Joerg Hassmann

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Joerg Hassmann

I am dancer & a Zenthai Shiatsu practictioner, a passionate explorer of the moving body with touch as an essential tool. 30 years ago my dance career began by tumbling into a Contact Improvisation class. This danceform has incubated my life with more openness, fluidity, connectedness, health and community - and it let me travel the globe. For many years I have been among the leading figures of the European Contact Improv Scene before moving to Australia in 2020. At my new home on the Sunsine Coast I fell in love with Zenthai Shiatsu, the best body work modality I have ever come along. It is wonderfully compatible with what I have developed in me profession as a dancer and teacher of Contact Improvisation. I am delighted to offer customised Zenthai sessions now. My Contact Improvisation Workshops & Classes you find on my calendar https://www.joerghassmann.com/event-directory/

03/11/2022

For a while l have been longing to share my passion for the moving body as an anchor for human connection beyond the little Contact Improvisation world. Now it is happening!⁠
Co-organising Workshops and Retreats with Joanna Lin has been so inspiring over the last few years. I am very excited to take the next step of co-facilitating with her, learning from her vast knowledge of nature and group processing work.⁠

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23/10/2022

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16/09/2022

Contact Improvisation at The Academy of Grounding in Brisbane is a delight as we get to play on soft Brazilian Jiu Jitsu mats.

Gabriel Sol: Alchemist, Grace & I will be back THIS Sunday in Brisbane for a CI workshop titled 'Basics Spiced with Backspace'.

We would love you to join us!

Sunday 18th September
10am-5pm
Basics Spiced with Backspace
https://fb.me/e/1rGFRcgPf
TICKETS: www.trybooking.com/CBEHT

Video credit: thankyou to Kory Mcavoy

10/09/2022

"What is Contact Improvisation?" I get asked regularly. Such a big question, where I don't have a fixed answer. But I love thinking about it :)

At my upcoming workshop in Brisbane, we will get in touch with other essential Contact Improvisation questions such as...

"How can I get into a flow while moving with this partner?"
"How can I take weight without loosing the dance?"
"How can I give weight to this person?"
Especially when moving backwards, where we can’t see where we are going!

Sunday 18th September
10am - 5pm
DETAILS: https://fb.me/e/1rGFRcgPf
TICKETS: trybooking.com/CBEHT

At The Academy of Grounding, Brisbane

09/09/2022

CHAOS OR PARADISE?
From the outsiders eye it might look like Chaos. We call it a "Contact Improvisation Jam". Very often it becomes a magical space, where many people dance together, having their individual journey through this two hour long period of meetings, dialogues, moments of being lost and phases of deep engagement. It can feel like we are becoming one highly intelligent organism together, where everyone belongs while keeping their independence and integrity.
A Jam creates and demands a huge amount of freedom, respect and self-responsibility. These are all ingredients our society would greatly benefit from 😃

PS: we're starting a monthly Jam now at the CWA hall in Maroochydore/ Sunshine Coast, each 2nd Sunday of the month, 10am-12pm!

Photo by Arkadiusz Kasperczyk

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07/09/2022

MEN IN TOUCH⁠
Men touching each other in heartfelt ways is still a rare thing to see in the australian shoulder bashing culture. After a beautiful workshop on the Sunshine Coast we talked about the lack of male role models, where caring, listening and playful touch is normal. �I am grateful to be part of this Contact Improv Community, where men meet in the dance with energetic play and gentleness - and let’s us grow into the needed role models. ⁠
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16/08/2022

PRACTICING FEELING SAFE⁠
In Contact Improvisation and Zenthai Shiatsu we are practicing feeling safe. An amazing, ground braking practice! It is a weird thing that in most parts of our days we don't even notice, that we don't feel safe.⁠
Which keys are there for me to start trusting and to drop into myself, my “sensing being” when I am close to another “sensing being”? And what does push me into control or checking out mode? I am constantly curios about these question of how to create a safe container in my work and beyond. That includes the tone of my voice, the temparature of the space, engagement of the eyes, the rhythm of the words, the breath, little gestures, familiar rituals. So many details in things we usually don’t notice. It seems to be a combination of a general attitude and many non-spectacular details that open the path to more trust. ⁠ ⁠
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Photo by Arkadiusz Kasperczyk⁠
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29/06/2022

I AM ...⁠
I am a dancer & a Zenthai Shiatsu practitioner, a passionate explorer of the moving body with touch as an essential tool. It started 30 years ago when my girlfriend lovingly forced me to go with her once to a Contact Improvisation class, so that I would get an idea why this dance form was so important to her. I think I got the idea now 😋⁠
It was very foreign to me, confronting but highly inspiring and opening for my body, mind and heart. Soon expression and performance became a driving force. Over the years the experiencing of connection and aliveness moved into the foreground. I am grateful that my wife and son are so supportive of my path, which expanded lately into the Zenthai Shiatsu work – nourishing and maybe even healing the body through touch & movement.⁠
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100 Berganns Road
Witta, QLD
4552

Opening Hours

	9:30am - 11am
	11:30am - 1pm

Telephone

+61492803149

Website

https://www.joerghassmann.com/

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