Events 2027

Like birds, we will learn not simply to fly, but to listen to the wind. Through Contact Improvisation, solo practice, partnering, and group exploration, we will work with weight, gravity, breath, touch, falling, suspension, and collective improvisation, cultivating listening, sensitivity, and responsiveness while investigating how the body can remain grounded and open to change. We will approach movement as something that emerges through relationship. Wind reveals itself through breath, touch, attention, shared weight, and presence. Inspired by the Buddhist contemplation of the four elements—earth, water, fire, and wind—we will explore the body not as a fixed identity, but as a living process of continuous transformation. Together, we will explore questions such as: How do we root? How do we listen? How does movement emerge? How does the wind move through us? Over five days, we will experience dance as a transformative state. Dance is about discovering how roots become wind, how wind becomes roots, and how both continuously transform one another. This workshop welcomes dancers of all backgrounds who are interested in Contact Improvisation, embodied awareness, and the living dialogue between rootedness and openness. Bari Kim Bari Kim is a dance artist, improviser, choreographer based in Jeju, Seoul in Korea and travels various places. She is performing/creating in a state of improvisation, dance of presence, exploring the vitality of time and space, the relationship between dance and music, the transparent body, modernity based on traditionality, movement as embodied nature. Her focus of dance is listening. She believes that through listening, dance becomes dance itself ,music becomes music itself which allows all the possibilities for the very moments arises, resonates and expresses. And poems in the space started to be written and read. Her artistic theme/root is Poong-gyung and GAMU which is Every being dances and sings by itself. She keeps learning dance and music from the nature, East Asian pholosphy, Buddhism philosophy and Korean traditional medical research. She has been actively sharing her dance in various ways and performing solo, as well as collaborating with various dancers and musicians across different spaces in Korea, Europe and Asia such as Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Portugal, Czech Republic, Spain, Norway, Hungary, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, India, China, Japan, Ireland, Poland and Canada, etc. She had founded the improvisational performance group in 2008, experimenting with genre fusion and improvisation. also she has been working as a member of the groups- interdisciplinary duo,, experimental music duo, and improvisation music/dance band,, . She is also performing as a musician, a.k.a.CrystalEar, especially with her voice. She has participated in various international residencies, including Research into the Unknown, and has toured with various projects. She received Best Dance award 2020 from Korean dance critics association. For 26 years, She has been experimenting, enjoying, learning from, growing with/by, living and performing improvisation dance. Contact improvisation is one of her passion and love. She teaches Contact improvisation in various places/intensive workshops and festivals-Seoul international improvisation dance festival, AIAE(Asia improvisation art exchange),Towards(Thailand contact improvisation conference), Samdal contact festival, Seoul Contact festival, AOI(Goa, India), Portugal New year festival, Italy contact festival, Water&Land festival, Ladoga festival, etc She studied French literature(B.A.) in Konkuk Univ. and choreography(M.F.A.) in Korean National University of Arts. She is also certified somatic movement educator(SME) of Body-Mind Centering®️(BMC) and completed Practitioner courses of BMC being in the process of graduation. She studied with beautiful dance-movement artist/teachers, Nancy stark smith, Mike Vargas, Kurt Koegel, Katie Duck, Thomas Kampe, Ted stoffer, Gizegorz ziolkowisky, Sinja Hong, Jeongho Nam, Heekyung Blanz Kim, Eunsuk Jo, Joerg Hassmann , Stephanie Maher, Peter Pleyer, Eszter Gal, Jess Curtis, Keith Hennesy, Andrew Morrish, Rosalind Crisp, Daniel lepkoff, Julyen Hamilton, Lisa Nelson, Nina Martin, Walburga Glatz, Maryska Bigos, Bob Lehnberg, Jens Johannsen, Friederike Troscher, Bonnie Bainbridge. www.instagram.com/bari.dance www.facebook.com/bari.kim www.youtube.com/@barikim0676

- Daily Contact Improvisation jams - Water jams in the ocean and visits to nature - ​Multidisciplinary Artistic Jams ​​​ The jams also gather us as a community and create a platform to give attention to our values such as local connection, artistic expression and presence in nature.  Jamming The core of this invitation is the practice of contact improvisation in JAM format. ​ “Contact Improvisation jams are leaderless practice environments in which dancers practice the dance form with whoever gathers-friends or strangers, old, young, experienced, novice.” ​​ Structure ​We propose 3 blocks of 2 weeks each to meet six days in a studio and have one integration nature day. There is a fluid possibility to extend the practice into the ocean, nature, and the creation of artistic projects throughout. ​ Jam warm-ups and instructions will be minimal, however jams will still be cared for by rotating team members, sharing their vision, energy and dance. This jam environment is intended for those with well-grounded experience in CI.

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Sit. Lie down. Stand. Move. Listen. Breath plays the scales of tissue tone. Fluids ebb and flow. Bones whisper their grand time scale shape shifts. Fascia conducts forces through elastic reverberations and a wave like movement in your spine is singing of an omnipresent pulse. Together all these rhythms form an incredible dynamic polyphonic system. An orchestra responding to gravity, touch, music, space and one another with sheer endless variations. The Body Orchestra is Kira Kirsch's evolving movement practice, emerging from more than twenty years of research in dance pedagogy, biomechanics, somatic inquiry, Contact Improvisation and contemporary dance. Informed by her long-standing engagement with the Axis Syllabus, Moving Alchemy and Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy. Kira ’s intensive trainings offer a dynamic dance and movement practice that bring together somatic inquiry, analytical approaches to movement, and physically expansive dancing. The training focuses on refining and deepening an embodied and applicable understanding of anatomy, functional biomechanics, physics, and chronological body architecture as a basis for cultivating sustainable, context-sensitive, and creative response-abilities. This ten day training is set up in two parts. In each part movement principles and concepts are explored through images, video, anatomical models, hands-on work, partnering/contact, improvisation, and looping movement patterns. In the second part material will gradually unfold into more complex phrases as well as offer more dynamic contact including focus on musicality, interpretation and compositional scores. 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗞𝗶𝗿𝗮 𝗞𝗶𝗿𝘀𝗰𝗵 Kira Kirsch is a movement artist, community organizer, and experiential researcher, originally from East Berlin. After spending seven years in San Francisco, she now resides in Berlin with her family as residents of Lake Studios —a vibrant, artist-run space for dance, performance, and creative production. Kira is deeply invested into creating and shaping spaces for people to experience, learn about and sensitize their mind-body-movement continuum. She has pioneered, taught and continuously researched through the lens of the Axis Syllabus (AS) for more than 20 years and has established dance research communities in Brussels, San Francisco and Berlin. Her work is deeply informed by studies in Moving Alchemy with Sarah Shelton Mann, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, Mind in Motion with Nita Little, Nonviolent Communication (NVC), and Body-Mind Centering (BMC). As a curator, Kira has been involved with projects like the "SENSING IN" festival, mov*ed—a peer exchange platform for movement educators—and leads the Movement Artisans educational program in Berlin. Kira’s teaching spans internationally, from contemporary dance festivals to contact improvisation gatherings, and she is a regular presence in professional dance institutions. Recent artistic collaborations include Many Lives with choreographer Jorge de Hoyos, (dis)comfort behaviours with actress Anneke Schwabe, Earth Will Come with filmmaker Katelyn Stiles and musician/poet Barnaby Tree, as well as the music video We Are the Flood and the short film Dreamstroy with the collective Cargocult. The training is in 2 parts: 1. Part: 18-22 of February 2027, 3 hours in the mornings and every second day lab time in the afternoon. 2. Part: 24.-28. of February 2027, 3 hours in the mornings and every second day lab time in the afternoon. Early Bird until 𝟭𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 December: 300 Euro / 12000 Baht per Part, both together 500 euros / 20000 Baht. 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 December: 350 Euro / 14000 Baht per Part, both together 600 euros / 23000 Baht. Registration at: https://forms.gle/yRxkyjNWPrQjmC9B8 Update: As accommodation is not included, you have to check on booking or you can write me that you would like to stay on the campsite that is a 5 min scooter ride from the workshop venue.

- Daily Contact Improvisation jams - Water jams in the ocean and visits to nature - ​Multidisciplinary Artistic Jams ​​​ The jams also gather us as a community and create a platform to give attention to our values such as local connection, artistic expression and presence in nature.  Jamming The core of this invitation is the practice of contact improvisation in JAM format. ​ “Contact Improvisation jams are leaderless practice environments in which dancers practice the dance form with whoever gathers-friends or strangers, old, young, experienced, novice.” ​​ Structure ​We propose 3 blocks of 2 weeks each to meet six days in a studio and have one integration nature day. There is a fluid possibility to extend the practice into the ocean, nature, and the creation of artistic projects throughout. ​ Jam warm-ups and instructions will be minimal, however jams will still be cared for by rotating team members, sharing their vision, energy and dance. This jam environment is intended for those with well-grounded experience in CI.

Drawing on a body of knowledge that illuminates the design, anatomy and dynamic potential of the human body, we will investigate pathways of movement, floor work, dynamic transitions, and playful physical tasks. Participants will develop tools for improving coordination, athleticism, and proprioceptive communication. Our practice will refine the art of listening - to gravity, momentum, and one another. Contact Improvisation will emerge as a space in which these principles can unfold, offering opportunities to deepen responsiveness, and improvisational dialogue. The workshop will weave together solo and partnered explorations, combining technical studies with improvisational scores that encourage curiosity, adaptability, and support embodied awareness. Open to those with some experience in contemporary dance, Contact Improvisation, or somatic practices who wish to enrich their movement vocabulary and expand their capacity for playful improvisation. The Artist in Residence: Antoine Ragot is a Berlin-based dance artist and educator whose teaching draws deeply from the Axis Syllabus, of which he is a certifying teacher, and from a lifelong practice of Contact Improvisation. With nearly two decades of experience, he is known as an insightful and approachable pedagogue and passionate movement researcher. He co-founded Movement Artisans in Berlin, leads research-oriented intensives, and teaches across Europe. Antoine also co-produces other grassroots dance events close to his heart such as the New Year CI Festival and the Summer CI gathering in Basel as well as the SuperJam in Berlin. His work emphasizes the simple joy of dancing together, biomechanics, functional morphology and athletic skills as well as the intersection of Contact Improvisation with proprioceptive communication. 5-Day Training from the 15th to 19th of March 2027- 10 AM–1 PM with one afternoon lab and one jam. Early Bird until 𝟭𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 December: €200 / 8,000 Baht (10 places only) 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 December: €250 / 9,500 Baht Regestration - https://forms.gle/ZcP1eVBs9KJBPZVi7 Accommodation is not included, you can check on booking or write us that you would like to stay at the campsite which is a 5-minute scooter ride from the workshop venue. There are also a few very simple huts available at the campsite. More information about what is happening on the island: www.contactimprovkohphangan.com or contact contactimprovkohphangan@gmail.com

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- Daily Contact Improvisation jams - Water jams in the ocean and visits to nature - ​Multidisciplinary Artistic Jams ​​​ The jams also gather us as a community and create a platform to give attention to our values such as local connection, artistic expression and presence in nature.  Jamming The core of this invitation is the practice of contact improvisation in JAM format. ​ “Contact Improvisation jams are leaderless practice environments in which dancers practice the dance form with whoever gathers-friends or strangers, old, young, experienced, novice.” ​​ Structure ​We propose 3 blocks of 2 weeks each to meet six days in a studio and have one integration nature day. There is a fluid possibility to extend the practice into the ocean, nature, and the creation of artistic projects throughout. ​ Jam warm-ups and instructions will be minimal, however jams will still be cared for by rotating team members, sharing their vision, energy and dance. This jam environment is intended for those with well-grounded experience in CI.

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