Thomas’ class will draw on The Feldenkrais Method®, in dialogue with creative dance & movement practices, to help you find greater awareness, ease, freedom and new possibilities in movement choices and actions. This explorative class allows for time to sense, witness and re-enact ourselves as living and moving beings. You will be guided to experience your centre, the feeling for gravity and ground, and your expressive interaction with the environment – with greater clarity and curiosity for change. This session is for anyone interested in movement and embodiment for creative wellbeing and experiment but also designed to meet the embodied needs and interests of professional performers.
Access
Independent Dance is resident at Siobhan Davies Studios. To find out more about accessibility and the amenities available within the building please see here.
If you have any questions about the accessibility of our programme and would like to discuss any specific access requirements, please feel free to reach out to us via email info@independentdance.co.uk or by phone on 0207 091 9665, to speak directly to a member of the Independent Dance team. Alternatively, you may phone the main reception at Siobhan Davies Studios on 0207 091 9650.
During class, all participants are welcome to take breaks, observe, exit and enter the space as they wish. Lounge areas are available on the first and ground floors of the building. Yoga mats, blocks, cushions and ear defenders are available for use. We also welcome you being in contact if you would like to discuss the option of bringing your access support worker. Please speak to a member of the ID team if you require any assistance.
Cancellations and refunds
Prices for classes are kept very low and are subsidised by ID in order to support artists to attend. To keep admin manageable for our small team, we don’t offer refunds if you cancel or can’t attend a class, and we can’t transfer your booking to a different class/event. We hope this is understandable. If a class is cancelled or changed by ID however, we do offer refunds/transfers to everyone who has booked.
Thomas Kampe (PhD) (he/him) has worked as a performer, artist, researcher and somatic educator across the globe for 40 years and was ‘Professor of Somatic Performance and Education’ at Bath Spa University (UK) between 2012 and 2022. Thomas initially trained in visual art and dance and is a teacher of the Feldenkrais Method ® which forms a rich foundation for his teaching, arts practice and research. He is interested in critical somatic arts legacies and his writings and performance works have been published internationally. He was editor of the Feldenkrais Research Journal Vol. 6 ‘Practices of Freedom: The Feldenkrais Method & Creativity’ in 2019, and recently co-edited JDSP Vol. 13.1 & 2 (2022): ‘Embodying Eco-Consciousness: Somatics, Aesthetic Practice and Social Action’.
The Feldenkrais Method® was developed by Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais (1904-1984) as a gentle & intricate embodied educational process concerned with self-discovery, wellbeing and improved function. It uses movement, sensation & reflective experience as organic learning modes.
