INTERSPECIES RESEARCH
in The Catskills
A Workshop for anyone who has dreamed of dancing with a horse, wishes to move into unique creative territory and is curious about embodied communication.
NEXT WORKSHOP: POSTPONED TIL JUNE 2025
Day One - NYC Studio Session & Travel
Day 2 & 3 - Jefferson, NY
Day 4 - Rosemary Farm Horse Sanctuary & Travel
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A Workshop that fluidly merges equine communication
with creative decision-making
NYC & Jefferson, NY.
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COST: $600
Includes all studio and equine sessions, lodging, transportation upstate, opening dinner.
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MEALS
Each workshop formally begins with an Opening Night Dinner, hosted by The Equus Projects. All other meals are collaboratively prepared with minimal ($25-$30) charge for all groceries
Often the final evening meal is a restaurant excursion to the Mill Pond Inn where a masterful chef makes magic with fresh, home-grown produce and locally sourced meats.
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LODGING
Comfortable beds, some shared rooms, pillows, blankets, linens, towels provided.
WORKSHOP CONTENT
In The STUDIO
Head-Tail Connectivity
Contra-lateral Body Organization
Inhabiting Effort States
Hands-on Tactile investigations
Working with Spatial Intent
Integrating Eyes and Body
Energetic Phasing
Choreographic Scores
Working through an interspecies lens
With HORSES
Honoring the individual equines, we begin with observation, gentle natural horsemanship lessons progressing into choreographic explorations.
Equine work focuses on:
Working with clear spatial intention in an equine arena
Integrating Eyes and Body
Energetic Phasing
Defining the Task, Defining the ASK
The workshops are taught in close collaboration with natural horsemanship trainer
Dan McCarthy who brings a lifetime of experience with horses and a truly gentle and compassionate way of training horses to our work together.
Dan is also a professional musician who brings his music into the equine arena.
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The Interspecies Research Workshops offer rich territory for deepening one's own embodied awareness, exploring an interspecies approach to improvising
and experiencing the simplicity of moving inside
clearly defined choreographic scores.
