Structure and Lightness

STRUCTURE & LIGHTNESS

Bones & breath, frame & flow, stability vs suspension, rooted weight vs buoyant lift…

We meet these polarities often in Contact Improvisation. The interplay between structure and lightness shapes how we move, support, and respond - yet beyond the technical layer, it also shapes how we feel and how we connect in the dance.

In this workshop, we will bring the water element into our exploration inviting fluidity, adaptability, and continuous motion to meet the clarity and stability of the skeletal structure. How can we let movement ripple through us? How can the solidity of bone meeting the ground become the shore from which waves of motion rise and return?

We’ll work with exercises that tune our skeletal support, fluid body, and lightness of air, moving to adapt to ever-changing situations. We will develop our improvisation and play with scores, clarify pathways, find alignment of weight and gravity, and explore how to generate and receive lift with less effort, allowing water-like qualities to soften transitions, carry momentum, and transform falling into flying.

Previous experience in CI is welcome but not essential. Having attended at least one class or jam before is recommended.

Anat Greenberg

Is an Israeli-born dancer, mother, choreographer, movement and dance therapist, and teacher based in Byron Bay. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Dance Education in 2008 and completed a Master’s in Dance Movement Therapy at the University of Melbourne in 2023.

She is a Pilates teacher and trained in the Ilan Lev method. Anat has taught Contemporary Dance, Improvisation, and Contact Improvisation internationally and in Australia.

Her ongoing artistic inquiry centres on states of presence and the body’s capacity to transform, embody, and convey images into knowledge, emotions, language, and atmosphere.

Time and Locations

Friday 6pm to 8pm 55 Erskinville Road, Erskinville

Saturday 10am to 5pm Glebe Townhall

Sunday 10am to 5pm Glebe Townhall

Fees

$210

Concession $190

Supporting others $240

Please choose the payment scale suitable to your ability, considering that supporting others allows us to give a few scholarship tickets. If you want to attend and need financial support, please contact us.

Payment

By participating in this movement workshop, you acknowledge that all activities are undertaken at your own risk. You are responsible for your own well-being and agree to move within your personal limits. The facilitator(s) and venue are not liable for any injury, loss, or damage. Please inform the facilitator of any pre-existing conditions and consult a medical professional if needed.

By joining, you agree to these terms.

Facebook Event Link

-----

Useful links:

The local Contact Improvisation Dance group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/3993588900725636

Sydney events page:

https://eamonn-o-flaherty.github.io/Sydney-Contact-Improv-Dance-Community/