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SLAP ME SOFT

Hitting and being hit or Impact play, isn't a conventional context to look for softness and gentleness. Yet, this is precisely what we shall do. We will try to approach this Kuan and insist on staying in this Paradox: How could hitting someone, submitting myself to the blows of another - could be a gentle act of care, whether I am hitting or being hit. 

We will be building towards a classic (face-slapping), and will pass in our way through many apprxoimations, intermediate steps and pauses. The approach proposed is slow, somatic and very much inspired by the Feldenkrais method.

We shall start the evening with a long physical warm up, to connect to sensations, and clarify the physical happening of impact - solo, and then with others. We will finish with a long, thorough and soft experimentation in Face Slapping.

Noam Raz

Noam Raz is a workshop facilitator, Feldenkrais Practitioner and Family Constellation guide, offering body-emotional work individually and in group settings. His work is driven by sensitivity and to create experiential spaces for people to develop autonomy and trust in their own body and internal processes. Throughout the years, he trained in a variety of physical and embodiment practices which inform and enrich his approach: Dance, Taiji, Somatics, Kink, Voicework and Meditation. Coming originally from the realm of Philosophy (Wittgenstein!) and Linguistics, attention to language and its workings is somehow always in the background.

Web Site:  https://www.noamra.com

Contact: noamraz05@gmail.com