๐ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต, ๐ข ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ-๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ.
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๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ / ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐
How do we get comfortable with our hands and head down, our center shifted, and the space around us seemingly rearranged?
Todayโs journey will be about discovering how to cultivate safety and trust, within ourselves allowing us to navigate upside-down movement more easily. This day will give us a taste of exiting and entering meetings in CI also with our hands grounded down rather than just our feet.
We will explore various ways to tap in to, nourish, and harvest these qualities so that over time, moving with our hands and head down can become another safe and familiar space to enter.
Through somatic exercises, imagination, and other practices, weโll deepen our trust in our ability to care for ourselves during these upside-down movements.
I will share my years of experience integrating inner and outer body awareness, and the flow of movement. Together, weโll work on strengthening both the body and mind to support confidence in inversions.
Through mindful practice, weโll explore how to connect with our bodies when upside down, develop strength, and build the awareness necessary to move comfortably on our hands in dance. The goal is to expand your accessible, safe space in both solo movement and in Contact Improvisation with a partner.
This is just the beginning of a never-ending exploration.
I look forward to guiding you into the world, reversed.
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๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐๐ ๐๐:
Iโm Julia Schmidt, a former circus artist and handbalancer with more than 14 years of experience teaching handstands, free movement, and stretching. More recently, Iโve added Contact Improvisation (CI) to my repertoire.
As a passionate dancer, improviser, and bodyworker, Iโm deeply curious about the subtleties of movement – the unseen forces that support our muscles and bones long before structure takes shape.
I like to call them ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ: .
What started as a purely structural and muscular practice of handstand-technique years ago evolved into something deeper:
a practice of connection, space, and utilizing the support that space – alongside the support of our own extended space – offers.
Over the years, Iโve integrated my understanding of my sensed anatomy, movement, and energy into my dance, enriching my sense of presence in my body and expanding my approach to movement. This has opened up new possibilities for moving ever more freely, comfortably, and with great joy.
To me, dancing is not about performance or achievement. Itโs about playing, loving, enjoying, and expressing.
It is settling presence firmly in the body… and creating a safe heaven for us to move in and from.
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This workshop / laboratory is for dancers and movers that are interested in Handstand/ Inversions and in finding more accessible safe space in their dance – including being upside down.
Especially designed for Contact Improv dancers but also suitable for movers and dancers of other fields, that are curious about merging in to Contact Improvisation.
Some movement practice is required.
Get in touch if you are uncertain wether it is for you.
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At Katrinedalsskolens Drama- and Dansesal
Enter by the gate of Vanlรธsevej 44a, or between Randbรธlvej 23-25 (see image).
Pro tip: Itโs better to leave bikes outside, as the gate doesnโt always open from the inside.
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22.02.2025 11.45 – 17.00
including a little break
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๐๐๐ผ๐พ๐๐๐พ๐ผ๐:
Doors open 11.45
Please be on time
Loose comfortable clothes, waterbottle, and food if needed.
shower available.
more info may follow.
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๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐:
๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ until Feb. 2ยดnd ๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ซ
๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ซ
Registration required! ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ข๐ช๐ข ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ
*Get in touch for low income options.*
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๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐: (or questions)
Julia Schmidt
Messenger or +4550154649
๐ ๐๐ซ ๐ป๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐