Hollyhock Presenter & Guest Blogs
Presenter's Blogs · 29th May 2009
Margie Gillis
Workshop with Margie Gillis
DANCING FROM THE INSIDE OUT at Hollyhock,
from July 12 to July 17, 2009
"My approach to dance and choreography is based on "listening" to the connection between thought, emotion, sprit and body. This is the natural kinetic process whereby our inner "landscape" translates into electrical impulses that transmit to the muscles the message as to how and with what quality to move."
- Margie Gillis
What is the miracle of who we are? This masterclass is designed to encourage all dancers - from aspiring to professional – to rediscover the wisdom of the body. The class has been carefully constructed to inspire the dancer with the awe and curiosity that initiate movement. The work strives to increase openness for continued experimentation, exploration and understanding through movement.
The workshop is based on sensitising the dancer to the connection between thought, emotion, spirit and body. This is the natural kinetic process whereby our inner "landscape" translates into electrical impulses that move through our nervous system transmitting the message to the muscles and connective tissue as to how and with what quality to move.
Through the use of dance exercises, "games", imagery and guided movement motifs, the dancer is reawakened to the joy of movement. We work with the body's natural impulses towards health and the extraordinary possibilities of expression. The class is designed to be fun but is surprisingly challenging, requiring focus and taking the dancer through a full body warm-up .
The dancers are encouraged to "listen" to their body, their impulses, their inner conversations and emotions, and to use this information to expand their existing physical, artistic and creative capacities. In this class, dancers learn to hear and trust their inner landscape and imbue the shape, line and articulation of their movement with fuller meaning and beauty.
The motifs used through the workshop are designed to deepen the dancers’ performance capacities, their knowledge of the choreographic process and possibilities, and to reinforce and expand the imagery, focus and techniques that they use daily. The dancer learns to move towards health, fuller expression, creativity and the knowledge of how to share, give and be responsible to and for his/her own unique artistry as a "Human Dancer".
DANCING FROM THE INSIDE OUT at Hollyhock,
from July 12 to July 17, 2009
"My approach to dance and choreography is based on "listening" to the connection between thought, emotion, sprit and body. This is the natural kinetic process whereby our inner "landscape" translates into electrical impulses that transmit to the muscles the message as to how and with what quality to move."
- Margie Gillis
What is the miracle of who we are? This masterclass is designed to encourage all dancers - from aspiring to professional – to rediscover the wisdom of the body. The class has been carefully constructed to inspire the dancer with the awe and curiosity that initiate movement. The work strives to increase openness for continued experimentation, exploration and understanding through movement.
The workshop is based on sensitising the dancer to the connection between thought, emotion, spirit and body. This is the natural kinetic process whereby our inner "landscape" translates into electrical impulses that move through our nervous system transmitting the message to the muscles and connective tissue as to how and with what quality to move.
Through the use of dance exercises, "games", imagery and guided movement motifs, the dancer is reawakened to the joy of movement. We work with the body's natural impulses towards health and the extraordinary possibilities of expression. The class is designed to be fun but is surprisingly challenging, requiring focus and taking the dancer through a full body warm-up .
The dancers are encouraged to "listen" to their body, their impulses, their inner conversations and emotions, and to use this information to expand their existing physical, artistic and creative capacities. In this class, dancers learn to hear and trust their inner landscape and imbue the shape, line and articulation of their movement with fuller meaning and beauty.
The motifs used through the workshop are designed to deepen the dancers’ performance capacities, their knowledge of the choreographic process and possibilities, and to reinforce and expand the imagery, focus and techniques that they use daily. The dancer learns to move towards health, fuller expression, creativity and the knowledge of how to share, give and be responsible to and for his/her own unique artistry as a "Human Dancer".