FREAKY – movement laboratory & training

FREAKY – movement laboratory & training is back! It is an interdisciplinary format for movement research, physical training and knowledge sharing, a laboratory for ideas. It is initiated by the FREAKY Pool, more than 30 local dance and circus makers and hosted by Overhead Project – more info: https://overhead-project.de/extras/freaky/ Each session is accompanied by a professionally practicing person. We will give the information about the impulses in time both here and on the social media channels of Overhead Project (Instagram & Facebook).

We meet on Sundays, 17.30 Uhr / 5.30 p.m. at our cooperation partner LATIBUL Theater- & Zirkuspädagogisches Zentrum Köln – An der Schanz 6 | 50735 Köln

• Comfortable clothes and plenty of drinks have to be brought by yourself. Everything else that is required for the workshop will of course be provided. 
• The training takes place in the tent "Latibule" down on the meadow of the circus area. Please keep left after the main entrance. The way is usually signposted.
• Please be on site a few minutes before the start time so that the session can start on time.
• We work in close physical contact. To make everyone feel safe, we ask for compliance with the current Corona Protection Ordinance (CoronaSchVO) of NRW. If you do not feel well or have any symptoms of illness on the day of the workshop, please do not participate. Thank you for your thoughtfulness!

Dates already scheduled:

August 7th, 2022 // #training The monkey in the wolf and the wolf in the monkey with Greta Salgado: Greta will share some methods of mobility and fluctuation from contemporary floor technique, as well as some resistance based techniques of her own interpretation from Brazilian jiujitsu training. Passing from being our own partners, being the partners with the floor and being the floor for ourselves and for another body. Bodies with all sort of physical, emotional, spiritual and mental backgrounds welcome!

August 14th, 2022 // #training Power from open structures with Emmanuel Große: The training will be a space for sensing in dynamic and powerful movements. It is based in contemporary dance. It provides tools to go through somatic approaches into powerful and dynamic motion. We will explore our own bodies to find the activation within ourselves to create a body that feels easy even when the movement becomes difficult and challenging and then we swet.

August 21st, 2022 // #training with a special guest from Belgium > Exploring motion with Marília Silva: In this class we will be working with the sense of touch to awaken a state of awareness and presence in the body, leading to improvisation tasks to explore specific physical qualities and to expand our movement pathways and perception. From the body, into the space, flowing with dynamics, saying yes to whatever comes. Let's dance! 

September 11th, 2022 // #training Hands and Feet with Maria Sauerland: Through a research improvisation in the beginning and some floor work exercises we will focus on hands and feet in connection to the rest of the skeleton and the outside-of-body-space. We are using gravity and spacial awareness to dive through the room like through water and connect the strength of our center and our extremities. All levels welcome! 

September 25th, 2022 // #training Somatic Booty Shaking with Maria Mercedes Flores: Through a rhythmical and somatic approach, we will understand the pelvis as the moving motor of our bodies. While working with playfulness and a sense of festivity, we will explore different ways of inviting movement to negotiate with weight, to release tensions, strengthen the core, and encourage liveliness while building a sensitivity for collectiveness.

October 16th, 2022 // #training Contemporary Dance with Sara Escribano: Through a mix of different techniques (mainly floor work and release technique), we will focus especially on the use of spirals and being aware of where the movement starts, what direction it takes and how one movement connects to the next. The class will start with a short warm up guided through improvisation, activating every part of our body, being aware of the range of movement and its different dynamics. We will then move on to more physical exercises in which we will move in and out of the floor, play with spirals, suspensions, oppositions, off balance and qualities.

FREAKY – movement laboratory & training is an experimental format for movement research and knowledge sharing, a laboratory for physical training. Each #lab or #training is facilitated by locals with a professional background as performers, dancers, movers, etc. thus providing a very diverse range of practice. The wish and vision is to learn from each other, to support one another with individual resources, to grow and improve together and create an interdisciplinary community in Cologne and beyond. FREAKY is open to all levels and disciplines. We want to achieve a high level of movement, but in mixed groups of amateurs and professionals. All are welcome!

Categories:
#lab | #training > 90 minutes
#jam (each last date of the month) > 120 minutes, including 30 minutes introduction