BODYWEATHER

BODYWEATHER is a broadbased, comprehensive physical training which cultivates a conscious relation to the state of constant change inside and outside the body. Founded by Japanese butoh dancer Min Tanaka and his Mai-Juku performance group, it is an open investigation that can be relevant for anyone interested in exploring the body.

The sessions generally draw from three main areas of the practice which vary between high-energy work and quiet, meditative explorations:-
            MB (Muscles><Bones, Mind><Body): dynamic, rhythmic work-out for strength, flexibility & grounding.
            Manipulations: a series of precise forms concerned with stretching and alignment.
            Ground Work: a wide variety of exercises to develop sensorial focus, sensitivity and scope of expression.

TESS DE QUINCEY is a performer, choreographer and teacher who has worked extensively in Europe, Japan and Australia. Trained in dance, graphics and sculpture in London & Copenhagen, she was a dancer with Min Tanaka and his Mai-Juku performance group, Japan 1985-91. Her performance work is based in the Bodyweather practice which she introduced to Australia in 1989. In 2000 Tess formed De Quincey Co, Australia's leading Bodyweather company, which presents a range of dance-performance works and interactive environments in metropolitan and outback areas.

Tel: 0410 080 598; Email: info[at]bodyweather[dot]net