and analysis, The Axis Syllabus Notation System. He also makes shoes, speaks 4 languages, and continues to create and perform dances.