1. art and entertainment
2. dance

Concurrent Sessions
is a service mark of Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, used with permission.
Main-Conference
Thursday, May 28, 2015
12:30 - 13:30
Registration
13:30 - 13:45
Opening Circle
les ballets C de la B
14:00 - 15:40
What have glial cells, the Vagus Nerve and Tango got to do with each
other?
Sonja Riket
les ballets C de la B
Stam/entrance hall
EC 1,66
BMC is about relationship, within our self and to our surrounding world. In this
workshop, we will explore, through hands‐on and guided movement partnering, the
nature of the glial cells. Learn about new developments on the Vagus nerve and
discover how they relate to the essence and secret of the intimate Tango embrace.
14:00 - 15:40
Studio Lod
Centring
Ildiko Viczian
Centring: an unified practice of turning in and opening out to Awareness in Action. The
methods of Body‐Mind Centering and Centering Prayer are combined with the intent of
awakening to the greater Life we are immersed in. Through the meditation, somatization,
movement and sound exercises we experience, embody, and express more of our whole
being.
15:50-17:10
The heart in embodiment
Wilma Vesseur
les ballets C de la B
EC 0,66
Concurrent Sessions
Studio Lod
FibroMove® A Social -Somatic -Integration -Support program for
Chronic Pain & Fibromyalgia.
Noya Nachmany
EC 1,33
Learn about how chronic pain can develop into Fibromyalgia and how Fibromyalgia can
be helped! This workshop will present you with basic knowledge about Chronic Pain &
Fibromyalgia, and how it manifestsitself in body and brain according to evidence-based
theories from different fields.We will then work with transmission of pulses and information
through body & space through biological –chemical –emotional –visual processes to
demonstrate how trauma stimulates manifestation in the cells and differently within each
body system.
Lecture
15:50-17:10
17:15 - 18:15
Concurrent Sessions
Body-Mind Centering® and BMC® are registered service marks of Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen and
Tracing and experiencing our embryological history provide us with a wide range of new
possibilities in our process of embodiment. We will explore the development of the
heart and the fluids.
Blood flows in loops, the tubes of the heart begin to spiral.The process of creation
feels like a Vortex, a multi dimensional Labyrinth in which emotion and cognition, spirit
and flesh, movement and stillness intertwine and dance. A dance, in which we meet
the ease and beauty of moving who we are.
15:50-17:10
EC 1,66
Towards a Somatic Pedagogy in the Dance Studio:
Facilitating Reflexivity and Artistry Through BMC®
Natalie Garrett Brown
KASK Dance Studio 2
EC 0,66
Co-authored paper (Amy Voris) reflects on a collaborative delivery process and discusses
the long-standing inclusion of BMC within the Dance Making and Performance BA at
Coventry University. In doing so the paper provides a two-fold theorization, considering
the interrelated significances for both students and teachers. The paper proposes that the
inclusion of BMC in an undergraduate curriculum can promote self-agency, reflexivity and
creativity for dance students alongside enhancing the acquisition of dance technique and
general coordination
Labyrinth of Breath
Louise Chardon
Studio Lod
EC 1,0
“Breathing involves a continual oscillation between exhaling and inhaling, offering
ourselves to the world at one moment and drawing the world into ourselves at the next...”
David Abram. Louise is always eager to share and deepen the labyrinthic dimension of
breath by following meditatively its path in us and, from this profond attention, invite it to
grow and inspire us into vaster sense of being and movement. As an artist aiming to
inspire humanity and recall it permanently to its aliveness, Louise places as primordial the
act of breathing, similarly to the first breath of the new born.
EC 1.0
= Educational Credits
Concurrent Sessions
17:15 - 18:15
Literature and Audio presentations
Veronika Wiethaler, Andrea Olson & Nathalie Garret
KASK Dance Studio 2
Veronika Wiethaler, Connecting pelvic floor and vertebral exercises
Andrea Olson, The Place of Dance: A Somatic Guide to Dancing and Dance Making
Nathalie Garret Brown, Alexander, Attending To Movement: Somatic perspectives on
living in this world
18:15-18:30
Closing Circle
20:00-22:00
Performance Night
Mariko Tanabe, Annick Putz, Odile Seitz, Tal Halevi, Wilma Vesseur
Studio Lod
les ballets C de la B
For Her (excerpt)
Mariko Tanabe - ‘For Her’ is an evolving solo that gives a voice to ancestral memories,
myths and dreams. I dedicate this dance to my late mother Ruby, and to every woman
who carries her heritage in her heart.
Performance Night
ffflo – fluidity fields form (work title)
Annick Putz & Odile Seitz - This duo turns around, turns around fluidity, and how
from fluidity space is organized into form. Starting point of the exploration were the
metabolic fields, described by Erich Blechschmidt. Different kinds of forces support the
relationship between the two dancers, guiding them to different dimensions of the
space as well as to different ways of being together.
Axis Mundi
Tal Halevi - Tal Halevi is presenting an excerpt from an evening-long group piece set to
music by Tony Conrad. Axis Mundi explores the relationship between depth and
surface as manifest in the body – a relationship that reappears from the cellular level to
our most complex articulations. r.o.o.m
Wilma Vesseur (with Marchel Ruygrok) - r.o.o.m investigates and challenges the
mutual influence of space, physicality and movement. r.o.o.m invites for a wide variety
of solo, ensemble and interactive experiences. r.o.o.m explores Attention – Intention /
Order – Chaos / Continuity – Discontinuity / Creating – Dissolving / Planning –
Spontaneity / Formal – Informal / Private – Public.
Main-Conference
Friday, May 29, 2015
Our shambalah Day. A wonderful day in the water on the 29th of May at the Spa, www.shambalah.be
exploring BMC® in playful and calm spaces. We have arranged bus transport and lunch so you can relax!
8:15 - 8:30
9:30 – 10:00
Gathering bus trip and departure to Shambalah
Bijloke Site
Arrival at Shambalah Spa and Drinks
Shambalah
The day at the Spa includes the following sessions.
Shambalah
We are the Water
Ellen Barlow
This workshop provides participants time to attune to their fluid nature, engendering experiences on the continuum from personal embodiment, sensuality,
comfort, and empowerment to the universal belonging, environmental responsibility and activism.
EC 1,0
Moving water: An Embodied Approach to Activism and Performance
Cynthia Stevens
EC 0,62
This workshop considers the interrelationship of the body, community and
environment through water. Participants will engage in a creative process using
BMC, dance, voice and ecology to foster a visceral sense of place.
Salsa & BMC®, the heart dance ("la danse du coeur")
Tamara F. Villa Vigo
EC 1,5
In this session we are going to explore the wealth of the salsa, which offers an
infinity of expressions and rhythms. Salsa has no borders, it is universal. An
original way to embodied rhythm, body and to express your creativity.
We also will present films and (a) discussion.
Shambalah
Film presentation and discussion on BMC principles in Aquatic Therapy.
Sonja Riket
After a short film clip presentation about my work with a child with special
needs in a warm water pool, we will discuss further the integration of BMC
principles to Aquatic Therapy. Informal sharings and demonstrations in the pool
can follow.
Moving water: environmental performance and film
Cynthia Stevens
This presentation features live performance and the new environmental film,
SOURCE, as it considers the interrelationship of the body, community and
environment through water. Cynthia Stevens will show the evolution of her work
using BMC, dance and voice to frame ecology in the body and the body in
stunning waterscapes.
Cast
Kim Sargent- Wishart
Cast (2014) is a dance/film shot in Melbourne, Australia. It was developed
through BMC-based research into the embryological development of the three
germ layers and how these connect us to the external environment, the ground
of being, and the material presence of our playful, dancing bodies. Directed by
Kim Sargent-Wishart and featuring dancers Fiona Cameron and Jason
Marchant.
Postcards for John Cage
Kim Sargent- Wishart
Postcards for John Cage (2015) is an experimental, digital dance postcard
filmed in Warrnambool, Australia. Dancing birds, sand, sky, ground, a boy and
his mother. A poetic dance/film inspired by composer John Cage
12:00 - 14:15
Lunch is served in group rotation
Shambalah Restaurant
16:00 - 16:15
Gathering for departure to Ghent
Shambalah hall
17:00 - 17:15
Arrival Ghent Center (at graduates dinner location)
A special dinner for all BMC® program graduates is reserved to meet and to
have a relaxed evening.
Main-Conference
les ballets C de la B
Exploring the Polyvagal Theory
Ulrike Dillo
EC 0,375
See description warm up session/Thursday, May 28
8:00 - 8:45
Studio Lod
Tui shou, an agreement with strength and tenderness
Laurence Chevalier
EC 0,375
Based on the calligraphy of the five elements, on the quality of the flow or bones’, an
expression of the relationship between strength and tenderness is found. We will stay on
the perception of the sphere created both together without seeking to develop the
external physicality, connected around and to infinity, The sensitive listening brings out an
agreement respecting the power and the delicacy of the energy of each person.
8:45 - 8:55
9:00 - 12:00
Opening Circle
les ballets C de la B
The Fluid Body
Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen
les ballets C de la B
The body and the mind are fundamental aspects of one unified being. Movement is an
expression of that oneness. All physical, emotional and mental processes are transmitted
through the flow of consciousness. In this workshop we will explore the dynamics of
consciousness flowing through fluid, cells and space itself that underlie our inner vitality,
comfort and the strong, effortless movement of our body. These pathways communicate
our innermost being as well as our outer form and expression. This journey can be
applied to dance, yoga, athletics, bodywork and massage, healthcare practices,
psychotherapy, childcare and education, meditation, and other forms of integrative
studies
12:00 - 13:30
13:30-14:50
Lunch
les ballets C de la B
Making Connections - BMC into Spontaneous Composition
Sarah Menger
Support precedes movement. We will use some BMC principles and explorations to dive
into improvisation and create spontaneous compositions. Going from closed eyes
practice will open connections to internal as well as external environment as a basis to
start playing.
Concurrent Sessions
13:30-14:50
Suspension and receptivity
Katy Dymoke
The practice and experience of BMC requires self-reflexive practice. Practice and
experience are mutual aspects to BMC that can be traced and made sense of through
reflexive methods. We will explore moments of experience reflexively.
13:30-14:50
Depth and Surface: Membrane as Mediator
Tal Halevi
Like a circle’s circumference, the cellular membrane creates a spatial configuration of
depth and surface. This original configuration is mirrored in our modern consciousness
as the relationship between our internal experience and its outer expression. This
workshop, using guided movement and touch, explores our membrane as container of
internal flow and mediator of outer reality.
13:30-14:50
EC 2,75
Working with parents
Ania Witowska
Working with babies always involves working with parents, but how do we introduce the
value of somatic work to parents and carers? In this workshop practitioners and students
are invited to explore a range of exercises based on the body systems, embryological
development and Authentic Movement that are designed to bring parents into closer
connection with their own and their child’s somatic experience.
EC 1,33
Studio Lod
EC 1,33
KASK Dance Studio 1
EC 1,33
KASK Dance Studio 2
EC 0,66
Silent Auction 12:00 (STAM Baudeloo)
Concurrent Sessions
8:00 - 8:45
Saturday, May 30, 2015
Concurrent Sessions
13:30-14:50
Lymph System and Relationship
Edith Rudman
KASK Dance Studio 3
EC 1,33
In this workshop we will be engaged in exploring the lymph system. The focus is on
research: Does the lymph system have a connection to relationship (to myself, the
others), are there common insights? Let´s be curious and share!
13:30 -14:50
Sharing: Bounding and Release / A final project about fascias.
A research through movement and hands-on
Odile Seitz-Walser
KASK Dance Studio 4
EC 1,33
Odile Seitz will share her research about fascias in relation to bonding and release, that
she made for her final project of the Cranio-sacral Therapie Education. Nearly all the world
is talking about fascias and there are good reasons! They are a key for many physical,
emotional and psychological processes and a resource for healing.
Connecting pelvic floor work and postural exercises based on Body-Mind les ballets C de la B
Centering.
Veronika Wiethaler
EC 1,33
Veronika Wiethaler developed pelvic floor exercises in the last ten years in Italy. Noninvasive pelvic floor training was not yet present in the medical and health culture of this
country. BMC® principles are the base of this special kind of movement training, which
allows us to have good results with people before and after giving birth, and with persons
of different age who suffer with incontinence, or pelvic pain.
15:00 - 16:20
Studio Lod
The Smart Vagus
Thomas Greil
Concurrent Sessions
The vagus nerve is the biggest parasympathetic nerve integrating different aspects of the
body: digestion, heart rate, breathing and vocalization. The smart vagus is the ventral
(frontal) branch of the vagus nerve, innervating the pharynx, the larynx and the heart (vagal
break). We will explore its crucial role in balancing the autonomic nervous system (ANS),
in self-regulation and in developing resilience against stress
15:00 - 16:20
A practice of tracing
Eva Maes & Anouk Laurens
KASK Dance Studio 1
Exploring the real ánd imagined space between cellular and extracellular fluid, exploring-in
B.B. Cohen’s words the state of being and states of goingness. What occurs when we
allow this physical exploration, these transitions of movement possibilities to meet with
some basic compositional/communicative facets, offered by Lisa Nelson’s ‘Calls’? What
other place of meeting is offered when we revisit the experience with the help of pen and
paper?
15:00 - 16:10
Trans-Substance: Writing To & Writing
Kate Tarlow Morgan
Tui shou, an agreement with strenght and tenderness
Laurence Chevalier
See description warm up session/Saturday, May 30
EC 1,33
KASK Dance Studio 2
Somatic writing is a growing field paralleling the field of somatic movement practices. Kate
Tarlow Morgan will conduct an exploration she conceived in 1991 for the SBMC Teacher
Certification Program entitled “The Love Letter.” This experiential dialogue engages body
language with feeling and the projection of movement through writing. A discussion
introducing new forms and concepts concerning text and flesh will carry over into “The
Body is A House,” panel following at 16:30.
15:00 - 16:20
EC 1,33
EC 1,33
KASK Dance Studio 4
EC 0,66
Silent Auction 12:00 (STAM Baudeloo)
15:00 - 16:20
les ballets C de la B
5 Ways of Being in the World – Embodying the Panca Maya
Beverley Nolan
The Panca Maya, or five intermingled fields of being in the world, are described in the
Taittiriya Upanishad, a yogic text dating from around 5th century BCE. A psychoenergetic
map, they offer a sense of resonance to the human experience that can be steady and
clear or distorted and vague. In this workshop we will navigate the 5 ways of being:
Physical, Breath/Energy, Mental/Emotional Flow, Imagination/Intuition ans Clear Being to
better distinguish our ways of being present in the world.
16:30 - 18:15
Embodying the Embryological Development of Our Axis Mariko Tanabe
Studio Lod
Come and journey through your origins as sperm and egg to the dance of your
conception, and through the early embryological stages of development that created your
axis as you embody it today. Explorations will include somatization, movement, hands on
work and voice. All are welcome.
Moving Thought
Trude Cone
16:30 - 18:15
16:30 - 17:30
Words of movement/ Currents meets Contredanse Kate Tarlow Morgan, Baptiste Adrien & Florence Corin
EC 1,75
KASK Dance Studio 2
Kate Tarlow Morgan, Editor of BMCA’s Currents Jounal and the editors of Contredanse,
Baptiste Andrien and Florence Corin will discuss the ways in which language engages the
body through printed and online mediums. Founded in 1984, Contredanse provided the
resources for dancers to connect their studio work with analysis and history of their
discipline. Currents Journal, begun as a newsletter in 1985, supports body-based
authors and their writing process. Together, all three editors are inviting participants to
“push” the boundaries of this field with fresh responses for writing and moving ideas.
Body Work Reflects on the Aura - Working on the Aura
Reflects on the Body
Ellen Grosse
EC 1,75
KASK Dance Studio 1
Movement is our first way by which we communicate with the world. We first explore and
learn through our earliest movement patterns that organize us.
These patterns lay the foundation and form the basis for our
interactions, communication and learning today. Trude will share her continuing research
in a series of movement phrases she has developed for working with adults with
functional problems and how these movement series form the framework for her
coaching method she uses as coordinator for learning disabilities at the Amsterdam Art
College.
Panel
Concurrent Sessions
16:30 - 18:15
EC 0,87
EC 1,75
KASK Dance Studio 3
EC 0,87
How does working on the aura reflect on the body-mind and the body on a structural
level? Ellen Grosse, a medical doctor and BMC practitioner from Berlin, Germany, would
like to share her experience in using movement, aura cleaning and hands-on work
16:30 - 18:15
Poetic Play; BMC into Site-Responsive Performance
Practice Reflects on the Body
Natalie Garrett Brown
KASK Dance Studio 4
EC 0,87
Led by a member of the enter & inhabit project, a UK based site-responsive collaboration,
this participatory workshop offers an experiential investigation of embodied knowledge
intrinsic to the collaborative process in outdoor performance making. Informed by the field
of BMC grounded in an approach to being which accepts the premise of
inter-subjectivity, this workshop offers simple movement explorations both inside and
outside to enhance awareness of the perceptual senses and their role in poetic play
when creating collaborative site responsive performance.
18:20 - 18:30
18:30-19:00
Closing Circle
les ballets C de la B
Closure/ Silent Auction
les ballets C de la B
Silent Auction 12:00 (STAM Baudeloo)
16:30 - 18:15
Concurrent Sessions
Main-Conference
8:00 - 8:45
Sunday, May 31, 2015
Exploring the Polyvagal Theory
Ulrike Dillo
See description warm up session/Thursday, May 28
8:00 - 8:45
Visual Rhythms
Noya Nachmany
See description warm up session/Thursday, May 28
8:45 - 8:55
9:00 - 12:00
EC 0,378
Studio Lod
EC 0,75
Opening Circle
les ballets C de la B
The Fluid Body
Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen
les ballets C de la B
See description workshop/ Saturday, May 30
12:00 - 13:30
les ballets C de la B
Lunch
EC 2,75