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BODY HOME
Butoh dance workshop
I invite you to a workshop - a laboratory where you will have the opportunity to explore identity through the body, its memory, expression and presence in space. The body carries a powerful legacy of the history and experiences of our lives, as well as the lives of our ancestors. This legacy is present, alive and manifested in every dimension of our identity. Detachment from roots, ancestors and nature is the cause of constant identity crises, manifested by a sense of alienation, difficulties in adaptation and settling in, especially in the context of the contemporary migration problem. By giving the body mindfulness, the opportunity to express its spiritual sphere through deep contact with itself and space, we open the way for it to meet the Other and integrate the history and worlds it carries. I will share with you my story and the path of recovering and exploring identity, which inspired me to create this workshop. I invite you to discover and feel what your ritual of meeting with the Body Home is.
During the workshop you will have the opportunity to:
- slowing down and feeling a greater presence of the body in space
- exploring the identity and space of your home(s) through the body, imagination, improvisation and meditation in movement, acting with objects, as well as through sharing common stories
You will also learn:
- how butoh dance was born and develops and how important its European roots are
- how butoh practice opens the way to reaching the primary and spiritual body
- what is body decolonization?
- is there a connection between butoh practice and restoring and integrating lost, repressed spheres of identity: body as histories and places
- how disconnection from the identity of ancestors relates to the sense of belonging of subsequent generations
- butoh as a modern ritual tool mediating between the corporeal and spiritual spheres
Who is the workshop intended for:
For anyone aged 15+ who is interested in broadly understood personal development and the topic of identity and is curious about exploring it through the body, mind and emotions. You do not need to have previous experience of working with the body. You can tailor all activities during the workshop to your individual needs and capabilities. If you have any doubts or questions, please write to me.
TIME: 7 hours with a 30-minute break
PARTICIPANTS' OPINIONS:
"I've actually been dancing butoh my whole life without even knowing it!"
Ania M
“I would like to thank you once again for conducting the butoh workshops - for guiding us, showing us around, accompanying us and for your presence, full of sensitivity and awareness at the same time. You created a great atmosphere, full of warmth, trust, honesty, and music that guided our bodies and minds, helped us open up and travel to the recesses of our consciousness. I felt like I was overstepping my boundaries, but without violating them, and then coming back lighter and richer at the same time. It was a beautiful experience and will definitely stay with me for a long time. On the third night after the workshops, I had an extensive dream full of meanings, very orderly and giving me strength. Thank you. I didn't expect that butoh would evoke and evoke so much in me.”
Gosia
“Thank you very much for this workshop, it was really SOMETHING. I have attended a lot of workshops in my life and these were really one of the most unique ones. Everything together created a very interesting, sensible and moving whole that stays with people for a long time, probably even forever. I certainly treat it in terms of not only physical experience and development, but above all as a spiritual and mental adventure, self-knowledge and discovery.”
Dominika
''What would my move look like today? It would definitely be different, because I am in a different time, with different energy and, thanks to Magda's workshop, with lighter luggage. At the time I was in, this slow and closed body movement was perhaps an attempt to accept what I received from my family, fate and all the events that came my way. But it was also subconsciously waiting for the final solution and closure
this time and these DOORS. I can envy everyone who will be able to participate in Magda's workshops often and benefit without limits and without rushing.''
Asia
''The workshop with Magda was like lucid dreaming. Such magic that the body awakens the heart and vice versa. You feel that you are what was and what will be. Just. An experience that brings emotion and relaxation. Thank you."
Agnieszka
''Thank you to Magda for this workshop, because the way she conducted it was exceptionally gentle and inviting to me. She created an atmosphere in which I felt safe and comfortable to explore
it wanted to come to the surface.”
Karolina
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