- Body-Mind Centering® as base for creativity
Module 4 with Heike Kuhlmann
Somatic work is a work of getting to know oneself, so that experiencing and experiencing are initially in the foreground. If somatic approaches are to be used for artistic processes, but of course also for others, the question arises: How do I get from experiencing and experiencing to acting? How do I make use of what I have experienced? How do I translate what I have experienced into my actions, into my artistic work?
What does this module focus on?
With the thought of output, of what it could/should be good for, the immersion can in turn be disturbed or even prevented. Embodiment processes need their very own and for each individual time. They need time to become completely what was not before, without being tangible before, how that could be. A process that is at the same time subtle and difficult to grasp in words is that of embodiment. So how is it possible to use a somatic approach like Body-Mind Centering® for design processes? That's what this weekend is all about. What is Body-Mind Centering®?
Body-Mind Centering® is already a very creative approach that uses different approaches depending on the body system (bones, muscles, organs, fluids,...). These serve to support the specific quality of the system to show itself and be experienced. For this reason it is also particularly suitable to support e.g. artistic processes.
During the weekend we will experience different body systems and move from these into creative design processes that will look dance improvisational as well as poetic and painterly. For example, Heike leads from immersing and experiencing the bones into an improvisation that explores the connection between interior and exterior space. In the exchange that follows, the group shares insights, experiences, as well as questions. This enriches the experience of the individuals and can furthermore create possible insights for which action/artistic work this body system can support. On the weekend we go in all foresight with the bones, fluids, nerves and muscles in a creative dialogue.
The weekend gives an opportunity to experience how Body-Mind Centering® can be used for creative processes.
It offers a possibility to get to know Body-Mind Centering®.
It invites to dive into a 48h creative process.
It stimulates how the path is from self-awareness to action.
Photo credit: Finnja Willner
Ausführliche Seminarinformationen
EMERGE Continuing Education // Somatics in Dance, Choreography & Performance
Concept: Heike Kuhlmann & Katja Münker
Lecturers: Andrea Keiz, Heike Kuhlmann, Susanne Martin, Katja Münker & Andrew Wass
Emerge // Somatics in Dance, Choreography & Performance is a 250-hour, modular, in-service specialization in Somatic Pedagogy for use in artistic, creative, performative & educational professions.
The sentient body and the experience/experiencing of oneself in movement and in interaction with the environment are the focus of this dance-choreographic advanced training.
The methods Body-Mind Centering®, Feldenkrais Method and Authentic Movement form the basis for movement trainings and aesthetic research. With improvisation and composition strategies, these experiences are made creatively creative and performative-artistic usable. This enables the development of individual dance abilities in their deep, embodied potential. Connected to the somatic experience, choreographic criteria and tools are taught. The participants are thus accompanied through an artistic development process in which they (further) develop their own present, powerful and subtle penetration of movement as an aesthetic form and conclude with a presentation.
For whom is Emerge recommended?
This continuing education is aimed at educators, therapists, teachers, dancers, dance/theater educators, choreographers and anyone who wants to implement creative action and relaxed, confident performance in their everyday life or profession.
What does Emerge promote?
- Development of somatic-choreographic action through a strengthening of sensory reference in decision-making and in the use of choreographic strategies.
- Unfolding creativity through training in strategies for shaping individual and collaborative creative processes, strategies for overcoming creative blocks.
- Deepening embodiment through body awareness training (being at home in the body), strengthening the body's own resources and sensory reference in movement.
- Performativity by strengthening individual and collective expressiveness, by strengthening sensory references in public performance, in solo and group performances and in application in individual areas of interest.
What does Emerge include?
The Emerge continuing education is modular. It is possible to join at any time. The completion is based on
- participation in 250h compulsory & elective modules,
- participation in 3h somatic & 3h artistic coaching each,
- artistic contributions to the workshop-internal performance shows,
- Documentation of the individual somatic process (max 5 pages) and
- Documentation of the artistic process (max 5 pages) with follow-up discussion
Curriculum 2023-2024
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Module 9 | Nov 15-17, 2024 | Expanding Project Unfolding // Tensegrity-principles & Fascia anatomy in dance with Katja Münker
| 430€ |
Additionally, according to the individual focus or interest:
90h Continuing education | Recognition from advance training possible or optionally bookable in
| varies according to selection or pre-training |
Artistic Coaching | Optional with one lecturer of Emerge
| 60€/h |
1:1 Somatic session | Optional with one lecturer of Emerge
| 60€/h |
Documentation, feedback, certification | Both
| 200€ |
Seminarleiter*innen
Heike Kuhlmann
www.heikekuhlmann.net
MSME, BMC®-Practitioner, dancer, -educator, choreographer, MA Performance Studies/Choreography
Heike is interested in the unfolding process of human beings. It is more than the individual unfolding, but in how people can meet each other at eye level through personal development and inclusion of structural conditions in her somatic facilitations. Being a condition to become Critical Somatics. She accompanies somatic processes in individual sessions, courses, workshops and trainings. Activism and somatics are interwoven in her artistic work. More information on: www.somatik-tanz-choreographie.de, www.heikekuhlmann.net
Kosten
Anmeldeinformationen
BerlinSomatische Akademie Berlin
Paul-Lincke-Ufer 30
10999 Berlin | side building
1st backyard
4th floor
- Full Price: 250.00 EUR
This module is part of the continuing education Emerge. It can be booked separately as well:
EMERGE - Body-Mind Centering® as base for creativity
DE+EN | 2-day workshop with Heike Kuhlmann
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