Happy to announce the lauching of

Ways of moving and being moved

my new website about the therapeutic and somatic work with dance and movement

Please have a look

In the meantime, Cosmic dance is running at studio seven, Eerste Nassaustraat, 1052BD Amsterdam

See you there!

Cosmic dance starts tonight @ studio seven

18:00 – 20:00 Eerste Nassaustraat 7, 1052 BD, Amsterdam.

You’re all welcome to join!!

Happy New Year for all

And it’s a pleasure to announce the creation of a new website giving a voice to new classes and the more therapeutic work I am up to do now.

Here it is:

http://sylvainmeret.wordpress.com/

“Cosmic dance”

Combination of Qi Gong and dance

For who and for what:

The class is designed for anyone who is concerned with the embodiment of health and balance through movement. The class combines elements of modern dance, improvisation, Continuum Movement with Qi Gong and shamanism. We will rely on the flow of Qi, the universal life energy, to initiate the movements and the dances. For that we will use different forms of the Shen Zheng Wuji Yuan Gong. Follow the link to see how it looks like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zau5-c6_-TU&feature=related

These particular forms of Qi Gong are means to reach our natural state of being through specific coordination of movements, breaths, sounds and visualizations; moving with the Qi into a fluid state of balance and harmony. Through practice we come to feel how energy flows through the body and by being aware of this continuous flux, we begin to connect with it. As body parts of the universe we resonate with the constant exchanges of earth and cosmic energies. On a simple level these movements realign us with Nature and thus enhances our self-regulating mechanisms.

The class:

The class begins with a warm up to prepare the body to move easily and freely, with exercises to enhance flexibility and strength in the spine and the joints. We activate the energy pathways (meridians) and awaken the fluid body through awareness, touch and sound’s vibrations from the Continuum Movement approach. Then we will learn several forms of the Sheng Zhen Wuji Yuan Gong as taught by Master Li Jun Feng. When the body is receptive and open, the mind stable and calm we can start to engage with our own Qi Gong medicine for that day. It is personal and exactly what is needed at this moment for the individual. We do this with closed eyes and with our awareness by activating the energy meridians and by letting the movement’s flow naturally emerge in dance improvisations. This particular method helps the individual to take responsibility for their own well being, in making them aware that every moment contains the potential for self-healing through movement and consciousness.

More info about this particular form of Qi Gong:  www.shengzhen.org/index.htm

Sylvain Méret is a professional dancer, teacher, choreographer and dance movement therapy trainee. He met master Li Jun Feng in 1998 in Paris, and followed many workshops and retreats with him. By being part of the ‘rescue gong’ in 2000, he became a certified Shen Zheng Wuji Yuan Gong teacher. His passion for movement and healing led him to study various forms of ancient as well as recent somatic healing practices such as shamanism, Sufi dance, Yoga, Reiki, Continuum Movement, Body Mind Centering. www.sylvainmeret.com

Price:

15 € per class / 50 € per month (4 classes-12,5 €/class)

240 € for 24 classes until 28 June  (10 €/class)

The classes start 18 January 2012 until 28 of June 2012.

“Body Language”

Dance classes for personal growth through dance and movement with Sylvain Méret.

-Finding own dance- dancing our life,
-Discovering movement’s preferences,
-Ways of breathing, the primal movement on earth,
-Keeping the thoughts moving, the body knows the state of balance,
-Attuning our perception to hear, see, sense the world of movement,
-Getting to know our actual body, cultural body, ancestral body and body of evolution,
-Being able to reflect upon ourselves through dances improvisations,
-Getting comfortable in interacting with others with touch and contact,
-Regulating our emotion by understanding the body’ natural state of balance,
-Experiencing self-empowerment through self-embodiment,
-Slowing down.

- Movement is everywhere, beginning at the source of all manifestation. Originating from our fluid ancestry, the body’s movements, singing the song of our thoughts and emotions, draw the unique, original graph of everyone’s life. Creating the dance of one’s life, the expression of inner movement embodies our individual biographical dance. In ancient tradition, it appears to be our first personal medicine, originating from the body itself. Accumulation of stress, the density of emotions, events and memories sometime tend to bound its natural flow; Self regulatory processes can’t balance anymore the natural movement of life and we tend to close down, to stiffen or to freeze our movements and creative potentials. Our bodies become more rigid, depleted from vitality and lacking energy. By re accessing our inner movement medicine through the body, we have a chance to reconnect with natural rhythms, engage with the flow of vital energy and get the necessary nourishment for balance and well-being.
Come and join the dance! Attune yourself to your inner movements, so you can find your true self in the dance of life and speak to the world with the language of your body.
All dance levels, all styles and all ages are welcome.

The class starts with a warm up to reconnect with body’s awareness, using specific exercises* and develop through movement exploration, dances, improvisations in groups, tasks, games and rituals. Feedback, check in, group process are parts of the class. 90 minutes

*from contemporary dance techniques, BMC (body mind centering), Continuum movement, LMA (Laban movement analysis), Authentic movement and shamanic approaches.

Price: 10 euro per class.
8 classes block: 60 euro from November 2 till December 21 2011.
Open class 26 November 5 euro!!
Group capacity: 12 max.
It is advised to register for the all period in order to track personal advancement and to profit of the group process.
The class is taught in English, translation in Dutch is possible, please contact me.

About the teacher:
Sylvain Méret is a professional contemporary dancer, choreographer and teacher. Alongside his artistic carrier, he has studied and practiced somatic approaches, energetic and healings methods (Feldenkrais, BMC, Qi Qong, Shamanism, Reiki, Continuum Movement, Flower Essences, Yoga). He is currently studying Continuum movement with Emilie Conrad, Shamanism and finishing his DMT (dance movement therapy) master at Codarts Rotterdam.
His teaching includes co creative partnership with nature, energetic and shamanic practices. More info at www.sylvainmeret.com

Contact: 06 14 10 23 37
Sylvainmeret21@gmail.com

http://www.cadance.nl/en/productions/soul-fire

Soul Fire

Pedro Goucha Gomes

Korzo producties

If we still wish to walk this earth in times to come, we will have to start re-defining our relationship with nature now. A change in our lifestyle is necessary to keep the earth inhabitable. From this urgency, choreographer Pedro Goucha has created his third performance for CaDance, Soul Fire. The performers delve deep into their memories in search of decomposed forms of archaic expressions and an affinity with nature. Loosely based on the Post-fossil trend, in which the use of fossil fuels is limited to a bare minimum, Goucha Gomes creates a playground for contemporary cavemen. A playground in which visions of a post-apocalyptic future violently contrast with idealized images of a harmonious existence with nature.

Talk & Show

Fri 18 Feb, 22:00 After Talk – Korzo

Sat 19 Feb, 20:30 Herman likes this by Alida Dors – Korzo

choreography Pedro Goucha Gomes | performance Pawel Konior, Sylvain Meret, Katja Shushakova a.e. | music Miguelangel Clerc | costume design Ella Broek | Soul Fire is a Korzo production and is financially supported by the Ministery of OCW.

• Premiere ONES FEM 16TH June 2010 @ OT301 Amsterdam

Descentiment Amsterdam premiere June 16 21:00 @ OT301/Overtoom 301/1054 HW AMsterdam

Concert “Les fleurs de Bach” Amsterdam premiere JUNE 17 21:00 @ Ot301/Overtoom 301/1054 HW Amsterdam

The summer retreat @ Ile d’aix 17123 France will happen again in august 16th-21th

Read more: click here

This month I’ll perform there, Come and see !

-Wonderland MLK saturday 15th

- OT301, Overtom 301, Amsterdam. Wednesday 26-05-2010

BLOOK NACHT- Who says men can’t dance??

Style: Music/Dance performance

Starts: 21:00 hrs

Entrance: E 6,-

MUSIC:Marcos baggiani- drums, Yedo gibson – reeds & winds, Alfredo Genovesi- guitar

DANCE:Marek Jason Isleib, Michael Schumacher, Sylvain Meret, Vincent Verburg

LIGHTS: Ellen Knops