Beyond Words The Connection Between Us

pour professionnels et amateurs 

November 23rd & 24th, 2016

WED & THU 3pm to 6 pm

This workshop is open to everybody - no dance training required! 

Price: 165€ 

“In a non-intrusive way Jennifer enables you to meet yourself,while you learn to use your body more e ec vely, more fully, more comfortably.“ Female CEO of a Fortune 500 communications company 

We communicate with each other all the me - with and without words. This nonverbal communication,or “kinesthetic resonance”, is rarely recognized, yet provides the intrinsic basis from whichwe interpret and respond to the world around us.Through experimenting with our primary developmental movements in relationship to each other, we will become aware of our own unconscious expressive tendencies. This awareness expands our perception of ourselves and thereby increases our overall ability to connect with others.The workshop will include theoretical, experiential, and collaborative learning in the form of a mini-lecture, interactive discussion and engaged, action-based-play, to excite our curiosity for exploration and meaningful contact.

“Do not the most moving moments of our lives and us all without words?“ Marcel Marceau

Jennifer Bury went from medical school to the School of the Arts in Dance at NYU to co-forming a dance company and since 1985 has been running her private practice as a movement therapist, originally based in New York City and now in San Francisco. In addition to her medical, dance, and kinesiology background she has studied neuroscience, Gestalt therapy, osteopathy, Ideokinesis, Bartenie Fundamentals, Bioenergetics, Feldenkrais and Alexander techniques, Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy, Body Mind Centering, shiatsu, Kinomichi, various forms of yoga and breath work, myofascial massage, craniosacral therapy, and holds a black belt in Aikido. For further details: www.jenniferbury.com

BIOGRAPHY

Jennifer began her pre-med studies in 1979 at NYU’s School of Medicine and then switched to the School of the Arts in Dance. After graduating she went on to form a dance company based in Germany performing throughout Europe and since 1985 has been running her private practice as a movement therapist, first in New York City and now in San Francisco. Jennifer originally learned Pilates from her mother who studied directly with Joe and Clara in their studio in New York City. In addition to her medical and kinesiology background she has studied neuroscience, developmental somatics, Gestalt therapy, osteopathy, Ideokinesis, Bartenieff Fundamentals, Bioenergetics, Feldenkrais and Alexander techniques, Focusing, Somatics, Body Mind Centering, shiatsu, various forms of yoga and breath work, myofascial massage, craniosacral therapy, and holds a black belt in Aikido in addition to other areas of ongoing study.

In addition to her full-time private practice working individually with a wide range of clients, Jennifer runs an ongoing group investigating Creative Ways of Coping physically, emotionally, & personally at her San Francisco studio. Jennifer taught for 15 years at the Saint Francis Hospital in San Francisco. She has also taught at Mills College, Bard College, University of Utah, Manchester Metropolitan University, New York City Center for Joint Diseases, Munich University for Sports-Science & Rehabilitation, Better Future Today Orphanage in Cambodia, Gestalt Associates International Training, California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), the Bay Area Gestalt Institute, New Dawn residential center for eating disorders, Miami City Ballet School, Moving On Center School for Participatory Research, Chisenhale Dance Space, the Laban Centre London, London Contemporary School of Dance, London Independent Dance, Tanz Quartier Vienna, Tanz & Schule Munich, Tanz Werkstatt Europa, Joint Adventures, the Choreographer’s Atelier, Keana Studio Paris and many other venues.

Jennifer has been a featured lecturer at medical and psychology conferences such as the Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy, the International Association of Dance Medicine and Science, the Bay Area Gestalt Institute, Tanz Medizin Symposium Deutschland, Symposium on the Science & Somatics of Dance/University of Utah, Gestalt Association of Los Angeles international trainings in Lithuania, Switzerland, and Italy, the National Lymphodema Network, and TASC Network Pediatrics Association, where she brings her special knowledge of how we develop intellectually, physically, and emotionally through movement, to the medical and psychology communities.

For further details see http://jenniferbury.com/Jennifer Bury, 2255 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 101, San Francisco, CA 94109 +1 415-433- 3347, jennifer@jenniferbury.com

“Jennifer doesn’t just give you exercises or tell you what to do; she gives you the opportunity to discover in motion what you tend to do and to choose what feels best to you.”- 86 year old female retired pilot.“In a non-intrusive way Jennifer enables you to meet yourself, while you learn to use your body more effectively, more fully, more comfortably”.- 53 year old female CEO of a communications company.

“Jennifer’s background in somatics, psychology, neuroscience, and medicine makes her uniquely qualified to help people gain a deeper, more effective understanding both of how to care for their bodies and themselves.”~ 43 year old surgeon and runner.