Practicing/workshops
Radiografías de movimiento
As a dance teacher, they develop spaces of encounter between the artistic and the pedagogical paying attention to the power of enunciation of the bodies. They are part ofthe teaching team of important dance trainings in Spain such as SOLADA (Aula de creación coreográfica de la Agencia de Instituciones Culturales de la Junta de Andalucia) or teaching teams of the cultural weeks of the four professional dance conservatories of Andalusia (Córdoba, Málaga, Granada and Sevilla), Valladolid a in the fourAs a cultural agent, they generate training-creation projects that bring dance to all bodies. Some of these projects are: MEDANZOTOA, DANCIBERIA, PROPIAMOL or SEMANASANA. They find in Shiatsu the necessary knowledge to deepen in the qualities of listening through touch by questioning the relationship between health and the body. This understanding of the body has enabled them to research on tools with which to develop their own method to transfer knowledge(s) from one body to another through touch.
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SOLADA is a choreographic creation workshop based on the construction of scores and the study of instant composition. Both are understood as a way of organizing and designing space and time.
This workshop is a call to the performer’s ability to apply their creative and constructive intuition in real time, fostering a perceptive and sensitive state in the present moment while reinforcing the interdependencies between the performers and everything around them. It strengthens the sense of group through listening and sharpens the particularities of each individual within the group.
SOLADA is a creative process with a plural perspective and listening approach to scenic practice, through the participants' exposure to other artistic disciplines, turning the workshop into an interdisciplinary dialogue.
Conceiving movement
as a substance
a residue
a layer
A ground composed of layers or memories
Performers:
Carlos Camps Helena Marant Cipri López
Javixu Moreno Alejandra Ruiz
Karen Pullich Alba Lucera Raquel Lao Francesca Lancharro Marta Infante
Judith Castanyo Carla Misó
MOVEMENT SESSIONS
Since 2003, Natalia has been teaching contemporary dance and improvisation classes.
These workshops are aimed at anyone interested in studying the body and movement. There is a focus on approaching alternative logics of movement language and questioning the different qualities of presence, depending on where we place our attention. The classes start with an awareness of our complex physical structure, as well as tools to explore basic concepts such as: breathing, weight, support, directions, planes, balance-imbalance. Participants will recognize the reasons that drive them and awaken their physical intuition to remain open to the unpredictable.
The goal is to create a space for exploration of action and non-action, where we can build connections with others, be open to change, establish boundaries, understand resistance, and learn to make individual and collective decisions. Finally, the space is considered a political space where we can expand action strategies, increase personal autonomy, and transform and re-contextualize our dance.
When we move, we think differently, sparking a dialogue around a shared practice.
The online movement sessions took place during the pandemic. These gatherings became a network of affection woven through movement. They were dialogues between the participating dancers: Carina La Debla, Felix Arjona, Iris Dekker, Camille Cartier, Alexandra Prada, and Irene Cantero, following a movement practice focused on desire and intensity.
These online sessions began with a reading of Navigating Movements: A Conversation between Mary Zournazi and Brian Massumi, from the book Exercises in Occupation: Affects, Life, and Work.