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"Sell out warning! Totally unique, site-specific, somatic dance class in Bristol’s most mystical green haven (Snuff Mills). Biophilia promises to momentarily free you from your concrete shackles through biomimicry, guided visualisation and expressive bodywork."
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A event held at Strange Brew on Sunday 19th February. The event starts at 14:00.
BODY LANGUAGE PRESENTS
Biophilia, 2pm - 5pm in Snuff Mills.
More specific information about the location will be emailed to you closer to the time.
Biophilia is the second of three experiential workshops happening throughout February 2023. Each focuses on a different aspect of the moving self. Storyteller, ecosystem and social being. Participants are welcome to attend all or any of the sessions on offer.
Body Language are a dance collective that run open, integrative and somatic dance classes for people who want to explore movement in a creative, holistic and explorative way. These sessions aim to be inclusive to all abilities, ages and backgrounds. We aspire to help people celebrate and find expression through their most valuable and unique asset - the body.
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More about the workshops...
Biophilia is an innate affinity for life and its living systems. This affinity is based on a drive, a thrust that human beings possess to connect or merge with all of life. It’s an imperative or a drive that’s encoded in our biology, in our body and in our soma.
In this site specific, somatic workshop, ecology is our primary resource. The cyclical rhythms of the landscape demonstrate an infinite process of life-death-rebirth. These play out as metaphors for growth, abundance, humility, surrender, chaos and transformation. When we integrate these forces within the physical self through biomimicry, listening and visualisation, we can gain deep wisdom, healing and strength.
Nature is a great strength-giver. We can rely on our plant, animal and fungi allies for so much in life. Using guided visualisation and integrative responses to the sound, sense, taste and movement of the elements around us, we will explore realms of emotion and wisdom from growth and regeneration cycles not easily accessible in our repressed societal contexts. We will inhabit our natural landscape and feel part of it, play with the movements and energies of animal intelligence and intuition to access somatic archetypes we may need to call on for strength or insight.
“We are all part of a bigger body, and that bigger body is nature herself. We are water, metal earth and air. By connecting with this larger body, we can find a life-giving support that is often neglected in our industrialized culture.” - Anna Halprin
Please get in touch with [email protected] if the PWYC ticket price is a barrier for you. We want to ensure everyone who wants to be involved can be.
Paying full price enables someone with less means to attend at the lower price.
Contact: [email protected]
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This opportunity is part of the West of England Visual Arts Alliance (WEVAA), supported by Arts Council England. WEVAA is a consortium partnership of nine organisations co-lead by Spike Island and Visual Arts South West, and including the Brunswick Club, Bath Spa School of Art, Bristol City Council, Creative Youth Network, Culture Weston, North Somerset Council and UWE Bristol. This alliance is delivering a 3-year programme of activity with the aim of supporting visual arts progression in the region, and a collective vision for the visual arts in Bristol and the West of England to become more progressive, sustainable and inclusive by 2024.
Entry requirements:
Biophilia, 2pm - 5pm in Snuff Mills.
More specific information about the location will be emailed to you closer to the time.
Biophilia is the second of three experiential workshops happening throughout February 2023. Each focuses on a different aspect of the moving self. Storyteller, ecosystem and social being. Participants are welcome to attend all or any of the sessions on offer.
Body Language are a dance collective that run open, integrative and somatic dance classes for people who want to explore movement in a creative, holistic and explorative way. These sessions aim to be inclusive to all abilities, ages and backgrounds. We aspire to help people celebrate and find expression through their most valuable and unique asset - the body.
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More about the workshops...
Biophilia is an innate affinity for life and its living systems. This affinity is based on a drive, a thrust that human beings possess to connect or merge with all of life. It’s an imperative or a drive that’s encoded in our biology, in our body and in our soma.
In this site specific, somatic workshop, ecology is our primary resource. The cyclical rhythms of the landscape demonstrate an infinite process of life-death-rebirth. These play out as metaphors for growth, abundance, humility, surrender, chaos and transformation. When we integrate these forces within the physical self through biomimicry, listening and visualisation, we can gain deep wisdom, healing and strength.
Nature is a great strength-giver. We can rely on our plant, animal and fungi allies for so much in life. Using guided visualisation and integrative responses to the sound, sense, taste and movement of the elements around us, we will explore realms of emotion and wisdom from growth and regeneration cycles not easily accessible in our repressed societal contexts. We will inhabit our natural landscape and feel part of it, play with the movements and energies of animal intelligence and intuition to access somatic archetypes we may need to call on for strength or insight.
“We are all part of a bigger body, and that bigger body is nature herself. We are water, metal earth and air. By connecting with this larger body, we can find a life-giving support that is often neglected in our industrialized culture.” - Anna Halprin
Please get in touch with [email protected] if the PWYC ticket price is a barrier for you. We want to ensure everyone who wants to be involved can be.
Paying full price enables someone with less means to attend at the lower price.
Contact: [email protected]
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This opportunity is part of the West of England Visual Arts Alliance (WEVAA), supported by Arts Council England. WEVAA is a consortium partnership of nine organisations co-lead by Spike Island and Visual Arts South West, and including the Brunswick Club, Bath Spa School of Art, Bristol City Council, Creative Youth Network, Culture Weston, North Somerset Council and UWE Bristol. This alliance is delivering a 3-year programme of activity with the aim of supporting visual arts progression in the region, and a collective vision for the visual arts in Bristol and the West of England to become more progressive, sustainable and inclusive by 2024.
Entry requirements:
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