Open workshops

Dance And Somatics Summer Course 4-6 June 2012

Our experience of our own bodies plays an important role in how we feel about ourselves, and this influences how we interact with our environment, social and physical. At ISLO our view of dance is wide, in our classes there are no steps to learn, but instead dance and movement create the frame for somatic exploration and creative practice. In this three-day course, we introduce some of the methods and the principal teachers of the one-year ISLO Education in Dance and Somatics.

Somatics refers to a general approach to working with the body where it is experienced from within rather than objectified from the outside. The implication is that when the body is experienced from within, then the body and mind are not separated but experienced as a whole.

There will be classes in improvisation, movement exploration, and other somatic movement practices such as the Mentstics®. We aim to create a relaxed atmosphere in which everyone can learn at their own pace. We take our work seriously and we like to have fun. We hope you will too!

This course is open for everyone and could be a great way to begin your summer. Since it happens just before the audition, it can also serve as an introduction for prospective students of the one-year course.

Teachers: Elina Ikonen, Pia Lindy and Katariina Vähäkallio.

Classes: each day there will be three two-hour classes (18 hours total).

Class times are 09.00-11.00, 12.00-14.00 and 14.30-16.30

Breaks: 11-12.00 lunch and 14.00-14.30 afternoon break

Cost: 120 euros (including lunch and afternoon snack)

Lunch: Lunch and snack includes to the cost of the course. In case you have special diets or allergies contact to Restaurant Sportti: +35850 405 8702

Housing: ISLO can offer two housing solutions for those travelling to Joensuu though of course participants are welcome to arrange their own accommodation independently. IN CASE YOU WANT TO STAY AT ISLO CONTACT Finhostel Joensuu (+35813 267 5076). Mention that you are participating the summer course to get the lower price and tell which housing solution you prefer.

ISLO HOSTEL : 25 euros/night in the ISLO hostel based on two or three persons sharing a room. Includes the breakfast, shower, toilet, includes linen and towel.

EMPTY APARTMENT: 6.00 euros/night modest accommodation sharing with others, sleeping on mattresses. Bring your own bedding (sleeping bag, pillow, bed linen, etc) and towel. Breakfast in the ISLO cafe is included in the price. There is a fridge but no kitchen or shower but showers are available at ISLO when it is open.

Registration before Thu 24th May:  elina.ikonen@islo.jns.fi In case you do not get an answer to your e-mail, call or text to Elina Ikonen

Housing reservations Finhostel Joensuu: +35813 267 5076 Special diets Restaurant Sportti: +35850 405 8702 Further Information:

Elina Ikonen (course director)

ISLO Education in Dance and Somatics

Kalevankatu 8, 80110 Joensuu

elina.ikonen@islo.jns.fi +358 50 3727 399