BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2854@contactdance.co.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250927T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250928T170000 DTSTAMP:20250907T152933Z URL:https://contactdance.co.uk/events/spiral-me-a-contact-improvisation-we ekend-workshop-with-teti-nikolopoulou/ SUMMARY:Spiral Me - A Contact Improvisation weekend workshop with Teti Niko lopoulou - St Werburghs Primary School\, Silver Birch Annexe - 27 Sep 25 1 0:00 DESCRIPTION:\n\nSpiral Me…\n\n*Saturday and Sunday day tickets are now av ailable!\n\nAll paths of movement are spirals\, all creatures on earth hav e evolved in the spiral model. Spiral reaches to the source of our existen ce.\n\nIn this 9-10 hours workshop we will explore the essence of the spir al. We will focus on its mechanism to find the functional paths of the bod y.\n\nIn the first day\, we will explore Paxton's material on the spine\, and we will experiment in the tools derived from this. Furthermore\, we wi ll combine somatics approach\, like experiential anatomy and developmental movement to get conscious in the biomechanics of the body and functional movement. We will find out that the spiral occurs in the thorax\, while pe lvis facilitates the procedure. In this way\, the spine easily follows the pathways of movement and move smoothly\, powerfully and efficiently.\n\nI n the second day of the workshop\, we will see how limbs assist and naviga te spirals. We will then apply these principles to contact improvisation\, and we will explore the spiral pattern with partner at all levels\, from the floor to the spirals on the back and around the heads of others\n\nThe workshop is for all levels\, and intermediate and advanced.\n\nVenue\nSt. Werburghs Primary School\nSilver Birch Annexe\nMogg Street\nSt Werburgh's \nBristol\nBS2 9UB\n\n[wonderplugin_video iframe="https://youtu.be/mqRVQNg F5rI" lightbox=0 lightboxsize=1 lightboxwidth=960 lightboxheight=540 autoo pen=0 autoopendelay=0 autoclose=0 lightboxtitle="" lightboxgroup="" lightb oxshownavigation=0 showimage="" lightboxoptions="" videowidth=600 videohei ght=400 keepaspectratio=1 autoplay=0 loop=0 videocss="position:relative\;d isplay:block\;background-color:#000\;overflow:hidden\;max-width:100%\;marg in:0 auto\;" playbutton="https://contactdance.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/won derplugin-video-embed/engine/playvideo-64-64-0.png"]\n\n \;\n\nTeti Ni kolopoulou bio\n\n\nTeti is a dancer\, choreographer and Physical Educatio n (Phd) teacher. She has been studied and trained for over 25 years in dan ce and contact improvisation and has completed postgraduate (2009) and doc toral studies (PHD/2020) on them in National and Kapodestrian University o f Athens. She combines the practice of dance with theories\, while connect ing the modern dance forms with kinetic forms from the tradition. She has attended dance and contact improvisation workshops with important teachers (Nita Little\, Ann Cooper Albright\, Christina Klissiouni\, Frey Faust\, Timos Zechas\, Charly Morrissey\, David Zabrano\, etc) and has been dancin g and choreographing since 1992. She has collaborated with choreographers\ , directors\, musicians\, and visual artists and has taken part in interna tional platforms and dance festivals. She teaches dance\, improvisation an d contact improvisation in professional dance schools\, while she gives le ctures\, writes articles\, and gives workshops on Somatics. Teti is an art ist who invests in the dancer’s embodiment and uses it as a performative process. The dramaturgy of the performances results from the very process of movement and dance\, while other narrative elements borrowed from othe r arts and life are used adjunctively. In other words\, Teti\, as teacher\ , dancer and choreographer focuses on the act of dance itself\, recognizin g the autonomy of this art and its ability to express meaning. She has als o created a workshops where she trains professional dancers for free in ex change for research and creation of choreographic material\, in Athens. Te ti\, in her youth\, has been awarded twice in Pan-Hellenic choreography co mpetitions and is funded by the Greek Ministry of Culture regularly from 2 007\, and 1017 until today.\n\n \;\n\nTickets https://www.tickettailor .com/events/bristolcontactimprovisationdance/1639583 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://contactdance.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/20 25/03/skin-contact-crop.jpg CATEGORIES:CI Workshop LOCATION:St Werburghs Primary School\, Silver Birch Annexe\, Mogg Street\, Bristol\, BS2 9UB\, United Kingdom X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Mogg Street\, Bristol\, BS2 9UB\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=St Werburghs Primary Scho ol\, Silver Birch Annexe:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250330T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR