Aikido & Contact Improvisation

Aikido & Contact Improvisation

After we researched the connection inbetween "feet and center" in January, we will explore from “head to tail” in February.

Rosalind and Max will guide you through exercises combining principles and techniques from Aikido and Contact Improvisation to explore connections and pathways into and out of the body. Building on this, you can experiment with it in the partnering play.

Saturday 3-6.30 pm
35 – 55 € (Sliding Scale)

booking: max@aikido-dojo-gleisdreieck.de

Rosalind Holgate Smith (UK/DE) is a Dance Artist, Choreographer & Somatic Educator based in Berlin. She creates performances, installations, and art that investigate intimate experiences between people, places, and the environment. Her approach to teaching and practice draws inspiration from her training in Contact Improvisation and somatic studies in Body-Mind Centering®, Skinner Release Technique, Authentic movement, Capoeira, African dance, and aquatic bodywork. She holds a BA(Hons) in Fine Art & Choreography from Dartington, a Master in Dance Creative Practice from Laban, and ID. For the past 4 years, she has been working on a PhD, investigating Touch as an encounter with Otherness and the vocabulary from Contact Improvisation. Rosalind is also a yoga instructor and teaches swimming using the Alexander Technique. www.rosalindholgate-smith.com

Max Eriksson Ohlwein teaches Aikido and Kenjutsu, Japanese swordwork, in his Dojo in Berlin Kreuzberg. He started at the age of sixteen and traveled extensively to Japan and around the world to research Aikido in its different approaches. His insight into the martial arts is routed in the traditional training he received in Japan and Europe. Besides that, he got inspiration from his research in Shiatsu, Contact Improvisation, and contemporary art. In his teaching, he looks for the link between the more or less abstract physical practice and the challenges of daily life. Therefore, the question of receiving and providing the connection is crucial to him.www.aikido-gleisdreieck.de