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Greetings to you all. May this find you well in late July wherever you may be. Hoping there are moments for pause to bask in summers’ wonders, and nourishing yourselves form the sources that you need in which to thrive.
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Pleased to announce that in August Fluid Resilience will be on tour in various Canadian locations with various installations of the work.
Fluid Resilience is an artistic activist’s work, to bring love and care for the water we are via the water we consume. Inspired by Resilience Theory and Practice, attendance at a Water Circle with Josephine Mandomin’s Walter Walkers and danced with the fluid body movement practice I created and teach since 2009 called Dynamic Expansion. Our performance is an immersive installation, expanding the capacity to give agency to the fluid body and how it connects us to our inherent movement and our incredible capacity to sense one another and be moved by the fluid field.
August 12-15th, I am invited by colleague and close friend Senior Research Fellow Dr. Allyson Quinlan to install a video of the 2020 performance at the at the “Pathways to Sustainability: Social-ecological resilience and transformation across multiple scales” conference held in Montreal at McGill University downtown campus. She worked as a guide to Resilience Theory and Practice for part of the groundwork of our inquiry into the intersection of artistic and scientific research and approaches in the development of Fluid Resilience.
Pathways to Sustainability Montreal
This will be a wonderful opportunity to share the collaborative work done between Allyson and the artistic collaborators of this project with a field of science researchers and practitioners. As well as the video installation, I will lead a workshop to briefly introduce my practice of the fluid body in motion I call; Dynamic Expansion, working with the expanding field of crossover between art, and scientific practice. We have some Support from the Goethe Institute Montreal, which I am truly grateful for.
This will be a wonderful opportunity to share the collaborative work done between Allyson and the artistic collaborators of this project with a field of science researchers and practitioners. As well as the video installation, I will lead a workshop to briefly introduce my practice of the fluid body in motion I call; Dynamic Expansion, working with the expanding field of crossover between art, and scientific practice. We have some Support from the Goethe Institute Montreal, which I am truly grateful for.
The video we are installing was filmed and edited by Berlin artist, videographer Ben Mergelsberg.
PERFORMANCES SAVE the DATE:
Ottawa Dance Directive, a brilliant gem of a contemporary dance centre in Ottawa, is presenting Fluid Resilience, live performances on th 5-6th September 2024 at 19:30.
Performed by Shannon Cooney, Jared Gradinger and Sigal Zouk, Light Emese Esornai, Sound Marla Hlady, Sound and Light operation and improvisation ODD’s Laura Wheeler, Costume Nina Gundlach with Production Creative manager Ludger Orlok.
Yvonne Coutts, the artistic Director and Choreographer has supported this work process and production since 2018, and it’s a pleasure and an honour to be able to bring Fluid Resilience to ODD and share with audiences there.
Saturday September7th I will offer a workshop with ODD, 12:00-15:00 ( t.b.c) and following this the DARC ( Digital Arts and Resource Centre) at Arts Court will host a screening of a new video of Fluid Resilience, encapsulating it’s creative process, inspiration sources and three different performances. Will be wonderful to share paractice with those who attend this workshop and the video we are currently editing in this elegant venue.
To attend please pay attention to ODD’s website, announcements and exact times locations will be posted shortly.
FUNDRAISERt to allow Fluid Resilience tour to thrive.
Thanking you in advance for considering to contribute to our Go Fund Me fundraiser to give support for the last needed aspects of this tour which are necessary and not covered by our funding sources.
We have the favourable opportunity to tour Fluid Resilience both live and in 2 different Video installation versions in August and September 2024.
So far we have financial support for artists’ fees, and accommodations from our fabulous hosts Ottawa Dance Directive as well and from the National Performance Network, Germany.
We committed to this tour with hopes that one of our many travel subsidies requests would come through. As none have, we have stretched and bent our numbers to make this tour still happen. We are doing a compromised low cardon footprint : traveling long haul via air travel, and short haul travels on Canadain soil via train.
What has occurred alongside all of this (which often is the case) is there have been wonderful adaptations and additions to the tour, including the 2 separate video installations, which are being created and edited by videographer Ben Mergelsberg, who also has shot footage of two of the versions of Fluid Resilience in 2020 and 2023. In addition, we were orinially planning perform outoors without technical support, but due to many factors, we now need to shift to the indoor version.
We have therefore had an increase in fees and material costs; some technical enhancements for our lighting designer’s installation, and sound editing costs.
There is a strong need for our Cultural Manager’s presence; he was the original co=producer of Fluid Resilience in 2020, and is comeing to act as outside eye support as well as connection and communication. We therefore need to fundraise one more flight and train return trip Berlin <-> Ottawa.
We will need to hire a local video artist in Ottawa to document and our performances, rent camera equipment and edit in post production fees.I have a wonderful invitation from Pathways to Sustainability, but no accommodation or travel fees budget for Montreal.
Go Fund Me fundraising is to cover these additional costs, which would allow us to thrive and it would be an investment into this work and it’s future, iterations, in other locations.
Go Fund Me to support Fluid Resilience tour to thrive
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Please find the information and hope you feel attracted to the possibility to join one of the upcoming workshops I am offering in my teaching practices of Dynamic Expansion and Moveable Cinema. I tailor the practice to support the unique constellation of people who attend each workshop.
Tic Tac Arts Centre
With delight I will be returning to Brussels, this time teaching at the Tic Tac Arts centre.
October 14-18th, 2024
PERFORMANCE Following the Tic Tac Centre’s warm invitation to join the “Special Guest’s Performance series”, I will be performing a solo ( yet to be titled) on the17th October, sharing the evening with Thi Mai Nguyen who is teaching a workshop that same week.
Berlin Dynamic Expansion workshop
November 23-24, 2024, 10:30-18:00
In the beautiful Eden studios, Berlin Pankow, Please note there is an early bird discount until 22 October.
Please feel welcome to join this workshop in November. Looking forward to expand the joy in discover and curiosity of how we can move in fluid ways and connect to ourselves, others and Nature in expanded ways.
170- 250 € Sliding Scale
80 € Deposit/170 € Early Bird until 22.10.24
To sign up, please contact and register:
Where: Dock11, Eden Studio 150.2
Breitestr. 43, 13187 Berlin
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Dynamic Expansion Moveable Cinema Weekly Classes
SUMMER PAUSE
WEDNESDAYS 18:15-19:45 Starting back 18.09.2024!!
Studio 3, Tanzfabrik Kreuzberg
Dynamic Expansion: an embodiment dance and movement practice in tune with Craniosacral principles. Moveable Cinema practice: heightened visual field perception in movement at Tanzfabrik-Berlin
TANZFABRIK-BERLIN Tanzfabrik Kreuzberg gUG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Möckernstr. 68 D-10965 Berlin
ELDOA©
Since 2022 i am a practicing certified ELDOA Trainer, which is a unique and complex fascial stretching and strengthening technique. I am integrating this work into my private Craniosacral practice, and offering private and semi-private classes. Please contact me if you are interested
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Private sessions in Craniosacral Dynamic Expansion
Craniosacral Dynamic Expansion private sessions
I am continuing to enjoy and share my new and stunningly beautiful accessible practice space in Schlesischstr. 20 Fabrikgebäude, Kreuzberg. SO grateful for this space.
Toronto clients: I have 2 afternoons of practice space on the 27th and 28th of August at the Cranial Therapy Centre at 401 Richmond St. W
Please get in touch if you wish to book a session with me while I am in TO. Best wishes.
Berlin Clients, Schedule alert: I will be on tour and away from Berlin from August 10-mid September. I am taking bookings starting the week of September 16th, please be in touch soon to book a Fall date. Wishing you wonderful summer times.
Practice:
Craniosacral/Expanded Consciousness sessions have many benefits for wellness including: deeply easing stress, deep rest for the nervous system, increased vitality, unwinding of unwanted habits, and increased general well-being. Craniosacral also has many benefits for Health (active definition of health: as "not a state but a search for equilibrium") including; improving eyesight/vision, reduced acute pain, rehabilitation in the neural field, learning disabilities, gross and fine motor problems, developmental delays, headaches, tinnitus, TMJ syndrome, stress disorders, trauma and neurological conditions.
Craniosacral Dynamic Expansion is a hybrid practice which I developed incorporating 25+ years of Craniosacral practices together with expanded consciousness, movement awareness and co-creative work with Nature. I work co-creatively with each client given one's individuality and needs. Please note that some themes and issues could find resolution in one session, some in three to four sessions and others over time.
Long-Distance Practice
I also practice long-distance sessions, done over audio calls, or video calls. I have received very positive feedback over the last decade, and one of the beautiful benefits of these sessions is I am able to offer continuity for my international clients or for those in Germany who do not reside in Berlin or with those that prefer to be in their private space for this one-to-one work. Please be in touch if this mode of working interests you.
I continue to develop and exchange this work with my regular clients who inspire me constantly, and I am open to welcoming new clients as my schedule permits.
SHANNON COONEY TANZ UND BEWEGUNG PRAXIS
SCHLESISCHE STRASSE. 20, Quergebäude, 4OG links
Public transport
U-Schlesisches Tor, 450m walking OR Bus 265 direction: S-Schöneweide, One Stop: Taborstr. or
S-Treptower Park, walking 1,3 km or Bus 265 direction: U-Stadtmitte/Krausenstr. Three Stops: Taborstr.
Session details
Session duration: 70- 90 minutes
Session fee
sliding scale 100-120€
Please send an e-mail for session inquiries:
Craniosacral Dynamic Expansion Private Sessions
Sessions in this hands-on non-invasive practice last 70-90 minutes, please dress comfortably, or bring a change of clothes. For example: training pants and a t-shirt with socks. It is optimal when one's skin is covered for this work with simple clothing for example: not too many shoulder straps, no hoodies please, fancy zippers, thick jeans etc. Be sure to schedule some downtime post session, for your integration.
Cancellations
made before 24 hours notice will not be charged. Thank you for your understanding.
Termine nur nach Vereinbarung
Terminabsagen
24-Stunden-Regel. Vereinbarte Termine sind verbindlich und kostenpflichtig, falls keine rechtzeitige Absage erfolgt.
Herzlichen Dank für Ihr Verständnis
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Wishing you very well.
As always, grateful for your support,
SHANNON COONEY
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Shannon Cooney, Schlesischestr. 20
Fabrikbäude, 4OG links
10997 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0)151 504 26 223