Carlos
Castaneda's Tensegrity Workshop
Stalking the Human Form
II:
A Recapitulation of Sex, Gender and Power
January 3, 4 & 5, 2009
Moscow, Russia
Enclosed is information related to the workshop:
SCHEDULE
Saturday, January 3, 2009
9:00 am to 9:45 am Registration – Women Only
10:00 am to 1:00 pm Session 1 – Women Only
1:00 pm to 1:45 pm Registration – Men Only
2:00 pm to 5:00 pm Session 1 – Men Only
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm Session 2 – Women Only
Sunday, January 4, 2009
10:00 am to 1:00 pm Session 2 – Men Only
2:00 pm to 5:00 pm Session 3 – Women Only
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm Session 3 – Men Only
Monday, January 5, 2009
9:00 am to 12:00 pm Session 4 – Women Only
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm Session 4 – Men Only
5:30 pm to 9:30 pm Session 5 – Both Genders
LOCATION
Sport complex of MSTU n.a. Bauman (ÌÃÒÓ ÈÌ. ÁÀÓÌÀÍÀ)
Address: Gospital’naya (ÃÎÑÏÈÒÀËÜÍÀß) Naberezhnaya, 4/2
25–30 minutes walk from Baumanskaya (ÁÀÓÌÀÍÑÊÀß) metro station
REGISTRATION
Please bring the completed release
form and photo identification:
passport, driver's license or student I.D.
- Please wear loose clothing
(pants, shirt) and tennis shoes. Sweaters and an extra pair of warm socks
are highly recommended for your comfort during practice of some of the
magical passes which will be practiced without shoes.
- Everyone is also asked to
bring:
o
a thick mat.
o
a notebook and a
pencil or pen
o a small cushion or a pillow
o enough drinking water with you to each of the classes
- The workshop will be held
in English, with Russian translation. Translation into other languages
will be available for small groups as needed, depending on the number of
practitioners requesting translation in your language.
- No recording devices or
cameras will be allowed into the hall.
- During the workshop,
please refrain from using your cell phone; turn it off or put it in
vibrate mode.
- We
would like to suggest that in order to evoke an atmosphere of
consideration and affection, and especially to support expansive, spacious
breathing for all present, please refrain from wearing perfume or cologne,
or any heavy or artificial fragrances or scents wherever possible.
- To avoid risk of injury,
please consult your physician before beginning this or any other physical
movement program. The instructions presented in this workshop are in no
way intended as a substitute for medical counseling. The sponsors and
instructors of this workshop disclaim any liability or loss in connection
with the movements shown therein.
- Cleargreen reserves the
right to refuse admission.
- Balance of registration fee
due: January
2, 2009.
- Cancellation Policy:
Before the start of the event: Refunds or credits will be available less a $50 administration fee. After the start of event, no refunds or credits available. Exception: Anyone attending a Cleargreen-sponsored event for the first time may receive a refund, less a $50 administration fee if they notify the registration supervisor in person during or immediately after the first session of the workshop. No refunds are available thereafter.
Recommendations:
· Please arrive at least 30 minutes
before the beginning of the classes on the first day and 15 minutes on other
days.
· The sponsors and co-sponsors cannot
be responsible for lost or missing goods, so please take your belongings with
you during breaks.
· Smoking is not allowed at the site.
AND FINALLY:
- To all participants: As
this is an interactive workshop, full participation is key.
- If you have questions
about the classes, please email us at cleargreen@cleargreen.com with a
subject line Moscow Classes, or
call (310) 839-7150.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Cleargreen
MAPS AND DIRECTIONS
Recommendations:
Moscow has a well-developed public transportation system, with the Metro
(subway) being the fastest and most convenient. It is recommended to use the
Metro for travel in the city, except when going to and from the airport. Taking
a taxi could be slower and more expensive, depending on the traffic.
The venue for the classes is located in the east part of the city, near the Metro station Baumanskaya (ÁÀÓÌÀÍÑÊÀß) — Dark Blue line, on the upper right of the Metro map (see below).
Taxi:
Have the receptionist in your hotel or someone who speaks Russian call a cab
for you. Negotiate the price before you get in the car and pay in rubles only.
Don't get into a vehicle with any other passengers whom you do not know. You
should be able to get from one end of the city to another for an equivalent of
about $40.
From International Airport Sheremetevo-2 (ØÅÐÅÌÅÒÜÅÂÎ-2):
It is
recommended to use taxi service with advance reservation. Please contact the Russian co-sponsors in advance to make a taxi reservation
on your behalf or to arrange a pick-up from the airport at seminarinrussia@yahoo.com. The cost is approx. $50. Travel time is 1 to 1.5 hours, depending on
traffic.
If you are arriving to an airport other then Sheremetevo
II or to a train station, please contact the Russian co-sponsors at seminarinrussia@yahoo.com
for directions.
By taxi:
1. Taxi company “City Taxi — Capital
Cabman”. Internet reservations
can be made in English.
$50–70.
Reservations: http://www.citytaxi.ru/Eng; email: order@citytaxi.ru
Phone: +7 (495) 933–7868;
+7 (495) 933–7870.
Fax: +7 (495) 933–7871.
2. Taxi company “Russkie Medvedi” (Russian Bears). In Russian.
(Contact the co-sponsors to make a reservation
for you.
$50–70.
Phone: +7 (495)
105–0074.
A driver will meet you at the customs exit with a sign that says “Russkie Medvedi”.
3. Regular
taxi: available at the curb.
$50–70.
By bus and Metro:
Combined travel time is 1
to 1.5 hours.
Bus: $0.60. Metro: $0.80.
At the airport Information booth ask to direct you to the Express Bus marked Rechnoy Vokzal (ÐÅ×ÍÎÉ ÂÎÊÇÀË). Take the bus to the Metro station Rechnoy Vokzal (Green line, upper–left corner on the map). Take the Metro train towards the city center and transfer at the Teatralnaya (ÒÅÀÒÐÀËÜÍÀß) station to the Dark Blue line — Ploshchad Revolyutsii (ÏËÎÙÀÄÜ ÐÅÂÎËÞÖÈÈ) station. Take the Dark Blue line to the Baumanskaya (ÁÀÓÌÀÍÑÊÀß) station. Metro travel time is approximately 40 minutes.
From the Baumanskaya (ÁÀÓÌÀÍÑÊÀß) station (Dark Blue line):
At the Baumanskaya station exit up the stairs. Turn to the left and walk 100 meters. Then turn left at Ladozhskaya (ËÀÄÎÆÑÊÀß). Walk along Ladozhskaya (ËÀÄÎÆÑÊÀß) street about 500 meters. Then turn right on Malaya Pochtovaya (ÌÀËÀËÀ ÏÎ×ÒÎÂÀß) and after 100 meters turn left to Gospital’nyi pereulok (ÃÎÑÏÈÒÀËÜÍÛÉ ÏÅÐÅÓËÎÊ). After about 200 meters turn right at Gospitalnaya Street (ÃÎÑÏÈÒÀËÜÍÀß). Then after crossing the river you should turn left and continue to walk along Gospitalnaya embankment (ÃÎÑÏÈÒÀËÜÍÀß ÍÀÁÅÐÅÆÍÀß) until the first right turn at Novaya Doroga (ÍÎÂÀß ÄÎÐÎÃÀ) street and you will see large paved area with a big building inside. Come inside the building through main entrance in the center of it and go up to the 2nd floor to hall 2 (basketball hall). Walking distance from the Baumanskaya Metro station to the venue is approx. 25–30 min (1800 meters).
General Metro information:
The Metro is the fastest and most convenient mode of Moscow public
transportation. It opens at 5:30 AM and the last train leaves at 1 AM. All
transfers close at 1 AM. You may want to try to avoid the rush hour crowds on
weekdays from 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM and 4PM to 7:30 PM.
Throughout the city, the Metro entrances are indicated by a big red letter “M” illuminated in the evenings and at night.
The cost is about 19 rubles (= $0.80) regardless of the length of the route or number of transfers. Magnetic cards for 1, 2, 5, 10 or 20 rides (more means cheaper) must to be purchased at the Metro entrance halls.
To calculate the length (in time) of your Metro trip, count 3 minutes for each station and for each transfer.
All signs are in Russian. You may find it helpful to be able to identify the following signs:
ÍÅÒ ÂÕÎÄÀ — NO ENTRANCE
ÏÅÐÅÕÎÄ ÍÀ ... ËÈÍÈÞ — TRANSFER TO THE … LINE
ÂÛÕÎÄ Â ÃÎÐÎÄ — EXIT TO THE STREET
Ê ÏÎÅÇÄÀÌ ÄÎ ÑÒÀÍÖÈÉ — BOARDING PLATFORMS TO STATIONS
ÏÎÑÀÄÊÈ ÍÅÒ — NO BOARDING
Last mile map:
Restaurants
The are a few cafes near the Baumanskaya metro station. More options are available at
the Atrium (ÀÒÐÈÓÌ) shopping center at
the the Kurskaya (ÊÓÐÑÊÀß) metro station (1 stations to the center by
the same Dark Blue line). There
are a lot of cafes/restaurants there with a variety of menus and prices.
Moscow Metro map: http://www.hotels-moscow.ru/metro.html
ACCOMODATIONS
Please make your hotel reservations as early as possible because the time around the New Year is a busy holiday season.
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Novotel Moscow
Centre 4 stars.
Metro station Novoslobodskaya (ÍÎÂÎÑËÎÁÎÄÑÊÀß), Circle line
/ Mendeleevskaya (ÌÅÍÄÅËÅÅÂÑÊÀß),
Gray line.
Address: 23 Novoslobodskaya Street, Moscow, 127030,
Russia
Tel: +7 (495) 780 4000
Fax: +7 (495) 780 4001
Web site for booking: www.allrussianhotels.com
255 rooms. Single: 458 USD. Double: 528 USD
All rooms have bathrooms, TV, telephone, Internet, refrigerator. Breakfast
(buffet) included. Restaurant with Mediterranean cuisine.
10 minutes to city center.
Hotel Cosmos 4 stars.
Metro station VDNKH (ÂÄÍÕ), Îrange line.
Address: 150 Prospekt Mira, Moscow, 129366, Russia
Tel: +7 (495) 234 1486
Fax: +7 (495) 215 8880
Web site for booking: www.allrussianhotels.com
1777 rooms. Single: 188 USD. Double: 212 USD. Half-suite: 285 USD. Suite: 314
USD
All rooms have bathrooms, radio, TV, telephone, refrigerator. Breakfast
included. Two restaurants with international and Russian
cuisine.
20 minutes to city center.
Royal Zenith-I and -II Hotels 4
stars.
Metro station Polezhaevskaya/ Shchukinskaya (ÏÎËÅÆÀÅÂÑÊÀß/ ÙÓÊÈÍÑÊÀß), Purple line.
Address: 49B Tamanskaya Street, Moscow, 123103,
Russia
Tel:
+7 (499) 199 1511 Royal Zenith-I Hotel
+7 (495) 721 9000 Royal Zenith-II Hotel
Web site for booking: http://www.royal-zenith.ru/index.php?px=1046
or www.allrussianhotels.com
35 rooms. Single: 240 USD. Double: from 277 USD
All rooms have bathrooms, TV, telephone, mini-bar. Breakfast (buffet) included.
Restaurant with Russian and European cuisine.
45 minutes to city center.
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Arbat Hotel 3
stars. City center. RECOMMENDED
Metro station Smolenskaya (ÑÌÎËÅÍÑÊÀß), Dark Blue
line.
Address: 12 Plotnikov pereulok,
Moscow, 121002, Russia
Tel.: +7 (495) 244 7635
Fax: +7 (495) 244 0093
Web site for booking: www.allrussianhotels.com
105 rooms. Single: 307 USD. Double: 337 USD. Half-suite 364
USD. Suite 392 USD.
All rooms have bathrooms, radio, TV, telephone, refrigerator. Breakfast buffet
included.
Several restaurants with Russian and European meals.
Hotel Belgrad 3
stars. City center. RECOMMENDED
Metro station Smolenskaya (ÑÌÎËÅÍÑÊÀß), Dark Blue
line.
Address: 8 Smolenskaya street, Moscow, 121099, Russia
Tel.: +7 (495) 248 1643
Web site for booking: http://www.hotel-belgrad.ru/enu/reservation.aspx
420 rooms. Single: 221 USD. Double: 304 USD.
All rooms have bathrooms, TV, telephone, refrigerator. 26 USD
(Full Buffet) for extra fee. Restaurant with Russian
and European cuisine.
Hotel Budapest 3 stars. City center. RECOMMENDED
Metro station: Ploshchad Revolyutsii
(ÏËÎÙÀÄÜ ÐÅÂÎËÞÖÈÈ), Dark Blue line / Teatralnaya (ÒÅÀÒÐÀËÜÍÀß), Green line
/ Okhotnyi Ryad (ÎÕÎÒÍÛÉ ÐßÄ), Red
line.
Address: 2/18 Petrovskie linii,
Moscow, 103051, Russia
Tel.: +7 (495) 623 7686
Fax: +7 (495) 921 1266
Web site for booking: www.allrussianhotels.com
120 rooms. Single: 283 USD. Double: 321 USD. All rooms have bathrooms, radio,
TV, telephone, refrigerator. Breakfast included. There are many restaurants and
cafes near the hotel.
Hotel Molodyozhny 3
stars.
Metro station: Timiryazevskaya (ÒÈÌÈÐßÇÅÂÑÊÀß), Gray line.
Address: 27, building 1 Dmitrovskoye highway, Moscow,
Russia
Tel.: +7 (495) 782 9000
Web site for booking: www.allrussianhotels.com
http://www.hcm.ru/
200 rooms. From 210 USD. All rooms have TV, telephone,
refrigerator. Breakfast included. Restaurant.
15 minutes to city center.
Hotel Zolotoi Kolos 2 stars.
Metro station VDNKH (ÂÄÍÕ), Îrange line.
Address: 15 korp.3, Yaroslavskaya ulitsa,
Moscow, Russia
Tel: +7 (495) 617 6666 ( in English)
Fax for booking: +7 (495) 217 6356
E-mail for booking: zolotoykolos@mail.ru
(in English), www.zkolos.ru
1500 rooms. Price from 100 USD to 260 USD.
All rooms have bathrooms, radio, TV, telephone, refrigerator. Breakfast
included. Restaurant in the hotel.
20 minutes to city center.
You can also browse for more hotels and make
reservations online at www.allrussianhotels.com
or www.zabroniryi.ru/eng/.
Also, you can rent an apartment in Moscow –
they offer comfortable accommodation with more reasonable prices than the
hotels. Here are two websites with really nice offers:
http://www.unclepasha.com/moscow_apartment.htm
http://www.arenda2000.ru/kvartirain.html
(Use ‘east’, ‘Elektrozavodskaya metro station’ and ‘Dark Blue line’ as
keywords to find closest apartment.)
You can find a lot of other apartment offers on
Google:
http://www.google.ru/search?q=apartments+in+moscow