Another Walk on the Wild Side - Summer Residency

About this event

Contact Improvisation, Tango, Tai-Chi, Play Fight, Physical creativity, Evolutionary Movement, Open Voice & Singing circles. With Javier Cura & Komala Amorin Evolution has designed us through movement, touch and socialisation. We are born to run, jump, walk, climb, fight, cooperate, tell stories, sing and dance. Our brains are a consequence of our wide range of movement, food and social interactions. The way we move affects our physical, emotional and mental health. Acknowledging our evolution’s design can have a positive impact on ourselves, on our society and on the Earth. We would like to embody the change we wish for us and for those who will follow us. WHAT TO EXPECT: Surrounded by green farmlands, against the backdrop of blue hills, lush green forests, a meandering river, nearby lakes and the gardens that surround the renovated baroque Palace of Piotrowice Nyskie, www.piotrowicenyskie.pl we will empower ourselves through the joy of “gathering” a diversity of movements together. We will apply all of these to and through Contact Improvisation, Tango, Tai-Chi, Fusion, Play Fight, Physical creativity, Body Percussion, Voice exploration and Singing circles. We will also share stories, gather plants, cook together, swim, meditate and create different forms to cooperate and to share knowledge. We will experience how this embodied experience can affect our way of being in the present, our creativity and life joyfulness, and envision ways to bring it over to our everyday life. WORKSHOP COST EARLY BIRD before the 7th June: Sliding scale 400€ to 440€ (discount for students & unemployed) AFTER 7th June: Sliding scale 440€ to 500€ (discount for students & unemployed) NOTE: it is possible to come for a shorter stay of a minimum of 3 complete days. COST INCLUDES: Around 6-7 hours daily of movement outdoors and indoors plus music, dance & contact tango jams. OPEN VOICE lead by Komala Amorin, is a method for rescuing our natural ability to sing spontaneously by opening and expressing the wide range of sounds within. This is a therapeutic process, a powerful opening for self-expression and a spiritual experience. It is a call to be in the present moment and express our inner experiences and emotions, through the singing voice. We will have 3 or 4 sessions plus music voice improvisations. OPEN SPACE for participant to contribute at its own will with their own experience and or questions. Past years offers ranged from yoga, massage, meditation, to name just some. ACCOMMODATION OPTIONS & COSTS: Includes the use of: a big common kitchen to cook together + Studio + common bathrooms + an improvised pool + common bikes + when possible being picked up at the nearby village Tents: 24€/p.night/person. Camper: 25€/p.night/person Mattress on floor in shared hall: 25€/p. night, Shared rooms for 3 or 4 persons: 28-31€/p. night, w/private bathroom & sometimes kitchen Shared room for 2 persons: 34-37€/p. night, w/ private bathroom & sometimes kitchen Single room: 39-41€/p. night FOOD is our community building practical tool. Taking care of our food (shopping, cooking, cleaning, etc) is a practical way to bring down to earth our community and to open up awareness for the group wellbeing. We will share the costs (which are very cheap in Poland) DANCE & MUSIC JAMS and CONCERTS KOMALA AMORIN: we will play with our unique voices and improvise in singing circles. NICOLA GRUENING & and other accomplished musicians, creators and teachers will be playing some nights. AND, you can bring also your music instrument and join us for the multiple JAMs. HOW TO ARRIVE: we will put in contact participants to share trips together by car, camper or train. http://www.piotrowicenyskie.pl/ . Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/v83TLAqji2esMQYL6 From Berlin: 5-6 hours by car – 7.30 to 8.30hours by train or Bus search connections for Nysa or Otmuchów. We will pick you up from either. From Prague: 3.30 hours by car – 4.30 hours by train or Bus to Horní Heřmanice via Zábřeh na Moravě & Lipová Lázně. We will pick you up from Horní Heřmanice. Please double check with us the precise info on how to get there.