"We shall not cease from exploring, and the end of all our exploration will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time".
T.S. Eliot
E.I.M.CI.LA 2011
We are happy to announce EIMCILA 2011, International Contact Improvisation Teachers Meeting in Latin America, City of Buenos Aires.
E.I.M.CI.LA 2011 is addressed to Contact Improvisation teachers and experienced practitioners interested in the practice of transmission.
Much has grown the practice of Contact Improvisation in Argentina in the last 20 years. The first weekly jam was in 88 and nowadays regular jams, meetings, classes and intensive workshops take place in many locations across the country. From some thirty practitioners in the beginnings, we are now several hundreds, and many teachers.
We feel a strong desire to share experiences with our colleagues from all over the world.
Excited and wishful, there we go!
Welcome to EIMCILA 2011
What is EIMCILA?
An horizontal meeting among pairs to exchange knowledge regarding the practice and the teaching of Contact Improvisation, as well as theoretical reflection, dissemination and research.
At the basis of the exchange we believe is the availability of giving, the possibility for learning to learn, the desire to communicate and the pleasure to meet and share to nurture each other and grow as teachers, as dancers, as human beings.
What do I have to offer of my experience in Contact Improvisation?
Experience is having hours of flight. The dance, curiosity and time are our true masters. We propose a meeting with the focus on cooperation, listening, generosity and attention.
Contact Improvisation as a practice of listening and communication, will be the research field on which to build learning from the deepening of individualities expressing themselves.
