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Becoming A Superorganism -
Contact Improvisation

Workshop with Sabine Sonnenschein (AT)
& Christian Neher (DE/AT)

Some experience in CI needed for participation
For singles as well as couples

Deutsch

November 24th- 26th, 2021, FOKUS, Vienna (AT)

Fri: 7 - 10 p.m.
Sat: 10:30 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. (including two breaks)
Sun: 10.30 a.m.- 5 p.m. (including one break)


REGISTRATION: son2nens@gmail.com

   
 

A superorganismus is a larger organic form as your body. It consists of two or more beings, bodies, organisms, that become together a larger form. Touch is an exchange of information. Your body creates a dance with your partner, because your body touches the physical structures and energies of your partner, because it gets to know them und recognises them.
Your body reads the abilities and potentials of the other, in order to create a superorganism with the other.
Our perception, all of our senses are based on touch, we experience ourselves in getting touched by the world. Only if you are open for the unknown and the listening, you are able to become a superorganism with your (dance) partner. 
Your self gets changed and changed and changed in each encounter. Each encounter in dance makes us/our identity anew.
You explore ways to become a superprganism with the other/your dance partner. Becoming a superorganism with your (dance) partner means for example to become one being with four legs und four arms, which dances truly as one entity.
In CI you experience to trust yourself and others. You are carried by the floor, you are carried by others. You experience to trust your own body, especially, when you fall.
The physical experience of being carried and held provides your ability of devotion. This experience reinforces your basic trust and might be deeply healing.
In dancing we create a space together.
A superorganism may also consist of several beings, that are forming one entity. You learn how to create a field of energy in a duo, trio or quartet. A group may form a superorganism. You learn to feel the whole group as well as acting as part of it. No hierarchy is manifested, no clear leadership of the group. Depending on the situation your role in the group is (re)defined. Your presence, energy, each of your movements have an effect on the whole group and the space.

YOU LEARN:

ૐ Pouring weight of your body into the other, into the earth / Being carried by the other

ૐ Taking the weight of your partner, organised in a good way

ૐ Qualities of touch (rolling, sliding, lean, energetic touch, touching the skin, touching muscles or bones,…)

ૐ Drawing & sending as principle of being together with drawing and taking the weight of the other and then sending the weight the other to be drawn by the other yourself.

ૐ Two bodies form a moving entity and becoming a superorganism. Your body perceives so much information about the body of the other, that you become ONE organism with the other.

ૐ Creating a field of energy in a duo, trio or quartet.

ૐ Becoming one with the space. Becoming one with the whole group, being part of the group and sensing the group inside you.

ૐ Tandava meditation - the mystic dance meditation or how the dance is formed by the breathing. You become one with the space.

ૐ Streaming – sensing the life force (being in the flow, in dynamic in the group)

ૐ Connection with each other through energetic centres (chakras) in the body


For being fully in a dance, a meeting, a connection you have to be sure that your boundaries are respected by the other(s). The workshop situation itself provides a safe space.
Only if you are able to say NO to what you don’t want right now, you have a clear YES to what you want. You learn to be able to articulate a no and get out of a dance, that is not appropriate for you right now. You learn to appreciate, when your dance partner is clearly communicating a yes or a no.

You are welcome alone or together with your partner/s.
The workshop will be held in German and English.

WHAT IS CONTACT IMPROVISATION?

Watch this contact improvisation dance video:

Photo (c). Patrick Beeleart
Photos on the right (c): Robert Peres, Günter Touschek, Patrick Beelaert

FEES: € 300,-
WITH A PARTNER: € 500,-
Name of account: Verein für Tanz-, Bewegungs- und Bildertheater
IBAN: AT27 1100 0014 7389 3400
BIC: BKAUATWW
As reference please write your name as well as Nov. 24th-26th, 2023

Cancellation is possible with an administrative charge of EURO 50,-. If you cancel after November 2nd, you will be charged the entire fee, unless you find a person replacing you or there is a waiting list.

ACCOMODATION: On request

INFORMATION & REGISTRATION:
Sabine Sonnenschein: info@sabinesonnenschein.at


LOCATION:
FOKUS
1070 Wien, Neubaugasse 44 / staircase 2 / 2nd floor/ top 12

Sabine Sonnenschein talks about the healing aspect of contact improvisation:
Photo (c): Patrick Beelaert

Teacher:
SABINE SONNENSCHEIN (AT):
Sabine Sonnenschein
Photo (c):Aurel Bernaschek


Sabine Sonnenschein Contact Improvisation Tantra 2019
Günter Touschek Contact ImprovisationSabine Sonnenschein Contact Improvisation Vienna Tantra
 

is tantra & dance teacher, clinical sexologist (sexualtherapeutic method Sexocorporel), choreographer.
She loves, lives and teaches a fusion of a tantric perspective on the world and dance as a practice of life.
She supports people to get aware of themselves, to sense their bodies and themselves and to have a healthy and blissful (sexual) life. Internationally she gives workshops focusing on the fusion of Tantra and Contact Improvisation since 11 years, mainly in Vienna, Germany and France.
She has been teaching at international tantra as well as dance festivals, like Tantra Festival Ibiza, Baltic Tantra Festival, Open Heart Festival at ZEGG close to Berlin, Touch & Play, Contact Festival Freiburg, ImPulsTanz Vienna, Contact Festival Austria.
Her artistic work - 39 performance pieces - has been shown in Europe and NYC. Impressive CI teachers for her were Nita Little, Andrew Harwood, Daniel Lepkoff.
She is student of tantra master Daniel Odier since 2008, she has been introduced to Kashmiri tantrism and Kashmiri yoga of touch. Deepening in "Vijnana Bhairava Tantra" with Dr. Bettina Bäumer.
Her work one-to-one and with couples:
She works as clinical sexologist with the sexualtherapeutic method Sexocorporel , she gives tantric body work and womb dialogue and teaches tantra.
She has training in tantric full body massage (AnandaWave/Michaela Riedl/Cologne), was introduced to yin yang massage by Andro, made the physiotherapeutic training BM Balance (prevention and therapy of problems in the pelvis, bladder, prostate).

   
  CHRISTIAN NEHER (DE/AT):
Christian Neher Contact Improvisation
He is yoga teacher and gestalt therapist in education. Looking back on a long and successful career as tournament dancer, he's been getting into contact improvisation, studying it extensively all over the world and began teaching this form in 2011. Engaged in tantra since 2009 (Art of Being, Skydancing, Daniel Odier, Sabine Sonnenschein, among others). He's teaching social dances & contact improvisation. He's working with Sabine Sonnenschein since 2011.
   
 

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FEEDBACK TO CONTACT IMPROVISATION & TANTRA WITH SABINE SONNENSCHEIN:

"vielen dank noch mal für deine unglaublich berührende art. ich hab das gefühl einer meiner wichtigen lebenslehrerinnen in dir begegnet zu sein:)
danke für deine achtsamkeit!"

N. (weiblich, 30 Jahre, Juli 2013)

"Hi Sabine
How are you?
I'm writing to tell you that this experience with contact and tantra was very very important and beautiful for me, and changing my life. Also the dance, but mainly the work with chakra and breath.
For sure I'll participate to other workshops, please continue to informing me".

C. (female, 28 years old, 2014)

"Nachträglich möchte ich dir noch sagen, dass es mir sehr gut gefallen hat, es war sehr aufregend und auch schön für mich. Zeitweise habe ich über die Räume, die sich geöffnet haben, nur so gestaunt oder mich wir ein kleines Kind gefreut".
M., (männlich, 40 J., Juli 2013)

"Liebe Sabine, wow, danke Sabine für den wunderbaren Workshop und die vielen Impressionen und wunderbaren Sequenzen, die mir als Bilder im Kopf bleiben. Ich hatte ganz wunderbare Tänze.
Das, was ich als Essenz des harmonischen Zusammenspiels von Tanz und Tantra mitnehme ist, dass Beziehung und Partnerschaft, sowie allgemein unsere Kontakte lebendig sind, solange sie dynamisch sind und Bewegung stattfindet. Beziehung hat mit Loslassen zu tun, weg von der Idee zu kommen, dass Beziehung etwas mit Festhalten und Beständigkeit zu tun hat, mit Sicherheit und dem Wissen, was als Nächstes zu sein hat. Beziehung bedeutet als Partner Konstrukt immer wieder bereit zu sein, sich dem Impuls des Jetzt hinzugeben, das Vertrauen zu haben, dass es weitergeht, in welcher Form auch immer, sich mit Neugier dem Jetzt hinzugeben, den Gefühlen, Bewegungen, Energien, die uns und den Raum durchfluten, uns vom gemeinsamen Atem und vom Licht, das uns durchströmt, tragen zu lassen. Neue Form und lebendige Verbindung entsteht immer aus der Präsenz und aus der Bewegung heraus. Der Kontakt ist dann stark und beständig, wenn er sich dem Unbeständigem hingibt. Bewegung ist Liebe. Bewegung ist Leben."

Y., (weiblich, 40 Jahre, Juli 2013)

"bist eine Meisterin".
A., (männlich, 38 Jahre, Juli 2013)

"Liebe Sabine,
danke nochmal für das schöne Seminar und Deine einfühlende Anleitung.
So konnte die ganze Freude am Contact wieder in mir erwachen. (...) Alle meine Energien sind wieder da. Tiefen Dank dafür. Die letzte Zeit war ich sehr ausgelaugt und irgendwie resigniert. Beruflich bewegt sich gerade sehr wenig. Also war das Wochenende genau richtig. Ich bin froh daß ich es noch geschafft habe, zu kommen.
Take care, best vibes, Bliss und Namasté, A."

A. (männlich, 49 Jahre, 2015)

"Liebe Sabine,Vielen Dank für das schöne Seminar, ich fühle mich zur Zeit sehr weich und offen und hoffe, dass es ein wenig so bleibt. :)"
D., (weiblich, 30 J., 2013)

"Liebe Sabine,
grosser Dank an Dich und an Christian für dieses für mich wirklich "berührende Wochenende"
Berührend für mich das Erwecken meiner tiefen sensiblen Erinnerungen. Mein Kind hat all die Sehnsüchte gespürt und konnte lebendig werden. Ich konnte mit meinen Augen sehen und mich berühren lassen und wurden berührt. All die Sehnsucht und all die inspirierenden Bewegungen haben tief in mir eine Öffnung gefunden.
Meine Freude und meine freie kindliche Entfaltung zu erleben und all die Lust zu spüren, die keine Begrenzung kannte und dadurch so natürlich und einfühlsam wurde, all das war wie großer Strom der Emotionen fühlbar.
In all meiner Bewegung konnte ich den Ort meiner Ruhe, den Ort meines Schmerzes, meiner Bewegungslosigkeit all meiner Gefühle gleichzeitig und intensiv wahrnehmen.
Großer Dank und ich bin mir sicher wir werden uns wiedersehen.
Liebe Grüße, S. "

S. (männlich, 66 Jahre, 2015)

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