Body-Mind Centering©
animal-like appetites and childlike curiosities

In this class we will holographically explore the human body through movement and hands on study to understand self and increase physical potential using tools from Body-Mind Centering®. Participants are invited to enter their animal-like appetites and childlike curiosities for physical investigation through engagement of the sensorial body. We will explore embodied anatomy and developmental movement through the systems of the body (e.g. bones, organs, ligaments, fluids, endocrine, nervous system, senses and perception) and investigate how these material inform our dance and performing practice.



Improvisation Composition


We will mine the materials of our bodies (anatomical, physical, mental, social, spiritual, relational, political) as a way to generate material for spontaneous composition. Together we will cultivate a vitality of presence, embodied intelligence, creativity and organisation to put guts in our dancing and our mind in our bodies. We will investigate the subtle state based materials embodied anatomy can offer to our performing practices. Together we will build scores for performing solo, duet and group dances.



Olive Bieringa
Olive Bieringa is a dancer and video artist. She is a certified DanceAbility teacher, Shiatsu and Body-Mind Centering© practitioner. She cofounded SEEDS Festival which takes place at Earthdance in Masschussets. Together with Otto Ramstad she co-directs the BodyCartography Project. Their work investigates the physical resonance of space in urban, wild, domestic and social landscapes through dance, video and installation work internationally.
Recent projects include the premiere of their work "1/2 Life" with a physicist, composer and visual artist at Performance Space 122 (NYC), the Southern Theater and Art of This Gallery in Minneapolis, a commission for the Lyon Opera Ballet, re-performance of Dan Graham’s works at the Walker Art Center and inclusion in the Scuba touring roster for 2010. BodyCartography is featured in the first book about site dance in the USA published by University of Florida Press titled "Site Dance: Choreographers and the Lure of Alternative Spaces".
www.bodycartography.org