Brain Motion Course by Anton Safonov

This is an authentic program for dancers and actors, aimed at simultaneously stimulating physical, emotional and kinaesthetic development, by contemporary dancer Anton Safonov.

The main focus of this workshop is to obtain and analyze
new experiences with ones own body – not just in a physical manner, but in an emotional, psychological, tactile, verbal manner as well.

Anton overall arching idea is to give each person instruments to create their own unique experience, a unique dance, using their own body parts.

Various practices and methods in synthesis in this workshop – from martial art, principles of acrobatics, partner interactions, the use of voice and diverse coordination exercises. We combine various methods, approach and techniques to improve cognitive flexibility, supporting all activities with positive and inspirational atmosphere during all the lessons. This allows participants to adopt their own experience and reveal hidden resources available in each of us.

Anton Safonov is an artist, dancer and curator from Ukraine. He began his education in Kherson University, where he was awarded a master of arts. After completing two internships at Hamburg, Germany and Tel Aviv, Israel, Anton went on to join then a number of courses. These included the Batsheva Dance Co (Israel 2014), Deltebre Danca (Spain 2015), Summer Intensive (Portugal 2016) and Towards Physical Theatre with Thomas Mettler (Switzerland 2016).

Anton is the founder and choreographer of the dance theatre Third Person, Most Dance Project, amongst others. He has worked extensively with Anton Ovchinnikov, including projects like ‘Fly in da Milk’. They also teach at Summer and Winter residences together, sharing their knowledge with hundreds of new students every year. In 2015, he won the Gdansk Solo Dance Contest and then went on to create “Re_DANCE_Formation” (Ukraine) 2016 – a dance educational project for people with limited mobility and specific needs.