Craft Development: A Surprised Body

Craft Development series

A Surprised Body
Workshop with Francesco Scavetta (Norway/Italy) 

Francesco Scavetta offers a personal approach to contemporary dance, based on release technique and contact improvisation and influenced by his practice of Tai Chi Chuan, that links a deep transformation of the body to delicate "poetics of movement".

A surprised body is in a constantly alerted state, able to surprise itself, escaping from a habitual daily body and any kind of routine. A body more focused on reacting, than on acting.

Throughout a structured score of exercises combining floor work, hands-on exercises, tai chi chuan and movement sequences, the work focuses on centering and gravity; on awakening the internal and external supports, while allowing isolation in the limbs and flow in the movement. The physical training aims at generating awareness and at creating occasions for discoveries.

A Surprised Body is an ongoing creative process which premiered in 2010 and has been presented in 27 countries across Europe, Asia, Central and South America.

Presented as part of Dance In Vancouver 2024.

• For advanced and professional level dancers. Please bring kneepads.
• This is a progressive workshop, single day drop-ins are not an option.

Registration and fees:

Early Bird: $48 Dance Centre Members (code required)/$80 non-members on or before November 18, 2024 
Regular: $98 Dance Centre Members (code required)/$130 non-members after November 18, 2024
Prices include GST.

Information and assistance:

Email members@thedancecentre.ca or call 604.606.6416.

Our building and the studio are wheelchair-accessible. Accessible, gender neutral washrooms are also available.