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| Faculty Bios & Class Descriptions |
| TERI CARTER BODY-MIND CONTINUUM Conscious Embodiment™: Fluid InterConnection, from Self Discovery to Outer Expression 1 Part Class: Wed, Sept 29, 4-7:30pm & |
In BODY-MIND CONTINUUM we'll translate our deep kinesthetic discovery into outer expression.
We'll transition from private somatic dives to inter-relating with the world. Bringing ourselves more
fully to every situation with the support of the 'field', benefits our artmaking and the embodied
performance of everyday life.
Beginning with floor-work and evolving to spatial improvisation, we'll embrace our curiosity for self
discovery in creative resonance with our environment. Somatic principles of Continuum and Body-Mind
Centering will nurture our capacity for fluid articulation and self awareness. This bio-field approach
includes our inner world, other living beings, spatial awareness and the 'field'. Letting sensation inform
movement choices, experiential anatomy and sounding will enliven our body systems for a free flow of
energy. Breath, directed touch and metaphoric imagery help guide our ability to sense, observe, and
explore the complexity of omni-directional space and our bio-structure. .
We'll increase self awareness while moving alone, in duos and groups. Witnessing one another using
principles of Authentic Movement will enhance our capacity to inter-relate with our surroundings.
We'll access the inner dynamic form and landscape of our body, as consciously experienced support for
movement and inter-connection, to deepen our performance skills as well as enhance our ability to be
vibrantly present in our daily lives and the web of life.
Continuum is a practice that uses sound-breath, subtle movements and sensation to open the body's
tissues transformation for greater fluid resonance. Here, we can thrive in connection with our inner
and outer environments, and the ability to adapt to circumstance ongoingly with the "unfolding
unexpected" (Emilie Conrad, Continuum founder and visionary). Contact Improvisation is a practice
founded by Steve Paxton that uses the laws of physics to follow the 'point of touch' with partners.
Body-Mind Centering (BMC) is an integrative approach to transformation through movement re-
education and hands-on repatterning. Developed by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, it is an experiential study
based on the embodiment and application of anatomical, physiological, psychophysical and developmental
principles, utilizing movement, touch, voice and mind. This study leads to an understanding of how the
mind is expressed through the body and the body through the mind.
For info on the Performance Lab, click here
We'll transition from private somatic dives to inter-relating with the world. Bringing ourselves more
fully to every situation with the support of the 'field', benefits our artmaking and the embodied
performance of everyday life.
Beginning with floor-work and evolving to spatial improvisation, we'll embrace our curiosity for self
discovery in creative resonance with our environment. Somatic principles of Continuum and Body-Mind
Centering will nurture our capacity for fluid articulation and self awareness. This bio-field approach
includes our inner world, other living beings, spatial awareness and the 'field'. Letting sensation inform
movement choices, experiential anatomy and sounding will enliven our body systems for a free flow of
energy. Breath, directed touch and metaphoric imagery help guide our ability to sense, observe, and
explore the complexity of omni-directional space and our bio-structure. .
We'll increase self awareness while moving alone, in duos and groups. Witnessing one another using
principles of Authentic Movement will enhance our capacity to inter-relate with our surroundings.
We'll access the inner dynamic form and landscape of our body, as consciously experienced support for
movement and inter-connection, to deepen our performance skills as well as enhance our ability to be
vibrantly present in our daily lives and the web of life.
Continuum is a practice that uses sound-breath, subtle movements and sensation to open the body's
tissues transformation for greater fluid resonance. Here, we can thrive in connection with our inner
and outer environments, and the ability to adapt to circumstance ongoingly with the "unfolding
unexpected" (Emilie Conrad, Continuum founder and visionary). Contact Improvisation is a practice
founded by Steve Paxton that uses the laws of physics to follow the 'point of touch' with partners.
Body-Mind Centering (BMC) is an integrative approach to transformation through movement re-
education and hands-on repatterning. Developed by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, it is an experiential study
based on the embodiment and application of anatomical, physiological, psychophysical and developmental
principles, utilizing movement, touch, voice and mind. This study leads to an understanding of how the
mind is expressed through the body and the body through the mind.
For info on the Performance Lab, click here
CLASS DESCRIPTION:
BIOGRAPHY:
Based in Los Angeles, TERI CARTER is a somatic dance artist and wellness coach who is passionate
about exploring the ‘unexpected unknown’ in movement and the human body. She has supported
hundreds of individuals to access their movement/health potential, leading workshops and performing
internationally. She is author of the forthcoming book Body Mind Mastery; Enhanced Health and
Performance with Somatic Movement.
Teri's creative process and teaching methodology are informed by dance improvisation and mindful
body practices gleaned through cultivation and application of eastern and western mind-body concepts.
Teri holds a BFA and a Masters in Dance, she is certified as a Registered Somatic Movement Educator
and Therapist, authorized Continuum Movement™ Teacher, Tai Chiand Chi Gung Instructor, Personal
Fitness Trainer, Life Performance Coach, and she completed the 4 year Body-Mind Centering®
practitioner training and has taught Contact Improv for 25 years. Teri has pursued in depth study of
Meditation, Laban Movement Analysis and Authentic Movement.
Currently, Teri is the founder and director of Intention Dance Theatre and the SOMA Fest (Somatic
Movement Arts Festival), as well as co-director of L.A.'s Improv Dance Festival with Making Faces
Productions. She is a board member of ISMETA (International Somatic Movement Education and
Therapy Association) and an editorial board member for the Journal for Dance and Somatic Practices.
Teri maintains a private practice (EMBODIED-LIFE.NET) working with individuals, blending Cranial
Sacral Therapy, MyoFascial Release, Visceral Manipulation, Reiki, and Somatic Movement.
Formerly in NYC, she founded and directed Mobility Junction Dance – an internationally acclaimed
company of mixed physical ability artists. She has studied, worked and performed with various
movement visionaries including Emilie Conrad of Continuum, Internal Martial Arts Master Su Dong
Chen, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen of Body-Mind Centering, Steve Paxton, Simone Forti, David Dorfman,
Caryn Heilman, Ione Beachamp, among others. She has received dance grants and fellowships in CA,
NYC, Oregon, WI, CA and Mexico. She regularly presents Somatic performances and workshops, most
recently at the Somatic Movement International Symposium in Taiwan 2009/2010, The Body-Mind
Centering Conference 2010, and the West Coast Contact Improv Festival 2009.
www.tericarter.com
about exploring the ‘unexpected unknown’ in movement and the human body. She has supported
hundreds of individuals to access their movement/health potential, leading workshops and performing
internationally. She is author of the forthcoming book Body Mind Mastery; Enhanced Health and
Performance with Somatic Movement.
Teri's creative process and teaching methodology are informed by dance improvisation and mindful
body practices gleaned through cultivation and application of eastern and western mind-body concepts.
Teri holds a BFA and a Masters in Dance, she is certified as a Registered Somatic Movement Educator
and Therapist, authorized Continuum Movement™ Teacher, Tai Chiand Chi Gung Instructor, Personal
Fitness Trainer, Life Performance Coach, and she completed the 4 year Body-Mind Centering®
practitioner training and has taught Contact Improv for 25 years. Teri has pursued in depth study of
Meditation, Laban Movement Analysis and Authentic Movement.
Currently, Teri is the founder and director of Intention Dance Theatre and the SOMA Fest (Somatic
Movement Arts Festival), as well as co-director of L.A.'s Improv Dance Festival with Making Faces
Productions. She is a board member of ISMETA (International Somatic Movement Education and
Therapy Association) and an editorial board member for the Journal for Dance and Somatic Practices.
Teri maintains a private practice (EMBODIED-LIFE.NET) working with individuals, blending Cranial
Sacral Therapy, MyoFascial Release, Visceral Manipulation, Reiki, and Somatic Movement.
Formerly in NYC, she founded and directed Mobility Junction Dance – an internationally acclaimed
company of mixed physical ability artists. She has studied, worked and performed with various
movement visionaries including Emilie Conrad of Continuum, Internal Martial Arts Master Su Dong
Chen, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen of Body-Mind Centering, Steve Paxton, Simone Forti, David Dorfman,
Caryn Heilman, Ione Beachamp, among others. She has received dance grants and fellowships in CA,
NYC, Oregon, WI, CA and Mexico. She regularly presents Somatic performances and workshops, most
recently at the Somatic Movement International Symposium in Taiwan 2009/2010, The Body-Mind
Centering Conference 2010, and the West Coast Contact Improv Festival 2009.
www.tericarter.com
Teri Carter
SOMA fest
| Performance Lab: "Conscious Embodiment" ™ Facilitators: Emilie Conrad, Caryn Heilman & Teri Carter 5 Day Intensive: Tues-Sat, Sept 28 - Oct 2, 12-3pm + Sunday Performance |
