Wednesday moving

Franzi, a German movement artist, Skinner Release Technique teacher and performative researcher in London, takes great joy in integrating her musical background into her movement work. "I sing a sound which could become a melody, a process of sensing, or a movement...it's the flexibility offered through mult-formed-expression that excites me". For this visit, Franzi will be teaching Skinner Releasing Technique class 4. SRT is an approach to dance, movement and creative process that has evolved from the simple principle that when we are releasing physical tension, we can move with greater freedom, power and articulation. It is is a playful and generous approach to dancing, developed in the 80s in the US by Joan Skinner. Each of the 15 introductory classes consists of poetic imagery, supported by music and some guided touch. Each class ends with a few moments of writing or drawing.

Marianna is a dancer, performer, movement specialist and pharmacist. The development of her 'Circadian Bodies' embodiment practice is rooted in her interdisciplinery background and her research into cultural narratives. The practice prepares each different body for the day ahead, weaving together principles of capoeira, dance and somatics and fostering a deep connection with bodily sensations and movement through plaful integration of mind and body.

Galit and Olly are hosting this free celebratory session that brings together the best things about Wednesday Moving: movement methods to release and reset, to ground and connect, and to let go of the worries of the mind as we move our bodies, together. There will be a videographer / photographer present to document the session which is, as always, open to every body regardless of ability or experience. The more, the joyfuller!

Galit's RESET movement method blends elements of somatic practices, contemporary dance, disco, and free improvisation. It's designed to take you on a transformative journey where you tap into your own power, explore movement and experience a sense of liberation.

Rose is a Dutch-Senegalese dance artist based in London whose work explores the body as a site of memory, liberation and poetic expression. She will guide an improvisation in which we'll explore the space between stimulus and response, moving from a place of listening and presence. Our eyes and spine will be the driving foreces, grounding us as we shift between textures and intensities, discovering movement that surprises us. The class encourages authentic, playful and expressive movement.

Carolyn is a London-based dancer/writer whose practice speculates on questions of what it is to be with others in this world, channelling the somatic processes and understanding we use as dancers. Her class is a structured improvisation exploring where we are in relation with others in shared space - being-with; dancing as part of a temporary community; sensing, moving and resting together; sensing what matters today, or in this moment, as our visceral, sensitive, sensual, dreaming, thinking bodies move.

Orley is a dance artist and teacher. She loves teaching a range of things that fall under the 'contemporary dance umbrella' including dance technique, improvisation and choreography. Her teaching work involves teaching all sorts of different adults via BOTH Dance Classes; City Lit; and IRIE! dance theatre. Orley will share some of 'Passing Through': a social-centric system of moving with others created by David Zambrano. We will learn a few of the principles in order to instantly connect with the environment and become more spontaneous in movement choices.