OPEN FLOOR DANCE WORKSHOPS IN HOBART

An enlivening evening of ecstatic dance and community connection. Facilitated by Henry Fowkes

“Open Floor is not about learning to dance. It’s about dancing to learn.”
Sue Rickards

PLEASE NOTE WE ARE AT A NEW VENUE AT KINGSTON BEACH

This event is facilitated with a mixture of guided movement exercises, useful body-based practices, and enlivening free-form dance to a wide range of enlivening music.

No right or wrong, it's all fuel for the dance, here to be moved and included.

No dance experience is required or moves to follow.

This is a drug and alcohol free space to connect to the full spectrum of our human experience, reclaim solid ground in our bodies - our one home address for this lifetime.

Henry is a skilled practitioner that works sensitively and inclusively. You can find out more about him below.

If you are new you can find out more about Open Floor below or contact Henry directly for more info.

INFO

Friday April 12th
Kingston Beach Hall
6.30 - 9.30 pm (arrive from 6.15)

Numbers are capped due to venue capacity.

COST

Full Price $59 inc GST
Early Bird $49 in GST - until April 3rd
First In $44 inc GST (first 15 dancers)

Note: If finances are holding you back from attending this workshop, please reach out to discuss further including potential work exchange. For any inquiries email me at henry.fowkes@gmail.com

WHAT TO EXPECT

As you enter the dance space, the teacher will be playing some music for you to warm up to. This is a time for you to arrive and warm up your body, from the inside out. Take some time to tune into your body, your senses, allow your body to lead the way.

As we move deeper into the workshop, you will be guided to move, include and explore through dance and self-reflection

Please turn your phone off, keep talking off the dance floor, and take personal responsibility for your own needs.

THE FACILITATOR

Henry Fowkes is an internationally accredited teacher of Open Floor Movement Practice, experienced group facilitator, educator and gestalt Psychotherapist. Henry is often described as energetic, down-to-earth and warm. He engages groups with his relatable teachings, humour and legendary tunes. His approach is centred on what's alive in the present moment and a trust in people's innate resilience.

Henry is also a senior facilitator and trainer at the Groupwork Centre and a PACFA accredited Gestalt Psychotherapist. He has been teaching Open Floor since 2016 after studying intensively in the U.S. and Europe.

WHAT IS OPEN FLOOR MOVEMENT PRACTICE?

Although sometimes hard to describe… Open Floor Movement Practice is a lively, life-affirming dance inquiry / ecstatic dance / moving meditation practice inviting us to track our thoughts, feelings, and habits and turn them into creative fuel. A place where our embodied experience is the main event. Using a foundation of mindfulness and universal movement resources such as breath, grounding and centering; our aim is to use our movement practice to be fully embodied – physically, emotionally, and mentally. This simply means being at home in our body for the beautiful ride of being alive - present for anything and everything.

Open Floor is a free-form movement space with no dance experience required or steps to follow; an explorative, drug and alcohol-free space to fully express yourself, dance wildly or gently, and connect with yourself and others.

https://www.henryfowkes.co/openfloor