Conscious Dance Practices/Soul Motion/id

Soul Motion adalah praktik meditasi gerakan dan tarian sadar yang mengeksplorasi perwujudan, kesadaran relasional, dan kreativitas melalui gerakan improvisasi terpandu. Praktik ini menekankan kehadiran, rasa ingin tahu, dan hubungan dengan diri sendiri, orang lain, dan dunia kehidupan.

Soul Motion dipraktikkan secara internasional melalui kelas, lokakarya, retret, dan program pelatihan profesional, dan dikenal karena mengintegrasikan improvisasi gerakan dengan kesadaran penuh (mindfulness), penyelidikan relasional, dan seni ekspresif.

Asal Usul

Soul Motion dikembangkan oleh Vincent Martínez-Grieco pada akhir tahun 1990-an dan awal tahun 2000-an. Martínez-Grieco adalah seorang penari, koreografer, dan guru gerakan yang latar belakangnya meliputi Contact Improvisation, praktik kontemplatif, dan gerakan ekspresif.

Praktik ini muncul dari sintesis improvisasi tari, kesadaran somatik, dan penyelidikan relasional, dengan penekanan pada tari sebagai eksplorasi pribadi dan pengalaman partisipatif yang dibagi bersama.

Core principles

Soul Motion is grounded in several guiding principles:

• Presence — cultivating awareness of sensation, impulse, and choice in the moment.
• Relationship — exploring movement in relation to others, space, and environment.
• Creativity — valuing improvisation and authentic expression over fixed form.
• Integration — bridging inner experience and outward action.

Rather than focusing on performance or technique, Soul Motion prioritises lived experience and embodied listening.

Practice

Soul Motion sessions involve guided movement explorations supported by music, verbal prompts, and spatial awareness. There is no choreography; participants are invited to follow sensation, curiosity, and relational impulses as they arise.

Common elements of a session may include:

• solo movement and self-attunement,
• partner and group improvisation,
• exploration of space, proximity, and boundaries,
• integration through stillness, reflection, or creative expression.

Teachers often draw attention to how movement choices reflect inner states, habits, and relational patterns.

Movement landscapes

Soul Motion uses a conceptual framework often described as movement landscapes, which support navigation between different modes of experience. These landscapes may include:

• inner awareness and personal movement inquiry,
• relational and social dance,
• collective and environmental connection.

These frameworks function as orienting maps rather than prescriptive structures, encouraging exploration and adaptability.

Teacher training

Soul Motion offers an international teacher training programme for movement facilitators. The training typically spans several years and includes:

• immersive residential modules,
• supervised teaching practice,
• mentoring and peer learning,
• personal process and creative inquiry.

Graduates are authorised to teach Soul Motion classes and workshops and participate in an ongoing professional community.

Community and reach

Soul Motion is practiced in many countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania. The international network is supported by Soul Motion International, which coordinates training, teacher support, and global events.

Relationship to conscious dance

Soul Motion is part of the broader conscious dance and movement field and shares affinities with practices such as contact improvisation, Open Floor, and other improvisation-based movement modalities. It is distinguished by its strong emphasis on relational awareness, creative process, and participatory dance.

External links

• Official website: https://soulmotioninternational.com/