CI Workshop: ZERO TO FLYING w/Scott Wells (Bratislava)

Contact improvisation workshop with Scott Wells (US)

ZERO TO FLYING

Aerial aspects of contact improvisation: flying, catching, landing, fluid acrobatics, deft maneuvers. For the acrobatics everyone will work at their own level and will learn best by building group safety and trust. I aim to connect the work to somatic knowledge. We’ll do some of my favorite contact exercises and current curiosities. Created or learned over the decades investigation and indulgence. At The Athletic Playground we’ll use the fabulous mats to learn a variety of acrobatic/contact maneuvers. With repetition we become oriented and tricks become skills.

Scott Wells

In 1981 Scott discovered the pleasure of contact improvisation shortly after becoming obsessed with the struggles of modern dance. He stuck with both and currently directs a company in San Francisco and tours annually to Europe. Wells has created works for skateboarders, boxers and recently choreographed West Side Story. In 2005 Scott…