Group Motion Friday Night Workshop, Improvisational Dance

Welcome to a new fall season of the joy of moving and being moved…¬†Join us every Friday night¬†at 8pm for an improvisational dance workshop set to live music!¬†¬†¬†The¬†Group Motion Dance Workshop¬†is a unique opportunity to experience dynamic energetic evolution through movement and sound.¬†¬†¬†¬†INFORMATION‚Äã
     The Friday Night Workshop takes place every Friday from 8pm-10pm at the Community Education Center (upstairs) at 3500 Lancaster Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
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     A parking lot is located in the back of the Community Education Center off of Latimer Street (access from 34th St only). The CEC is also easily accessible by public transportation via the Market-Frankfurt Line at 34th St and Market St or by Market Street buses, the 10 Trolley at 36th St at Lancaster Ave, or other trolleys at 33rd and Market Streets.
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PRICING
General Admission: $20Students / First-time Participants: $1510-Class Savings Card: $150
ABOUT
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     The Group Motion Friday Workshop (FNW) is a forum for creative and authentic expression through dance, music, and movement. It offers a space for spontaneous creation and communication, implying that dance is a language that anyone can speak and understand. It creates a ritual space for building and celebrating community. Guided by Herrmann and Fischbeck, the workshop combines structures of improvisation, movement meditations, and contact dance with live music.
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HISTORY
     
     The Group Motion FNW originated in 1971. It arose spontaneously when people from the street joined a workshop. Herrmann provided verbal guidance to the participants that was accompanied by Fischbeck and other musicians. Channeled by Herrmann, a specific series of guidances, movement meditations, focuses on breath, sound, and movement qualities emerged as a blue print that led to a practice of structures and interactive games about movement expression, communication, and play.
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     In a masterful integration of verbal and musical guidance, the workshop is facilitated by Brigitta (voice and drum), and Manfred (voice and keyboard). The FNW has been accessible to people of all ages (dancers and non-dancers alike) for over 47 years, and is still ongoing today!
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     Over the decades, FNW has evolved, been modified, and informed by several factors: Brigitta’s studies in awareness, holistic healing practices, and Dance/Movement Therapy (including a MA in Somatic Psychology at Naropa University); and Manfred’s ongoing contributions to the workshops, company performances, and touring work, as well as his teaching at the University of the Arts and the University of Pennsylvania.
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     Throughout the course of its duration, which includes hundreds of Friday night sessions in Philadelphia and numerous retreats and tours across the US and abroad, FNW has reached thousands of people: women, men and children from a spectrum of diverse ethnic and social backgrounds.
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       Upon demand, a Teacher’s Training was initiated in 1998 and has led to the formation of Satellite Workshops in Wilmington, Delaware, and Wayne in Pennsylvania; Rennes, France; and Berlin, Germany.
¬†¬†kristin narcowich¬†To:Kristin NarcowichAug 27 at 12:38 PMWelcome to a new fall season of the joy of moving and being moved…¬†Join us every Friday night¬†at 8pm for an improvisational dance workshop set to live music!¬†¬†¬†The¬†Group Motion Dance Workshop¬†is a unique opportunity to experience dynamic energetic evolution through movement and sound.¬†¬†¬†¬†INFORMATION
‚Äã
     The Friday Night Workshop takes place every Friday from 8pm-10pm at the Community Education Center (upstairs) at 3500 Lancaster Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
‚Äã
     A parking lot is located in the back of the Community Education Center off of Latimer Street (access from 34th St only). The CEC is also easily accessible by public transportation via the Market-Frankfurt Line at 34th St and Market St or by Market Street buses, the 10 Trolley at 36th St at Lancaster Ave, or other trolleys at 33rd and Market Streets.
‚Äã
PRICING
General Admission: $20Students / First-time Participants: $1510-Class Savings Card: $150
ABOUT
‚Äã
     The Group Motion Friday Workshop (FNW) is a forum for creative and authentic expression through dance, music, and movement. It offers a space for spontaneous creation and communication, implying that dance is a language that anyone can speak and understand. It creates a ritual space for building and celebrating community. Guided by Herrmann and Fischbeck, the workshop combines structures of improvisation, movement meditations, and contact dance with live music.
‚Äã
HISTORY
     
     The Group Motion FNW originated in 1971. It arose spontaneously when people from the street joined a workshop. Herrmann provided verbal guidance to the participants that was accompanied by Fischbeck and other musicians. Channeled by Herrmann, a specific series of guidances, movement meditations, focuses on breath, sound, and movement qualities emerged as a blue print that led to a practice of structures and interactive games about movement expression, communication, and play.
‚Äã
     In a masterful integration of verbal and musical guidance, the workshop is facilitated by Brigitta (voice and drum), and Manfred (voice and keyboard). The FNW has been accessible to people of all ages (dancers and non-dancers alike) for over 47 years, and is still ongoing today!
‚Äã
     Over the decades, FNW has evolved, been modified, and informed by several factors: Brigitta’s studies in awareness, holistic healing practices, and Dance/Movement Therapy (including a MA in Somatic Psychology at Naropa University); and Manfred’s ongoing contributions to the workshops, company performances, and touring work, as well as his teaching at the University of the Arts and the University of Pennsylvania.
‚Äã
     Throughout the course of its duration, which includes hundreds of Friday night sessions in Philadelphia and numerous retreats and tours across the US and abroad, FNW has reached thousands of people: women, men and children from a spectrum of diverse ethnic and social backgrounds.
‚Äã
       Upon demand, a Teacher’s Training was initiated in 1998 and has led to the formation of Satellite Workshops in Wilmington, Delaware, and Wayne in Pennsylvania; Rennes, France; and Berlin, Germany.