FAREWELL & HELLO TO TANGO, BENNIE BARTELS, TANGO, FELDENKRAIS & PERFORMANCES.

Performances

Tango holidays

Saturday 30 and Sunday 31th of January 2021 Feldenkrais Weekend (online)

BREAKING DOWN A TANGO IMPROVISATION THROUGH the FELDENKRAIS METHOD
The proces of thinking and decision-making behind the dance

Saturday and Sunday 10-12.45
24, 25 of April
15, 16 of Mai
12, 13 of June

English Spoken

(also for non tango dancers, or people with little or no experience in Feldenkrais, a very interesting discovery into the process of movement)

A year ago, days before lock-down I took part in a research project on ‘Improvisation’. Apart from other dance forms, Marshall Arts, Shiatsu and Feldenkrais, they took ‘Tango’ as a subject to ask the question, ‘How does improvisation work?’
We danced, they filmed and afterwards we watched parts of the material together sometimes discussing just a 15 second sequence for half an hour.
It was quite amazing the world that opened up for us, like all of a sudden finding a microscope and being able to look into the depth and subtleties of the dance.
For quite some time I wanted to do something more with this idea and material.
I felt that still in lock down, not able to dance- this is a very interesting way to stay involved, develop skills and insight on an other level, and something that will work well on Zoom.

Most of the time lessons are about learning the details of figures, how to communicate them, musicality etc. but rarely what makes us choose certain directions and steps in the dance, what do we do with all the incoming information and emotions, and how do we set up an improvisation.
I thought it would be interesting to take you on a ride behind the scenes.
Why do you take certain decisions and when?
How do you create space to allow yourself to take decisions?
What are the moments you have a chance to take a different course?
What are the moments you can influence the other?
What is awareness in a dance?

In Feldenkrais lessons you work with many of the same themes. The advantage is that you can experience them first by yourself in a very concrete, guided and slow way and make them your own. It teaches another way of stepping into the dance that will open up your creativity.

For each weekend workshop I will choose a totally improvised dance I performed.
I will send you a video of the dance we will be using before the workshop, with some notes and questions to begin to prepare to analyse the dance. In the workshop we will go through it step by step, I will take you through my thinking at the time and, how I came to my choices. For me it was always fascinating to see what was the thinking behind it all, that is where the dance finds its real shape and that takes technique to another level.

We will then work with some principles from the dance through Feldenkrais lessons. The slow examination of the dance in this way lends itself perfectly to the slow exploration and discovery of the movement lessons. And this level of self examination is for me the way to unlock the secrets of creativity. At the end of each lesson I will guide you shortly into a dance, to transfer the lesson on the floor to standing, and link back to the recorded dance we watched.

Even if you are not a tango dancer you will see that the movement observation and themes are applicable in a much wider context. There is no experience necessary for the Feldenkrais lessons, and the dance portion of the workshop requires only a curious eye.

Practical information

Nu ONLINE FELDENKRAIS!

From January 2021 onwards
A’dam time.
Tuesdays 18.00-19.00 English spoken
Saturdays 10-11.00 Nederlands

From January 2021 onwards , A’dam time.
Tuesdays 18.00-19.00 (English spoken)
Saturdays 11-12.00 (Nederlands)

If you are interested send me a message on hotmail and I will send you a link for Zoom, you then only need to click on to be in the game.
You will be able to log in 15 min. in advance, so we have some time to figure out the mechanics. It is also time to say hello and see one another in this time of separation.

I will leave a bit of time before and after for questions and reactions.

BOOKING:

Lessons will be 10 Euros/GBP. You can book more at a time. (after I received payment I will send you the link)

Mail me for my paypal (www.paypal.me/benniebartels) or other bankaccount info! benniebartels@hotmail.com

SCHRIJFSELS

As dancing is a way to discover life... sometimes those discoveries or travels get expressed in writing.

TANGO/DANCE & FELDENKRAIS 2019->2021

DICKENSON SQUARE

Psychotherapie for the poor

Boerentango

Rotten (poem)

The invisible dance

Val Sintestra

Oppsjo, wintertango

Hopefully we can meet again in beautiful Sweden next year!

DATES
Saturday and Sunday 10-12.45
24, 25 of April
15, 16 of Mai
12, 13 of June

YOU NEED
A mat or rug to lie on
A piece of free wall
A chair
Your computer for Zoom

COSTS
35 euro for one day
55 for the weekend (The two days add up, so best to do both)

You can pay through; PayPal.me/benniebartels
or IBAN: NL21INGB0005286724

PLEASE MAIL ME
If you are interested to take part please send me a mail in time.
I will put a limit on the people who can participate so as to be able to be in touch with you all.
benniebartels@hotmail.com

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UPCOMING EVENTS:

Nieuwe Choreografiegroep olv Bennie iswm Martin Bron

Nieuwe Choreogroep met Bennie, meer info volgt binnenkort.

Deze serie workshops die leidt tot een Performance starts met een weekend in Uffelte, gaat daardoor met een aantal zondag middag workshops in Amsterdam. Plannen liggen ivm de huidige situatie even stil.