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From an idea by: Frey Faust and Francesca Pedullá Choreography and Dance: Anne Cecile Chane-Tune, Frey Faust, Bariş Mihçi, Francesca Pedullá With the support of: Axis Syllabus Research Meashowrk, Associazione La Radice dei Viandanti www.axissyllabusforum.org www.laradicedeiviandanti.org A Fellini-like, dreamlike, imaginary, minimalist landscape describes an almost perfect world very similar to ours… Stick with stick Door to door Towards a story A manifesto of empathy Through cellsand atoms In their dark and light facets

Manuela Martella and Frey Faust meet Laban/Bartinieff expert Brenton Cheng to compare LB with the Axis Syllabus Notation System and discuss the ethical, technical and social merit of the use of notation systems in physical training and artistic practice.

Duet created by Francesca Pedulla and Frey Faust during the 2020 lockdown. Playing with proximity and distance Training an empathic gaze A series of scores to test the responsiveness of spatial relationships. Performed during the UpRisingUp Festival in Ostuni, Puglia Italy, summer 2022 www.uprisingup.com

This dance is a study in contrast, opposites represent the two sides of a crack between worlds through which life sends creeping roots and flowering shoots.

Here, a German, ex-military data analyst who was convinced that CV19 had caused more deaths than previous years and angry at his skeptical friends for negating the official declaration of a public menace, challenges them to admit to error if he can demonstrate that more people have died in the past two years than usual. However, he is shocked by the results of straightforward math. He proves, using government verified sources, that there has been no statistical increase in deaths in 2020 or 2021. His assumption was that the measures, mandates and laws prevented the worst from happening, but by comparing the strategies of different countries, he could see that the measures had no visible effect. He goes on to clarify the indecent way statistics have been used to befuddle the public over the last 2 years.

Light hearted, creative, sincere, instructive, fun loving, true. An informal work-in-progress showing of a children's theatrical dance piece. Collaborative process. The fable is from Benin, Africa. Performer/Choreographers: Francesca Pedulla Baris Mihci Manuela Martella Davide Francesca Roberta Ricci

Frey Faust dances to Bach's Goldberg Variations

The heartbeat is naturally irregular... So why should our movements be uniform? To grant the field of expression to your emotions, key into the request-delivery mechanics between the cardiovascular system and the heart... uniqueness is common, commonalities are ubiquitous but rare.

Freedom is to be found in Playful Discipline

A critical comment on the mass incarceration marking the first phases of the ruthless GLOBAL MARXIST DICTATORSHIP that started in 2019 under the pretext of a viral pandemic and faked environmental catastrophy.

Shop, Stroll, Trek, Picnic, Camp What is a basic physical prep for being out and about?

The home is where the majority of injuries occur! Let's explore a few ways to make friends with it instead.

BE-FREE-ND When we take the time to engage intelligently, the floor can be a good friend... present, supportive and frank. This three hour intensive takes an in-depth look at the built-in ramps and landing pads our body offers with the intent to help us lose the fear of falling. Instead, to experience without fear it as an opportunity for skill building, playful discipline.

Jumping, we accumulate massive amounts of energy. In a moderate jog, up to four times our body weight slams into our ankles, in an all out run, the impact can equal twenty five times our body weight. Instead of trying to jump high, let's first see how well we prepare to leave and how intelligently we can return. Included in this class is a look at a few deeper lying passive structures that provide automatic rebound, which is good news considering all the micro movements we are attempting to understand and map.

Which muscles do what, and when? Tone... the oscillatory frequency of a string of a singing vocal chord...Tone... inherent support that provides a safety net so we don't have to think about it while we are lifting... dropping swinging and vaulting.

Working with our emotions is much like managing our body as it explores its ancient relationship with gravity, observing... conditionally, permitting, guiding, channeling.

wake up your feet... reconnaissance... report, defense, exploration, support, structure... power and play

1. Nourishing Movements: aligned/breathing/relevant to everyday 2. Phasing - variation of material 3. Intensity - variation of approach to a given material - Dynamic vs Monotempo training - Eccentric vs Concentric or Isometric contraction - Accenting stress for Axial or Appendicular body - Low/High Tone - where? / degree of laxity or inhibition - Injury Management - where? / type of pain / age of injury - Weakness - where? / Set objective, how strong should you be? 4. Skill Set Development: reasonable objectives - use back engineering process to get there. Study whole. Identify elements. Practice micro moments. Stay attentive to kinetic energy contributions

Personal sovereignty requires the personal discipline to know and work out what each one of us needs. Leadership's highest goal is to make itself obsolete. Our most treasured qualities are curiosity, patience and knowledge. Our most dangerous foes are slavish obedience, censorship and dogmatism in all it's forms.

What is neutral anatomically? What is zero posture? What is extreme anatomically? Why try to find these values?

Bending the landing leg, you will use eccentric contractions. This allows the pushing back leg to relax as it swings, allowing delegated team work. Eccentric contractions are stronger and cause the muscle to strengthen quicker. The floor work I suggested is not targeting specific muscles as you saw, but working for cross connection strength from hip to opposite shoulder. I suggest 8 to ten repetitions of these spinal strengthening movements in two sets with a few seconds in between sets per day.

Today we jumped a lot! We took a brief look at walking mechanics, and extrapolated the reception and swing phases for a mini phrase. At some points there were nice problems to solve, so we pulled them out and made mini-motif loops to practice.

deep dive look at the spine

here we looked at discreet micro-relationships in the spine, more and less mobile areas and the structural reasons for their limitations, then we aggregated these areas in to composite movements, then in to a playful exploration of undulations.

INTRODUCTORY : Deb Cox Voisin organized this intensive Axis Syllabus crash course. I covered a lot of ground was covered, if superficially.