10–16 august Stillness in motion

This semi­nar invi­tes peo­ple of any expe­rien­ce level to explo­re their hid­den ener­gy and crea­ti­vi­ty throu­gh dan­cing in dif­fe­rent con­tex­ts, fol­lo­wing the rhy­thms of the inner body and the natu­ral world. It will take pla­ce amid­st the red earth of Puglia, South Ita­ly, which will be our inspi­ra­tion “muse”

Still­ness in motion. Francesco’s work­shops are based on prin­ci­ples from Aiki­do ‚Tai Chi, Chi kung, Con­tact impro­vi­sa­tion, Instant Com­po­si­tion, Authen­tic move­ment, Bio­di­na­mic Cra­nio­sa­cral and Body­work . 

This work will inspi­re us to let go and flow con­tac­ting our­sel­ves, part­ners, and the sur­roun­ding natu­re. During the clas­ses we will prac­ti­ce groun­ding, spi­rals and flow into the move­ment, inten­tion, con­nec­tion cen­tre-extre­mi­ty, moving without effort, explo­ring dif­fe­rent kind of touch and weight, tuning with our­self, part­ners and envi­ron­ment. The star­ting point will be the prac­ti­ce of the Dyna­mic Still­ness, the abi­li­ty to sink into a non- con­cep­tual aware­ness. The still­ness in my breath whe­re I let go of my thoughts, the spa­ce whe­re I’m calm and I sta­bi­li­ze myself to go deep and expand, the spa­ce bet­ween me and one or more part­ners whe­re I do not jud­ge and have no expec­ta­tion from them,where my hands, my body beco­me trans­pa­rent. The still­ness that fills the room and extend to the hori­zon. Still­ness as an exer­ci­se of pre­sen­ce and wake­full­ness in the cen­ter of the world in motion. What kind of dan­ce will hap­pen now…nobody kno­ws.

“Still­ness can be asto­ni­shing becau­se it con­tains within itself all that is kno­wn and yet still to be kno­wn”                                                                                                               Mag­gie Ero­to­kri­ton

Fran­ce­sco Zita is a Tai chi-Chi kung and Con­tact impro­vi­sa­tion tea­cher, Bio­di­na­mic Cra­nio­sa­cral the­ra­pi­st, dan­cer and per­for­mer. Toghe­ter with Ger­ma­na Sici­lia­ni they found Casi­na­Set­tar­te in 1993

In the ear­ly 80’s he star­ted his trai­ning in thea­tre-impro­vi­sa­tion, mar­tial arts (Aiki­do, Kung fu), Yoga (Iyen­gar).  He also stu­died mas­sa­ge, inclu­ding shia­tsu, ayur­ve­dic mas­sa­ge and body­work.

Prac­ti­cal Info:

Arri­vals: 10th Augu­st at 5pm

Depar­tu­res 16th Augu­st after the prac­ti­ce and break­fa­st, around 10 am

Ses­sions are taught aprox 9–13 & 5–8 pm per day (sub­ject to chan­ge) and will take pla­ce in the open air (cove­red) stu­dio or in the sur­roun­ding coun­try­si­de or at the beach.

One day we will go to the beach at sun­ri­se for prac­ti­se.

The rest of the time par­ti­ci­pan­ts have use of the dan­ce stu­dio, small pool, sur­roun­ding coun­try­si­de, beach (10 min driv).

We will have an eve­ning sha­ring for who wan­ts to show pie­ces, video, pho­tos or con­tact Jam.

One night the­re will come some ama­zing musi­cians for a con­cert. In that occa­sion will be pos­si­ble for who wan­ts to inte­ract with them in a impro­vi­sed music/dance play.