C-Star Field
floor work fundamentals - Axis Syllabus-universal motor principles

The AS-ump™ is an inertia and weight-distribution analysis system that can be applied to any human body in any situation. Movement patterns are examined according to the following criteria: observance of healthy parameters for joint and muscle-function, logical falling and walking reflexes and most importantly the conservation of kinetic energy.
The C-Star is the most basic falling study in the AS vocabulary. Through the study the student will be able to transform the floor from a dangerous obstacle to a trampoline, allowing for less inhibition when learning more demanding or risky movements. The C-Star develops all-round support, stretches and strengthens the rotators of the hip and stabilisers of the knees.




Dynamic Geometry
sound shapes and transitions for movement artists
Axis Syllabus-universal motor principles – advanced

The AS-ump™ derives its name from the medical orientation system using the axes and planes to describe the body’s dimensions and spatial disposition. An axis is a point around which a joint or motion segment can rotate, as well as a general direction taken. A plane is a surface or cross section, as well as a general direction taken. These two concepts describe space and orientation, indicate mass in motion, implying inertia. In both cases, direction implies time and therefor dynamics and ultimately physio-dynamics. Syllabus means a list or table of contents in old Greek. A Syllabus might also be described as an acquired number of skills, a grammar of ability. Thus, the Axis Syllabus-universal motor principles™ can be called the grammar of physio-dynamic principles.

The AS-ump™ is an inertia and weight-distribution analysis system that can be applied to any human body in any situation. Movement patterns are examined according to the following criteria, observance of healthy parameters for joint and muscle-function, logical falling and walking reflexes and most importantly the conservation of kinetic energy.
This last implies the ability to permit and steer inertia-driven undulations in the body-core, the sequential use of the various body elements for support and locomotion and the application of appropriate alignment to dynamic situations.

This workshop for experienced movers will apply the C-Star and the Flight Basics (see other workshop discriptions) in a complex and demanding way. Gradual addition of the motives to each other will lead to long phrases intertwining the different principles in floor and standing work.


Flight Basics
artful walking - Axis Syllabus-universal motor principles

The AS-ump™ is a movement training and weight distribution analysis system that takes physiodynamics and anatomical parameters into account. Classes are structured using repeating motives, that represent illustrations of different falling studies. They will focus on alignment and the channeling of kinetic energy, which will include discussions of joint function and physical laws. Gradual addition of the motives to each other will lead to longer phrases.

This workshop concentrates on take-off and landing principles for standing work. Frey Faust will take a close look at walking as it is forming the base for any jumping and flying movements.

Optimal use of the foot, knee, hip, spine and arms to harness gravity. Analysis and restructuring of individual walking/running patterns. Prepare to leap, study foot mechanics and optimal anatomical jumping architecture, learn to harness gravity and inertia to fly. Walking well is a preparation for life, for everything we will do with our bodies. Our walking patterns form the base of unconscious reflexes that serve as a starting point for learning any other coordination, such as sport and dance or any kind of active work. If the knees are not aligned, if the curves in the spine are not adjusted for optimal rebound, if the feet are not actively supporting the arch and ankle, the repetition of minimal gestures that compromise the integrity of these structures will cause a gradual or even sudden deterioration. On the average, the human being takes about 80 to 90 steps a minute, that is about 5000 steps every hour.
Walking well includes understanding and supporting the side-bending principles, the involuntary internal and external rotations of the knee, foot structure, as well as finding and applying the motions of individual spinal curves to the different cases of locomotion. The healthy motion of walking includes continuous tri-axial undulations in the axial skeleton, a rotary under-curve swing in the pelvis, diagonally angled arcs of the extremities as they swing and receive the weight of the body falling through space. Each body has an optimal walk and personal rhythm. This workshop is designed to assist the participant in breaking the code of the habits that are potentially dangerous, ultimately finding their own walk, a walk that optimalises the structure of their bodies.

Axis Syllabus Demonstrational Film




Frey Faust
The Axis Syllabus
Applied Physics – Functional Anatomy Diagnostic Analysis – Artistic Expression

The Axis Syllabus is a bridge discipline that amalgamates up-to-date, pertinent information from a host of sciences and proposes a teaching and
studying methodology for the transmission of this information.
The Axis Syllabus is foremost concerned with healthy human locomotion, and so draws most heavily from sciences such as biomechanics, physiology, and physics; however, because information transmission has high priority, the AS also draws from sciences such as sociology, psychology, and pedagogy, which together inform an effective and ethical mode for teaching and learning.

After receiving primary discipline and essential experience under the tutelage of his mother from ages 8 to 15, Frey Faust went on to accumulate an eclectic skill-set including contact improvisation, pantomime, capoiera, aikido, percussion, voice and several modalities of dancing. He traveled across the US, and then to Europe to augment his own artistic study and practice through collaborations with choreographers such as Gina Buntz, Donald Byrd, Merce Cunningham, Nita Little, Ohad Naharin, Meredith Monk, Janet Panetta, David Parsons, Randy Warshaw and Stephen Petronio, to name a few.
A two-year stint as artist in residence at the Werkstaat e.V. Düsseldorf (now the Tanz Haus NRW) allowed him to set the foundation for his pedagogical and artistic vision. Since then he has traveled the world, teaching and collaborating with like-minded artists. He is the author of the book and the originator of the Axis Syllabus; a method for teaching movement, through which he aspires to assist his students to deepen their understanding and responsable use of nature's ingenious gift, the human body.

Besides ongoing research and re-writing his book in preparation for a second edition, he continues to find contexts for collaborative art-work, most recently with Mirva Mäkinen in "The Balance Project", Francesca Pedulla and Richard Adossou in "Two Among Us", and "No Compromise" with Anna Claudia Pedone.