What is the Axis Syllabus?
The Axis Syllabus is a compendium or encyclopedia of information relevant to the training, preparation, and performance of the moving human body. 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 every-life activities as well, such as climbing, horseback riding, construction work, sports, dance, running, etc. Those that want to be involved in the Axis Syllabus form an international community through the ASRM (The Axis Syllabus Research Meshwork), a dynamic and interactive forum of teachers, researchers, and students. https://www.axissyllabusforum.org/
What can occur when you study the Axis Syllabus?
· Optimize your movement with insights from physics, anatomy
and biomechanics
· Empower flow states in sports, dance and everyday life
· Increase agility, flexibility, strength, and balance
· Do the things you love with more ease
· Reduce joint pain
· Age with vitality
What happens in class?
We start with a brief anatomy demo, learn, and practice new functional movement patterns. Together we will research flexibility, strength, alignment, anatomical attributes, and ways of moving that are safe and energy-conservative. We wrap it up with
the pure joy of movement and dance.
Day, Time and Location
Thursday Nights at Roncesvalles United Church 240 Roncesvalles Avenue running September to June each year.
Register for one of our upcoming Syllabus Classes
We also run a September Labour Day weekend retreat at Unicamp of Ontario
Online Registration & Bookings for Unicamp
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 22 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 also is the founder of the Contact Improv Consent Culture Blog. Kathleen Rea's Demo Reel.
