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In-person and Zoom class

BWL has continued to practice on the zoom platform with small group of people that have participating partners in their household (as the practice involves partner work and hands-on interaction).

I’d like to open to larger group of participants with and without partners.

In-person class at Electric Lodge: Sunday: 8:45 am ~ 11:15 am Pacific Time

Body Weather Basic Training (Body Manipulations) class Zoom remote: Wednesday: 8:00 am~9:00 am Pacific Time (GMT-7:00)

RSVP: bodyweather@gmail.com

Participation fee: $20/in-person class|$10/Zoom remote | Monthly flat fee of $70 for Sunday and Wednesday.

Body Weather Laboratory (BWL) a research forum open to anyone interested in investigating expression through the body within different environments. A demanding attitude toward a thorough reexamination of the body and movement is a main theme in all the aspects of the training.

M.B.
is a core training in Body Weather Laboratory. Through rhythmic, dynamic repetition, this rigorous practice awakens the deep layers of the body and cultivates both resilience and sensitivity.

  1. Anatomical: Muscle/Bone

    For strength and skeletal alignment, developing explosive power and physical endurance.
    The training enhances awareness of internal structure and pushes the body beyond habitual limitations with rhythm and imagery.  

  2. Functional: Mind/Body

    Improves joint mobility, spatial awareness, and overall coordination. It fosters elasticity of the body, and simultaneous control of multiple body parts.
    By activating the dialogue between mind and body, the practice breaks through unconscious movement patterns and sharpens sensory perception.

  3. Neural: Movement/Brain

    Activates the feedback loop between the brain and body.
    As in horology, where “movement” refers to the intricate mechanism inside a watch, M.B. hones the body's inner calibration—an interwoven system of perception, intention, and action.
    The nervous system is challenged to recognize and control multiple movements simultaneously, enhancing responsiveness to complexity of motion.

  4. Collective and Spatial:

    Furthermore, as M.B. is practiced collectively, participants are encouraged to maintain awareness of the shared space and to learn through careful observation of others in motion.
    The movements of others are not objects for imitation, but sources of information that expand perception. Through this collective practice, participants develop spatial awareness, responsiveness, and an understanding of their place within a larger field of activity.

Body Weather Basic Training (Body Manipulations)
A structured series of partner-based precise exercises concerned with stretching and alignment, touching and being touched, active and receptive. These manipulations examine the condition of the body through tactile feedback, cultivating awareness, trust, and responsiveness.

Fieldwork
Explorations designed to sharpen focus and develop the scope of expression through the body. The work encompasses sensitivity training and discovery of movement from images, improvisation practices and cultivates.

Weekly workshops and intensive at the Electric Lodge in Venice, California. Intensive BWL workshops (often incorporating nature and wilderness) have become an integral part of the development of the group and serve to introduce the work to newcomers. In integrating the environment with dance, the dancers become prepared for the sensitivity necessary for site-specific performance.

2026 Intensive workshop schedule.

June 15-July 12 2026 (4 weeks intensive)

Body Weather intensive: MB transmission

with Christine Quoiraud, Andres Corchero, and Oguri

at Larret en Mouvements (Dordogne, France)

Please contact: bodyweather2026@gmail.com