HONOR THIS SILENCE – Caterina Mocciola
27 Maggio, 2021
After months of body silence, I found myself in a slow awakening of sensations, movements, relationships … I realized that there is a lot of
"Il silenzio è cosa viva"
Chandra Livia Candiani
SILENCE
Main element of the retreats, it opens our sensitivity and listening
CONTACT IMPROVISATION
The Jam will be the principle exploration space
NATURE
It will be the cradle and nourishment of our practices
FOCALIZERS
Experienced practitioners who will accompany the participants in the practice
WORD
The word and the deep listening in relation to silence
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Contact improvisation retreats and silence in nature
The retreats of silence and contact are designed to create the conditions for a sensitive opening through the practice of movement
in contact. “Contact silence” wants to express our research intention with respect to our common creative core and
responds to our intimate need.
We present our events scheduled for 2021
22 June – 1 July 2021
Monterosi, Arezzo, Tuscany
31 August – 9 September 2021
Monterosi, Arezzo, Tuscany
29 October – 2 November 2021
Gaia Terra, Flambruzzo, Friuli
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Concept and structure of the retreats
We consider Contact Improvisation as a wonderful psycho-physical practice, which, together with meditation and silence, creates that intimate, sensitive and silent condition that nourishes our life and answers our questions.
The ever-present elements are the contact improvisation jams, the silence, the
meditation, the circularity between the participants and the presence of the
focalizers.
The retreats will be organized in non-urban contexts that allow us to disconnect from city noise and hyper stimulation: for this reason we ask participants to turn off their devices or not to use them in the common areas of the retreat. We also ask participants to refrain from taking alcohol or drugs.
Silence
For us, silence is the background in which words, sounds, images and emotions appear for what they are.
In our retreats there is a permanently silent area that contains the practice platform, in this area we don’t speak, while in the other areas of the retreat this rule varies (see programme) and the use of the word may or may not be allowed.
During the night silence is extended to all areas of the retreat while during the day it is allowed to speak in the common areas. The invitation to participants is however to make careful and aware use of the word.
Focalizers
Focalizers are people with experience in contact and meditative practices that accompany the group with their presence and availability. They will always be present in the areas of activity with their support. Together they will organize the proposals of the afternoon workshops.
They are required to have an excellent maturity in Contact Improvisation, both from a technical and dynamic relational point of view, and from a meditative point of view, which they may have developed through classical disciplines such as yoga, Thai chi, martial arts or with approaches related to dance such as sensitive dance, authentic movement, contemplative dance or even with therapeutic approaches such as shiatzu and osteopathy.
Musicians
The music of our retreats is acoustic! In each retreat there will be a professional musician to take care of this delicate aspect on the platform!
The music will accompany us in our practices exclusively in the evening jam. While outside of silent areas it will always be possible to play an instrument, perhaps around the fire.
Our team
CONTACT SILENCE retreats is a social promotion project of the LIBERA MENTE APS association
We firmly believe that contact improvisation has great social and communicative potential and carries within it an unequivocal educational message. In addition to being the vanguard of the natural and authentic movement, it teaches respect for one’s body and the other, nourishing the fundamental need of the human being to physical contact, gives joy and well-being to those who practice it, reconnects man to his creativity and the primordial dimension of the game.
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BODY MATTERS – Georgia Petrali
17 Maggio, 2021
During this “new era of our global pandemic”, I do feel that the essentials of contact improvisation seem to be more relevant than ever. In
CI A SYNAPTIC ARCHITECTURE – Andrew Wass
10 Maggio, 2021
Part of the learning process for me is taking ideas/thoughts/nuggets/movements/pathways that I have gathered from teachers I have met along the way and modifying them,
AN EXOTIC MOMENT – Defne Erdur
3 Maggio, 2021
“Now we will count to twelve and we will all keep still for once on the face of the earth, let’s not speak in any
LEAF JAM – Angela Mara Florant
5 Ottobre, 2020
Finding pleasure in every movement.Connecting with the season.Harvesting thoughts,Inspirations.Moments of silence.Focused spaces where we dance.Moving from the insideTo the outside.I don’t know the next stepI
FEEDING THE CREATIVE SPACE OF SILENCE – Michele Marchesani
28 Settembre, 2020
I think of silence as a way to reset the “doing / listening” system, to find a balance between action and reception. Our nervous system
AUTUMN RETREAT – Alessandro Papalini
21 Settembre, 2020
In the transition from retreat to ordinary life, a sense of loss often arises and we wonder why what we have been with does not
THE MOMENT BEFORE THE ACTION – Luigi Mattiello
24 Agosto, 2020
I am happy to participate in this retreat, especially at a time like this, where the compasses have completely gone mad and the directions are
ECHOES – Marta Iucci
17 Agosto, 2020
« Once a Zen Master asked a disciple: ‘Have you seen the snow leopard?”No’, replied the disciple.’Isn’t it wonderful?’ The Master asked him.from «Silence is
CONTACT SILENCE
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CONTACT SILENCE retreats is a social promotion project of LIBERA MENTE APS association
We firmly believe that contact improvisation holds great potential on a social and communicative level and carries within it an unequivocal educational message. In addition to being the vanguard of the natural and authentic movement, it teaches respect for one’s body and the other, nourishing the fundamental need of the human being to physical contact, gives joy and well-being to those who practice it, reconnects man to his creativity and the primordial dimension of the game.
