The Axis Syllabus© is a compendium or encyclopedia of information relevant to the training, preparation, and performance of the moving human body. Frey Faust is the initiator and author of the Axis Syllabus©. It is like a a users guide to your own body that helps you have autonomy over your own movement choices. The Axis Syllabus© refers to physics, anatomy, and relevant scientific data on flexibility, strength, alignment, injuries, and movement practices. Teachers of the Axis Syllabus© use these references to inform movement choices to explore the what, where, and how of efficiency and safe risk-taking, and common-sense applications of principles that apply to everyday life activities as well, activities such as climbing, horseback riding, construction work, sports, dance, running, etc. Those who want to be involved in the Axis Syllabus© form an international community through the ASRM (The Axis Syllabus Research Meshwork), a dynamic and interactive group of teachers, researchers, and students. https://www.axissyllabusforum.org/
Current Literature:
https://www.axissyllabusforum.org/literature
What can or may occur when you study the Axis Syllabus?
· Optimize your movement by applying concepts from physics, anatomy and biomechanics that have been collected together in the Axis Syllabus© . The information from the Axis Syllabus© can be applied to all movement forms including every-day-life.
· learn the information but then figure out how it applies to your body and life as well are all built differently with different needs and different lives.
· Find great ease and economy of movement in all movement activities including everyday life.
· Increase agility, strength, balance and coordination by applying concepts from the Axis Syllabus© to movement
· Do the things you love with more ease
· Possibly reduce joint pain and muscle
· Applying the concepts to your movement to age well.
What happens in class?
Together we will research flexibility, strength, alignment, anatomical attributes, and ways of moving that are safe and energy-conservative. We start with a brief anatomy demo and then move to learn, and practice new functional movement patterns. We wrap it up with the pure joy of movement and dance.
Kathleen Rea's Biography
Kathleen danced with Canada’s Ballet Jorgen, National Ballet of Canada & Tiroler Landestheater (Austria). She fell in love with contact improvisation 26 years ago & has been involved in the community ever since. She has choreographed over 40 dance works and has been nominated for 5 DORA awards. Kathleen has a learning disability, which means writing takes 6 times longer than average. It is one of life’s mysteries that despite this struggle, she loves writing and is a published author (The Healing Dance). She has a Master’s in Expressive Arts with a minor in Psychology. She is a certified teacher of the Axis Syllabus© and Buteyko Breathing. She is the director of REAson d’etre dance, a Toronto not-for-profit dance company that is contact improvisation-based and produces a weekly jam, a Film Fest, and dance theatre productions. She has autism & works to educate the world about neurodiversity. She developed the well-read REAson d’etre Dance Jam Guidelines (download here), which over the past 20 years have influenced consent culture in the contact improvisation worldwide community. She is also the founder of the Contact Improv Consent Culture Blog. Kathleen Rea's Demo Reel.
