Art of Being: Energy, Flow, & Form

Dance workshop in the framework of the exhibition Black Air

How do we travel between composing invisible and decomposing visible? What about our senses and feelings when something invisible, such as care and love, emerges and disappears? How are our bodies handling the phenomena as mediators or creators of substances, objects, and atmospheres? How are we influencing one another? 

Participants start with somatic improvisational exercises, fostering awareness of energetic flow by following breath, gravity, and imagery based on artistic, philosophical, and scientific inquiries and prompts to explore more profound perceptions of our experiences and relationships with the transformative visible/invisible and tangible/intangible matters.  

Some movement practice background will help. Yet, there is no need to have any strenuous dance background. Just bring your interests and curiosity. 

BIO

Ayako Kato is a kinetic philosopher/poet originally from Yokohama, Japan. Since 1998, Ayako Kato/Art Union Humanscape has pursued contemporary experimental dance/choreography/improvisation in deep collaboration with over 82 musicians and composers, presenting in Europe, Japan, and the US. Advocating the principles of fūryū, Japanese for “wind flow,” cyclical transformation, and human motion in nature, Ayako creates solo, ensemble pieces and movement installations for traditional stages and large-scale site-specific locations.

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