28 July – 03 August International Summer Intensive
Kiskunfélegyháza, Hungary.
The intensive week will have a similar schedule to the last years. We will have Bothmer movement in different groups in the morning. After lunch we will enjoy the afternoon courses and at the end of the afternoon we can join some sport activities. We will round the day off with a variety of organised evening activities with plenty of room for personal initiatives.
There are three different categories of morning courses.
Students of the Current Trainings will be assigned to a group of mixed nationalities and training years. This year we will work in four groups. These groups will be led by Martin Baker, Susan Kelly, Anna Fehér, Márton Szűcs, Lacó Baditz, Miruna Tomescu, Claudiu Pănculescu and Vlad Pănculescu. The groups will rotate during the week.
The Postgraduate course will work with three teachers during the week. Each teacher will be with the group for two days. They offer the following themes:
Jessie Delage: The transformation of dimensions. We will be tackling the theme of transformation: that of the vertical and that of the horizontal and the liberation that follows. We will be working on the Transformed Height and Transformed Width (Eagle and Lion) exercises, looking at them from the point of view of bone structure, too. There might be also a chance to set up teaching initiatives in the group or in small groups during the course with organized feedback.
Adrian Constantinescu: In our Bothmer Exercises we often speak about being “in-between” and do not lose our “centre” … But what is the difference between “holding the Middle” … and building the Middle as a Space of freedom? – Focused on this Theme, we will mainly work on the exercises: Movement towards the Goal, Scales and the 3 Circles.
László Varga-Szemes: Falling and Recovering - Heaviness and weight as a preparation for lightness and lifting. These fundamental human experiences not only enhance our movement and soul capacities but they enrich our lives and help us meet the challenges in our various life situations. We will work with the falling and recovering elements in different Bothmer exercises. I would like to encourage future participants to explore these fundamental gestures in any of the exercises they practice in the coming months. Then we will be able to share experiences during our work together. “Our movements either follow the tendency towards falling, succumbing to gravity or they counteract it. This involves the use of the limbs directed by the will.” (Graf Fritz v. Bothmer)
For people who are currently not on a Bothmer Movement training we will be offering an Open Bothmer course. This course is suitable for beginners as well as for people with experience! The course will be taught by Geni Kriston.
You can sign up for the afternoon courses on the registration form. The afternoon courses are held during the first session after lunch (3 - 4:30 pm). Please be aware, that some of the courses have limited places and we will be filling the places in the order of the arrival of the registrations. These activities are offered as a course running from Monday to Saturday (except Thursday). Please consider carefully which course you would like to sign up for, as this will be your course for the whole week.
Please find programme in the Newsletter.
