EMBODIED
VISION
A contact improvisation weekend with Anna
Bambridge
LIMITED PLACES SO DON'T DELAY YOUR BOOKING!
Workshop Saturday 26
March 2016, 11am–5pm
Class and Jam Sunday
27 March 2016, 1–4.30pm
Kinning Park Complex
Using relaxation and
movement techniques grounded in the Bates method of vision education we will
explore how our attention and intention affects how we see and how we
feel. Vision is a learned sense that we can continually attend to and we
will encourage new ways of using our eyesight. Aspects of vision we will
explore include peripheral and central sight (and the relationship between
them) and our senses of perspective, colour, movement and depth. You are
encouraged to bring warm layers, as there will be times of stillness in the
workshop.
You are invited to
explore your natural vision for this workshop. This means that if you wear
glasses you can take them off or if you wear contact lenses please bring what
you need to take them out.
Contact Improvisation
experience is not necessary.
Saturday workshop
only £40
Full weekend £45
To book your place,
please email us at: theglasgowjam@gmail.com with the subject header
'Embodied Vision'.
You will then receive
an email with information on how to complete your booking. Please note, a
deposit of the full fee is required to complete your booking though we are able
to arrange alternative payment plans if necessary.
Lunch by Ali (who has been making delicious cakes for the jam) will be available for purchase for this workshop.
Lunch by Ali (who has been making delicious cakes for the jam) will be available for purchase for this workshop.
About
Anna
I have been obsessed
with natural vision work for nearly 20 years. I first experienced a change from
blurry to clear vision through relaxation in 1996 when I was 22. I have an
MPhil from Glasgow Caledonian University researching Holistic Vision Therapy. I
have been teaching vision education since 2006 and have presented workshops at
the International Holistic Vision Conferences. I trained as a Bates Method
teacher at the Bates College of Vision Education in 2007. I am interested in
how the Bates Method can combine with therapeutic and arts practices and I am
currently exploring relationships between the Bates Method and the Contact
Improvisation dance form. I discovered contact improvisation a few years ago
and love it. I find that the principles are the same as for vision work.
Creativity, clarity, honesty and communication are all important. I was part of
the @TheGlasgowJam's New Jammers programme in 2015, which was supported by
Creative Scotland. www.indivisual.org.uk