The POETRY OF MOVEMENT
- a School of Perceptiveness through Dance
“All moving is from the mover. Every pull draws us to the Ocean. Let the beauty we love keep turning into action, transmuting to another another. Anything you grab hold of on the bank breaks with the river’s pressure. When you do things from your soul, the river itself moves through you.”
*Rumi
*Rumi
One of the principles of this methodology is to be a creative-curative regular practice/training that can be very effective for dancers, actors or other professional movers and artists in general.
Some of the elements used in this Methodology come from:
. Amálgama's Dance Company language, inspired by Tai Chi and Qi Gong flow -that unleashes the body's energetic resources by openning the blocked channels-, and also, sometimes, it's ritualistic character
. Danis Bois Method of Fasciatherapy applied to performative arts through gentle fascia release bodywork and Somatics proprioceptive knowledge
. Butoh walking techniques, eye work ...(mainly "Body-Weather" inspired)
. Martial arts general approach with its focus on lower gravity center, groundness and centeredness
. Animal and evolutionary movement awareness
...and finally...
. Contact Improvisation exercises and free partnering explorations balance and lighten the intensity of the constantly required listening to breathing, alignment and somatic information.
Some basic paradigms of this work:
- We direct the “attention resource” to the body in movement gaining precious subtle information - otherwise lost-, unifying and integrating our fragmented parts,
- We learn how to answer to an external call to action without our body losing communication with inner truth…again feeling more integrated in and out of the studio,
- We (physically), understand that, to have a better “command” of the body, we need the minimum of muscular tension, thus our movement becomes extremely efficient and without injuries, It's never too much to underline how much a relaxed body becomes an empty vessel for creation to happen!
- We learn a universal language that structures our personal movement and supports its freedom: like a re-setting,
- We use conscious breathing to enhance physical performance,
- We challenge ourselves to use the same continuous flow transformed into actions with different qualities,
- We develop the capacity of imagery as a “focusing device”, avoiding the drifting of the mind,
What Poetry of Movement IS NOT… (just to be clear!)
- It’s not an event: may it be an event of some hours or days…still it’s not!
- ...so it is not a social meeting (if it's still not clear), but rather a deep commitment to your own proccess: the motivation to move is to feel oneself first and only then the other,
- You won’t find here strict choreographies or steps… unless we get to the point of presenting the result of the work (obviously), which anyways requires resilience and commitment. Then, again, it’s not an event…
- For sure it’s not a psychological approach to movement, with very defined moments or emotions all participants have to go through,
- It's the proccess itself (and not the end), that counts: it's not what you do, but rather the way you do it that really matters,
For Whom?
For any performer (or not), who wishes to connect the inner with the outer landscape, of his/her primary tool which is the body, into a more authentic communication and presence on stage and/or in life.
I totally encourage regular practice but, when you have a limited amount of time, it’s possible to create a tailored program according to your needs.
A 3 months program, as an example, includes a minimum of:
1hour group class a week in studio / 1hour private movement session a week in nature (if weather allows it) / 3 individual fascia release sessions
(if you have even less time it can be more intensive)
For any performer (or not), who wishes to connect the inner with the outer landscape, of his/her primary tool which is the body, into a more authentic communication and presence on stage and/or in life.
I totally encourage regular practice but, when you have a limited amount of time, it’s possible to create a tailored program according to your needs.
A 3 months program, as an example, includes a minimum of:
1hour group class a week in studio / 1hour private movement session a week in nature (if weather allows it) / 3 individual fascia release sessions
(if you have even less time it can be more intensive)
Testimonials
"I discovered Sofia and her dance in exactly the right time and space, what a blessing. I was needing that type of body moment and exactly how she was offering it (which I didn’t think existed). Teaching in small groups, she keeps an eye on our personal process and guides us in that, and at the same time offers and manages a group flow and process. She offers a frame, so freely it allows us unhibited personal expression and at the same time with some structure and containment that allows us to go deeper, in observing, in feeling and then in expressing. She is truly eye-catching as she walks her talk and shows with her own body what it is about."
Merel van den Broucke, Belgium
"All her work complements in the most holistic way, which helped me to unite the many aspects of life. I made a period of dance classes and also work with the elixirs, and I could see immediate and profound effects at all levels of my being. Nowaday's, lots of exercises i've learned in her movement classes, come in the most natural way. And i also totally recommend Fasciatherapy sessions with her!"
Marisa, Sagres
"Sofia´s classes of dance and consciousness have taught me a lot about myself, about the body, through inner movement. I have learned about going inside and accepting whatever I find, through movement, through staying still, together with myself. I have learned to come home to my own movement, to listen to my body, and again, to accept. Actually this part of Sofia´s work is incredibly healing and empowering, bringing up lots of natural knowledge stored inside of ourselves."
Anni Katajamaki, Finland
Merel van den Broucke, Belgium
"All her work complements in the most holistic way, which helped me to unite the many aspects of life. I made a period of dance classes and also work with the elixirs, and I could see immediate and profound effects at all levels of my being. Nowaday's, lots of exercises i've learned in her movement classes, come in the most natural way. And i also totally recommend Fasciatherapy sessions with her!"
Marisa, Sagres
"Sofia´s classes of dance and consciousness have taught me a lot about myself, about the body, through inner movement. I have learned about going inside and accepting whatever I find, through movement, through staying still, together with myself. I have learned to come home to my own movement, to listen to my body, and again, to accept. Actually this part of Sofia´s work is incredibly healing and empowering, bringing up lots of natural knowledge stored inside of ourselves."
Anni Katajamaki, Finland
Drawing by Anni Katajamaki
"Since our first class we all loved the way she guided us: so enthusiastic, passioned and open-minded. Thank you!"
Irene Berger, Holland
Irene Berger, Holland
“It was beautiful the poetic warm up of our Sofia Ferreira! Wow!! We are very grateful♥ Sofia is a teacher of dance and poetry in motion! We were almost 200 people dancing in a journey that its still very present in our bodies and in our souls ♥”
Virgílio Beatriz, Ecstatic Dance (October 2019)
Virgílio Beatriz, Ecstatic Dance (October 2019)
