An embodiment-based dance practice for all bodies
REGULAR SESSIONS
Dates: Every Monday (starting October 5th)
Schedule: 19h30 - 21h
Where: c.e.m - centro em movimento, Lisboa
Exchange:
Sliding-scale from 10€ to 20€
NEXT WORKSHOPS
5th September - 17h00 - Contact Improvisation Workshop@ Aldeias à Vista
Santa Clara-a-Velha, Odemira
Founder Carlota Fairfield Oliveira
Carlota is a creator, performer, facilitator and learner who moves with and through the Body across the fields of contemporary dance, contact improvisation and the performing arts.She is moved by the ever-flowing process of transformation, embracing herself as a changing presence in constant evolution. Her work is dedicated to people from diverse social and cultural backgrounds, exploring movement and artistic creation as a shared language.She trained at Chapitô Circus School, c.e.m – centro em movimento, the Academy of Music and Theatre Arts – Dance & Choreography, and Companhia Olga Roriz/FOR Dance Theatre.At the heart of her artistic practice lies an interest in the idiosyncrasies of the human being in relationship — with oneself, with others and with the world — and in the ways these conditions become inscribed in the Body.Carlota has developed projects with diverse communities, working with adults, children and young people, with or without previous artistic experience.As a creator and performer, her practice moves across dance, physical theatre and circus.In 2019, she founded Corpo de Agora, a set of practices that invite participants to dive into the authentic expression of being, cultivating intuitive intelligence through the foundations of dance and other somatic practices. These practices unfold through regular gatherings and intensive immersions.
ABOUT THE PRACTICE
Corpo de Agora is a space to deepen our relationship with the body and its authentic expression — listening from the inside out and from the outside in. A space to inhabit the present body and dance what moves through us.This practice draws from the juice of dance, improvisation, contact improvisation and somatic practices, which I have been learning from and embodying ever since I began my journey as a dancing body.Here, we integrate physical and intuitive intelligence, opening pathways towards new ways of feeling, being and moving, together.Between play and depth, chaos and harmony, matter and spirit, the desire is to cultivate freedom, awareness and connection: with ourselves and with other bodies. A space to expand the body beyond the skin, weaving presence, resonance, curiosity and the magic that emerges through meeting, witnessing and living.All bodies are welcome — professionals, amateurs, the curious, strong bodies, tired bodies, all of us who are dancers of life.
CONTACT[email protected]