Brussels, 2016
Dancing The Moment is a workshop and process-oriented artistic research to connect more deeply with yourself and the present moment through movement. It incorporates guided improvisation together with principles of the Gyrokinesis® method, instant composition, and creative writing. The workshop nurtures an environment of openness and trust, inviting participants to reconnect with the joy of creativity, build awareness, and deepen their sense of connection and belonging within a group dynamic. A wide variety of professionals and amateurs have attended, such as dancers, actors, musicians, visual artists, designers, therapists, doctors, journalists, yoga instructors, business managers and many more. No formal dance training or background is necessary to attend.
Berlin, 2019
BODY AND BELONGING is a workshop to connect with the stories living inside of us that are waiting to be told. It applies the Tamalpa Life/Art Process® method: a somatic movement-based expressive arts method founded by the late dance pioneer Anna Halprin, and her daughter, Daria Halpin.
Once we become aware of holding patterns, as places in our bodies where we’ve attached certain stories, the process of release, change, and transformation starts to unfold. Participants learn to:
- Connect with their physical body to cultivate a more grounded presence and self-awareness.
- Explore the relationship and interplay between the physical body, emotions, and mental/imaginal realms.
- Activate their expressive body and build their expressive range in movement.
- Apply body-part mythology and poetic narrative to access the voice of their body.
- Work with performance ritual to be witnessed in the fullness of their expression.
INFO & REGISTRATION: anouk.froidevaux@gmail.com
Berlin, 2019
The workshop is open to professionals and amateurs who want to deepen their artistic practice, expand their body-mind awareness, and transform their nature through the ritual of performance.
Berlin, 2019
TESTIMONIALS:
“Anouk creates a welcoming atmosphere for each participant and is there to support us on our personal creative journey without judgement. She is very generous in her way of teaching and guides us into feeling the present moment and working with that. She has a sense for pure and honest performance quality towards which she is also leading her students.” – A. Hirvonen (Dancer)
“Anouk’s workshop is very refreshing and inspiring. It allows you to really come back into the body, and banish the judgemental mind that sometimes takes over when we improvise. I find her workshop to be a fantastic way to reset my body and mind, and reunite them again in a very pure way.” – K. Jacques (Dancer, Visual Artist).
“Anouk taught me so much about my own physical internal space, but not only that. She also helped me to remember how to walk. All those things that we forget how to do with increasing age, she helps to re-awaken. That’s what she is actually, Anouk is very awake for the new, for the moment, and it’s a great experience to share in the awakeness with her.” – F. Farah (Actress, Singer, Musician, Performer)
“Anouk helped me a lot to be more self-aware, trust myself more and dance with my soul. The workshop moved all of my senses. I got in touch with a side of myself that I didn’t even know existed. I felt my soul overflowing my body from each and every pore.” – A. Claudia de Pinho Ronzani (Dancer)
“In the workshop I dove into my inner body touching my bones, muscles, everything. It was really healing for me and I discovered I could trust my body.” – R. Kojima (Dancer)
“Anouk’s workshop was very helpful for me personally and as a dancer. I felt like I was going deeper into my awareness of my body by moving, opening up myself to others and my environment. It felt like during her workshop I was coming back to a sort of starting point and to the reasons that initially brought me to dance. Her special attention to the spine also helped me to better understand this part of my body.” – S. Sajadieh (Dancer, Actress)
“During Anouk’s workshop when I was ready to give up, she taught me to take a step back and start again without judgement. After that I felt like a new person, confident and full of energy. The idea to connect with the moment and what was really important helped me start with a new energy and find more meaning. From that point I could feel how improvisation is arising and developing. Accepting the problem and dealing with it made me free to discover something new in myself and in the world. In this case, improvisation became the dance of the soul.” – O. Potsnova (Actress, Martial Artist)
“My expression in dance and movement improved a lot through the exercises Anouk gave us. Her workshop concept is high quality and for me she is a great teacher!” – G. Fassold (Dancer)
“I feel grateful to have found a space where words are not important to experience the deep connection of body and soul. My mind was put to rest for a while and for me this is strong and beautiful medicine. Thank you for creating a space where I could allow myself to dance, as you put it, generously and strongly.” – T. Hunold (Nurse, Somatic Practitioner)
“Anouk is a very inspiring person with a beautiful energy. She can guide you really well during the improvisation. I enjoyed her workshop a lot: Starting with the simple but powerful breathing and warm up of every part of the body, going through the improvisation while discovering yourself and ending with totally “dancing the moment”. It’s a very beautiful experience! ” – M. Molino (Dancer)
Berlin, 2019
“It was so much fun taking part in Anouk’s workshop. I particularly appreciated her approach to connecting with the ‘inner mover’ – like the inner voice touching on so many levels of body and space awareness. I left feeling enriched with a spark of wholeness which resonated something new in me.” L. Mills (Singer, Musician, Performer)
Brussels, 2016
Berlin, 2014
