Movimento Emoção
Movimento Emoção (in English: Movement Emotion) is the short version of the term
"Movimento Emoção - Emoção Movimento" I used to describe the work I offer with movement.
Movement as a way of reaching the emotion and emotion as a way of reaching the movement, and so, in a circular way, we navigate what is alive in us, what we feel and experience in all our dimensions.
It was the way I found to capture something unique and very much in my image and experience, inspired by ZeroOne, Dance Therapy, 5Rhythms, Dance Movement Therapy, Gaga, Contact Improvisation and Ecstatic Dance, where the essence of the participant, what they feel, what they are, is the base for the exploration of movement and the experience lived.
At the moment I offer Movimento Emoção sessions with a duration of between 2 and 3 hours.
Each session is a "journey", where it is possible, for example, to work on an intention, release tensions and emotions in various parts of the body, find inspiration for projects, hear/feel in ourselves answers we are looking for, and much more.
All these sessions are conducted by me, with my voice and energy, accompanying a sequence of tracks that I prepare as a DJ, in a safe and non-judgemental environment. The participant's movement is welcome, whatever it may be. You don't need any dance experience, as what you do isn't choreographed or requires technique.
I don't teach participants to do anything specific, I just help them to get in touch with what already exists within themselves.
All that is needed is for the participants to bring a genuine desire to explore, play and feel.
Regardless of the results, the main objective is for each participant to get in touch with their most genuine and authentic self.
Where they arrive is always an individual experience, but one that is closely linked to the energy created by the group. Sometimes it's in processes of kinaesthetic empathy, opening up to each other's experiences, that something significant happens. Other times it's the simple fact of being able to move without conventions and expectations.
Group sessions.
I offer regular group sessions at the Leiria Dance Association. The upcoming events will be available on the main page. Each session is unique, with a completely different proposal from the previous ones. The basis of each session is usually as follows:
1. We start with a check-in, how each person feels.
2. We move on to the dance "journey", where the path is taken very gently and with sensitively.
3. Sharing circle, what is alive. Allowing us to give names to what we feel and experience and to practise active listening in empathy.
In addition to these planned group sessions, I am also available for specific group sessions. For groups already formed that want to explore the dimensions of the self, of expression, of movement, of emotion, of feeling, of the self and the other, of now, of presence, of the moment.
Vision for the future.
Assuming myself to be an open-minded person, looking for new learnings and paths of enrichment, I see my work evolving in various ways, introducing new tools, or elements of other tools. Whether these tools are the simple use of lighting, lighting design, as well as the use of the voice, for example, or theatrical techniques, Contact Improvisation dynamics, the use of gravity, balance, weight, Dance Movement Therapy, breathing and meditation, to name a few.
I see my work as an opportunity, as a mutual space of discovery between me, the facilitator, and the participants. In this way, what I offer is something that is constantly evolving.