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在深入约翰·阿姆莱德作品的元素与形式时，总能遭遇一种即兴的布局所呈现出的经由选择的结果，好似创作者的意图在“如果……那么……”和“那么……如果……”之间反复倒置。在所有可抵达的路径中，选择只能落在一个确切的坐标，唯一的当下中——继而再引发下一个选择，下一个当下。这一过程，可将其称为“机遇之歌”。

“机遇”与“选择”，这是约翰·阿姆莱德的创作传达出来的一种气质、韵律，这也是波兰导演基耶斯洛夫斯基的一部电影《机遇之歌Blind Chance》里所探究的“偶然与命运”——“要有多少偶然，我今天才能在这儿？”。

从艺术家的作品到身体的体验，从“机遇”的流转到身体的即兴。如何游走于以及回应被“偶然性”所包围的思绪与生活？是命运，还是意志？是偶然，还是必然？此次身体工作坊以“机遇之歌”为主题，将以即兴和接触即兴的方式，与参与的大人、小孩一同去回溯与体验身体日常中的“机遇”，去运转既定关系中的模式，在互动中开启身体，回到觉察与体验。

即兴与接触即兴舞动不仅是单纯的舞蹈，更关乎观察和临在的体验。在工作坊过程中，去观察小孩子是如何玩耍身体的，如何真实地处于当下；也观察大人与小孩的互动模式，是控制的还是聆听的，是尊重、包容还是依赖的。当身体的活力与喜悦全然流动，即兴之中每一个细微的体验与选择被唤醒了，关系之中每一种限定与限制被放松了，当下的，这一过程，就是“机遇之歌”。

这个身体工作坊，给大人，也给小孩。

Contact improvisation is an improvisational dance form that has been developed internationally since 1972. It explores one's physical relationship with others through the basic elements of shared weight, contact and movement in awareness. Choreographer Steve Paxton invented contact improvisation from his past training in Aikido (a form of martial arts) to explore and push boundaries, creating this 'art movement' with pioneers such as Nancy Stark Smith ". The art of contact improvisation involves the balance of falling, the balance of confrontation, discovering the structure of the body, learning the mechanics of the body to lift the weight of others or to be lifted by others, the technique of breathing, and also understanding the physicality of a partner through points of contact. There are no set routines for contact improvisation. Everyone can dance and no dance foundation is required. It focuses on the communication of mind and body, exploring the creativity of the mind and body itself with a free and open mind, and has important implications for the individual's mind and body.

接触即兴是一种自1972年以来在国际上发展起来的即兴舞蹈形式。它通过分享体重、接触和觉知中的运动等基本元素来探索一个人与他人的身体关系。编舞家史蒂夫·帕克斯顿(Steve Paxton)从他过去接受的合气道(一种武术形式)训练中，发明了接触即兴创作，以探索和突破边界，与南希·史塔克·史密斯(Nancy Stark Smith)等先驱一起创造了这种“艺术运动”。接触即兴玩耍艺术里包含跌落的平衡、对抗的平衡、发现身体的结构、学习身体的力学来托举他人的重量或者被他人托举、呼吸的技巧，同时也包含通过接触点来了解搭档的身体性。接触即兴没有固定的套路舞姿。每个人都可以跳舞，不需要舞蹈基础。它注重身心的交流，以自由和开放的心态来探索身心本身的创造力，对个体的身心有着重要的意义。

Zhang Xiao, an independent photographer, national psychological counsellor, contact improvisation dancer and contact improvisation instructor, started to study photography in 2013; received the national psychological counsellor certificate in 2015; started to study contact improvisation in 2016, and has been leading contact improvisation in Hangzhou and other places since 2019, promoting the development of local contact improvisation; launched the "Body Natural Contemplation" project in Hangzhou in August 2021; was invited by Zhejiang University of Technology College of Art and Design to lead the workshop "Body - Shadow" at school in September 2021 and guided the completion of the collective work "Outsider". In September 2021, he was invited by the Fine Arts Department of Zhejiang University of Technology to lead the workshop "Body and Shadow" and direct the completion of the collective work "Outside". He uses photography, the body and words as media and materials to think, create and explore. Participated in art festivals and art projects including "Dance Liangzhu" tutor & heritage park performance, Touch Community Conference tutor & "Intimacy" themed performance, 1+N series art exhibition opening performance, No Sad Ideal Country The opening performance of the "Hangzhou Nature Museum Art Exhibition", and the performance of the "Image Festival" on the Big Roof.

BODY ON&ON is a body-based contemporary culture and art planning/production organisation, with the concept of "everything starts from the body". "Star Arts Festival (China's first inclusive arts festival), Touch Contact Improvisation Festival, Body Nomad Project, China-Britain Accessible Arts Forum, and The "China-Britain Accessible Art Forum", "Art Without Barriers" platform, "Contemporary Body Workshop Series" and other projects stimulate intellectual, sensual and conscious body fields, and are dedicated to exploring the energy of the body of the times, the social value of art, and jointly promoting individual growth. We are committed to exploring the energy of the body and the value of art in society, and to promoting the growth of the individual and the inclusion of society.