Restoring Movement System Through Organic Dance - Introduction

Thursday 8 January 16:00 – 18:00

Introduction to movement work in dance classes – Bones in Flight. When we respect the knowledge about the possibilities and limitations of the human body, movement is nourishment for the body and a means of maintaining vitality. In this dance practice, we can utilise a much broader potential of the human body than we are used to, than our usual perception allows. You can come and try how much lightness, mobility and sensitivity you can discover in your own movement and experience the state of mild euphoria that such dance evokes. If the first experience appeals to you, you can sign up for one of the courses.

Freedom of body and mind

Movement of the body is like flight in the air, free fall, pouring. Forms, images and paths are unexpected, novel and perfect, just because they arise organically. Body submits itself to directions and it lets present powers go through freely. In such movement you experience submission, relaxation, exact reaction, and also freedom to choose direction at any time. Body reacts immediately and effortlessly. It is able to exert exact and infinitesimal power which causes radical change in the position and elicits flight, jump or fall…

Energy saving

During this dance you have a feeling that you are not using your muscles. The body reacts immediately, it manages to orient well close to the ground, when standing and also in flight throught the space. Everything is changing all the time.

We learn gradually how to use the power of gravitation and inertia of the movement to support both speed and balance. We practice opening of the structures, gentle muscle tone and flexibility of all joints to let the movement run throught effortlessly. We learn to use mind effeciently so that it cooperates with body and bestows feeling of freedom and flowing to it.

Cultivating natural abilities of the body

These lessons are based on new knowledge about functioning of the body in movement and the connection between the nervous system and the body. This dance respects natural qualities of the body and it uses its structures. It teaches to move in way that does not cause any harm to the body. It fills the body with energy and often brings feeling of the euphoria. You intensely enjoy your own agility and strength. You feel peace, lightness and enchantment deep inside.

It is all accompanied by music. Its flowing rhythm supports natural dynamics of the body.

To whom

For dancers and enthusiastic beginners, for those who practice martial arts and also as a great complement to contact improvisation. It brings new movement paths, eliminates inner barriers and strengthens awareness in all parts of the body.

Everyone who looks for connection with one’s one body, who wants to fully use its potential is welcome. It gets rid of effort, weariness and pain in the movement. It enhances body sensitivity.

Zita Pavlištová

In her work she integrates the technique of contemporary dance and contact improvisation. She passes on the art of movement whose foundation is listening to the body. She is looking for boundaries and loves extremes. She is exploring the body in movement and its connection with the mind. She loves long, serene, conscious observing if the inner movement same as speed, loss of control and risks – situations in which it is necessary to give body an unconditional trust.

‚Throught your body you can understand a lot of this world. You only need to learn to listen to it. The body is wise, it teaches me more than all teachers. At the same time, it lets being taught. There is no use forcing it, on the other hand you can trust it entirely. Then it can manage even what we have not dreamt of.‘

Price 500 CZK. To reserve a place the deposit of 200 CZK must be paid in advance.