Aikido & Contact Improvisation

After an inspiring workshop in November, CI dancer Rosalind Holgate Smith and Aikido master Max Eriksson will pick up where they left off and work on the themes “feet to center” and “head to tail” in the next two sessions.

Therefore they guide you in a series of exercises, combining principles and techniques from Aikido and Contact Improvisation, to explore connections and pathways into and out of the body. Building on that, you can experiment with it in the partnering play.

At its outset in 1972, CI was developed by a community of Aikido practitioners and martial artists, so strong links are embedded in its origins.

Rosalind Holgate Smith (UK/DE) is a Dance Artist, Choreographer & Somatic Educator based in Berlin. She creates performances, installations, and art investigating intimate experiences between people, places, and the environment. Her approach to teaching and practice draws inspiration from her training in Contact Improvisation and somatic studies in Body-Mind Centering®, Skinner Release Technique, Authentic movement, Capoeira, African dance, and aquatic bodywork. She holds a BA(Hons) in Fine Art & Choreography from Dartington, a Master in Dance Creative Practice from Laban, and ID. For the past 4 years, she has been working on a PhD, investigating Touch as an encounter with Otherness and the vocabulary from Contact Improvisation. Rosalind is also a yoga instructor and teaches swimming using the Alexander Technique. https://rosalindholgate-smith.com

time

Saturday
3-6.30 pm

cost

35 – 55 € (Sliding Scale)

place

Tempelhofer Ufer 36
10963 Berlin
2. Hof, EG

The workshop will last approximately two hours and conclude with some time for jamming. Best for Intermediates with experience in either Aikido or CI.

booking

max@aikido-gleisdreieck.de
or show up and pay at the door!

Max Eriksson Ohlwein teaches Aikido and Kenjutsu, Japanese swordwork, in his Dojo in Berlin Kreuzberg. He started at the age of sixteen and became a full-time teacher in 2002. He traveled extensively to Japan and around the world to research Aikido in its different approaches. His insight into the martial arts is routed in the traditional training he received in Japan and Europe. Besides that, he got inspiration from his research in Shiatsu, Contact Improvisation, and contemporary art. In his teaching, he looks for the link between the more or less abstract physical practice and the challenges of daily life. Therefore, the question of receiving and providing connection is crucial to him.