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:2793@contactdance.co.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250412T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250413T173000 DTSTAMP:20241119T111044Z URL:https://contactdance.co.uk/events/stretching-the-form-affordances-cont act-improvisation-meeting/ SUMMARY:Stretching the form: Affor(dances) - Contact improvisation Meeting - John Cabot Academy - 12 Apr 25 09:30 DESCRIPTION:\n\nJoaquín Alfe (Bristol): Stretching the form: Affor[dances] Contact Improvisation Meeting\n12-13th April 2025\n\n[EVENT DETAILS]\nSat / Sun 12th and 13th April 2025\n9.30am to 5.30pm *1.15hrs Lunch\nJohn Cab ot's Academy\, Bristol\, BS15 8BD\n\n[REGISTER]\nPlaces are limited to 30 participants. To register for the event please fill in this Registration f orm. To secure your spot we ask you to make an initial deposit** of £40\, with the full balance paid 4 weeks before the event starts.\nRegister lin k: https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSdNulOzWXWpLx.../viewform\nTicket P rices*:\nEarly Bird - £85 - Before 01 March 2025\nFull Price - £110 - Af ter 01 March 2025\n* limited concession price tickets are available - plea se enquire via the registration form\n** for payment details\, please see the registration form\n\n[THE PROPOSAL]\n“The world is perceived not onl y in terms of object shapes and spatial relationships but also in terms of object possibilities for action (affordances) — action makes perception .”\n-- J. J. Gibson--\nStretching the form: Affor[dances]\nContact Impro visation Meeting\nI have been interested for some time in exploring the qu estion of how to formulate research inquiries.\nResearch depends on asking the right questions\, which might mean asking open-ended questions\; ques tions that allow us to be put into variation by the answers. While science wonders ‘whether this is the case?’ and philosophy wonders ‘what it means?’\, dance ponders ‘what happens if I do this again?’ Where th e dance and dancer-questioner are engaged with practice as research. This is the perspective that we will adopt for our dances and explorations toge ther.\n\nThe term affordances can be thought of as a "relationscape”\; b elonging neither to the object itself nor to its user but is created by th e relationship established between them. How can we reinvent affordances t hrough the continuous dialogue of weight sharing with our partner(s)\, the practice and the space? With profound focus on essentials of Contact Impr ovisation\, we will dance this (and other) question(s).\nToo abstract? In the studio\, practically/technically\, this looks like us focusing on weig ht-sharing\, falling and sharing/making questions. During the weekend of c ourse\, we will dance\, we will dance big and also small. I will introduce movement experiences that foster a refined quality of listening\, especia lly during moments of falling\, which open dancers to both present and fut ure moments\, and allows the ‘letting in’ of the stimuli we encounter in dancing CI.I will also share tools and containers for collective artist ic exploration (i.e.\, dancing scores\, sharing words\, solo and in groups explorations\, watching and listening to different materials) that I have found useful in my dance practice and training\, but also tools to stretc h our minds. Inevitably\, mutual sharing of weight (and falling) is a way of being in the unknowable\, we will also find ourselves working and engag ing with the unpredictable\, placing oneself in the in-between.\n\n- This is open for all levels of experience\, beginners\, especially for those wi th curiosity to make questions and to both affect and be affected by (or t hrough?) weight sharing and falling.\n\n- Pedagogical endnote: Together\, our experiment is to navigate the graceful comfort of working with pre-dig ested material that I facilitate\, while also (co)creating the beautiful d iscomfort of the research laboratory spirit in (contact) improvisation.\n\ nBIO:\nJoaquín Alfei (Argentinian)\nJoaquín is a dancer\, dance research er\, and doctor in Psychology (KU Leuven – Belgium). Existing in the pra ctices of dance and improvisation\, experimental psychology\, and philosop hy\, Joaquín has been obsessed in ‘ways of knowing’ and ‘gestures ’ of research in dance improvisation and science. Challenging classical divergences between subject/object\, in both his dancing explorations and academic work.\nJoaquín has grown thinking-in-movement in Bruxelles and t he dance artists who have most nourished him with their material about imp rovisation and that he has studied with are D. Lepkoff\, K.J. Holmes\, J. Hamilton\, L. Nelson\, C. Morrisey\, R. Chung\, N. Little\, S. Smith\, M. Kivaldy and K. Nelson.\nViewing dance and (contact) improvisation as multi -faceted\, he is presently absorbed in the physical aspects of the study\, but too theory\, conversation\, written and artistic creation. Upon meeti ng (contact) improvisation many years ago\, he found himself centred aroun d the form\, dancing and teaching internationally (EU\, Japan\, UK\, South America).\n\nDance Video Archive Vimeo I https://vimeo.com/user154670378 \nAcademic Writing https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=EqcVWiEAAAAJ &\;hl=en\n\n[VENUE &\; TRAVEL]\nhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/hRfBTSuQn7HB 7omo9\nJohn Cabot Academy (School) \, Woodside Road\, Kingswood\, Bristol BS15 8BD\n50 mins from Temple Meads Station\n50 mins - from Bus Station\n4 0 mins from Flix / Megabus / National Express drop-off point (Bond Street) \nThere is ample free parking directly outside of the venue\nOnce you have secured a place in the workshop\, you will receive a lift sharing documen t\, this can be used to offer and seek lifts to the venue from other parti cipants\nThe theatre space is located within the school main building. At reception someone will be there to greet you and show you the hall.\n\n[AC COMODATION]\nThis workshop is non-residential\, although local accommodati on is available by AirBnB within a 10 mins walking distance from the venue . Hotels are a bit further away and are located in the center\, around 40 mins by public transport.\nOnce you have secured a place in the workshop\, you will receive additional information that may allow shared accommodati on with other participants or the local Bristol CI community\n\n[FOOD]\nTh e hall includes access to a kitchen to warm food brought for lunch and a d ining area to eat. Food can also be bought on Two Mile high street\, appro ximately 10 mins walk from the venue.\nA light selection of fruits\, biscu its and teas will be provided at the venue.\n\n[CONTACT INFO]\nbristolcont actresearch@gmail.com ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://contactdance.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/20 24/11/joaquin.jpg CATEGORIES:CI Workshop LOCATION:John Cabot Academy\, Woodside Rd\, Kingswood\, Bristol \, BS15 8BD \, United Kingdom X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Woodside Rd\, Kingswood\, B ristol \, BS15 8BD\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=John Cabot Academy: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