CYCLE # 2 / 5 modules October 2017 - June 2018

'in research and practices'

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MODULE 1

Knee / Spheres of Activity / Organ System (BMC®)

MODULE 2

Undulatory Coordination / Shoulder Complex

MODULE 3

Cervical Spine & Head / Contact Improvisation / Strength vs Coordination?

MODULE 4

Motoric Masses / Applying Orientation Tools and Terminology / Cellular Presence (BMC®)

MODULE 5

Anatomical Center / Rhythm & Dynamic Arcing / Cranio-Sacral Integration / Whats New?

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Guest Faculty

Nina Wehnert (BMC)

Jörg Hassmann

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Guest Lecturer

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Nita Little PhD

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Musician

Johannes Anzenhofer​

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Life Drawing Documentation

Katelyn Stiles

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CYCLE # 3 / 4 modules September 2018 - June 2019

Module 1 : September 29 - October 5 (7 days)

Lumbar Hip Sacrum / Ramping & Transition Skills / Organs  BMC® / Contact-Improvisation

 

Module 2 : November 26 - 30 (5 days)

Shoulder and Arm Navigation / Landing & Launching / Fluids and Cells BMC®

 

Module 3 : April 1 - 5 (5 days)

Feet & Ankle Complex / Myofascial Communication & Tensegral Bending / Embryology BMC® / Prepared Dissection 
 

Module 4 : May 25 - June 2 (9 days)

Dynamic Alignment Spectrum / Contact Improvisation / Elastic Loading / Adaptability / Explosivity / Nervous System Balance & Endocrine Support  BMC®

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Guest Faculty

Nina Wehnert (BMC)

Baris Mihci (AS)

Johannes Anzenhofer (Rhythm)

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Guest Lecturer

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Anne-Sophie Reichert

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Musicians

Johannes Anzenhofer

Alex Zampini

Barnaby Tree

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Life Drawing Documentation

Katelyn Stiles

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Cycle #4 2019/20

Module 1: September 28 - October 4 (7 days)

Sequential Movement Coordination / Walking Principles and Analysis / Contact-Improvisation /

T-Lab: Testing, Tuning and Tinkering

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Module 2: November 25 - November 29 (5 days)

Bio-tensegral Dynamics of the Spine / Falling Patterns / Fluidity & Developmental Patterns BMC®

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Module 3: January 27 - January 31 (5 days)

Shoulder and Hip Anatomy / Myofascial Communication / Developmental Patterns II / Reflexes BMC®

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Module 4: March 30 - April 3 2020 (5 days) CANCELLED DUE TO COVID 19

Knee and Elbow Anatomy / Conserving, Harnessing & Recycling Energy / Nervous System Integration/ T-Lab

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Module 5: May 23 - May 31  (9 days) CANCELLED DUE TO COVID 19

Head and Neck / Rhythm & Pulsation / Thinking critically: pedagogy and transmission / Dynamics of Perception BMC® / Contact Improvisation / T-Lab

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TEACHING TEAM:

Kira Kirsch (all modules)

Antoine Ragot (all modules)

Jörg Hassmann (Module 1)

Nina Wehnert (Module 2,3 & 5)

Baris Mihci (Module 4)

+ guest speakers, live musicians 

 

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Cycle # 5 Semester cycle 2020

Module 1 January 20th to 24th (5 days)

Spine / Ramping & Transitioning Skills  /BMC - Organs

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Module 2 March 23rd to 27th (5 days) CANCELLED DUE TO COVID 19

Shoulder Girdle  / Undulatory Coordination / Polyrhythms in Body and Music

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Module 3 June 17th to 24th (8 days) CANCELLED DUE TO COVID 19

Applied Paleoanthropology & Comparative Anatomy / Tone, Tension, Tissue Response

Contact Improvisation  / Open Ateliers facilitated by senior students

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TEACHING TEAM:

Kira Kirsch (all modules)

Antoine Ragot (all modules)

Francesca Pedullà (module 2)

Nina Wehnert BMC

+ guest speakers, live musicians  

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CYCLE #7 2021/22

MODULE 1: Oktober 4 - October 10 2021 (7 days)

Chrono-logical archi-tecture / Channeling Forces / Touch & Improvisation / Principles of Motor Learning - mini lecture & lab / BMC®

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MODULE 2: November 22 - November 28 2021 (7 days) 

Motion Centers of the Spine / Athletic Skills for Dancers / Rhythm and Dynamic Arcing for Movement Efficiency  / BMC®

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MODULE 3: April 22 - 28  2022 (Friday afternoon - Thursday afternoon / 7 days) >>> FULL!!!

Bones Whispering - Paleoanthropolgy & Comparative Anatomy / C-Stars - from rolling to falling to flying / Alchemy of Walking Analysis / Dynamic Expansion - Craniosacral with Shannon Cooney

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 MODULE 4: June 6 - 25 2022 (21 days) >>>PROGRAM<<<

  

Week 1  Monday - Saturday

Interconnecting Legs and Arms Anatomically & in Coordination

Conserving, Harnessing & Recycling Energy (physics)

Balance, Flow and Ground/Nervous System - BMC® with Nina Wehnert

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Field Trip to a Prepared Dissection Lab - Anatomy Institute of Charité University for Medicine 

Jams with live music 

 

 

Week 2 Monday - Saturday

Myofascial Communication 

Patterns of Coordinations of the Spine (biomechanics, evolutionary context) 

Contact Improvisation - Nita Little 

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Jams with live music

Unfinished Fridays - work in progress with feedback process

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Week 3 Monday - Saturday 

Polyrhythms in Body and Music (with live music by Johannes Anzenhofer )

Elastic Loading / Adaptability / Explosivity (tensegrity/ visco elastic qualities/athlétism)

Dreaming Body with Anna Nowicka

 

Lecture by Anna 

Sharing

Jam with live music

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TEACHING TEAM:

Kira Kirsch (all modules)

Antoine Ragot (all modules)

Marianne Linder

Nina Wehnert BMC

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+ guest teachers: Shannon Cooney, Anna Nowicka, Nita Little

+ guest speakers: Anne-Sophie Reichert, Anna Nowicka, Nita Little

+ live musicians: Barnbaby Tree, Alex Zampini, Johannes Anzenhofer

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Cycle #8 2022/23

MODULE 1: Oktober 1 - October 7 2022 (7 days) / Lake Studios

Spinal Communications / Agility, Dexterity, Flexibility / Organs - Body Mind Centering ®

MODULE 2: Oktober 31 - November 6 2022 (7 days) / Urbanraum & Lake Studios

The Alchemy of Walking / Spheres & Spirals - Contact Improvisation / Stories of Walking​

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  MODULE 3: January 9 - 28  2023 (3 weeks) Lake Studios  

 

 WEEK 1 January 9 - 14 

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Tone, Tension, Tissue Response / Antoine Ragot 

Wings and Roots BMC® - the sphenoid and other relational aspects of the body / Nina Wehnert  

Arms & Shoulder Complex / Kira Kirsch 

 

How Do We Move Together - conference & practice lab / Diana Thielen 

 

 WEEK 2 January 16 - 21 

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Ramping & Transitioning / Kira Kirsch 

Liquidity and Structure - Contact Improvisation / Cristina Cripa 

Embodied Anatomy Lab - hands-on work, palpation, mapping, forming, imagining / Antoine Ragot 

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conference tba

 

 WEEK 3 January 23 - 28 

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The Potential Infinity - a never ending quest for perpetual motion / Jerome d’Orso  

Walking & Flying / Antoine Ragot 

Subtle Body - touch, partnering, energy & attention / Kira Kirsch 

 

In A Gravitational Field - conference / Jerôme d'Orso

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MODULE 4: April 1 - 6 (6 days) / Lake Studios & Urbanraum Berlin

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Spine Dynamics - for balancing, turning and re-orientation / Kira Kirsch

Functional Flow - strength for agility and versatility / Filippo Serra

The Back Space - contact improvisation / Kira Kirsch

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MODULE 5: May 1 - May 7 2023 (7 days) / Lake Studios

 

Micro & Macro - attuning to details and complexity / Kira Kirsch

Physics of Partnering / Antoine Ragot

Emergence: the root of CI & the core of Ensemble Dancing / Nita Little

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Cycle #9 2023/24​

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Module#1 Aug 28 - Sept 3

Walking Principles and Analysis 

Dynamics of Falling 

Readiness for Relating -

primitive reflexes, righting reactions and equilibrium responses BMC®  / guest teacher: Nina Wehnert

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Module#2 Oct 1 - 11

Tuning to Context - biomechanical and anatomical relationships (solo & CI)

Undulatory Coordination - sequential movement principles (solo & CI)

Functional Flow - strength building for dancers / guest teacher: Filippo Serra

Power & Lightness - endocrine glands BMC® / guest teacher: Nina Wehnert

 

Teach & Research Oct 13 - 15

lab classes, feedback rounds & discussions, labs, exchange & impulses for research 

(this event is for the students of the teacher & researcher track only)

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Module#3 Nov 13 - 19

Channeling Forces - physics of motion

Touch, Textures & Tissues (solo & CI)

Water Kissing Water - how things meet - overlap - interface - join - come together / guest teacher: Ayelet Yekutiel

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Module#4  April 1 - 7

Body Archeology - paleoanthropology and comparative anatomy

Micro & Macro - attuning to detail and complexity 

Fluid Body - BMC®  / guest teacher: Nina Wehnert

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MODULE #5 - 3 WEEK Summer Residency June 10 - 29

with Kira Kirsch, Antoine Ragot, Kelly Keenan, Nita Little​ and Nina Wehnert, Katelyn Stiles

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WEEK I June 10 - 15

Bags & Lines - myofascial communication/solo into CI - Kira Kirsch

Spinal Patterns - Antoine Ragot

Dynamic Expansion- movement & integrating holism through Dynamic Stillness - guest teacher: Shannon Cooney

 

WEEK II June 17 - 22

Body Mapping & Tissue Dynamics - movement building blocks & tissue physiology- Antoine Ragot

Composing Lightness - from walking to flying - Kira Kirsch

Relational Intelligence - contact improvisation & the ensemble mindbody - Nita Little 

 

WEEK III June 24 - 29

Body and Music - Kira Kirsch & Johannes Anzenhofer

Unruly matter(s) - Anatomical Imaginaries - Kelly Keenan

Felt Physics - CI, Partnering and Improvisation- Antoine Ragot

 

+ Jams, Lectures, Labs, Performance & Field Trips

musicians: Barnaby Tree & Johannes Anzenhofer