A dance workshop on sexuality and performance
Condotto da David Bloom
A dance consists of Bodies in Time and Space. Traditional dance training and artistic research often set limits as to how much sexuality is allowed into a “serious artistic process”. BDSM and tantric practices often focus on the body, its emotions and sensations, and pay less attention to structures of time and especially space.
However, a group ritual or play party has all the makings of a performance, one where the roles of performer and audience member are constantly shifting.
David brings together his professional background as a dancer/choreographer/teacher with his experience of practicing conscious sexuality to bridge the gap between artistic and personal process, in this workshop based on the tools we used to create the film Quintet – a choreopornographic experiment – which premiered at Berlin’s Porn Film Festival in 2013. See the trailer HERE: http://vimeo.com/77353398
Being a Performer with a capital “P” (Grotowski) is not (only) about entertaining people or representing stories or images, it is about developing a global embodied awareness of situations. The greatest performers are capable of simultaneously being completely lost in trance and analyzing the situation from the outside.
We will work with simple solo and group improvisation exercises that expand our consciousness to perceive temporal and spatial relations in a variety of ways. We will then add layers of conscious BDSM play and tantric ritual as elements of a composition. We will work not only on actions, but also on the spaces between, observing and listening. We will negotiate scenes not only from personal desire, but also according to artistic and aesthetic criteria.
The idea is not to constrict freedom and spontaneity, but to allow new possibilities to emerge through structure, that can eventually lead to another level of subtlety and beauty
in our play. An expanded consciousness of how we perceive time and space can create an enhanced understanding of each other and the world we live and play in.
Domenica 8 giugno – ore 15:00 – 18:00
Sottoscrizione a partire da Euro 10,00 – aperto a tutt*
Per iscriverti: ladyfestmilano@grrlz.net (oggetto: iscrizione + nome laboratorio)
