Body-Mind Centering® w/Cathie Caraker: Somatic Practices for Dance & Life

Join Cathie Caraker for a daylong immersion of Body-Mind Centering and Somatic Practices for resilient movement for dance & life

This will be a daylong immersion in somatic and creative movement practices. As we head into the growth cycle of Spring, we’ll create a container for rest and regeneration, for connection and play. We’ll ground our felt bodies through developmental movement practices, finding support from the organs, fluids and bones. Fine-tuning our sense perceptions, we’ll dance and witness each other through the practices of Contact Improvisation and Authentic Movement. We’ll do some creative journaling, re-framing our questions and composting our experiences.

This workshop is open to all. Questions? Reach out to Merrick at merrickjacob16@gmail.com

Cathie Caraker, MFA, SMT/E is a dance artist, educator and occasional organizer. She was introduced to Contact Improvisation by Nancy Stark Smith while still a dance student in Amsterdam, and worked extensively with Nancy, Steve Paxton and other founders of the form. Nancy also nudged her towards the work of Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, the founder of Body-Mind Centering®, and she graduated from SBMC in 1990. Cathie has shared her approach to dance and somatics at dance programs and festivals across Europe and the Americas, and she was on the faculty of the School for New Dance Development in Amsterdam for 10 years. Her performance work has been presented at venues in New York, Seattle, Amsterdam, Berlin, São Paulo and San Francisco. More info at cathiecaraker.com

Main photo credit: Jo Lamboy

Theater photo credit: Frank Revi