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“The world is perceived not only in terms of object shapes and spatial relationships but also in terms of object possibilities for action (affordances) — action makes perception.”
-- J. J. Gibson
Stretching the form: Affor[dances]

I have been interested for some time in exploring the question of how to formulate research inquiries.

Research depends on asking the right questions, which might mean asking open-ended questions; questions that allow us to be put into variation by the answers. While science wonders ‘whether this is the case?’ and philosophy wonders ‘what it means?’, dance ponders ‘what happens if I do this again?’ Where the dance and dancer-questioner are engaged with practice as research. This is the perspective that we will adopt for our dances and explorations together.

The term affordances can be thought of as a "relationscape”; belonging neither to the object itself nor to its user but is created by the relationship established between them. How can we reinvent affordances through the continuous dialogue of weight sharing with our partner(s), the practice and the space? With profound focus on essentials of Contact Improvisation, we will dance this (and other) question(s).

In the studio, this looks like us focusing on weight-sharing, falling and sharing/making questions. During the weekend of course, we will dance, we will dance big and also small. I will share tools and containers for collective artistic exploration (exercises, dancing scores, sharing words, solo and in groups explorations, watching and listening to different materials) that I have found useful in my dance practice and training. Inevitably, mutual sharing of weight is a way of being in the unknowable, we will also find ourselves working and engaging with the unpredictable, placing oneself in the in-between, and meeting the ‘speed of our attention’ in dancing.
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his is open for all levels of experience, beginners, especially for those with curiosity to make questions and to both affect and be affected by (or through?) weight sharing and falling.

Pedagogical endnote: Together, our experiment is to navigate the graceful comfort of working with pre-digested material that I facilitate, while also (co)creating the beautiful discomfort of the research laboratory spirit in (contact) improvisation.
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Joaquín Alfei (Argentinian)

Joaquín originally comes from Córdoba [Argentina], and since 2015, he has transitioned into a migrant with the opportunity to obtain legal status in Europe. Existing in the practices of dance and improvisation, experimental psychology, and philosophy, Joaquín has been obsessed in ‘ways of knowing’ and ‘gestures’ of research in dance improvisation and science. Challenging classical divergences between subject/object, in both his dancing explorations and academic work.

Joaquín has grown (in Belgium) thinking in movement with the ideas and collaboration of/with Asaf Bachrach, Florencia Campise, and Otto Akkanen. The people who have most nourished him with their material about improvisation and that he has studied with are R. Chung, D. Lepkoff, N. Little, C. Morrisey, J. Hamilton, S. Smith, and K. Nelson, among others.

Viewing dance and (contact) improvisation as multi-faceted, he is presently absorbed in the physical aspects of the study, but too theory, conversation, written and artistic creation. Upon meeting (contact) improvisation many years ago, he found himself centred around the form, dancing internationally. Joaquín is also actively engaged in the realms and practice of Experimental Psychology and Neuroscience, holding a Ph.D. (KU Leuven, BEL).

He does not like IKEA and would like to be a dad
See some dance videos of Joaquín at: https://vimeo.com/user154670378

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Schedule
- Saturday 8th June 2024
-- 10am - 7pm
-- 1h 15m lunch break
-- jam from 5pm to 6:30pm
-Sunday 9th June 2024
-- 10am - 5pm
-- 1h 15m lunch break
-- jam from 3:30pm to 5pm

Location

Glasgow Theatre and Arts Collective (GTAC)
4th Floor, 7 Water Row, Govan, G51 3UW, Glasgow
https://maps.app.goo.gl/RSQQV1quSzQFCeBE8

Note: unfortunately, being a the top of an old building we currently have no lift access, and the studio can only be reached by several flights of stairs.

There's a limited amount of supermarkets and cafés near the studio. Plus, the studio has a large kitchen. Thus, we encourage participant to bring some packed lunch to share.

Registration
* super early bird: £80 (until March 17th)
* early bird: £100 (until May 1st)
* full price: £120

Places are limited to 23 participants. For any inquiry and necessity please email Riccardo at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Location

Glasgow Theatre and Arts Collective (GTAC)
4th Floor, 7 Water Row, Govan, G51 3UW, Glasgow
https://maps.app.goo.gl/RSQQV1quSzQFCeBE8

Schedule

Schedule

- Saturday 8th June 2024
-- 10am - 7pm
-- 1h 15m lunch break
-- jam from 5pm to 6:30pm

Sunday 9th June 2024
-- 10am - 5pm
-- 1h 15m lunch break
-- jam from 3:30pm to 5pm

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