THE HANDS AND THE BODY OF SPACE
The hands could reflect the body, with their five fingers symbolizing the legs, arms, and head. Their numerous joints make this part of the body an incredibly mobile, expressive, poetic structure. In this session we will explore different ways of using the hands when dancing CI. We will explore the connection of the hands with the spine, pelvis, feet, and earth, linking parts with one another. From the hands we will also dance while attending to the “body of space”, its volumes and recesses, and the invisible signals that call or repel us. A dance of volumes and space, a dance toward the dissolution of subjects.
LUCÍA SÁNCHEZ
Lucía has taught contemporary dance since 2008 and CI since 2011. She currently works mainly at La Mimosa, her home/project where she teaches and organizes regular classes and workshops. She also organizes CI gatherings (Danzas Magas and Danzas Mayas), the Inmersiones Contact Improvisation Festival, and intensive workshops. From the moment CI crossed my path, something deep inside knew this was for me. This certainty has been an inexhaustible engine of curiosity, pleasure, learning, motivation, and personal transformation. At this moment, Contact Improvisation, Somatics, and Nature are my medicine, my catalyst, my ground, my wings. It is through teaching that I feel I contribute something important and beautiful to the world, and it is in community where I love and feel loved, where I grow, face challenges, and marvel at the great potential that emerges when we co-create together.