Kaisa Kukkonen

Kaisa Kukkonen is an interdisciplinary dance artist based in Finland.

 

She works with the poetry of movement, politics of touch, Contact Improvisation, and somatic practices.

 

Her background is in dance, words, and performance.

 

She has been dancing CI since 2005 and teaching since 2010 in Finland, Sweden, Germany, Austria and Iceland.

 

Find Kaisa's website here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Join me if you are at the beginning of your CI exploration or you want to get back to the basics. These classes are suitable for everybody and we will learn by personal inquiry and exploration.





What are the essential things to make Contact Improvisation enjoyable, fun, interesting and safe enough? We will explore different principles through precise exercises as well as working more freely through questions and experimenting. Each body and each dance is different, and even from the beginning, we are figuring out, learning by doing and practicing.

 

These are a few aspects we will touch on:

• Leaning - working with weight, and with different amounts of weight, shared axis, and directions


• Finding own movement and movement with the other/s.
• Moving with weight.

Moving through levels, moving at different levels.


• Rolling and sliding on the floor and with a partner.


• Managing weight through tone and relaxation.


• Grounding to one's own body and movement, going towards others and the space from there.
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Practising boundaries, saying yes and no, leaving dances, joining dances, and being clear with your own intentions and the ability to listen to others.


• Taking care that the bodymind is open and warm for dance.