Bodysurf Scotland

Heart2Heart

admin — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:24:14 +0000

A 5Rhythms® Heartbeat® Workshop
with Deborah Jay-Lewin
10th -12th September 2010
Cluny Ballroom, Findhorn Foundation Cluny Hill College, ForresIn these changing times, emotions are flying all around us: Fear in many guises from denial to panic; Anger from blame to rage; Sadness from self-pity to downright despair. It is a challenging time indeed. Resistance is rife, surrender is the key. Let’s use this magnificent 5Rhythms practice to become more acquainted with our emotional patterns. Let’s increase our awareness, our vocabulary and expand the possibilities. We may or may not find Joy – but lightness in any situation and Compassion for all will certainly make our days more imaginative and inspiring. Deborah has spent more than 20 years combining her passion for 5Rhythms with her deep love of the spiritual principles she has learnt whilst living in the Findhorn Community in Scotland. She teaches regularly in Scotland, Europe and South-East Asia. Her workshops are known for being full of vitality, open heartedness and a unique approach that awakens transformation. Deborah is engaged in ongoing study with Gabrielle Roth and is certified to teach both Waves® and Heartbeat®. Friday 7.30pm–10.00pm, Saturday 11.00am–6.00pm, Sunday 11.00am–5.00pmCost: £140. Limited concessions available, please enquire.15% early booking discount if paid by 1 September.This workshop counts as 15 Heartbeat hours in the 5Rhythms teacher training

Heart2Heart is a Vital Moves and Bodysurf Scotland co-production. For further information on the workshop content and Deborah’s other work visit www.vitalmoves.co.uk

Skinner Releasing Technique

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:35:10 +0000

Introductory Skinner Releasing Technique – Weekend Intensive
with Kirsty Alexander24th – 26th September 2010Skinner Releasing Technique (SRT) is an innovative approach to dance and movement training which has been continually developed by Joan Skinner for over 40 years. The technique has evolved from the simple principle that when we are releasing tension and habitual holding patterns we can move more freely, powerfully and articulately.In an SRT session image guided floor work and hands on tactile studies evoke spontaneous movement, and are used to facilitate the letting go of tensions; a deeper kinaesthetic experience of movement; an effortless way of moving and an integration of technical growth and creative process. Uniquely, experienced dancers study alongside beginners, each working at their own rate. After studying law, then training in dance at Laban, Kirsty enjoyed an extensive performance career with Gaby Agis, Rosemary Butcher, Gill Clarke, Station House Opera, Michael Clark, and Michel Laub. She is a certified teacher of Skinner Releasing Technique and serves on the Creative Council of the Skinner Releasing Institute in Seattle. Kirsty is associate editor of the Journal of Dance and Somatic Practices, and also pursues an interest in epistemology and moral philosophy from a kinaesthetic perspective. She has taught in a wide variety of community, professional and educational contexts, was Head of Undergraduate Studies at Laban from 2000-2004 and Assistant Director of London Contemporary Dance School from 2005 to 2010.‘Kirsty was one of my first ever ‘release’ based dance teachers. Her graceful and delightful teaching approach leads to spontaneous new ways of moving and gives rise to joyfully unexpected movement vocabulary.’ Karl Jay-Lewin (AD of Bodysurf Scotland) All Welcome! Skinner Releasing is a dance class for professionals, newcomers and beginners alike: all those interested in exploring their creativity through moving. Friday 7.30pm–9.30pm, Saturday and Sunday 11am–1pm and 2pm-4pm Cost: Weekend £90/£70.
20% discount on full price, available to groups of three or more, non-Findhorn residents.
To book please send a 25% non-refundable deposit

Scaravelli Inspired Yoga Workshops

admin — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:17:41 +0000

Louise Simmons and Mooie Scott 2nd – 5th October 2010
Diane Long and Sophy Hoare 5th – 7th April 2011
Diane Long 9th – 10th April 2011The Universal Hall, FindhornVanda Scaravelli, who died in Italy in l999 at the age of 9l, may be best known to many yoga students for her influential book 'Awakening the Spine', with its striking photos of her in her 80's performing challenging poses with ease. Vanda's knowledge developed from initial study with Iyengar and Desikachar. Her own distinctive approach to yoga evolved throughout the rest of her life.
The emphasis of this approach to yoga is not on achieving postures but using them to undo tension and find integration. The practice is an ongoing exploration of the relationship between the parts of the body and between our movements and the breath, the ground and the space around us. Gradually a new network of muscles is brought into use. Then our movements come from the spine and bring us back to the spine and the whole body pulls together. We train our attention so that we can feel more, impose less, and allow the intelligence of the body to reveal itself.Louise Simmons & Mooie Scott
2nd – 5th October 2010Louise has a studio on Orcas Island, Washington, USA and strong links with the Findhorn Community. From a performance arts background, she explored a variety of approaches to yoga and bodywork. She met her teacher and inspiration, Diane Long, in the mid 90's & through her the teachings of Vanda Scaravalli. She has been exploring and sharing this transformational way with students and other teachers internationally, for over 10yrs.
Mooie lives and teaches yoga in the Scottish Borders, Edinburgh and Glasgow. She was introduced the Scaravelli approach to yoga over 25 years ago by Sophy Hoare, beginning a training course with Sophy, Mary Stewart and John Stirk in 1990. Her interest is to understand how to free the body without strain focussing on the breath in a rhythmical way, one that is both transforming and beautiful. Diane Long and Sophy Hoare
5th – 7th April 2011Diane Long
9th – 10th April 2011"Diane Long and Sophy Hoare both worked closely with Vanda Scaravelli. Diane was her pupil for 23 years, and Sophy studied with Vanda regularly for 8 years. Sophy and Diane met through Vanda and continue to work and teach together to deepen their practice. Since Vanda's death in 1999 her legacy has continued through Diane and Sophy. What she gave carries on developing because it was not a set of instructions, but a feeling of curiosity for what the practice can show us" – Ed FelllowsAll workshops will run between 9am and approximately 12 noon each day, with an optional afternoon discussion. Each morning, participants will attend two 1.5 hour classes – one taught by each of the two named teachers. The group will be divided into two halves to allow greater contact time with the teachers. On the 9th & 10th of April Diane will teach one three hour class to all participants.Cost:
2nd – 5th October with Louise and Mooie £170 (includes one vegetarian meal per day)
5th – 7th April with Diane & Sophie £175 (includes one vegetarian meal per day)
9th & 10th April with Diane £120 (includes one vegetarian meal per day)
Some daily places may be available, please enquire.

An Evening of Contemporary Dance Performance

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:39:07 +0000

Karl Jay-Lewin & Company
Rick Nodine & Company
Rosalind MassonSaturday October 16th 8pm £8/£6At Once
Choreographed by Deborah Hay
Adapted & Performed by Karl Jay-LewinArtistic Director of Bodysurf Scotland, Karl Jay-Lewin, has built his reputation as a choreographer making and performing work in the UK and abroad. He is most well known in Scotland for the highly celebrated father-son duets he made with Jake, then aged 8 & 11. He now brings his off beat and mischievous performance style to a solo adaptation of USA choreographer, Deborah Hay’s, At Once – a place where joy and sorrow ripple together in simultaneous coexistence.‘Brilliant … he can’t help but be funny.’ Audience member, on At OnceCome to Mamma
By Rick Nodine
After a string of larger scale works choreographing for the National Theatre (England), Glyndebourne Opera, and a quartet for his own company (Wayfareing Stranger) Nodine presents his small scale and evocative study of childhood, Come to Mamma. This duet features two raucously physical and vocal women who weave a movement poem of wild noise, quiet song and left field humor.“… lightning-fast performance circuitry … it’s riveting to watch him play
physical and verbal pinball ” The ObserverPotentially Plugged In To the Universe
Choreography, text and performance: Rosalind Masson
Music by Aaron Jonah Lewis
Rosalind Masson graduated from London Contemporary Dance School in 2006 and now works as a freelance teacher and performer connected to La Nua in Edinburgh, Movement Research in N.Y.C. and Berlin based Labor Gras. This piece was developed in response to a collaboration that disintegrated. First shown as part of Heads Up at Dancebase then Pool at the Traverse 2009. A humorous yet thoughtful solo flagging up issues of identity and female roles.
Tickets available from Box Office 01309 690110 two weeks before hand or on the door.

Feldenkrais into Contact Improvisation

admin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:01:42 +0000

Rick Nodine & Simonetta Alessandri
A weekend workshop for all levels of experience16th & 17th October 2010
10am – 4pm
The Universal Hall, Findhorn, Scotland Contact Improvisation is a dance form in which the point of contact with another dancer provides the starting point for a movement exploration. It is about sharing weight, rolling, suspending, falling, passive and active, energy and awareness.
The Feldenkrais Method, will be a base from which to dance. It uses simple exploratory movements to learn to free ourselves from unhelpful patterns and discover greater physical ease and increased vitality.Simonetta has a knack for helping students transport the self discovery and physical opening which emerges from the gentle Feldenkrias work into the more expansive movements of dance and Contact Improvisation.
Rick's work uses simple choreographed or set movements to give students the technical grounding to safely launch themselves into unknown realms of movement. Gradual accumulation of information and skills will support our dancing together with risk and good humour. Simonetta & Rick have studied Contact Improvisation with the foremost teachers of the art-form. They each have an extensive international performance, choreographic and teaching career. Simonetta is a qualified teacher of the Feldenkrais method and has been teaching dance for twenty years. Rick's performing career includes theatre, dance, and mixed-ability, and has 12 years experience in creating improvised performance.

Cost: Weekend £90/£70 (group discounts available)

Brand New 10/11

admin — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:00:58 +0000

Bodysurf Scotland’s New Year Improv Jam
28th December 2010 – 2nd Jan 2011

Contact Improvisation/Dance Improvisation/Late Night Jamming/Beginners Classes/Wild geese/Hot tub/Hogmanay party/Led bodywork sessions/walks on the beach/Hot Tub again/Polar bear swim/

Organised and run by Karl Jay-Lewin (Findhorn), Robert Anderson (London), Jackie Adkins (FIndhorn), Natanja Den Boeft (Amsterdam)

Prices and details to follow

Yoga – Scaravelli approach

admin — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:02:20 +0000

Yoga with Diane Long and Sophy Hoare
5th – 7th April 2011

Yoga with Diane Long
9th – 10th April 2011

Vanda Scaravelli, who died in Italy in l999 at the age of 9l, may be best known to many yoga students for her influential book Awakening the Spine with its striking photos of her in her 80s performing challenging poses with ease. Vanda’s knowledge developed from initial study with Iyengar and Desikachar. Her own distinctive approach to yoga evolved throughout the rest of her life.

“Diane Long and Sophy Hoare both worked closely with Vanda Scaravelli. Diane was her pupil for 23 years, and Sophy studied with Vanda regularly for 8 years. Sophy and Diane met through Vanda and continue to work and teach together to deepen their practice. Since Vanda’s death in 1999 her legacy has continued through Diane and Sophy. What she gave carries on developing because it was not a set of instructions, but a feeling of curiosity for what the practice can show us.” Ed Fellows

About this approach to yoga:
The emphasis is not on achieving postures but using them to undo tension and find integration. The practice is an ongoing exploration of the relationship between the parts of the body and between our movements and the breath, the ground and the space around us. Gradually a new network of muscles is brought into use. Then our movements come from the spine and bring us back to the spine and the whole body pulls together. We train our attention so that we can feel more, impose less, and allow the intelligence of the body to reveal itself.

The workshop will run between 9am and approximately 12pm each day with an optional afternoon discussions. Between the 5th – 7th April, each morning participants will attend two, 1.5 hour classes – one taught by Diane and one taught by Sophy. The group will be divided into two halves to allow greater contact time with the teachers.
Between the 9th – 11th April, Diane will teach one class to all participants.

Cost: 5th – 7th April with Diane & Sophie £175 (includes one vegetarian meal per day)
Cost: 9th & 10th April with Diane £120 (includes one vegetarian meal per day)
Some daily places may be available at £65 per day (incl. meal)
To book send a 25% deposit

Force of Nature

admin — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:10:32 +0000

Force of Nature is a one-off performance by four of the World’s most inspiring improvising dance artists. It features leading figures from the field of contemporary dance: Michael Schumacher (Ballet Frankfurt, Twyla Tharp Dance); Dai Jian (Trisha Brown company); Kenzo Kusuda (Emio Greco / PC, Boukje Schweigman) and Kirstie Simson, a dynamic force in British dance who has worked with, amongst others, Steve Paxton, Nancy Stark Smith and Simone Forti. To see these legendary artists in action individually is impressive enough, but to witness them performing collectively in this unique international event will be a life-changing, once in a lifetime experience. Unmissable! Tickets available on the door only: £9/£7
Force of Nature is a project initiated by Katrina McPherson and Kirstie Simson, co-produced by Goat & Bodysurf Scotland.

Poetry In Motion

admin — Sat, 29 May 2010 08:32:52 +0000

Force of Nature

Dance Performance
Kirstie Simson with special guests.
Michael Schumacher (Ballet Frankfurt)
Dai Jian (Trisha Brown Co.)
Kenzo Kusuda (Trisha Brown Co.)
Friday 23rd July 4pm & 8pm
The Universal Hall, Findhorn

Dance, improvisation and Listening
A Workshop with Kirstie Simson
24th & 25th July 2010
The Universal Hall, Findhorn
Open to all levels of experience*
A workshop in Dance-Improvisation, drawing from Kirstie's knowledge of Contact Improvisation, dance techniques, Aikido and her extensive experience of improvisation in performance.
The workshop will focus on exploring the huge potential of the body's response to the primal urge to move. This will be inspired through human interaction, physical challenge and the excitement of discovering new territory, new sensations and a daring to go beyond inherent ideas of limitation.
The classes will build on simple physical principles, allowing students to explore and experience their bodies moving in a more profound, joyful and liberating way.
Students will be offered ways to extend and deepen their experience of moving, to practice the skills of dancing in partnership with others and improvising with greater sensitivity to each other and the environment. In recent years Kirstie's focus has been directed towards the art of deep listening within her practice of improvisation. During this workshop she will be sharing her insights and understanding of the essential quality of listening within the art of improvisation, and how this pertains to her experience of improvisation in performance. … one of the legends of British Dance and one of the greatest exponents of Contact Improvisation. – Time Out Magazine, London *Both days are open to people of all levels of experience, with the second day of particular value to anyone who is interested in deepening their performance practice of Improvisation.Cost: Weekend £95/£80/£65. Saturday only, £55/£45/£35
20% discount on full price, available to groups of three or more, non-Findhorn residents.
Bookings: Please send a 25% non-refundable deposit to the address below

Force of Nature

Dance Performance
Force of Nature is a one-off performance by four of the World’s most inspiring improvising dance artists. It features leading figures from the field of contemporary dance: Michael Schumacher (Ballet Frankfurt, Twyla Tharp Dance); Dai Jian (Trisha Brown company); Kenzo Kusuda (Emio Greco / PC, Boukje Schweigman) and Kirstie Simson, a dynamic force in British dance who has worked with, amongst others, Steve Paxton, Nancy Stark Smith and Simone Forti. To see these legendary artists in action individually is impressive enough, but to witness them performing collectively in this unique international event will be a life-changing, once in a lifetime experience. Unmissable! Tickets available on the door only: £9/£7
Force of Nature is a project initiated by Katrina McPherson and Kirstie Simson, produced by Goat & Bodysurf Scotland.

Kirstie Simson, Michael Schumacher, Dai Jian, Kenzo Kusuda

admin — Fri, 21 May 2010 20:18:22 +0000

Its difficult to sum up in a few words the dance treat we have to offer over this weekend. Its a one off opportunity and a coup for Bodysurf and Scotland.

For workshop information Poetry in Motion
For performance information Force of Nature