Bodywork
deepen intuition

Alito Alessi, choreographer, dancer, and Licensed Massage Therapist, will teach bodywork preparation, application, and integration, including techniques for alignment of the shoulders, neck, spine and pelvis combined with cranial sacral work. Breath and movement will be used as a physical awareness preparation for hands-on partner-work moving towards the balance of structural, energetic and muscular expression. We will increase our understanding of strength, stretch, release and our ability to listen to our bodies’ messages, and deepen our intuition.
We will use a hands-on approach to cultivate a responsive, listening attitude to identify our own healing qualities and to assist others in identifying that which inhibits the physical, mental and emotional aspects of alignment. Together we will become aware of what our bodies are telling us but often ignore.



Alito Alessi
Alito Alessi is the artistic director and founder of the Joint Forces Dance Company and teaches and performs DanceAbility and Contact Improvisation internationally for more than 20 years. Both Joint Forces as well as DanceAbility are considered to be of the most important pioneer-projects in the field of "mixed-abilities dance“. This project for performers and teachers with and without disabilities achieved international appreciation for its artistic vision and the unique method in widening variety in dance.
Over several years Alito Alessi received scholarships for his choreographic works from American National Endowment of the Arts. As one of the pioneers of integrating Contact Improvisation into choreographic work, collaborations with artists include Steve Paxton, Nancy Stark Smith, Andrew Harwood, Karen Nelson amongst others.