Archives 2015

Moving Into The Unconscious Authentic Movement, with Catherine Lessard 1. Summer cycle: July 15 & 22, August 5 & 12, 2015 (6:30-9:30 pm) 2. Fall workshops, open to all: Sept 12 & Nov 28, 2015 (10 am-5:30 pm) In Montreal, at the UQAM dance department, 840 Cherrier st. (Sherbrooke metro). Max 12 participants, reserve early. Those trainings welcome anyone interested in deep listening work and personal investigation, from the body. Authentic Movement is a liberating form, allowing access to the memories inserted in the body tissues and to the permission to be oneself beyond social conventions and conditionings. This works also enables us to take better responsibility for our experiences and feelings. It induces empathetic presence to oneself and to others. More details on Authentic Movement here. Workshop costs : $100 > supporting the art / $85 > regular price / $70 > tight budget / $55 > students and unemployed. Reservation and info : worksphere@hotmail.com, 514.518.6240. To register, send the amount of your participation through email interac transfer, AccesD, cheque (modalities at the bottom of the page), or paypal by clicking right here :   Important : wear long pieces of clothing (sleeves to the wrists and pants to the ankles) for more confort. Bing paper, pen (and crayons). It is also recommended to bring a cushion to sit down (optional).

"Évolution Sol - Air !" An exploration of our possibilities for anchorage and momentum, with the floor, the other beings and the environment. Photo by Benoît Dhennin (dancers : Moti & Catherine) Contact Improvisation classes with Catherine Lessard Thursdays, March 19 to May 28, 7 to 9PM In the Plateau : at 2020 Mt-Royal East, Montreal $185/season, $20/class Let's meet the floor as an indispensable ally and a multi-dimensional support. Then let's emerge with ease and grace, thanks to our body alinement and our capacity to play the game of forces. Let's meet the others and the space, and become a prolonging of the earth and a fundamental energy source for contact and creativity. Let's find our lightness through reciprocal support, physical trust, adaptable gaze, spirals, commitment and free & directed impulsions. We will explore our physical link to all things, as an inspiration for connections to one-another and effortless improvisations. This series of classes offers an opportunity for deep and revealing work, fostering organes-skeleton-tissues collaboration, kinesthetic attention and various qualities of Body-Mind states. Important : wear long pieces of clothing (long sleeves and pants to the ankles) for more comfort. Reservations are confirmed upon reception of a $70 minimum deposit : - through e-transfer to worksphere@hotmail.com (+ send the answer to the security question) - through AccesD (write or call to obtain banking digits) - through cheque made payable to Catherine Lessard, 873 Léonard, Ste-Thérèse, Qc, J7E 2N8 - through paypal (with or without an account) by clicking on the button below :    Information : worksphere@hotmail.com or 514.518.6240. cette page en français

Body-Mind Centering workshop Spirals of Bone and Marrow with Christine Cole, from USA, a BMC practitioner and teacher with more than 30 years of experience. May 16 & 17, 2015 (saturday and sunday), 9:15 AM to 5:30 PM At the UQAM dance department, room k-3220, 840 Cherrier street, Montreal (Sherbrooke metro station). This weekend we will be taking an embryological approach to how our bones grow into spirilic forms that support our movement through space. Spirals transform weight and movement into lightness and ease: babies movement development supports the establishment of these spiral lines of force through the tissues lines of bones. Christine will illuminate the marrow and how the creation of blood and immune cells feed into our full understanding of bone and the expression of ourselves in life and movement. We will be studying our bodies through movement and dance, through touch and palpation as well as anatomy books and models. For a detailed description of the BMC practice, click here. Christine Cole, Registered Somatic Movement Therapist, Teacher of Body-Mind Centering®, and practitioner of Integrative Acupressure, practice in Body-Mind Centering® for 30 years, Faculty at School for Body-Mind Centering® in Amherst - USA and Amsterdam - Holland, and runs her own training in Boston, Vermont and Northampton, MA. She has a lifelong practice in Contact Improvisation, Training in Post-Modern and Improvisational Dance and maintains a private practice in Developmental Bodywork in downtown Northampton, MA. Costs : $150 - $175 - $200 sliding scale according to your capacity. Early birds : 10% reduction if registration before May 2, 2015  ($135 - $157 - $180) Reservations are confirmed upon reception of a $70 minimum deposit : - through e-transfer to worksphere@hotmail.com (send answer to the security question) - throught AccesD (write or call to obtain banking digits) - through cheque made to Catherine Lessard, 873 Léonard, Ste-Thérèse, Qc, J7E 2N8 - through paypal (with or without an account) by clicking on the button below :   Information : worksphere@hotmail.com or 514.518.6240.