In Studio Workshop
- Date: Saturday, 16th November 2024
- Time: 12.00 – 16.00
- Duration: 240 min.
- Location: Limpid Works, Prague
- Address: Donská 275/9, 101 00 Prague 10 – Vršovice
- Language: English
- Participants: up to 16
- Registration: limpidworks@gmail.com
No dance experience is required.
Everybody is welcome. 🏳️🌈
This four-hour workshop will utilize Somatic Dialogue to engage your spine, pelvis, legs, and connection with gravity, focusing on waves and relaxation in our bellies. We will experience deep relaxation, energy flow, and finding our center through the mobility of our spine and pelvis, the connection from head to tail, and the strength we draw from gravity. The workshop will offer both improvisations and techniques in belly dance.
Anatolian Belly Dance encourages internal movements that allow us to explore our fascial tissues, focusing on reaching our spine and each vertebra.
Belly dance, an ancient and archaic form of dance, is often seen as a glamorous performing art. However, it can also be approached as a ritualistic method for moving meditation. Through this practice, we can use our bellies to find our centers, ground ourselves, and connect with gravity, aligning our bodies. Gentle waves in our bellies can awaken our life energy.
In the Anatolian style, belly dancing emphasizes internal awareness and subtle movements rather than spectacle and grand gestures. It encourages us to feel our inner space in motion, allowing our bodies to naturally organize themselves into a harmonious state without extra effort. To maintain this harmony, it is essential to feel our connection with the earth and let gravity flow through our dance.
This workshop aims to deepen your understanding of these practices. It will make you aware of the invisible relationship between our center and the ground, constantly flowing back and forth. You are invited to reconnect with your body and the earth through the magical touch of Anatolia.