“…what if, instead of pre-knowing who we are, we played at being masses? Not humans, not everything that racial capitalism and the gender system say about us, but just: things that matter? And of course, we'll never quite get there, and of course, there'll always be the choreographies of species, and race, and class, and gender, coming back at a gallop, but all the same: what if, you, and me, here now, not so different... from pebbles, windmills and lampposts, like all of them, we fell? What if, like all of them, we let ourselves be attracted...by the Earth and its gravity?" in memoriam to Steve Paxton - Quote by Emma Bigé 

In German, the term for grounding literally translates to "earthing”. Other than in the word grounding it points to a larger relationship, which is the relationship with earth as a planet, with its incredible mass which constitutes the omni present force that is gravity. How do we know earth, mass and weight? What is the center of mass, potential energy and tonic space? What are our perceptual systems recording and negotiating these concepts into physical experience and how does attunement to these systems shape our dancing and presence? 

Each day this intensive will start from re-considering and re-investigating the meaning of grounding, here-ing, earthing through felt sense explorations and felt physics experiments. We then roll, crawl, walk, run, jump and fall into all directions of our kinesphere into looping patterns that evolve into explorations in improvisation, rhythm and with partners. I m also interested in how practices of “earthing” affects psychoemotional experience and the relational field. We will always move between the solo body and contact improvisation research. 

The Axis Syllabus can be perceived as a collection or lexicon for dynamic movement studies and offers methods for learning, researching and experiencing movement. It is a precise system of orienting the body internally and externally that is based on ongoing empirical, multi-scientific and pedagogical inquiry. Applied anatomy, physics, biomechanics and tensegrity are considered in the creation and analysis of movement. 

In my pedagogical work I celebrate learning through movement and dancing together. I facilitate spaces that transform each participant into active and curious researchers of the body in movement and I am eager to cultivate the value of collaborative dance research. I am committed to the art of dancing and fascinated in the ecology of historical and emerging dance practices. 

Kira’s workshops aim to create a collaborative learning environment and effective space for personal research.