From micro to EXPANSIVE

C.I. 2-day workshop with

Jonathan Brússolo (Argentina)

Dec 10th&11th, 11-2pm, studio MOTA, Somerville

Bring attention to sensations, starting this "micro" journey inwards - a journey that connects us to what's small and concrete, that enables us to perceive physicality from a contemplative state.

It could be the first impulse towards embodying movement, towards awakening instinctive-intuitive memories of what it means to move, explore space, explore the relationship with the floor and the interaction with others, giving rise to the state of presence that curiosity offers us.

During the workshop we will explore through different somatic approaches, inviting attention to become body and presence, testing how to distribute weight, and how force travels through bodies in different directions. Ideas of weight, counterweight, falls, lifts, dynamic architectures and adaptations to a mutable form will be present.

I've been dancing for 13 years and teaching for 9 years, I still don't know what this form called "Contact Improvisation" is, at times I feel that I complete myself during a dance and then something fades back ... Practice and experience teach me to insist and remain in a state of "not knowing", to be present with  my sensations, awake and permeable to be built and deconstructed by each encounter and each dance.

Dancer and practitioner of Contact Improvisation. Dedicated to the transmission of the C.I since 2013. With knowledge of different somatic approaches such as: B.M.C, Feldenkrais, Alexander Technique and Topf Technique. Craniosacral Therapist. 

Jonathan has been manager and co-creator of various projects and festivals related to Contact improvisation and somatic disciplines, to name a few: 
Mueves: platform for the production of festivals and workshops  related to the practice of C.I. (Year 2013-2018 Chile) 
Cuerpo inteligencia : Dance Training Program (year 2016-2019 Chile) 
Movere: International Dance Festival (year 2020-2022 Mexico) 
Immersion: International Contact Improvisation Festival to be held in January 2023. 
Currently working on an integration project between Craniosacral Therapy and Contact Improvisation. 
Has shared his work in universities and independent spaces in the following countries: Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Peru, Mexico and the United States.

Dec 10th&11th, 11-2pm

When:

Studio MOTA, 11 Bow St Floor 2, Somerville, MA 02143

Where:

COVID protocol:

This event will be mask optional.

*Please take care of the group by monitoring your exposure levels during the days leading up to the workshop. If there is a rise in COVID case numbers before the event, you will be asked to self-test before.

Cancelation Policy:

Full refund for cancellations up to Nov 30th.

50% refund for cancellations Dec 1st - 7th.

No refund for cancellations from Dec 8th on.

Max number of participants: 25

REGISTRATION RATES

Early bird till Nov 28th, midnight:

  • Discounted Rate (financial hardship) $60

  • Full Rate $75

  • Supporter’s Rate (please pay if you can) $90

From Nov 29th on:

  • Discounted Rate (financial hardship) $75

  • Full Rate $90

  • Supporter’s Rate (please pay if you can) $105

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