LAB + LEARN: CONTACT IMPROV MOVEMENT LAB (5-MEO-JJ | OCEAN BEACH)

*Please pre-purchase tickets to reserve your spot:

https://app.arketa.co/selfstudylab/classes/by-class

Classes start promptly on time so plan give yourself enough time to find parking and arrive at least 10 minutes before the classes scheduled start time.

CONTACT IMPROV MOVEMENT LAB WORKSHOP

with Richie Villa + Elie Prana

A hybrid informational + integrative workshop including educational talk, skills demo, space for open practice, play + guided peer to peer mentoring on the activities or other forms of play centering the workshop topic.

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:

Contact Improvisation combines connection, playful energy, exploration, and collaboration into an improvised movement practice. From its roots in martial arts and modern dance, we will explore our relationship to gravity + momentum as we move, lean + fall with ourselves and others in this partnered movement practice. Movement patterns reflect activeness at all levels, from standing to rolling on the floor, while welcoming participants to discover a level accessible to them.

This movement practice involves active exploration of negotiating our own + others’ boundaries around touch + physicality to collectively create a communal environment of trust, care, integration, and discovery for expanding horizons within movement + connection.

WHAT TO ANTICIPATE

• Physical connection

• Discussion, exploration + definition of safety, consent + boundaries

• Space to feel into your own body, energy + intentions

• Guided exploration of connection with self + others through movement

• Open space for labbing what you learned + creating your own unique movement + connection styles

• Support from mentors + peers to guide you into deeper connection with your own body, movement, and alignment with your intentions

WHAT TO WEAR + BRING:

• Wear comfortable cloths for movement (athleisure wear, active wear, or loose flowy garments are great. Cottons/linens, and layers can be supportive.

• Bring your own water, towel, snacks, and journal if you’d like to take notes or reflect on your experience.

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ABOUT THE FACILITATORS:

Elie Prana is a movement enthusiast whose mission is to spread her contagious love and joy. She is passionate in her desire to guide others into expanding their awareness, self-expression and access to the depth of liberation that embodiment practices can offer. 20+ years of yoga practice. 16 years of teaching have shaped the foundation of her body awareness and wisdom. 9 years of practicing Contact Improv has brought her new insights and discoveries about self in ways no other practices could.This is where she has learned to listen, to move with minimum effort being in the flow, while being ready at all times, and feeling into the yes's and no's along the way. Contact Improv continues to offer access to her utmost joy, and she now co-hosts the weekly CI Jams in San Diego where she resides.

Richie Villa is a dancer, teacher and organizer based in San Diego, California where they co-host a Contact Jam on Monday nights. Their main movement focuses are Contact Improvisation, improvised dance, and partnered acrobatics, with influence from Acro Yoga, Axis Syllabus, Capoeira, Gaga, and Modern/Contemporary Dance.