The Play of Balance

Workshop with Virginia Negru followed by Contact Jam

What I find delicate and at the same time enriching in dancing contact improvisation is the play of going out of balance and then rediscovering balance again. It’s similar to the journey of learning to walk, when we were babies. The adventure of leaving that safety of laying on the floor and offering all your weight to the small surface of your feet. Only that this time together with one or more part-ners. A new ‘’animal’’, new pair of feet, new center of gravity. In between fear of falling and the ex-citement of discovering new ways to distribute your weight. I will be happy to gently guide you through a few exploration exercises, solo and with partners in this play of losing balance and find it back again with a new perspective.  Virginia Negru

About Virginia Negru

I am a dancer, performer and Contact Improvisation teacher. My passion and journey in dance led me to discover CI in 2006 and since then I am a dedicated researcher and practitioner of this art form. This experience awoke in me also the interest for real time composition which became an important part of my teaching and performance practice.

I started teaching and organizing CI events in Romania after an intense period of traveling and dancing around Europe and USA between the years 2011-2015 - learning and participating in CI workshops, festivals and jams. This experience and also other significant personal changes gave me clarity and courage to start teaching and share my life perspective through dance.

Along my practice and experience I learned and took inspiration from: Stephen Batts and Ursula Laeubli, Benno Voorhan and Sybrig Dokter, Catrina Choate, Scott Wells, Ekaterina Ericson, Alexandra Soshnicova and Serghei Golovnya, Cyrus Khambatta, Nora Hajos, Nancy Stark Smith, Ralf Jaroschinski, Sasha Dodo, Adrian Russi, Susanne Martin, Anjelika Doniy and many more.

At the present moment I am looking for ways of readjusting my interests and dance practice to the fast changing realities, and understand how my experience can be of value to others. I am studying philosophy, teaching weekly CI classes in Bucharest, performing and sometimes travelling to teach and also learn.

Details and Price

Saturday 27th July at Echo Echo Studios, Derry

2pm - 5pm (Workshop 2pm-4pm, Jam 4pm-5pm)

Workshop £10

Special Offer If you have bought a ticket for a performance of ‘All In Good Time’ the workshop price is £5.

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Thanks

Echo Echo receives Principal Funding from ACNI and The National Lottery through ACNI, and is supported by Derry City and Strabane District Council and the Garfield Weston Foundation.

Image credits: Virginia Negru by Lorena Dumitrascu; Virginia profile image by Aida Boldeanu