FaOM Methodology
The FaOM Methodology is an effective and efficient methodology that is a synthesis of many techniques performed on a specified curve table designed to relieve pain and speed up recovery. Vertebrotherapy involves working along the spine using hand pressure to gently mobilize and manipulate the spine and body without much physical effort. This improves energy flow while releasing pain or blockages in different parts of the body, improving one's physical and emotional well being with minimal intervention.
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Some benefits of this method include
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vertebral alignment
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renewed energy
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better sleep
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relief from anxiety, stiff neck/shoulder, migraine, locked joints, menstrual tension, digestive disorders
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increasing body awareness
More about In C
In 2021, the dance company Sasha Waltz & Guests began a colorful and innovative artistic process that results in the continuous production of new formats. Terry Riley’s »In C« (1964) forms the musical foundation of this, an open composition that was revolutionary at the time and is generally considered the first piece of minimalist music. Sasha Waltz and 10 dancers developed choreographic material that follows a similarly variable structure.
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The choreography is a playful system of 53 choreographic figures for a structured improvisation with rules and laws. Within this set of rules, the individual performer is given creative freedom, but this must always be in relation to the group – very similar to our democratic society, in which the limits of personal freedom end where the group is not violated. The roles of leadership and followers are not fixed, each performer can switch roles at any time. »In C« is a democratic piece about being part of a group as an individual, not an individual in the group.
Meet the Facilitators:
Ageliki Gouvi (she/her)
Ageliki Gouvi is a dancer and choreographer born in Heraklion-Crete, Greece. She studied Dance at the Thessalian Ballet in Larisa, the Greek National Opera Ballet School, and the State School of Dance (KSOT) in Athens. In 2013 she graduated with a Master of Arts in Contemporary Dance from the London Contemporary Dance School in England as an awardee of the Greek State Scholarship Foundation IKY. Since 2015, she is based in Berlin where she is active on the free-lance scene as a dancer and choreographer.
She is a guest of Sasha Waltz Company since 2013 and has been involved in numerous projects, among others in the projects Allee der Kosmonauten, , »In C«, Mit Beethoven durch Europa 9 Symphonien and remains’ by the New York based choreographer Andrew Schneider.
Additionally she has collaborated with the State Theatre of Mainz, the Philharmonic of Luxembourg, the
State Opera of Berlin, the State Opera of Hannover, and individual choreographers such as Charlotte Engelkes in Sweden, Konstantinos Rigos -Oktana Dance Theatre in Athens and more. Her latest choreographic works are “SOILIDARITY” and “XΩΜΑΤΑ/SOIL“ in collaboration with the visual artist Martin Wöllenstein.
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Joshua Sailo (he/him)
A traveller between worlds and mediums, Joshua transforms his experiences into artistic expressions through dance, music, and visual art. His creative practice and research are autobiographical in nature, exploring themes of identity and power from counter-hegemonic perspectives. One of the Artist-in-Residence at D.R.I.F.T. in Dharamshala, he is currently exploring “folk” as a performance and function of togetherness and has been awarded The Himalayan Fellowship for Creative Practitioners by The Foundation of Indian Contemporary Art for his practice based research in devising new approaches to contemporary dance making and composition that stems from folk practices and oral tradition of his birthplace, Mizoram. He is a co-founding member of the 206 Dance Collective and engages with the global dance community through teaching, performances, and podcasting.